With 17 matches played the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) finally seems to be settling in. If you thought that the inclusion of two new teams would be the biggest change for the T20 extravaganza then think again. IPL 4 has seen many players change jersey colors and this, as opposed to the two new teams, has been the biggest change this year.
Malinga’s reluctance to tour England with the Sri Lankan team has set my controversy radar buzzing. There is an unmistakable stench of the fishy kind. In fact, I smelt it as early as the day after the World Cup final that Sri Lanka lost to India. That was the day Malinga announced that he would not take part in the 2015 ODI World Cup. I don’t know about you, but I personally thought it was a trifle early to be announcing his non-availability for an event that was four years away. Malinga is only 28, and will be 32, in 2015 — a year younger than Zaheer Khan was during this year’s world cup.
New Controversy Brewing Between Sri Lankan Cricket Board and Malinga
MI are scheduled to host CSK in IPL 4, at Mumbai, on April 22, 2011. This is arguably the biggest match before the semi-finals. On current form, MI are among the strongest teams of this year’s edition, while Chennai are looking more self-assured after being joined by Aussies Hussey and Bollinger. This should be a fascinating contest between evenly matched teams, with MI enjoying a slight edge owing to home advantage.
Australian cricket became popular when the country became a territory under the British rule. Today, Australian cricket has spawned many teams, both amateur and professional, and enjoys a steady following.
The fourth IPL season began on April 8, with an opening game between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. In a match that went down to the wire, CSK prevailed by 2 runs. Batting first CSK managed a modest score of 153/4 off their 20 overs. KKR’s batting line-up was surely up to the task but a bizarre decision by skipper Gambhir to come down the order at number 6 was partly to blame for the loss. Here’s a summary of all the matches played so far, in IPL 4.
KXIP completed a well-deserved win, on the back of an all-round performance by Valthaty, for whom the last two games have been a born-again experience after nearly a decade spent in cricketing wilderness. A well-deserved win to Punjab has opened up the points table in what is promising to be a tight tournament that almost any team could win.
IPL 4 Match Result: Valthaty Inspires Kings XI Punjab To Beat Deccan Chargers
There was not much Tendulkar could do, after his main bowler had failed to provide a breakthrough, and Harbhajan’s lack of form did not help matters any. With Malinga likely to miss IPL games from the first week of May, owing to Sri Lanka’s tour of England, MI are suddenly looking vulnerable. What a difference one game can make.
IPL 4 Match Result: Mumbai Indians Beaten At Home By Kochi Tuskers Kerala
The art of swing bowling takes a lot of practise. Once you master how to swing a cricket ball it should give you a considerable advantage over the batsman.
Rajasthan were delivered a royal whipping by the Knight Riders, and part of the blame rested with skipper Shane Warne’s reluctance to hand the opening slot to Watson. You’d want your best batsman to get to face as many deliveries as possible, especially in the Power Play overs.
IPL 4 Match Result: Kolkata Knight Riders Whip Rajasthan Royals
Kochi Tuskers Kerala are set to host Royal Challengers Bangalore, at Kochi, on Saturday, April 9. My final eleven is a mix of 4 batsmen, 3 all-rounders, and 4 bowlers. It has the superficial appearance of a balanced side, until you consider that many of these players have not performed, consistently, in the recent past.
IPL 4: Kochi Tuskers Kerala’s Probable Eleven Against Royal Challengers Bangalore
KTK never really recovered from their top order collapse. They lost wickets in clusters, and despite a brave 88 run stand between Jadeja and Hodge, they were always trying to catch up. There was a brief glimmer of hope when Yuvraj got out to leave PW floundering at 73/4, but the remaining batsmen kept their nerve to chase down a target that was at least 20 runs short of comfort.
This squad is a bit thin, in its fast bowling resources. An injury to one of the new ball operators could weaken the attack as there aren’t any quality back-up options. That said, there is enough fire power in the batting line-up, and Yuvraj’s recent form in the ICC World Cup augurs well for the Warriors, ahead of their clash with KXIP.
IPL 4: Pune Warriors’ Probable Eleven Against Kings XI Punjab
CSK’s resurgence after the loss of early wickets proved why they are such a dangerous side that no team can afford to underestimate. That said, they were assisted by a wicket that is full of runs and if any dew factor came into play, it would only hurt the CSK bowlers. But Punjab needed a lot of nerve in the face of a daunting target. They gambled on sending Valthaty to open, and kept back their trump card Marsh. And Valthaty went on to play a blinder that much more accomplished batsmen would have been proud to have played, themselves.
IPL 4 Match Result: Kings XI Punjab Chase Down Chennai Super Kings’ Huge Target
Even as the fourth season of IPL i.e. IPL 4 kickstarted recently, lets take a look at some of the new developments and some stars this time in the IPL 2011 Teams. Of the last three editions, two finals have been won by relatively less fancied teams.
The World Cup has travelled places with the event being played out in 14 countries so far. The first three World Cups and the 2007 World Cup were four occasions when a single country hosted the event but the rest have been co-hosted with two or more countries getting together to organise the tournament. In this article, we run you through the illustrious history of the Cricket World Cup.
Twenty20, or T20 as it’s also known, was intended to encourage more spectators to watch the game both on the ground as well as on television. As is obvious from the shortened format and the more exciting variables, T20 has been able to achieve its objective quite comfortably. The effect has been noted in the immediate spike in the sales of cricket accessories and the drastic improvement of the cricket accessories&industry, once the T20 format became famous.
Tendulkar led from the front, after the RCB batsmen showed reluctance to take the initiative in the middle overs. Another 20 runs added to their total would have given RCB’s bowlers some incentive but De Villiers and Dlishan began the slog about five overs too late. It was a well-deserved win for MI, who are looking like the team to beat, this season.
IPL 4 Match Report: Mumbai Indians Coast To Win Against Royal Challengers Bangalore
Sehwag’s continued poor form is a worrying factor for Delhi, and had their skipper fired, RR could possibly have had to chase a target of about 175.That said, RR deserved their victory thoroughly for the way they combined as a team, and the way Warne marshaled his resources. The RR skipper looked mean and and fit, and earned the Man of the Match award for his 2/17 that set Delhi back.
KKR won a good toss and their batsmen made sure that they did not squander the advantage, despite DC’s excellent bowling attack comprising the likes of Steyn, Mishra and Ojha. With wickets falling at regular intervals, Iqbal Abdullah (3/24) led the KKR attack to seal the win for his team.
IPL 4 Match Report: Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Deccan Chargers
Mumbai Indians will be hosted by Delhi Daredevils in IPL 4, on Sunday, April 10. Ahead of the game, let’s pick the best possible eleven that MI could field against DD. This will be the team to beat for any side aspiring to win the IPL, this season, with equal strength in batting and bowling.
IPL 4: Mumbai Indians’ Probable Eleven Against Delhi Daredevils
Can this team aspire to win the title? I think this team is likely to rely too much on a few seniors, and has too many young unproven players. While the batting looks solid, the bowling resources are a little thin, without a single new ball operator looking overly impressive. An injury to Praveen Kumar could prove disastrous, as there is no known back up for him among the team’s Indian players, and selecting someone like Ryan Mclaren to replace him would mean sacrificing either Hussey or Marsh, thereby weakening the batting.
IPL 4: Kings XI Punjab’s Probable Eleven Against Pune Warriors
Delhi Daredevils are set to host Mumbai Indians in a potentially exciting clash in IPL 4, at Delhi, on Sunday, April 10. Led by Virendra Sehwag, DD will have their task cut out against a formidable MI team. Can this team give Mumbai Indians a run for their money? With a surfeit of all-rounders, the DD team has depth in batting. There are big hitters in Sehwag and Warner, and some solid middle order players, in Rao and Hopes. Pathan can be promoted up the order if needed, and Agarkar is no mean batsman, himself. Apart from Morkel, the bowling line-up looks iffy, but on a typical Indian wicket that’s likely to favour batsmen, this should not worry skipper Sehwag, unduly. His best bet is to win the toss, and bat MI out of the game. If Sehwag himself gets going, half the battle is won.
IPL 4: Delhi Daredevils’ Probable Eleven Against Mumbai Indians
Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on Kochi Tuskers Kerala, on Saturday, April 9, at Kochi, in what could be an intriguing contest between two untested combinations of players. While RCB’s first eleven might do the job on a given day, the back up strength is iffy, especially the Indian component. It will all bowl down to how well they combine on the field, and by inference, how well Vettori leads the team.
IPL 4: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Probable Eleven Against Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals are set to clash at Hyderabad, on Saturday, April 9. In this article, I take a look at the best possible eleven that the hosts can put together for what promises to be an enthralling clash. How would I rate this team? As far as I can see, DC have invested more thought in their selection of overseas players, who are a good mix of batsmen, bowlers and all-rounders. The few big name Indians are all bowlers, and that could prove a stumbling block to the squad’s title aspirations.
IPL 4: Deccan Chargers’ Probable Eleven Against Rajasthan Royals
2011 will be cherished by every Indian for a long long time to come, thanks to MSD and his men in blue… India not only co-hosted the Cricket World Cup but also made the record of being the host nation to win it for the first time. India had earlier won Cricket world cup way back in 1983…
World Cup Unites India – The Frenzy That Followed the Spectacular Win
After lifting the first IPL trophy, Rajasthan Royals faded away, in the next two editions. With a new auction bringing in a new batch of players, RR will be hoping for a reversal in fortunes. This team is very balanced, at least on paper. The worst that can be said about the squad is that RR appear to depend a lot on aging players like Warne and Dravid, in what is essentially a young man’s game.
IPL 4: Rajasthan Royals’ Probable Eleven Against Deccan Chargers
A very gracious Shahid Afridi not only kept his cool for a better part of the semifinal clash with India in the recently concluded ICC Cricket World Cup but was a beacon of cordiality when he congratulated the Indian Eleven for outplaying them. Even after he landed in Pakistan he was calm and requested his nation to look forward from the great experience his young team garnered in its World Cup campaign.
Pakistan Cricket Team Captain and His Double Talk Post World Cup 2011 Semi-Final
As I write this obituary, the famed Australian cricket team would have already landed on their shores, after completing a rather lonely and never ending flight back from India. They would not be greeted by rabble rousing, slogan shouting, frenzied mob baying for their blood and downfall (such foolish acts are reserved for the fanatic Indian and Pakistan cricket team supporters).
West Indies Act 2: The End Of The Australian Dominance – Or Is It?
Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Chennai Super Kings in the first game of IPL 4, on Friday, April 8. KKR disappointed in the first three editions of the IPL, failing to qualify for the semi-finals, despite having a line-up of stars. They were also hit by an unseemly captaincy controversy, after Ganguly was sacked to accommodate Brendon McCullum as skipper. KKR are likely to pose a huge challenge to CSK, with a line-up that includes the likes of Jacques Kallis and Yusuf Pathan.
Chennai Super Kings will begin their IPL 4 campaign with an opening game, on Friday, April 8, against Kolkata Knight Riders. In this article, I am going to list what I consider to be the best eleven CSK can hope to field against KKR, in their opening game.
IPL 4: Chennai’s Probable Eleven For Opening Game Against Kolkata
Giving a tough fight to our distant neighbours, India impressively won against Pakistan, leading the nation towards the magnanimous Cricket One Day World Cup 2011 final against Sri Lanka. And then, as Oracle Bejan Daruwala had very rightly prophesised, history recreated itself when the Indian cricket team lifted the World cup after 28yrs of waiting…
The opponents are decided and it is a matter of just two games all the four semi finalists to mark their presence in the history. The first semi final of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is going to be held on 29th MARCH 2011 in R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, between Sri land and New Zealand.
India won the world cup on 2nd April 2011 for the second time after 28 years. It was indeed a rare moment of honor. It was due to some excellent cricket that was played by the entire team for a period of more than a month.Kudos to the Indian team and let the entire nation rejoice in this win.
India and Sri Lanka will meet at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium in the grand finale of ICC World Cup 2011, on Saturday, April 2. India are overwhelming favourites to add a second world cup to the first one they won in 1983. Here are 4 reasons why I think India will win this match without much ado:
ICC World Cup 2011 Final: 4 Reasons Why India Will Beat Sri Lanka
I remember reading that on the 1952 tour of England the Indian team had a torrid time against Fred Truman. In fact the score in one of the test matches read 0-4 as Fred Truman ran into the Indian team like a veritable tornado. Even seasoned players like Polly Umrigar took guard outside the leg stump as they faced Truman, Statham and company.
Cricket is a very lively sport enjoyed by many. As such the game has evolved and spread all across the world like a virus. Every nation takes pride in winning the world cup for its country. In India the sport is followed pretty passionately that they consider few of their players to be Gods.
Without taking anything away from India’s inspired performance last night, was there more to the World Cup semifinal that what met the eye? The match between arch rivals turned out to be full of surprises and thrill and just as the pundits predicted the team that kept its nerves ended up booking a date with Sri Lanka.
The initial few matches notwithstanding this ICC Cricket World Cup has been just the kind of stuff dreams are made of. India’s unexpectedly early first round exit during the previous World Cup had ensured a great loss of revenue for the organizers but this time around India’s performance has guaranteed that everything goes according to plans. India defeating the once invincible Australians was a gear-changer and now the India-Pakistan clash of the 2011 World Cup promises to be the biggest showdown in recent times.
India vs Pakistan World Cup 2011 Semi-Final Match: Thrill Unlimited
I must confess that I have not seen the Bombay test in 1959 against the Australian team led by Richie Benaud. My father however saw the test and what I have written is recounted by him. This was the third test of the series and the Indian team was led by GS Ramchand a hard hitting right hand batsman and a competent pacer.
Abbas Ali Baig the Test Cricketeer Who Received Kisses at the Brabourne Stadium
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India will seek to exorcise the ghosts of 1996 while becoming the only team to win the title on home soil. That year, too, India met Sri Lanka, but in the semi-finals. Then too, they had vanquished Pakistan in the previous game, and expectations ran rampant, as they took on Arjuna Ranatunga’s men at Kolkata. It was not a glorious finish to what was otherwise a brilliant tournament for India, and this time around, India will want to make amends at Mumbai, on April 2.
ICC World Cup 2011 Final: India Will Seek To Avenge 1996 Defeat To Sri Lanka
It has been an exciting Cricket World cup tournament. Unlike in last year’s FIFA World Cup the perennial chokers did not make it through to the finals. Spain and Holland had been showing good performances in the previous cups only to be booted out when it mattered most; well last year in South Africa they both made it to the final.
Well, I’m not someone who lives, eats and breaths cricket like other worshipers of this game from India or anywhere in the world. And I’m also not like one of those craaaaaazy cricket fans….who will stay awake like owls, skip meals, bunk office, stand in serpentine queues, or climb over trees to catch a glimpse of a cricket match.
Kudos to Yuvraj Singh for holding his strong nerves and kudos to Zaheer Khan for another brilliant and timely performance with the ball and keeping India in the match. Yuvraj Singh once again proved that he is greatest Indian one day batsman of all time and one of the greatest match winner of all time. Kudos to the Indian team for edging Australia out of the World Cup 2011. Shaun Tait’s performance won the quarterfinal for India more than the brilliant individual performances by Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Gambhir, and Ashwin.
Senseless Shaun Tait Wins Quarterfinal For India By Doing A Shoib Akhtar
The Parsi’s are a significant minority in India who has contributed in their own way to India’s Development. Thus even in the field of cricket their contribution is not insignificant. Before partition, when the quadrangular was played they constituted one of the teams along with the Hindus, Muslims and Europeans.
England will take on co-host Sri Lanka in the fourth and last quarter-final of ICC World Cup 2011, on Saturday, March 26. Sri Lanka are favoured to win playing in home conditions against an erratic England, but is there something England can do to upset Sri Lanka and knock them out of the World Cup? In this article, I consider Sri Lanka’s weaknesses and England’s strengths that might aid them in this endeavour.
There’s a rare unity, among the Pakistani players, not seen since the days Imran Khan was at the helm. Famously, Imran answered General Zia’s call and came back from retirement to lead the team to the 1992 world cup. A half-fit Imran played as a pure batsman, coming in at number three, and his 72 in the final contributed substantially to the title that the team eventually won. This time around, Pakistan’s continued fortunes will depend on the following six men:
ICC World Cup 2011 Semi-Finals: 6 Men Pakistan Will Rely On Against India
If India won the toss, they would definitely elect to bat and try and put 300 plus runs on the board. Pakistan’s fragile batting line up would struggle to chase anything above 250, barring a once-in-a-lifetime performance by the likes of Afridi or Razzaq. Even if Pakistan were to bat first, they won’t find it easy to bat India out of the game, as they would need at least 300 runs to make that possible. That said, the pressure would be less than if they were chasing.
ICC World Cup 2011 Semi-Finals: Probable Pakistan Team Against India
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The opening encounter of the defending champion Australia once again proves this fact that the minnows are a total mismatch in an internationally acclaimed tournament like the ICC Cricket World Cup. After Bangladesh, Kenya and Canada, now it was the turn of Zimbabwe to get humiliated in front of the top notch teams like Australia.