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 [...]

Mumbai’s brand new Dr. D.Y. Patil stadium hosted its first IPL match yesterday between the hosts Mumbai Indians and the Deccan Chargers. Apart from the blistering fastest-hundred-in-the-IPL-yet from Adam Gilchrist, the newest stadium in Mumbai was looking gorgeous!
The capacity crowd that game in was impressed too. It has three levels all around and can seat [...]

The self-proclaimed moral police of Monday attacked the cheerleader concept that has been imported to India. Minister of State for Home Siddharam Mhetre apparently finds the cheerleaders “absolutely obscene”, and finds it especially disgusting since we are in a country where “Womanhood is worshiped”. He’s talking about a ban on cheerleaders, and will certainly not [...]

Renowned cricket journalist and commentator Harsha Bhogle is appointed as an advisor to Mumbai Indians, the most expensive team in IPL. This means that the known face for television audience will be working in background in IPL season. Well, this was expected, as Harsha works for ESPN-STAR and the matches of IPL will be broadcasted [...]

Having a kiddish name apart, the Mumbai IPL team boosts of two of the most destructive batsmen in ODIs from neighboring countries - master of Matara and the Little Master himself! These two can make a formidable opening pair in the IPL. Though Jayasuriya has already played 7 Twenty20 internationals and scored at an healthy [...]

IPL seems to churn out news with every passing day before its start on April 18, 2008. This time it is the case of CCI (Cricket Club of India) refusing to host IPL matches at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. Apparently, CCI had offered its ground to IPL but not the clubhouse and the club members’ children’s [...]

Tendulkar is to lead the Mumbai IPL team, which recently named themselves “Mumbai Indians”, is confident that the Twenty20 format is going to be a big hit with the crowds. Tendulkar also made some statements that kind-of implied that he was confident of the victory of the inaugural IPL tournament too. “Mumbai Indians is a [...]