Archive for March, 2010
2010 IPL: Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders
Sachin Tendulkar (71 off 48 balls) helped Mumbai Indians to a seven-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in Match - 17 of IPL 2010 at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The win also put the Mumbai Indians back at the top of the league standings. Skipper Sourav Ganguly and West Indies skipper Chris Gayle opened the innings in place of Manoj [...]
FIA allow Renault to tweak engine
Now that the storm over the bore fest that was the Bahrain GP is settling down, people are turning their attention to different things. Red Bull started it all, rubbing their quick pace in Mercedes GP’s face, saying they know why they didn’t get an engine from Germany. Mercedes then played the blame game, putting it all across the pit lane in [...]
2010 IPL Diary: Chennai vs Kings XI – mediocre at best
After the Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab match ended in a Super Over finish, I came across Lalit Modi’s tweet: “This is what IPL is all about. The most competitive cricket in the world without any doubt.” The only thought that came to mind was, really Mr.Modi? Now the match may seem enthralling to most people but simply [...]
2010 IPL: Hyderabad Deccan Chargers beat Delhi Daredevils
Man of the match Andrew Symonds (35 off 24 balls and 3/21) powered Deccan Chargers past the Delhi Daredevils’ by 10 runs in Match 15 of the IPL 2010 at Barbati Stadium in Cuttack. Earlier, Amit Mishra opened the attack and bowled Madhya Pradesh Ranji opener Mohnish Mishra, who came in place of the injured VVS Laxman, with a googly in the [...]
2010 IPL: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Mumbai Indians
Bangalore Royal Challengers beat the Mumbai Indians by seven wickets to register their third successive victory in Match 14 of the IPL 2010 at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. Bangalore Royal Challengers chased down the moderate target of 152 in 19.1 overs. Mumbai Indians were made to work hard for runs from the start as only 37 runs came from the [...]
2010 IPL: Rajasthan Royals beat Kolkata Knight Riders
2008 champions Rajasthan Royals scored their first win in IPL 2010 when they beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 34 runs in Match 13 at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad. Rajasthan Royals chose to bat but got off to the worst possible start as opener Michael Lumb was out first ball to Ashok Dinda. New Zealand pace bowler Shane Bond dismissed [...]
FIA rectifies diffuser loophole ahead of Australian GP
Reading this headline you almost wish that the loophole being talked about here pertains to the double diffuser concept. Although that might mean a heavy exercise in terms of time and money to go back to their drawing boards and redraw their 2010 cars, it might just help the on track action a bit. But this is wishful thinking at its best and such [...]
2010 IPL Diary: poor captaincy and a mongoose bat
The IPL encounter between Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings was rightly billed as a contest to see which side would blink first. The reasoning behind this being the absence of respective skippers of the two sides – Gautam Gambhir out with a hamstring problem and MS Dhoni injured in the last game that Chennai played. Inadvertently the [...]
2010 IPL: Hyderabad Deccan Chargers beat Kings XI Punjab
Deccan Chargers playing their first ever IPL home game at Cuttack beat Kings XI Punjab by six runs in Match 12 of the IPL 2010. Kings XI made 164/8 chasing 171 falling short by six runs. Deccan Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist slammed a 12-ball 33 hitting two sixes off Sreesanth 51 runs today. But Gilchrist's innings was cut short when he top [...]
2010 IPL: Chennai Super Kings beat Delhi Daredevils
Chasing 186 for victory, Chennai Super Kings scored 190/5 in 19.1 overs. Both Delhi and Chennai were without their regular captains Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni as Dinesh Karthik and Suresh Raina played stand-ins. Virender Sehwag (74 off 38 balls) gave a sparkling start to Delhi even as he lost Australian explosive opener David Warner who came [...]
