I was a little busy on Friday, so I thought I’ll be able to catch only the second half of the Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata KnightRiders match. But when I tried to switch the TV on, there was nothing on it except the boring talking heads giving gyaan, and the stadium in the background was [...]

Jayasuriya had not had a very good IPL tournament so far, but that all changed today, when he just went beserk against the Chennai SuperKings. He smashed 11 sixes and 9 fours in all, carrying the Mumbai Indians to victory comfortably. Jayasuriya’s innings was worth watching today, he was absolutely undeterred against the moving ball [...]

After being in the will-play-won’t-play situation for more than a month, Shoaib Akhtar made his much awaited IPL debut for the Kolkata KnightRiders, and what a debut it was! Akhtar just ripped through the Daredevil’s top order, taking the first 4 wickets for just 11 runs! He seemed to be in full fit form, [...]

Kapil Dev came out this week with the often-heard “oh-my-god-cricket-is-going-to-die” mantra. He seemed to be very upset with the way cricket has turned out, especially with the IPL, and went so far as to say that the BCCI has screwed it up. The article in the Hindu is worth the read, but I’ll summarize
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The Chennai SuperKings seem unstoppable now. Despite having lost their top-performing aussie players after just 2 weeks, the Chennai SuperKings have coped up really well with the circumstances. After yesterday’s match against the Kings XI, the status of the SuperKings as favorites-to-win has been confirmed in my mind.
Dhoni was in full flow yet again yesterday, [...]

The $5 million salary cap per team that has been imposed this first season is all set to be lifted from next year, according to reports in NDTV today. The original reason the salary caps were imposed were to prevent the rich owners (read Mallya, Mukesh Ambani) from buying up all the top players at [...]

I was wondering how long the hyper-businessman Vijay Mallya was going to take the dismal performance of the Bangalore Royal Challangers. I’m sure Dravid must have gotten a talking down, but it seems that the CEO of the team, Charu Sharma, bore the brunt of Mallya’s anger. He stepped down as the CEO of the [...]

The now-on-now-off IPL tournament of Shoaib Akhtar seems finally on track with the PCB suspending its legal case against Shoaib Akhtar for a month. They even gave him the NOC, which made Lalit Modi very happy and he welcomed Akhtar, asking him to “Take the next flight to India”. Well, I’m feeling good for the [...]

I must admit, I completely misread the Rajasthan Royals at the start of the tournament, but at theend of match 24, they’re sitting neatly on the top of the tournament. With 5 wins in a row for the Shane Warne led Jaipur team, they’ve suddenly leapt up to be the favorite team now! A lot [...]

“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 [...]