Archive for April 30th, 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 [...]