Phew! Quite a final it was. What more can you ask for than a last ball finish to a hugely-successfully tournament. The underdogs Rajasthan Royals scored an emphatic and well-deserved win over the Chennai Super Kings in a historic encounter. I felt bad for Mr Cool and expressionless MS Dhoni at the end. Poor guy! […]
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Whoa! We were waiting for this for a long time. Shoaib Akhtar, whose ban has been suspended for a month by the Pakistan Cricket Board, uprooted the top order of Delhi Daredevils through an extraordinary display of fast bowling. He bowled fast, in the right areas and was at his scary best against a daunting […]
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Finally, yes finally Dravid did the sane thing of playing Craig White and Misbah ul Haq together, but sadly both of them disappointed when given chances to stamp their presence in the Indian Premier Leage 2008. Anyhow, it was the Kings XI Punjab who deserved to win the match, largely due to a scintillating knock […]
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After the ecstasy, comes the downfall. To put it straight, the Deccan Chargers have disappointed me again. I was over the moon a few days back when the Deccan Chargers defeated the Chennai Super Kings and Shahid Afridi finally fired, not to mention the blitz by Adam Gilchrist and Rohit Sharma’s stunning straight six. I […]
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I just cannot understand what’s wrong with the Deccan Chargers. Shahid Afridi in particular has made me angry. I expected him to do a lot better. Even Praveen Kumar has scored more runs than him now. Had Rohit Sharma not been with the Deccan Chargers, I am afraid they would have also lost their pride […]
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It has been quite some time since I expressed my thoughts on the Indian Premier League. Well, nothing important has happened since then, except that all the Aussies have flown back home, except the retirees and the unwanted ones. “Unwanted” I guess will be a demeaning word for Shane Watson and S Marsh, both of […]
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The Chennai Superstars are playing really well, even without their superstar bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, and winning every match. In fact, they are the only team to have won four out of four. In every match a player has come good and led the team to a very competitive total. Very good work, till now. I […]
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Finally, yes finally, my favorite team the Deccan Chargers won a match, and that too most comprehensively than any other team in the Indian Premier League so far. I am proud of you, my boys! Kudos to Gilchrist for taking the Hyderabadi team to victory. What an innings he played, and also scoring the fastest […]
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April 26, Saturday must have been the most boring day for all Indian Premier League enthusiasts. Two games were played and both of them were extremely one-sided. The Chennai Superstars got better of the Kolkata Knight Riders, and the surprise package of the tournament, the Rajasthan Royals completed a convincing victory over the clueless Royal […]
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So much has happened in cricket in the past few days, that it is impossible to put it all in one single piece. Anyhow, let me begin with the match between the Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals. I have not been able to figure out what is wrong with the Deccan Chargers. It is one […]
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