The Chennai Super Kings are the IPL 2010 champions. Defeating the title favorites Mumbai Indians by 22 runs in an exciting encounter, amidst the phenomenal atmosphere of the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, the Super Kings finally captured the trophy after having missed it out on the last two occasions. Chennai Super Kings is the only side to have entered the semi final stage in all the three seasons of the tournament. They were the finalists in the inaugural IPL series where they lost the title to the Rajasthan Royals and ended their IPL-2 campaign with a loss at the hands of the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the semi-finals. For Mumbai Indians, which emerged as the strongest team this year, this was their first taste into the finals of the tournament after their lowly performances in the past two editions. The evening for the grand finale was all set on fire by the scintillating performances by the magical AR Rehman, bollywood diva Bipasha Basu and heartthrob Shahid Kapoor during the closing ceremony preceding the final match. What more was required to set the pulses thumping ahead of an interesting encounter between the teams of the two India’s most favorite cricketers! As the electrifying crowd in the stadium roared for the one and only Sachin, the toss flipped in favour of the Chennai skipper MS Dhoni who elected to bat first with the expectation of setting up a 160-plus total to put pressure on the Mumbai Indians which was already feeling the heat with the injury of their in-form captain Sachin Tendulkar. Though Mumbai put a great bowling attack in the first half of the innings by restricting Chennai to just 58 runs in the first 10 overs, it came out as a smashing performance by the southpaw, Suresh Raina, who smashed … [Read more...]
IPL 2010 Final: Mumbai Vs Chennai
After 58 matches and almost seven weeks, the IPL Final takes place on Sunday and Mumbai Indians have home advantage when they take on the Chennai Super Kings. Mumbai are slight favourites in what has the making of a thriller. Venue and conditions: The DY Patil stadium has a toss bias, in total five matches played there so far four have been won by the side batting first. It is clear the surface wears as a match progresses, making it difficult for batsmen to hit through the line of the ball with confidence. In the first innings, the average run rate is 8.23. In the second it is just 6.9. Trivia: The BCCI's top brass will refuse to attend the final to distance themselves from Lalit Modi, IPL's under-investigation commissioner. Suresh Raina, with 1318 runs to his name, has overtaken Adam Gilchrist as the leading scorer in all IPL matches. Tendulkar is fifth with 1122 runs. He also holds record for most catches, 26, for a non-wicketkeeper. Team news: Mumbai Indians: Mumbai must decide whether they want to gamble for a second time. The decision to pair Lasith Malinga and Dilhara Fernando, instead of one from Dwayne Bravo or Ryan McLaren against Bangalore in the semi-final, was a strange one. Of course, it paid off but in terms of balance it makes little sense. Bravo or McLaren bowl more than useful overs and offer vital runs. Five stitches in Sachin Tendulkars right hand make the Mumbai Indians captain and star performer a doubt for the final. It would be a real blow were Sachin to miss out after his performances with the bat and as skipper guided Mumbai to the final via a largely trouble free passage. They won 10 of 14 games to make the semi finals where they disposed of the Royal Challengers in a … [Read more...]
Sahara Indian Premier League Awards 2010
With the third edition of the Indian Premier League(IPL) entering the stage of grand finale amidst all the high-voltage controversies and allegations, the evening of April 23 witnessed the presentation of the first ever IPL Awards. The glittering ceremony which took place at the Grand Hyatt, Mumbai was embarked by the presence of the best from the world of entertainment and sports. However, strengthening the reports of the BCCI-Modi spat, the bigwigs of the BCCI gave a skip to the event. The BCCI top brass including the BCCI President Shashank Manohar and the Secretary N Srinivasan along with the IPL Vice-chairman Niranjan Shah remained absent from the Sahara Indian Premier League Awards function. Those who marked their attendance at the event were the IPL Governing Council member Sunil Gavaskar and former BCCI President Inderjit Singh Bindra who is the Principal Advisor to the International Cricket Council (ICC). Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who turns 37 this Saturday, grabbed the viewers’ choice award for the Best Captain for turning out to be a superb captain leading from the front and taking his team, the Mumbai Indians, through to the finals of the IPL tournament for the first time in the last three years. He also won the award for the Best Batsman, being the highest run scorer in this season of the League, though he gave a miss to the event along with the Chennai Super Kings skipper M.S.Dhoni. Pragyan Ojha received the award for the Best Bowler while Suresh Raina took away the award for the Best Fielder in the viewers’ choice category. Keiron Pollard of Mumbai Indians, who happens to be the costliest player of his team in this year's auction, was adjudged the Best Debutant performer for the season by the jury. … [Read more...]
IPL 2010: Player’s Performance
IPL-3 is in final stage with Mumbai, Bangalore, Deccan and Chennai qualified for the semi finals. Mumbai will take on Chennai in the final and rest two will fight for the 3rd spot. Teams like Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders have only themselves to blame, they had plenty of riches within their ranks for their vapid show, others like Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab neither had the firepower nor the form to help their cause. These four teams, which failed to make to semi final, paid the price for the lack of form of their key players, names which promised a lot, but delivered a little. Let’s have a look at performance of top players from these four teams. Yuvraj Singh (Kings XI Punjab)Matches: 14 Runs: 255 Highest: 43 Average: 21.25 S/R: 128.14He was in news for all other reasons except his batting!!Stripped from captaincy, Yuvraj didn't do his reputation any good by being one of the biggest flop stories of this campaign. Even Yuvraj did come out with his own statement saying there is no problem within the side. Kumar Sangakkara (Kings XI Punjab) Matches: 13 Runs: 357 Highest: 56 Average: 29.75 S/R: 138.91 If the outgoing captain of Kings XI Punjab was struggling to find form, the incumbent fared only marginally better. Kumar Sangakkara's 42-ball 56 against Mumbai Indians was a match-winning effort, but most of his other contributions were forgettable may be because of captaincy pressure on him. S Sreesanth (Kings XI Punjab)Matches: 6 Wickets: 3 Best Bowling: 2-24 Average: 63.66 E/R: 10.05 The Kerala speedster is never in the news for his performances. In the inaugural edition, we remember him for crying in public after the 'Slapgate' incident. But … [Read more...]
IPL 2010 records and statistics
IPL 2010 Statistics: IPL 2010 winner: Orange cap: Purple Cap: Highest sixers in IPL 2010: Highest score by a team in an innings: Chennai super kings scored 246 runs against Rajasthan at Chennai. Highest score by a player in an innings: Murali Vijay of Chennai super kings scored 127 runs against Rajasthan at Chennai. Highest sixers by a player in an innings: Murali Vijay of Chennai Superkings hit 11 sixers against Rajasthan. Highest sixers by a team in an innings: Chennai Superkings hit 17 sixers against Rajasthan. Highest Partnership: 152-run partnership between Murali Vijay & Morkel for Chennai superkings against Rajasthan. Centurions: Murali Vijay (127), David Warner and Yusuf Pathan (100). … [Read more...]
IPL 2010 T20 Cricket schedule
2010 ipl T20 Cricket schedule: Match timings: 4 PM and 8 PM. DateVenueTeam Vs TeamResultMarch: March 12MumbaiKolkata Vs HyderabadKolkata wonMarch 13MumbaiMumbai indians Vs RajasthanMumbai won by 4 runsMarch 13MohaliKings Punjab Vs DelhiDelhi wonMarch 14KolkataKolkata vs BangaloreKolkata wonMarch 14ChennaiChennai Vs HyderabadHyderabad wonMarch 15AhmedabadDelhi vs Rajasthan RoyalsDelhi wonMarch 16BangaloreBangalore Vs Punjab KingsBangalore wonMarch 16KolkataChennai Vs KolkataChennai wonMarch 17DelhiDelhi Vs Mumbai IndiansMumbai wonMarch 18BangaloreBangalore Vs Rajasthan RoyalsBangalore won by 10 wicketsMarch 19DelhiDelhi Vs Chennai Super KingsChennai wonMarch 19NagpurHyderabad Vs Punjab KingsHyderabad won the thrillerMarch 20AhmedabadKolkata vs Rajasthan RoyalsRajasthan Royals wonMarch 20MumbaiMumbai Indians Vs BangaloreBangalore Crushed MumbaiMarch 21CuttackDelhi Daredevils Vs HyderabadHyderabad wonMarch 21ChennaiChennai Super KingsVs PunjabPunjab won in super overMarch 22MumbaiMumbai Indians Vs KolkataMumbai won easilyMarch 23BangaloreBangalore Vs Chennai Super KingsBangalore wonMarch 24MohaliPunjab Kings Vs Rajasthan RoyalsRajasthan won … [Read more...]
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