Posts Tagged ‘mongoose bat’
2010 IPL: Team of the Tournament
While the world casts one eye on the ICC World Twenty20 in the Caribbean, due to begin in the next couple of days, the other eye needs to look back at the 2010 season of the Indian Premier League one last time before it is consigned to the has-been books. Here we look at the first eleven of this season’s Indian Premier League. Openers: [...]
2010 IPL Diary: Why Mumbai Indians lost
Mumbai’s dropped catches were cancelled away by the run-out chances missed by the Chennai Super Kings, and that is how the game of cricket proceeds. Many believe that withholding Kieron Pollard is the one main reason why Mumbai Indians went down in the IPL finals, a match they were widely expected to win. It is true he came out to bat a bit [...]
2010 IPL Diary: Semi-Final Shockers
So, the two semi-finals have been played and now we know which two teams will play for the ghastliest gold-plated trophy in world sport. I mean there’s not even a proper way to lift that thing up, like a cup or something – all you are busy looking at are the shining jewels. Meanwhile the losers two will jostle for a spot in the Champions [...]
2010 IPL: Semi-Final stage is set
The stage is set for the semi-finals of the IPL but no one seems to be talking about this aspect of cricket. Somewhere in the backdrop of the raging fire that that IPL-Kochi franchise-Lalit Modi controversy has become, there are four teams that will be preparing in Mumbai, hoping that when the dust settles down they will be the ones holding that [...]
2010 IPL Diary: Its close, real close
As Kings XI Punjab slowly but surely took apart the Delhi Daredevils’ batting on Sunday afternoon, one sat perplexed as to what was happening. Was the pitch acting up again, as has been quoted widely over the past week? Or was it simply that the Kings XI side decided to turn up on the day and Delhi (the team that is, for the fans were present in [...]
2010 IPL Diary: The competition heats up
Match day 24 of the 2010 IPL will go down as the marker when people look back as the turning point of the race for the semi-finals. At the start of the day no one expected so, and rightly, for the first game was between Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab. Given all factors plus the fact that the match was being played at the Eden Gardens, [...]
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 [...]
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 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: 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 [...]
