Indian Premier League Cricket

Chennai Super Kings were thoroughly outplayed by the defending champs – Deccan Chargers. The name for the Chargers seemed apt as captain Adam Gilchrist came out charging at the start of innings and quickly amassed runs by belting the bowlers all around the stadium. Sudeep Tyagi the rookie got particularly hammered by Gilly and was [...]

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Today, the first Sunday of the IPL Season 3 will clash of the Titans
Sun,14 Mar 2010 4 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata
KKR fresh from a victory against the Deccan Chargers will take on last year’s finalists the Royal Challengers under Anil Kumble.
Sun,14 Mar 2010 5 Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers Chennai. [...]

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March 2: Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders – DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai
March 19: Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab – Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
March 21: Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils – Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
March 28: Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians – DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai
April 5: Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals – Nagpur
April 10: Deccan [...]

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The Deccan Chargers are rightly miffed. Without much ado the IPL commissioner had arbitrarily shifted the venue of the IPL matches despite assurances from the government of Andhra Pradesh for fool proof security. The third edition of IPL was the started at Hyderabad where the defending champions Deccan Chargers would have had a chance to [...]

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Lalit Modi has decided to shift all the IPL home matches of the Deccan Chargers to Mumbai and Nagpur. That means no IPL action in Hyderabad. It’s a shame that the Telengana agitation has claimed yet another cricketing victim. Who is to blame? Who suffers the consequences?
The Andhra Goverment had assured fool proof security but [...]

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Last year they were at the bottom of the table. This year they are right at the top! Yes, Deccan Chargers are the Champs this season. They beat a spirited Royal Challengers team who also ended at the bottom of the table last year to keep Chargers company. What a swift turn around for both [...]

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What a sizzling performance from the master batsman Adam Gilchrist. With his bat firing away like Sehwag and co were left licking their wounds. Gilly blasted 50 off 17 balls and set up a victory for the Hyderbadis. His final score was 85. He snatched away a victory from the undefeated Daredevils who had score [...]

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Almost ending the dreams of a semi-final berth for the Mohali team. Chasing a very modest total of 119, Yuvaraj and co could manage only 92 for the loss of 8 wickets. The Chennai team is assured of a semi-final berth. Delhi are already through to the semis. Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians are also out [...]

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Standings         P W L T NR PTS
Daredevils         9 7 2 0 0 14
SuperKings         10 6 3 0 1 13
DeccanChargers    10 6 4 0 0 12
MumbaiIndians     11 5 5 0 1 11
RajasthanRoyals     11 5 5 0 1 11
RoyalChallengers    11 5 6 0 0 10
KingsXIPunjab     11 5 6 [...]

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The Royals haven’t found been at their all conquering best this season. Deccan Chargers made tentative start losing 3 wickets but Dwayne Smith lusty hitting (he made 47 runs) helped the team post a reasonable target of 166/7. At one stage the Chargers were 83-4.
In return Rajasthan Royals team were never in the hunt losing [...]

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