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Archive for April 2008

McCullum Mauls Bangalore Royal Challengers

Apr 18th, 2008 | By Aditya | Category: Top Stories

So till  yesterday, the KnightRiders were all about SRK and his antics, but today, at the inaugural match at the Chinnaswami Stadium at Bangalore, one guy from Kolkata KnightRiders team really showed everyone who’s the boss. Brendon McCullum.
The 26 year-old New Zealander was not very well known in this part of the world, but yesterday’s [...]

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What A Show!

Apr 18th, 2008 | By Aditya | Category: Top Stories

What a Show! The IPL show kicked off with a spectacular show today that absolutely was world class. The stadium was absolutely jam packed - some 50,000 people crowded in to the Chinnaswami Stadium to see what kinds of stunts will be in store. And they were not disappointed. Shankar Mahadevan was absolutely brilliant, as [...]

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Boycott gets real: Reuters and AFP not covering IPL

Apr 18th, 2008 | By Aditya | Category: News

The news agencies Reuters and the Associated Free Press, the top news feeding agencies for news papers around the world issued an advisory to all their subscribers today saying that no text will be reoported on any of the IPL games. Both the agencies are angry with the BCCI over the media restrictions that were [...]

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Boycotting Times : Now its the turn of TV Channels

Apr 16th, 2008 | By Raveesh | Category: News

As the D-Day for Cricket ka Karmayudh is approaching nearer, it seems that all is not well with IPL. After almost sorting out the issues with print media regarding the controversial clauses, now the ball is back in BCCI’s court. Well, with the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) threatening to blackout IPL coverage with barely 2 [...]

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IPL ads making me sleep!

Apr 15th, 2008 | By Aditya | Category: Top Stories

Is it just me or are the ads that are coming out of the teams very inspid? With all the resources, the star power and the big budgets, I certainly had expected much more out of it. I think everyone’s gotten a bit carried away with all the ads.
Take for example, the Kolkata ad. All [...]

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IPL ad annoys Chennai Fans

Apr 15th, 2008 | By Aditya | Category: News

The BCCI has been producing its own ads, and a new one released this week has caused a small uproar amongst the Chennai SuperKings fans. The ad, which shows a SuperKings fan getting it from a Kolkata lady, apparently hurts sentiments. The claim is that it potrays the south-indian looking nerdy guy in the ad [...]

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Shoaib Akhtar still not sure of playing in IPL

Apr 15th, 2008 | By Aditya | Category: News

With just a few days to go before the IPL kicks off with the Kolkata KnightRider’s inaugural match, the Kolkata team is still not sure of playing on of its star players - Shoaib Akhtar. Akhtar, if you remember, was slapped with a fine and ban on playing international cricket for Pakistan, and the BCCI [...]

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Red Skins to cheer for Bangalore!

Apr 14th, 2008 | By Aditya | Category: News

The Red Skins, a professional cheerleading team that cheerlead for the NFL in the US are coming to Bangalore! Our evergreen Vijay Mallya has struck up a deal with the cheerleading team to fly them to Bangalore and cheer for the Bangalore Royal Challengers.
The IPL matches are going to be a show of their own! [...]

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IPL Tickets: An Analysis

Apr 14th, 2008 | By Aditya | Category: Analysis and Speculation, Top Stories

The ticket prices across the board have taken me by surprise, quite honestly. The ticket prices vary dramatically not only across stadiums, but even at the same ground, the ticket prices are priced widely. Coupled with the marked lack of interest at some venues of the tickets, this is quite surprising.
I think the owners had [...]

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Karnataka Elections force reschedule of IPL matches

Apr 13th, 2008 | By Raveesh | Category: News

Karnataka assembly elections have given way to rescheduling of IPL matches involving Bangalore team, as most of the State police force will be on election duty. As per previous schedule, Royal Challengers were to play Mumbai Indians on May 10. That will now be played on May 28. Also, the dates of Hyderabad team and Bangalore team, playing at [...]

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