Archive for April 24th, 2008
Cheerleaders are neither cheering nor leading
That’s the latest on IPL. Politicians are objecting cheerleaders of IPL because of the obscenity.
Who decides obscenity anyway. Is it the double-tongued politician who doesn’t know what they stand for and what their allegiance is. Well, I don’t think so. You do not get to decide anything unless you run the government properly. Even if you [...]
Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians
Both the teams lost their first two mathes and looking to register a win in IPL. Mumbai Indians gone down fighting in two close encounters, Punjab is undone by lackluster performance in their match against Rajastan Royals. It would be a brand new match and they have their spirits high.
What would be interesting is if [...]
Rajastan Royals win a thriller
17 runs needed from 6 balls. Shane Warne with a look on his face saying “impossible is nothing” batted with poise. After a single by Pankaj Singh, Warne is back on strike and Royals needed 14 runs from 4 balls. He sent the third ball for four and followed it up with 2 sixers. The bowler [...]
Indian women’s hockey team fails to qualify for olympics
What does that gonna do with a blog that is dedicated to IPL cricket. There is a relevance. The reason why hockey team did not qualify for olympics is because they did not have a good coach. Where is their coach. Their coach is busy buying, promoting, dancing, partying with his new obsession Kolkata Knight [...]
Shahid Afridi brings Chargers back into the game
In what have been a quick turn of events, Shahid Afridi picks up two wickets in 3 balls. First it was Mohammad Kaif and then it was Greame Smith. They coulnt ask for more. But looked like the couldn’t take more. 4th ball of the over was hit high and deep by Jadeja and Doddapaneni [...]
Yousuf Pathan hits the fastest half-century of IPL
Hyderabad has witnessed some bold hitting of cricket ball today. No, it did not come from another aussie nor a kiwi. It is tall, lanky lad from Baroda, Yousuf Pathan most famously known as Irfan Pathan’s brother.
He did it in 20 balls with 6 sixers and 2 fours. This innings brings Deccan Chargers back to [...]
Another aussie comes to party
It is time for Andrew Symonds to justify his $1.35 million price tag. He did it with ease. With 117 runs from 53 balls which includes 11 fours and 7 sixers has helped Deccan Chargers to post a total of 214. Incidentally it is also the fastest hundred of IPL.
There was an incident in the [...]
Happy Birthday Sachin
I wish you a very happy birthday and may we expect many more cricketing years from you. Sachin turns 35 today and is part of Mumbai Indians team and has achieved a bid price of $ 1.12 million. Please get back to action as soon as possible. We are dying to see your first 20-20 [...]
Chris Gayle to miss IPL first-edition
Sad, but true. The first centurion of the international 20-20 is set to miss IPL first edition because of groin injury. Chris Gayle is part of Kolkata Knight Riders team. It would be interesting to see who would they replace with. He was bid for $800,000. It would also be interesting to see if they [...]
Why is there no icon player for Deccan Chargers?
The answer is two-fold:
One version of the story is Deccan Chronicle owner of Deccan Chargers requested BCCI to grant icon status but they have declined.
Other version is, VVS Laxman has denied icon status as that would give the company more budget to work with. Remember icon player would recieve 15% more than the highest bid [...]