Archive for April, 2008
IPL Stadia and their capacity
City
Stadium Name
IPL Team
Capacity
Kolkata
Eden Gardens
Knight Riders
1,20,000
Bangalore
Chinnaswamy Stadium
Royal Challengers
70,000
Mumbai
Dr. DY Patil Stadium
Mumbai Indians
60,000
Hyderabad
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
Deccan Chargers
55,000
Chennai
MA Chindambaram Stadium
Super Kings
50,000
Jaipur
Sawai Mansingh stadium
Rajastan Royals
48,000
New Delhi
Feroz Shah Kotla
Daredevils
47,000
Mumbai
Wankhede Stadium
Mumbai Indians
45,000
Mohali
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium
KIngs XI Punjab
25,000
Pidge is getting younger by the day
Glenn McGrath, and his uncanny resemblance with a bowling machine is rewarded in a big way. In a game format which is heavily dominated by batsmen and being a bowler is a cardinal sin, Pidge survived and triumphed. He took the fight to the opposition. He also proved the critics wrong who argued that bowlers are mere [...]
Lone English player joins IPL
That is Dimitri Mascarenhas. He is the lone english player who was allowed to play in IPL. Mascarenhas has attracted a bid of $100,000 from Rajastan Royals. He is a batting all-rounder and his explosive batting skills are a welcome addition to the IPL which has lost some of the powerful hitters this week. Othe english [...]
Tamil movie industry adds itself to the growing list of IPL haters
Not exactly haters but people who either don’t like it or dont want to like it. Looks like the movie industry has no audience for the late evening shows, courtesy IPL. Well, can you blame the audience. You have a team that plays good cricket, you have roped your favorite star (Vijay), you have the [...]
Shoaib Akthar free to play IPL, but IPL said no
Pakistan cricket board has said the Shoaib is free to play anywhere outside pakistan and he can play in DLF-IPL. But, IPL is not ready to take him as they wanted to stand by international discipline. I am not sure what that means. If their board has cleared him to play outside pakistan what is [...]
IPL Century makers leave IPL
It is sad, but true. The 3 of the 4 century makers of IPL so far will be leaving tonight to play for their respective teams. The century makers of IPL so far are :
Brendon McCullum (Knight Riders)
Andrew Symonds (Deccan Chargers)
Mike Hussey (Super Kings)
Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers)
Of the above list McCullum, Symonds, Hussey are leaving tonight. [...]
Superstar’s daughter as ambassador for Super Kings?
It is reported that Tamil Superstar’s daughter Saundarya might be roped in as the new ambassador along with Vijay for the Super Kings team. Rising star Arya is in the discussion too.
Graphic Designer by profession Saundarya runs a company called Ocher Studios. Her animation works include tamil films like Chandramukhi, Padaiyappa, Ah Aah : Anbe Aaruyire. [...]
Video links not working
I have changed the theme on wordpress and am checking all the links if they are working fine. I found that the video category is not working. It is not showing the youtube video pane in the site. I will try other things to get that back. If not, I will go back to the [...]
Super Kings are the unstoppables
Defending 178 was never easy. Super Kings did not have the kind of fire power to defend a modest total. Wasim Jaffer was dropped twice, on 7 and 18. Super Kings might have thought that Jaffer would not make any difference and it might be to their advantage if he stays on as few runs [...]
Dhoni is back
Just when the tournament is losing its shine and the australians ready to leave the tournament for their carribean tour Dhoni decided he had enough. He batted with his trademark not scoring in the first 15 balls and then boom. Dhoni has arrived. It has been a while since Dhoni played an innings like this. I [...]