Indian Premier League Cricket

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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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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A player claiming to be part of the Kolkata Knight Riders team is writing a blog called the fakeiplplayer.blogspot.com. He has been writing about insider stuff like team meetings, the problems between players and other juicy gossip about many players from the KKR camp and also about members of other teams.
That’s not all he has [...]

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Match No.
Date
Team1
Team 2
Score Team 1  
Score Team 2
Player of the match
Award for  
Match Won by

1
18-Apr-09
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
165/7 – in 20 overs
146/7 – in 20 overs
Sachin – MI
59*
MI

2
18-Apr-09
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Bangalore Royal Challengers (BRC)
58/10 in 15.1 overs
133/8 – in 20
Dravid -BRC
66
BRC

3
19-Apr-09
Delhi Daredevils (DD)
Kings XI Punjab (Punjab)
58/10 in 4.5 overs
104/7 -1 in  20 [...]

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The match between Rajasthan and Mumbai was abandoned and both teams shared a point each. The rains at Durban made the match impossible. The other match between Kolkata and Punjab was decided on D/L method. KKR won.

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Last year’s last placed teams are making a determined comeback. After Royal Challengers emphatic win against the Rajasthan Royals, it was the turn of the Deccan Chargers to beat the Knight Riders.
IPL season 2 is throwing up new surprises. Last year Deccan Chargers were much hyped but the team did not live up to its [...]

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April 19:     Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers (Newlands, Cape Town)
Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab (Newlands, Cape Town)

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Ricky Ponting is the leading Australian cricket player of the modern time. He is also a talented golf player.
Ricky Ponting’s full name is Ricky Thomas Ponting. His nickname is Punter. He was nicknamed as Punter by his teammate Shane Warne, a wizard of bowling. Ponting was nicknamed as Punter to chide him [...]

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Rumors were in over drive indicating a shift in the venues for some of home matches of KKR . But these were scotched by their CEO. But all is not hunky-dory between the owners of KKR and CAB. Several meetings to iron out the differences regarding the hefty bill presented by CAB to KKR for [...]

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