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Boucher seals thrilling win for Bangalore
In a match dominated by South African stars, the batting efforts of Mark Boucher and Jacques Kallis edged the all-round contribution of Shaun Pollock, as Bangalore Royal Challengers recovered from Friday’s mauling to register their first win of the tournament. Set a challenging 166 by the Mumbai Indians, Bangalore rode on an unbeaten 39 from […]
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Bangalore, Mumbai look evenly matched
After the mauling they received from Kolkata IPL team in the opening match of the Indian Premier League, Bangalore IPL team would be eager to set things right when they take on hosts Mumbai Indians in their second clash at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
Bangalore captain Rahul Dravid, after a 140-run loss on […]
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Bravo replaces Malinga in Mumbai squad
The Mumbai Indian Premier League (IPL) team has a lot in common with the national cricket team. Apart from the name of the team, the colour of the team jersey (blue), poor media management, the Mumbai team is also suffering from injury woes, something that the Indian team faced during the recently-concluded Test series against […]
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Gilchrist felt “like a cow” at IPL auction
New Delhi: Adam Gilchrist may have felt “like a cow” after being auctioned at the cash-rich Indian Premier League, but the just-retired Australian wicketkeeper-batsman says he does not mind being part of the “unique and interesting” venture.
Mr. Gilchrist admitted that his name being auctioned was an unusual experience for him and he would wait and […]
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Cricketers will get to shake their legs in IPL
New Delhi, Mar 15 (IANS) A traditionalist to the core, India’s spin legend Bishan Singh Bedi has taken a humorous swipe at the Indian Premier League.
‘We will watch cricketers do a jig from April 18. That’s Twenty20 cricket for you,’ Bedi said.
‘When Kerry Packer introduced colour dresses, it was called pyjama cricket. People who are […]
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CCI not to host IPL matches
THAT WANKHEDE stadium will host the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches became a certainty on Friday with the Cricket Club of India (CCI) being rejected as a choice of the venue by the Mumbai franchise owners.
Wankhede Stadium will now host the 10 ties to be played in Mumbai, including the semifinals and final, alongwith the […]
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Brabourne out of race to stage IPL games
Mumbai: Brabourne Stadium will not be able to host any of the IPL matches. This was revealed by the CCI president Raj Singh Dungarpur.
“We were very keen to host the matches but the arrangements couls not be worked out with the IPL franchisee-Reliance Ltd”. “The discussions between the parties failed over the quota arrangements”, he […]
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Kiwis set for second IPL auction
Five of the New Zealand side that beat England in the first Test are set to be snapped up at the second Indian Premier League (IPL) auction on Tuesday.
Ross Taylor, Jamie How, Jeetan Patel, Chris Martin and Kyle Mills will be bid for by the eight franchise teams.
Daniel Vettori, Brendon McCullum and Jacob Oram […]
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Mascarenhas Off To IPL
All-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas has become the first England player to sign up for the Indian Premier League.
The 30-year-old, who has been given permission by Hampshire to play in the forthcoming tournament, was snapped up by Jaipur for £50,000 at the latest player auction this morning.
With the IPL starting next month and running until […]
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Tendulkar: It will be fun opening with Jayasuriya in IPL
Mumbai March 8 (IANS) ‘I will be opening for the coming match, and it will be with Sanath Jayasuriya, with whom I had last opened in 1998, while playing at Lords. It will be fun,’ enthused Sachin Tendulkar, who on Saturday was named captain of the Mumbai Indians in the DLF Indian Premier League.
Tendulkar was […]
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