The Rajasthan Royals did it again. For the ninth time out of eleven matches they ended up on the winning side taking their points tally to 18. With that, all the crazy, highly unlikely mathematical scenarios of the Rajasthan Royals not making it to the semis have gone for a toss. And speaking of mathematical [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Its exciting to see tight matches in the IPL, and both the matches today didn’t disappoint. Sachin was sitting out the Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers match, and Harbhajan was leading the side. Shaun Pollock played a lovely slog-overs innings to take the team to 165.
The total was very competitive, and when the Royal Challengers [...]

So till  yesterday, the KnightRiders were all about SRK and his antics, but today, at the inaugural match at the Chinnaswami Stadium at Bangalore, one guy from Kolkata KnightRiders team really showed everyone who’s the boss. Brendon McCullum.
The 26 year-old New Zealander was not very well known in this part of the world, but yesterday’s [...]

When I first read this yesterday, I thought it was an April fool’s joke, but apparently its real! The Pakistan Cricket Board had one too many Shoaib encounters, and have decided to impose a 5 year ban on him! That effectively ends his international career, since he’s already 32. But I really don’t understand what [...]

It seems SRK should be named “Should Remain Kontroversial”, ’cause controversy seems to follow him everywhere. The latest news is that SRK has been dragged into controversy involving the tickets at the Eden Gardens for the IPL matches. Cricket Members Forum of Bengal, which is the bunch of elitest members of the Eden Gardens, basically [...]

SRK is really bringing bollywood to cricket. He’s apparantly convinced Bipasha Basu and Rani Mukharjee to do some jhatka-matkas in the new Kolkata KnightRider’s team video. I think I would like to watch this ad, instead of the silly zombies-with-viking-helmets-playing-football ads that the Kolkata team has running these days on Sony.
But I think this is [...]

What can be said about the KnightRiders? I’m going to resist the very obvious temptation to talk about the name, the burning-viking-helmet from 325 B.C. and the absurd advertisements. Instead, we’ll jump into the technical aspects.
I’m going to come out and say the controversial: The batting lineup looks shaky. Sourav Ganguly is the only recognized [...]