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 [...]

Well, what can I say about the team from Bangalore except as you sow, so you reap. There was almost unanimous opinion in the media circles about the sustainance of this team during its selection. Rahul Dravid and folks did make sure that the predictions come true and in turn, cooked up more controversies than [...]

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 [...]

This post is a brief account of my experience as a spectator in the IPL match between Bangalore Royal Challengers and Delhi Daredevils held on 19th May 2008 at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.
Initial Hickup: I had left office early to reach Chinnaswamy stadium as you never know with Bangalore traffic. I was skeptical whether we would [...]

From the surface of it, the Rajasthan Royals seem to have clearly dominated the IPL. They’re winning everything, and look unbeatable going into the semi-finals. But behind the close and exciting matches that everyone has been watching, another sort of game is being played in the background, and who’s winning that game may surprise [...]

The match between the Royal Challengers and the Deccan Chargers the other day was very interesting to watch the other day. Both the teams are out of the tournament, and they were playing for “pride”. But there was a definite difference between the approach of the two teams. It seemed like the Royal Challengers were [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]