The grand finale of the first Indian Premier League(IPL) between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai SuperKings turned out to be an absolute nail-biter. In a last ball humdinger finish at DY Patil Stadium, Rajasthan Royals emerged winners by overcoming tough fight by Superkings. The victory materialized on account of good team work and exceptional all round [...]

Some of the recent finals of major cricket tournament have been the clash between Men-in-Yellow and Men-in-Blue. Following the similar trend, the finals of Indian Premier League will be between Rajasthan Royals(Blue) and Chennai SuperKings(Yellow) to decide the champions of the inaugural season.
Road to the finals.
For Rajasthan Royals it has been a fairly tale script [...]

In 2nd semi-final of IPL at Wankhade Stadium Mumbai, Chennai Superkings totally outclassed Kings XI Punjab to enter finals. As first semi-final this match too turned out to be totally one sided.
After winning the toss and electing themselves to bat Kings XI Punjab were completely taken by surprise cunning game plan of Chennai. Muralitharan bowled [...]

Cricket experts have reiterated numerous times over the years that a team which ‘looks good’ on paper, may not be the same on the field. Well, Deccan chargers have been the perfect illustration for this statement. After getting on board some of the top international players in their line-up on historic auction day, the team [...]

In a must win game Chennai Superkings defeated Deccan Chargers to become fourth and the last team to qualify for semi-finals with 16 points. The league has not been a smooth ride for the Superkings, the initial four consecutive wins was followed by a roller coaster patch. Things became so bad that they were [...]

In a battle to avoid the basement, Royal Challengers defeated Deccan chargers by 5 wickets. Chasing 166 to win RCB started cautiously scoring at 6-7 runs per over. In later stages RCB kept the target at a striking distance with handy contribution from Misbah-ul-Haq, Rahul Dravid. In the end of Cameron White and Akhil [...]

In 5th week of IPL, Kings XI Punjab became second team to qualify for the semi-finals along with Rajasthan Royals, who had qualified previous week itself. However, Chennai Superkings who were one of the favorite to win the league in initial stages, struggled throughout the week. First they were humbled by Bangalore in a [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]