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IPL News: March 21: Deadline for 2 new teams

March 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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 2 new IPL teams will be revealed on March 21. 14 franchisees are in contention for those 2 slots. March 20 is the last date to deposit a cheque of $1 crore as a bank guarantee. Major industrial houses like Adani group, Jaypee group, Videocon and other financial houses are vyeing for those 2 crucial franchisees. Schedule: March 20: Last date to deposit bank guarantee.March 21, 10 AM: To submit bidsMarch 21, 11 AM: Bids will be opened and winners will be revealed. So, 10 teams will play in IPL 2011. Good news to Dish TV subscribers. You can now watch IPL matches at a discount at PVR theatres in 10 cities (Delhi, Vadodara, Latur, Mumbai, Lucknow, Indore, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Raipur and Aurangabad. Breaking news: Delhi lost to Chennai. Missing of Gautam Gambhir seems to have destroyed fortunes of Delhi Daredevils . Chennai played exceptionally well despite loss of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Mathew Hayden and Suresh Raina played wonderful knocks. Sehwag played a good innings. But, to win games, you need team effort. Priyanka Chopra will host IPL special show in Colors channel. Akshay Kumar is out. Kings XI Punjab: Bad news. James Hopes will completely miss IPL 2010 due to injury but Brett Lee will be available at latter stages.    … [Read more...]

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Records

March 18, 2010 by 42 Comments

  IPL T20 Cricket records:  First century: Brendum McCullum (Kolkata Knight Riders and New Zealand) scored first century in IPL history in first match of IPL 2008 tournament against Bangalore Royal Challengers.  First 1000 runs: Adam Gilchrist (Hyderabad Deccan Chargers and Australia) is the first player to score 1,000 runs in IPL history.  Fastest Century: Yusuf Pathan (Rajasthan Royals) scored fastest century in IPL history against Mumbai Indians. One of the best innings in cricket history.  Fastest half-century: Adam Gilchrist of Deccan Chargers scored half-century in 17 balls.  Highest margin win: Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders with 87 balls to spare in IPL 2008. Kolkata defeated Bangalore by 140 runs.  Hat-trick heroes: Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Laxmipathy Balaji, Makhaya Ntini, Yuvraj Singh (2 times) and Rohit Sharma.  Most runs in an innings: Brendon McCullum scored 158 runs in just 73 balls in first match of IPL 2008. Murali Vijay scored 127 runs against Rajasthan in IPL 2010. Andrew Symonds scored 117 runs in just 53 runs.  Most runs in one IPL: Adam Gilchrist followed by Suresh Raina, Mathew hayden and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.  Highest innings total: Chennai Super Kings scored 246/5 against Rajasthan in IPL 2010. Chennai Super kings scored 240/5 runs against Punjab Kings Eleven in IPL 2008. Kolkata Knight Riders scored 222/3 runs against Bangalore in IPL 2008. Lowest innings total: 58 runs scored by Rajasthan Royals against Bangalore Royal Challengers.  Most Wickets in IPL: RP Singh took 41 wickets followed by Irfan Pathan with 37 wickets.  Highest number of wickets … [Read more...]

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Kings Eleven Punjab

March 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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  Punjab Kings Eleven will play in IPL 4 by betting on unknown young cricketers from Punjab, HP, Maharashtra and Gujarat. But, it has very good Australian  stars in the line-up. It will be a big surprise if this team reaches elimination round. Congrats to team management for encouraging young Indian talent.   IPL Mohali Franchisee Profile:   Team Name: Kings Eleven Punjab  IPL entry: 2008  Franchisee owners: Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia & Mohit Burman   Official website: http://www.kxip.in/  Official Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kings-XI-Punjab-Official-Fan-Club/149756715038769   Stadium: PCA stadium, Mohali   Mohali IPL T20 Cricket team profile:    Coach: Michael Bevan (Australia)  Bowling coach: Jason Gillespie (Australia)  Captain: Adam Gilchrist (Australia)  Highlight: One of the worst performing teams in IPL along with Kolkata Knightriders   Kings Eleven Punjab squad for IPL 2011:   S.NoCricketer NameCountryPrice     Batsmen:      1.Shaun Marsh Australia 1.8 crore 2.David Hussey Australia 6.3 crore 3.   4.Paras Dogra Himachal Pradesh  5.Mandeep Singh Jalandhar  6.Siddharth Chitnis Maharashtra  7.Sunny Singh Haryana  8. Paul … [Read more...]

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IPL 2010

March 18, 2010 by 5 Comments

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IPL Teams

March 18, 2010 by 1 Comment

 2011 IPL T20 Cricket teams: 9 teams will participate in the IPL5 T20 cricket tournament. They will play in 76 games. Note: Click on IPL team name to go to the team page.  1. Mumbai Indians: 2. Chennai Super Kings: 3. Bangalore Royal Challengers: 4. Hyderabad Deccan Chargers: 5. Sahara Pune Warriors: 6. Delhi Daredevils: 7. Punjab Kings Eleven: 8. Kolkata Knightriders: 9. Rajasthan Royals:  … [Read more...]

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Kolkata Knight Riders

March 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment
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  IPL Team analysis: Kolkata Knight Riders:  Kolkata Knight Riders often abbreviated as KKR is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team is led by Sourav Ganguly, and coached by Dav Whatmore. Sourav Ganguly is the team's Icon Player.  The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (Bengali for We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) and the official colors are purple and gold. As per the study done by leading brand valuation companies, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are ranked the most valuable franchise brand at US$42.1million. Celebrity co-owner Shah Rukh Khan’s hard-selling of the KKR brand has counteracted the team’s poor on-field performance  Kolkata Knight Riders was bought by Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla Mehta and her Husband Jay Mehta. Taking over Red Chillies Entertainment is the owner of Kolkata Knight Riders too.  The team also includes the allrounder Chris Gayle, David Hussey, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, wicket keeper batsman Brendon McCullum, Wriddhiman Saha. The main bowlers are Shane Bond, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Ajit Agarkar and Murali Karthik. Australian batsman Brad Hodge and Sri Lankan bowler Ajantha Mendis were bought outside IPL Auction on 2008. On IPL Auction 2009 Team bought Bangladeshi All-Rounder Mashrafe Mortaza. Team also includes Charl Langeveldt who was signed outside of Auction. Due to Pakistani players unavailability in 2009 KKR had to suspend contract of key performer from the 2008 season Umar Gul.  Shane Bond is the latest KKR acquisition after releasing Ricky Ponting, Morne van Wyk, Umar Gul, Salman Butt, Mohammed Hafeez, Shoaib … [Read more...]

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Shaun Marsh smashed Royal challengers

May 17, 2009 by 1 Comment

 Young Australians Shaun Marsh and Luke Pomersbach steered Punjab Kings Eleven to a comfortable victory over Bangalore Royal Challengers. Mohali IPL decimated Bangalore IPL by 9 wickets at PCA stadium in Mohali. These young cricketers destroyed famed Bangalore bowling attack with 4’s and 6’s especially South African fast bowler Dale Steyn who gave 33 runs in just 2 overs. This 34th match in Indian Premier League glorified weaknesses in Bangalore test squad. What will Vijay Mallya do after this humiliating defeat? He needed a coach like Tom Moody whose faith in Marsh and Pomersbach is vindicated. Both these young cricketers were banned from Western Australian team due to their late night drinking habits. But they wonderfully bounced back in the domestic tournament (PURA Cup). Shaun Marsh was selected as “Western Australia cricketer of the year” and was selected for 2008 West Indies tour of Australia.Image courtesy: Wellpitched.com IPL Statistic:1. Shaun Marsh: 5 matches; 295 runs; Average – 98.33. 2. Rahul Dravid is the highest scorer for Bangalore in IPL 2008. IPL T20 Score:Bangalore Challengers: 143/8 in 20 overs. Punjab Kings: 144/1 in 15.4 overs. Result: Mohali won the match by 9 wickets. Man of the match: Shaun Marsh – 74 not out. Best Shot: Misbah’s four in Sreesanth’s bowling.  Defining moments: 1. Misbah out hit wicket when he was playing sensational shots. 2. Shaun Marsh and Pomersbach scored 21 runs in a Dale Steyn’s over. Highlights of T20 Cricket match:1. Sreesanth once again bowled exceptionally well in the initial overs. Sreesanth performance improved after the “Slap gate” row. 2. Misbah-Ul-Haq batted superbly in … [Read more...]

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IPL Auction 2 Live: Chennai bought Flintoff

February 6, 2009 by Leave a Comment

 Chennai Super kings bought England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff while Bangalore Royal Challengers captured Kevin Pietersen. JP Duminy of South Africa as expected became a surprise pack and was bought by Mumbai Indians. Both Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff are now most expensive players in IPL. They have overthrown Indian Captain MS Dhoni as the most expensive players.  Indian Premier League auction was held today in Goa and 8 franchisees are participating in the auction for the 17 slots. England players are getting lot of attention due to their vast experience in the Twenty20 cricket. All these contracts are valid for 2 years. South African all-rounder Tyron Henderson surprised everyone by getting Rs 3.18 crore in the auction. Rajasthan Royals won the bid facing stiff competition from Hyderabad Deccan Chargers.  Bangladesh fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza is another surprise pack. Mortaza was picked by Kolkata IPL after intense bidding war with Mohali IPL for 2.9 crore. Kolkata and Mohali fought intensely during auction for this lower order hitter and strike bowler. 12 times his base price - Unbelievable! IPL auction 2 results: 1. Kevin Pietersen: Bangalore Royal Challengers for $1.55 million (Rs 7.35 crore). 2. Andrew Flintoff: Chennai Superkings for $1.55 million. 3. JP Duminy (South Africa): Mumbai Indians picked him for $9,50,000 (Rs 4.5 crore). 4. Shaun Tait: Rajasthan Royals bought him for for $3,75,000. 5. Owais Shah (England): Delhi Daredevils bought for $2,75,000. 6. Paul Collingwood (England): Delhi Daredevils bought for $2,75,000 (Rs 1.34 crore). 7. Fidel Edwards: Hyderabad IPL bought him for $1,50,000. Hyderaabd needs a strike bowler … [Read more...]

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