IPL
Kallis, Prince and Boucher not good enough for T20.
That’s what the claim is for those 3 players from their previous franchise in South Africa. The trio in question are part of South African domestic T20 circuit for team Cobras. Cobras coach Shukri Conrad has said that all the three are not good enough for the team Cobras and they should not bother to [...]
Emerging players tournament
We have heard about emerging economies and emerging stars but not emerging players. Now we will. BCCI has chosen the team for the emerging players tournament to be held in Australia. The tournament will be held from July 14-26. Ironically this would be a one-day tournament and not 20-20. Parthiv Patel will lead the team [...]
Jeff Crowe is the match referee for Bangladesh series
Bangladesh tri-series will be starting on 8th June. It is a round robin league format with each team playing the other team once.
Match officials :
Match referee : Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Neutral on-field official : Asoka De Silva (Sri Lanka)
Other Umpires : Enamul Hoque Moni and Nadir Shah (Bangladesh)
Schedule
Jun 8 Bangladesh v Pakistan, Mirpur
Jun [...]
Semi-final dilemma
Scenario 1 : If Chennai win today, They will be through to semi-finals irrespective of other outcomes. They will be playing Rajastan Royals in the semi-finals.
Scenario 2 : If Chennai lose today and Mumbai win tomorrow, they will end up 14 points each and it will come down to net run rate. Mumbai sneaks through [...]
Mascernhas will not return to IPL
Dimitri Mascernhas, did not get his county (Hampshire) nod to join Rajasthan Royals team for semi-finals. Hampshire team is in a difficult position. Mascernhas is the captain of Hampshire.
This might not come as a big disappointment for Rajasthan Royals. They are already brimming with players who are in fine form and there is [...]
MS Dhoni’s pepsi ad : Mind It
Dhoni playing for Chennai Super Kings imitates tamil Super Star Rajni Kanth. Ad goes something like this.
MS Dhoni from Chennai, Mind it. All you fast bowler rascals, I have the bat do you have the ball.
Mind it. Very funny. Watch it below.
Pepsi is the official pouring sponsor of IPL.
Daredevils keep semi-final hope alive
Unbeaten 56 runs of 32 balls by Dinesh Karthik kept Delhi Daredevils semi-final hopes alive. Needing 177 runs to win Daredevils started off well. Sehwag hammered Shaun Pollock for consecutive boundaries in the first over. Pollock conceded 19 runs of the first over. Then came the inevitable. Sehwag’s inside edge. Sehwag fell and it was [...]
Remaining matches and their relavance
We are reaching the finale and we already have 2 semi-finalists. 3 teams are still fighting it out for the other 2 spots. Today’s match between Daredevils and Mumbai Indians is a key clash with Daredevils wanting to win to stay in the competition. If Daredevils lose they are out of the tournament. If they [...]
Sreesanth’s new pepsi ad : Seamer di Gaddi
Ad starts with a background voice saying : “Sreesanth from Kerala“. Sreesanth appears in a punjabi dress and speaks in punjabi(hindi). Sreesanth respects all the elders from other teams outside the match. If it comes to the match he mistakes the wickets for a delicacy and eats it. And then Howzzat and balle balle. Short [...]
Video : Shah Rukh Ganguly tiff
Times Now’s interesting video about Shah Rukh and Ganguly’s rift. They had four in total. Wow. That’s more than what Mallya had. I thought it was a triangular war. But, looks like Shah Rukh and John Buchanan are on one side and dada on the other side. Watch the video below :
Rift 1 : [...]