In a do-or-die encounter, chasing 176 to win and formidable top order already in the pavilion, Delhi Daredevils had a mountain to climb. Mumbai Indians were fancying themselves since the brittle middle-order of Daredevils had not really fired in the tournament. In comes Dinesh Karthik and with partnership with Manoj Tiwari and Mahroof seals [...]

The best scene in the Delhi vs Kolkata match the other day was Saurav Ganguly looking towards the sky, seeing his hopes of getting into the semi-finals getting dashed. It was pretty tragic for the KnightRiders, whose larger-than-life captain and owner have dominated the IPL, to get washed away by the rain.
Cricket is not a [...]

Playing for pride Bangalore Royal Challengers stunned ’semi-conscious’ Chennai Superkings in an encounter at Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. The result is definitely a wake-up call for overconfident Superkings and of course a consolation win for the Royal Challengers.
Being in a good position to make it to the semi-final, the Superkings bowling first restricted Royal Challengers to [...]

The third quarter of the DLF IPL has almost ended, yet there is little clarity over who will make it to semi’s (save for of course The Rajasthan Royals, who with Tuesday’s win over the Kolkata Knight Riders have absolutely made it certain that they will make it). This shows us how keenly contested this [...]

The Times Of India is reporting today that all is not well between SRK and Ganguly. There are several reasons, and at the top of it is SRK’s insistence that Ganguly talk to the West Bengal CM to try and abolish the entertainment tax that SRK is paying for matches at Eden Gardens. Ganguly, who’s [...]

The Rajasthan Royals did it again. For the ninth time out of eleven matches they ended up on the winning side taking their points tally to 18. With that, all the crazy, highly unlikely mathematical scenarios of the Rajasthan Royals not making it to the semis have gone for a toss. And speaking of mathematical [...]

The winner’s trophy for the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League was unveiled today by Lalit Modi in much fanfare. The trophy is apparently hand-made, and features diamond-encrusting. It has been designed by Orra, the diamond brand.
Oh, bugger. I’m just going to come out and say it: It looks silly. Looks like an India [...]

Icon player and captain out of the team due to injury… acting captain banned for rest of the league after the SlapGate controversy… Placed on the bottom of the league table after four consecutive defeats (including a 10 wicket loss!). The costliest team of the league couldn’t have asked for a worse start!
But then came [...]

4th week in the league and already it’s the end of road for two teams, Bangalore and Hyderabad. For the semi-finals, Rajasthan Royals have confirmed their slot by beating the team Bangalore yesterday. That leaves the stage open for the three more semi-finalists. Chennai SuperKings with six wins are first in contention for the remaining [...]

Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) had a match against Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur. It was the first match in the pink-city after recent terror attacks.
Sitting at bottom of the league-table and out of contention for semi-finals the only task for RCB was to play for pride. But they were again outclassed in all departments of the game. [...]