In normal circumstances, Australia’s unprecedented first-round exit from the World T20 would have prompted scathing criticism Down
Under.
The outrage will be a bit tempered, however, because of the fact that the Ashes are round the corner. Some might even explain away the loss by suggesting that Twenty20 is ‘fun cricket’, as Younis Khan so curiously [...]
The controversy surrounding Virender Sehwag is getting curious by the day.
The explosive opener, ruled out of the ICC World Twenty20 and replaced by Dinesh Karthik, finally broke his silence on the injury in Nottingham on Tuesday.
“I had suffered the injury during our IPL semifinal clash against Deccan Chargers when I dived to stop a ball,” [...]
Ireland’s cricketers have nothing to lose but perhaps a fortune to gain in their final World Twenty20 Group A match against champions India.
William Porterfield’s team are assured of their Super Eights progression, irrespective of the outcome at Trent Bridge tonight, thanks to their victory over Bangladesh at the same venue on Monday.
That result was hastened [...]
Lets start guessing who will be the next ipl winner…. No idea??
Let me give a clue….
who was the winner of 1st Edition of IPL?
Rajasthan Royals.
Who was the winner of the second Edition of IPL?
Deccan Chargers.
And if you have noticed there is something common in both the teams…..there captain was retired Australian
Get it??
Still have a Doubt??
Ok [...]
The South African advertising industry has hailed the success of Indian Premier League’s (IPL) ad campaigns, which were conceptualised in just two weeks.
The IPL, which clashed with the general elections in India, was shifted to South Africa in just four week’s time.
According to John Davenport, creative head of the advertising agency Ireland Davenport, the biggest [...]
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is looking forward to uniting all the talents at his disposal during the World Twenty20 in England after competing against his team-mates in the Indian Premier League.
India are the defending World Twenty20 champions after winning the inaugural edition in South Africa two years ago.
Since then the IPL, a lucrative franchise [...]
New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum will lead the Kolkata Knight Riders for the second season of the IPL, which begins on Saturday in South Africa. He has replaced former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who led Kolkata during the first season of the IPL.
The move has cleared some doubt regarding the multiple-captain theory proposed by [...]
The hype and hyperbole will end at Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday when the mass cast of players for “IPL II: Out of Africa” get down to cricket and try to provide the watching world with episodes of blockbuster physical – and not celluloid – entertainment.
Singing, dancing and beauty pageants will never be far [...]
The enthusiastic public response for the Indian Premier League (IPL) parade has convinced the league’s chairman that the tournament’s move to South Africa has already been a success.
The second edition of the world’s biggest Twenty20 tournament was moved out of India last month due to security concerns and logical issues surrounding the general elections currently [...]
It was really exciting to see these young guns create ripples with their performances, which in many cases was match winning.
Last year’s IPL gave us some magnificent players like Ravindra Jadeja (Rajasthan Royals) and Rohit Sharma. Rohit is the part of Deccan Chargers and made 404 runs at 36.73 including four half centuries.
His [...]
