Indian Premier League Cricket

‘Success” or ‘Failure’ is cyclic. They change from hands to hand.They do not belong to one individual for long time. A gifted or a lucky person may have it for a longer period but not for ever.
When Hayden scored 93 in 43 balls, critics were of opinion that he will repeat his performance in his [...]

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Definitely Kings XI Punjab will win. People won’t agree because KXIP has to face CSK which boasts of having a batsman like Hayden who made 93 in 43 balls.  
A batsman or a bowler is considered as a great based on their rate of success. Their rate of failure gets obscure. It could be other way [...]

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The adversities also provide some consolation. The injuries to Guatam Gambir and Mahendra Singh Dhoni have crowned captainship on Suresh Raina and Dinesh Karthik.
Eventually Karthik lead Delhi Daredevil and Suresh Raina Chennai Super Kings.
Delhi Daredevils batted first to file up a total 185 for six wickets. Sehwag breezed with ten fours, three sixes in 38 [...]

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Suiresh Raina will take over the captaincy of CSK from injured Mahendra Singh Dhoni for two matches which are to be played on 19th and 21st March against DD and KXIP respectively
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was hit on the right elbow by a Shane Bond delivery in an IPL league match, played on 16th against [...]

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Chennai Super Kings could not dig deep enough to find the right answers. Royal Challengers and Manish in particular found the momentun to keep going into the finals.

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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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Kolkata Knight Riders snatched a last ball win from the Chennai Super Kings. The Chennai Super Kings set an good target of 188 but their bowling let them down and they now have to win the last match to qualify for the semis.  At last the Kolkata fans got what they wanted for so long.  [...]

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The Chennai Super Kings lost in a sensational match as a resurgent Royal Challengers thrashed former season’s runner up to win by two wickets. It was one of the worst days in the office for the Chennai Super Kings and certain wake up call for the teams batsman.  They set a low target of 129 [...]

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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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Badrinath’s brilliant batting upset the Rajasthan Royals applecart. Mathew Hayden took on the elder statesman role playing a steadying knock on the other side. The side had lost two early wickets in  Suresh Raina and Vijay in their chase of Rajasthan Royals score of 140/7.Badrinath was at his aggressive best scoring 59 runs. CSK now [...]

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