The way the IPL has turned the sleepy 7-hours-long cricket game into an action-packed-circus-like 3 hour show has caught the attention of a lot of folks around the world. Baseball, the quintessentially american sport also suffers from some of the problems of the ODI format - Long games and only a few sixes (home runs).
Baseball [...]

The Deccan Chargers had yet another disappointing night when Sehwag smashed his way to a 41-ball 94 to take the Daredevils to a comfortable victory with a full 7 overs to spare. Sehwag played his typical bowl-to-me-if-you-dare innings, murdering Andrew Symonds with an over in which he scored 4,6,4,6,4,6.
I can’t help but notice how the [...]

Amidst boycotts and controversies, SET Max management are smiling all the way to the bank. SET Max has won the jackpot of broadcasting the IPL matches, much bigger than the cash pot it found during the world t20 days in South Africa. With IPL’s popularity growing day by day Sony has raised its ad rates [...]

The Hyderabad Deccan Chargers sorely missed one of the world strike batsman - Shahid Afridi - in the last game against the KnightRiders But the hard hitting Afridi is apparently desperate to get back on the field. The 28-year old Afridi holds the record for the fastest 100 in ODIs - off just 37 balls. [...]

The New York Times has a very interesting editorial up today about the new fad that is sweeping India - The IPL. The author calls the IPL “dangerously close to a circus” and talks about how extravagant and big-money this whole league is becoming.
But he discusses the “outsourcing” that India is doing to the US [...]

Did you folks watch the match on SONY today? After we complained about the annoying ads and a couple of readers even emailed their feedback to SONY about the ads, SONY seems to have taken notice of the feedback.
I noticed the improvement in yesterday’s matches, and it got confirmed today. They’re showing the replay of [...]

The Delhi DareDevils convincingly routed the Rajasthan Royals in the opening match for both teams at Delhi yesterday. The Rajasthan Royals had no answer to a very disciplined bowling attack, with the ever dependable McGrath taking 1 wicket for 21. I didn’t really expect the aging McGrath, who’s 38 years old, to do any fireworks. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]