Archive for March, 2010
2010 IPL Diary: Good ten days, Bad ten days
Ten days have passed since Delhi Daredevils last played at the Feroz Shah Kolta. The last home game was against the Chennai Super Kings and the Mongoose ran away with the match that day. Now it was the coming of the Kolkata Knight Riders and although another Australian did run loose, thankfully for the 40,000-odd fans assembled, he was on [...]
McLaren, Lewis differ on Australian GP strategy
Contrasting comments are coming in from the McLaren camp over the Australian Grand Prix result. On the one side is Lewis Hamilton who had a superb race starting from eleventh and is understandably disappointed that it didn’t yield any further than sixth. Then there is team boss Martin Whitmarsh who suggests that there was nothing wrong with [...]
2010 Australian Grand Prix: Jenson Button takes thrilling win
World champion Jenson Button took a thrilling win in the 2010 Australian Grand Prix, in what was only his second start in the McLaren. Robert Kubica in the Renault showed that his Friday form wasn’t a flash in the pan as he came in a deserved second ahead of Felipe Massa’s Ferrari in third (full results). The race on a whole was in direct [...]
2010 IPL: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab
Manoj Tiwary hit a superb 47-ball 75 to steer Kolkata Knight Riders to a 39-run win over Kings XI Punjab in Match 23 of the IPL 2010 at PCA Stadium in Mohali. Tiwary was ably assisted by his captain Sourav Ganguly who hit a composed half-century to boost Kolkata to 183 which proved beyond the reach of the listless Kings XI Punjab. Tiwary, who got [...]
2010 Australian GP Qualifying: Vettel storms to pole
Sebastien Vettel stormed to his second pole in two race weekends of the 2010 season as he put in a stunning qualifying lap round the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne. It was a one-two for Red Bull as Mark Webber made it to the front row for his home grand prix and Bahrain winner Fernando Alonso brought in his Ferrari in third place (full results). [...]
2010 Australian Grand Prix: Friday Practice
As the second race weekend of the 2010 season began, there was more on-track action in the first practice session alone than witnessed in the entirety of the Bahrain GP weekend. That and the news that wet weather is expected over the weekend makes for a highly anticipated Australian Grand Prix. Both the sessions today were highly disrupted. [...]
India announce team for 2010 T20 World Cup
The Indian squad for the T20 World Cup in the West Indies has been announced and the fifteen names chosen are on expected lines. Squad: MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, [...]
My Radio One (94.3 FM) gig as Dr.IPL
Here are a couple of recorded clips of my gig on Radio 94.3 FM. Especially for all those outside Delhi (or India) and thus can't get access to it. They have nicknamed me Dr.IPL and have also made a jingle used for introduction, and it never fails to bring a smile to my face. 94.3 FM - Dr.IPL for BRC v DD 25th March 2010 94.3 FM - Dr.IPL [...]
2010 IPL: Bangalore Royal Challengers beat Chennai Super Kings
Robin Uthappa (68 off 38 balls) took Royal Challengers Bangalore to a 36- run victory over the Chennai Super Kings in Match 18 of the IPL 2010 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Royal Challengers rattled up 171/5 and then contained Chennai Super Kings for 135/7 in 20 overs. Orange Cap holder Jacques Kallis looked shaky today. His run-spree [...]
FIA invites entries for 2011 grid spot
The FIA has invited entries for the 2011 and 2012 Formula One world championship seasons, as they opened the selection process for the one remaining slot left on the grid. Now we know the story behind that one remaining slot, don’t we? It became quite a messy affair with USF1 getting an entry and then not able to plan their way through for [...]
