Posts Tagged ‘Mumbai Indians’
IPL 4 – New Rules, New Game
Kolkata Knight Riders’ owner Shah Rukh Khan says the new player auction rules for the fourth season of the IPL in 2011, are somewhat unfair, and that all players should go into the pool. You can almost understand his pain. Three years of bragging about his team in front of the whole wide world and he has won squat so far. Now, finally, that he [...]
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: 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 [...]
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 Diary: parking chaos and week-in-review
This post is coming a bit late but I guess better that than never. I guess it was the same story with regards to the Mumbai Indians versus Delhi Daredevils match – my first ‘official’ visit to the press box at the Feroz Shah Kotla. I intended to reach early and I did – at 6.30 pm. But that was just the beginning as for the next ninety [...]
