Posts Tagged ‘Suresh Raina’
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 [...]
