Posts Tagged ‘IPL’
2010 IPL: Feroz Shah Kotla on the mend
The last time Tillakaratne Dilshan batted at the Feroz Shah Kotla was in December last year. He faced Zaheer Khan first up and got banged on his helmet. Now batting in the IPL for Delhi Daredevils, yet still facing Mumbai Indians’ Zaheer, he wouldn’t have given ‘that’ ill-prepared pitch another thought. For his team was attempting to chase [...]
2010 IPL: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Rajasthan Royals
Praveen Kumar notched up the first hat-trick of the IPL 2010 to star in Bangalore Royal Challengers’ ten-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in match 10 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The 23-year-old Praveen Kumar (3/18) and skipper Anil Kumble (3/9) destroyed Rajasthan who were bundled out for the season’s lowest total yet, 92 in 19.5 overs. [...]
2010 IPL: Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Daredevils
Sachin Tendulkar (32-ball 62, 11x4) led Mumbai Indians to a huge 98-run win over Delhi Daredevils in Match 9 of the IPL 2010 at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. Delhi Daredevils also suffered another huge setback when their skipper Gautam Gambhir pulled a hamstring and did not bat. Tendulkar cracked 11 dazzling fours to give the Mumbai Indians [...]
2010 IPL: Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders
Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed a superb 33-ball 66 (6x4, 3x6) to guide the Chennai Super Kings to a 55- run win over the Kolkata Knight Riders in match eight of the IPL 2010 at Eden Gardens. Dhoni and his unbeaten 109 runs partnership in 10.5 overs with S Badrinath (43, 33 balls, 3x4) helped lift the Chennai Super Kings to a respectable [...]
2010 IPL: Royal Challengers beat Kings XI Punjab
Jacques Kallis (89; 55 balls, 8x4, 5x6) fired Bangalore Royal Challengers to a thumping eight-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab in match 7 of the IPL 2010 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Chasing a stiff 204 runs for victory, the Royal Challengers romped home in 18.5 overs. Openers Manvinder Bisla and Ravi Bopara put on a 129-run opening stand [...]
2010 IPL: Delhi Daredevils beat Rajasthan Royals
Virender Sehwag (34-ball 75; 8x4, 5x6) powered Delhi Daredevils to a six-wicket victory over the Rajasthan Royals in Match 6 of the IPL 2010 on Monday. Gautam Gambhir’s decision to bowl first was justified as Rajasthan Royals nosedived to 50 for four by the ninth over. Openers Swapnil Asnodkar and South African captain Graeme Smith had [...]
2010 IPL: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore
Four wickets by Angelo Mathews and a 101-run stand between openers Manoj Tiwary and Brad Hodge helped Kolkata Knight Riders beat last year’s finalists Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets to record their second successive win in IPL 2010 at the Eden Gardens. Sourav Ganguly’s decision to bowl first paid off as Angelo Mathews [...]
2010 IPL Diary: Deccan Chargers trumped by Kolkata Knight Riders
As if the IPL wasn’t loud enough over the last two years, what with the likes of Ravi Shastri, Danny Morrison and company bellowing commercials into their microphones, SET MAX kicked off their 2010 coverage with Navjot Singh Sidhu back in the experts saddle, after like an eternity. The other day on Twitter I came across the channel’s [...]
IPL 2010: Kolkata Knight Riders Preview
2009 Record: Eighth 2008 Record: Sixth Squad: Sourav Ganguly Sourav (captain), Varun Aaron, Iqbal Abdulla, Ajit Agarkar, Eklakh Ahmed, Ashoke Dinda, Chris Gayle, Rohan Gavaskar, Brad Hodge, Harshad Khadiwale, Murali Kartik, Charles Langeveldt, Angelo Mathews, Brendon McCullum, Ajantha Mendis, Chirag Pathak, Cheteshwar Pujara, Wriddhiman [...]
IPL 2010: Rajasthan Royals Preview
2009 Record: Sixth 2008 Record: Champions Squad: Shane Warne (captain), Swapnil Asnodkar, Johan Botha, Faiz Fazal, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Kamran Khan, Michael Lumb, Damien Martyn, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Morne Morkel, Sumit Narwal, Naman Ojha, Munaf Patel, Yusuf Pathan, Amit Paunikar, Syed Ahmed Quadri, Abhishek Raut, Amit Singh, Graeme [...]
