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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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Chappell’s talent hunt for IPL’s Jaipur team
Chennai, Mar 11 (ANI): Former Indian cricket team coach Greg Chappell, who has been hired to coach the Jaipur team of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has scouted for talent for the team.
“It’s a challenging job. I think finding talent and developing talent for the future is going to be very important not just for […]
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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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Pinal and Abhishek for Mumbai in IPL
Mumbai: The DLF Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Mumbai franchisee, Reliance Group, has signed up Baroda wicket-keeper Pinal Shah along with Mumbai players Abhishek Nayar, Ajinkya Rahane and Maharashtra’s Yogesh Takawale.
“We signed Pinal Shah two days ago. All four will play in the inaugural season. We will make other announcements soon,” R. Balachandran, President and Chief […]
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Sachin lost out to Dhoni because of iconic status: Vijay Mallya
BARCELONA, February 27: Cricket icons like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid would have gone for a much higher price than the $1.5 million that Mahendra Singh Dhoni commanded, said Vijay Mallya, the owner of the Bangalore franchise in the Indian Premier League.
Speaking to a handful of reporters on the sidelines of his Formula […]
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