It's hardly the most flamboyant clash given the two basement dwellers are pitted against each other, but this is an opportunity for the teams to get their campaign on track. Kings XI Punjab are tied with Rajasthan Royals on two points, separated only by aminor difference in net run rate, with both picking up their maiden wins after three defeats.Rajasthan earned their first points with a disciplined fieldin ...

Hello all, Here we are proud to present the first person who came up to show his cricketing acumen and send us an analysis. This analysis is written by Chaitanya and we moderators of this blog would like to thank him for such an exhaustive analysis Bangalore and Chennai are capital cities sharing a traditional rivalry but when extended to the third edition of the IPL, there is little debate over which team ...

Finally the auction of two new teams of IPL took place. Sahara group led by Subroto Roy, who won the bid for Pune team at an stunning price of 370 mn dollars (1702 crore rupees), while the Kochi team is taken by Rendezvous Sports Ltd. for 333.33 mn dollars (1533.32 crore rupees). Sahara Group emerged as the highest bidder who won the bid for three IPL teams, that is Nagpur, Ahmedabad and Pune but in the end ...

IPL would soon expand its number of teams by 2 in the next season. The bids for new teams is expected to cross $300 million each. Earlier the bidding process was cancelled because of objection from BCCI and other interested parties. The rumors say that this time the number of bids would be more as IPL has removed clauses like the owner having net worth of $1 billion and submitting of bank guarantee of $100 ...

Talking about the high inflation and all in the recent news makes a common man worry about his future. On the other hand IPL has outpaced inflation by a huge margin. It has taken more than 100% jump in its value since one year ago, earlier it was $2.01 billion and today its value stands at $4.13 billion. This is a study done by a UK based company Brand Finance.  It has ranked Chennai  Super Kings as the fra ...

Now this is a moment which many people won't remember but for me it has been etched in my memory for past 12 years. India were touring West Indies in 1996/97. India hadn't won a test series there for a long long time. Last time the feat was achieved by Ajit Wadekar's team in 1970s when Indians chased down more than 400 in their fourth innings, a record which lasted more than 25 years. India overseas record ...

Google India has signed an agreement with Indian Premier League and its licensing partner Global Cricket Ventures that will enable it to live stream all DLF IPL 2010 matches – spanning 60 matches over 45 days – on a dedicated IPL channel on YouTube at YouTube.com/IPL. Under the terms of the agreement, Google will have exclusive online rights for the Indian Premier League content for two years and both Googl ...

Finally today i saw Sachin Tendulkar break 13 year old Saaed Anwar's record of 194 which was scored against India in Chennai. I was waiting for this occasion and finally it has arrived. I can't forget that day when Saeed Anwar was toying with our bowlers and was scoring boundaries at will. I only wished that he doesn't scores a double hundred. He was eventually dismissed for 194. Few months back Charles Cov ...

The contest between the no.1 and no.2 test team in the world was supposed to be a close one. On the contrary it was entirely the opposite. No.2 team won the first test by an innings and in the second one no.1 team crushed no.2 by a bigger margin. A lop sided series but exciting nonetheless. The only complaint i have is that why it had to be a two test series, why couldn't it be a three or five tests. It wou ...

Who can forget Kapil Dev grinning and running back towards the pavilion with the entire crowd going haywire? A young Mohinder Amarnath sporting a moustache having a stump in his hand. And then the ultimate one.....Kapil Dev being handed the World Cup Trophy. The date was 25th June 1983. India were crowned world champions by beating the mighty West Indies by 43 runs. India was the underdog, a dark horse on w ...