Indian Premier League Cricket

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

[Read more →]

Rahul Dravid and Kumble turned out stellar performances to power the Bangalore Royal Challengers to a fine win over last year champs Rajasthan Royals. Royal Challengers are trying to wipe out their dismal record of IPL season one under a new captain Kevin Pietersen.
This was IPL season match 2.
At one stage the Royal Challengers were [...]

[Read more →]

AB de Villiers
AB De Villiers is a South African cricketer.
In very short space of time De Villiers has achieved many records including scoring many test runs and centuries against England, India, the West Indies and Australia.
He was unlucky to be dismissed on five occasions in Tests when he was on 90’s. .
He is one who [...]

[Read more →]

A new schedule was announced today for the IPL season 2. According to the new reworked schedule to be held in South Africa Kingsmead in Durban will host 16 of the 59 DLF-IPL Season II matches.
Starting from April 18 the 59 matches will be played just like last year. The season ends on  May 24. [...]

[Read more →]

IPL signed a new 9 year deal with Sony and World Sport Group for 8,200 crores rupees for exclusive broadcasting rights – exclusive audio visual rights (in India) to all the 59 matches of the second edition of the cash-rich IPL due to start on April 18 in South Africa.

[Read more →]

It’s final. IPL 2 will be played in South Africa. The elections in India and the need for fool-proof security led to this change in venue. England was also considered but the weather clinched the matter in South Africa’s favor. England can be quite wet and unpredictable at this time of the year. IPL needs [...]

[Read more →]

Maharasthra DIG has thrown a spanner in the IPL 2 Scheduling row. He was of the opinion that when such an important event as the elections were on, what was the need to make the security forces to jump through hoops just to conduct the IPL which was not very important in overall scheme of [...]

[Read more →]

State after state has expressed its inability to provide full security cover to such a high-profile event as the IPL when the polls are on. Most are reluctant to give clearance when elections will require almost all their resources to ensure smooth conduct. After Mumbai attacks no state government will want to put their subjects [...]

[Read more →]

With so much money running on a tournament any other conclusion would have been unthinkable. Yes, the IPL is on but with a revised schedule. The opening match will be in Mumbai and not Jaipur. The revised schedule taking in to account the election dates and other security concerns will be announced shortly.
As SRK said [...]

[Read more →]

It’s Election time in India. IPL and the General Elections are scheduled for the same time Apr-May. Many IPL matches coincide with the election dates in their respective states.
Home Minister Chidambaram indicated that he is not in a position to provide for the security of the matches while elections are on. The general elections in [...]

[Read more →]