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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Is it a flash in the pan?
What’s more surprising is the fact that none of the wins came against thakela teams. Win number one came against The KnightRiders at home while win numbers two and three came against the unbeaten Delhi Daredevils (The team that we at Unofficial IPL considered perhaps the strongest before the [...]

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 [...]