Everyone seems to be complaining about the falling batting standards (”Lack of classy cricketing shots”), the abuse that the bowlers have to face (”Twenty20 is a batsman’s game”), but I think what’s a big mystery at this point is the absurdly low fielding standards that we’ve seen in the IPL so far.
The number of catches [...]

“Best Friends Forever” Sourav Ganguly and Shane Warne were fined 10% of their match fees yesterday when their age-old rivalry spilled over on the field yet again over a catch that was to have dismissed Ganguly. The catch is question, taken by Grahame Smith was a tight one, and Ganguly walked over to the umpire [...]

The IPL has been such a boom to so many folks! I’m sure it’ll be enough to lift India’s GDP growth to 9%! Jokes apart, Cellphone companies are seeing up to 15% increase in their so-called Value Added Services. These are the 3-rupees SMS and the other services like score updates, wallpapers, ringtones and [...]

The world around us can be interpreted as a series of controversies. Look at the newspaper headlines. Everyday the paper is trying to beat up something as today’s “big story”. The IPL, of course, has had its own share of controversies, but there is something very interesting about the IPL controversies. They seem to last [...]

As the Bangalore Royal Challengers sunk to yet another defeat in the tournament, the question “What Next?” needs to be asked of the captain of the Bangalore Royal Challengers. There is something not right with the team. You can just tell this by watching the performance of the team.
The biggest thing I have is that [...]

Today’s Bangalore vs Delhi match was nowhere to be seen on TV for some reason. SET MAX is showing some highlights of some old match because of “technical problems”.
This frustrates me endlessly. Firstly, they spend so much money obtaining the telecast rights - Literally millions of dollars, and then these kinds of things happen. I [...]

Have you folks noticed anything special about the boundaries at all the stadiums? They’re all looking very suspicious to me. In today’s Eden Gardens game, it looked like the boundaries had been pulled closed by about 3-4 meters! This was even very noticeable at the Bangalore Chinnaswami Stadium where the boundaries looked shorter by 2-3 [...]

So its looking like its going well for the home team at Bangalore against the as-yet-unbeaten Chennai SuperKings. Two batsmen have gotten 50s, and the team needs to score at a comfortable 8 runs an over with 7 wickets in hand. Looks like its going to be an easy win from here for the Bangalore [...]

It seems Harbhajan can’t get out of all controversies unscathed. The latest “slapping” controversy has proved costly for Harbhajan with the Match Refree slapping an 11-match ban on Bhajji. That effectively ends his IPL stint. And I’m inclined to say he deserved it.
This is not the first time Bhajji’s behaved like a 8-year old. Slapping [...]

Mumbai’s brand new Dr. D.Y. Patil stadium hosted its first IPL match yesterday between the hosts Mumbai Indians and the Deccan Chargers. Apart from the blistering fastest-hundred-in-the-IPL-yet from Adam Gilchrist, the newest stadium in Mumbai was looking gorgeous!
The capacity crowd that game in was impressed too. It has three levels all around and can seat [...]