Probably this years IPL has been the most unpredictable of all, we have already crossed the two-third mark of the tournament, and so far only one teams looks certain of qualifying, and only one is certain of not qualifying (this too has been decided in just the match yesterday). Yes, the tournament is still very [...]
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IPL 5 – The most unpredicatble so far!
Posted: May 8, 2012 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPLTags: Chennai Super Kings, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, Indian Premier League, IPL, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata KnightRiders, Mumbai Indians, Pune Warriors, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore
Mumbai Indians Win Champions League 2011!
Posted: October 9, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPL, Sachin TendulkarTags: Champions League, Cricket, Harbhajan Singh, India, Indian Premier League, IPL, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sachin Tendulkar
Suddenly from nowhere has this team come out to win the title, defeating Royal Challengers Banglore. In fact I don’t think anyone would have ever imagined Mumbai Indians winning this tournament, since they entered this tournament on many injuries that included Sachin tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Munaf Patel, Dhaval Kulkarni, Davy Jacobs, and many more. This [...]
Sourav Ganguly is back in IPL 4–This time for Pune Warriors India….
Posted: May 3, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPLTags: Ashish Nehra, Cricket, India, Indian Premier League, IPL, Kolkata KnightRiders, Pune Warriors, Rahul Dravid, Robin Uttappa, Sourav Ganguly, Team Kochi, Yuvraj Singh
Sourav Ganguly is all set to make a comeback to the Indian Premier League, this time in the colors of Pune Warriors India instead of the Kolkata Knight Riders. Earlier during the auctions no team was interested in buying the most successful Indian captain. But recently he has been roped in by team Pune as [...]
Indian Premier League (IPL) 4 – Auction’s List
Posted: January 9, 2011 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPLTags: Chennai Super Kings, Cricket, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, India, Indian Premier League, IPL, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata KnightRiders, Mumbai Indians, Pune Warriors, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Team Kochi
The much awaited IPL 4 auctions are finally over. For the first time ten teams participated in the auctions, and definitely a lot of money was at stake. But I must say this year, the auctions were very surprising, as many big names got no takers at all, while new Indian players got huge prices. [...]
Teams Announce Retained Players for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2011!
Posted: December 9, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPL, Sachin TendulkarTags: Chennai Super Kings, Cricket, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, Harbhajan Singh, Indian Premier League, IPL, Irfan Pathan, Kieron Pollard, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata KnightRiders, Lasith Malinga, MS Dhoni, Mumbai Indians, Murali Vijay, Rahul Dravid, Rajasthan Royals, Robin Uttappa, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag, Yusuf Pathan
The teams have announced the players they want to retain for the next three seasons starting from 2011. The committee had earlier announced that a team can retain a maximum of 4 players with a maximum of 3 Indian players. Yesterday 8th December 2010 was the last day to announce the retained player names by [...]
Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab Terminared from IPL!!!
Posted: October 10, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPLTags: BCCI, Cricket, Indian Premier League, IPL, Kings XI Punjab, Rajasthan Royals
Indian Premier League has been in the wrong side of the news ever since the two new teams were announced for the fourth season. Since then the controversy regarding the stakes of the IPL Teams has risen and both the IPL and it’s then chief Lalit Modi have been in the highlight of all the [...]
India are out of the T20 World Cup!!!
Posted: May 12, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPL, WORLD CUPTags: Australian Cricket Team, India, Indian Cricket Team, Indian Premier League, IPL, MS Dhoni, Murali Vijay, Pakistan, Pakistan Cricket team, R Vinay Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma, South Africa, Sri Lanka Cricket Team, Suresh Raina
Once again India is out of the T20 World Cup, without qualifying for the semi-final stage. It has been very similar situation for India in the last two editions of the world cup. They entered the tournament in both the years after a very hectic IPL schedule. Last year India won both its matches in [...]
Chennai Super Kings win IPL 3!!!
Posted: April 26, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Awards, Cricket, India, IPL, Sachin Tendulkar, WORLD CUPTags: Chennai Super Kings, Cricket, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, India, Indian Cricket Team, Indian Premier League, IPL, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata KnightRiders, MS Dhoni, Mumbai Indians, P Ojha, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sachin Tendulkar, South Africa, Suresh Raina
Chennai are the champions of IPL third edition. They defeated the favorites Mumbai Indians comprehensively in the finals. As I had written in my previous post that I was supporting both teams (Mumbai Indians a little more), so this loss for Mumbai Indians has not hurt much. Though I would have loved to have seen [...]
It is Mumbai versus Chennai in IPL3!!!
Posted: April 23, 2010 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPL, Sachin TendulkarTags: Chennai Super Kings, Cricket, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, India, Indian Cricket Team, Indian Premier League, IPL, MS Dhoni, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sachin Tendulkar
It is Mumbai Indians versus Chennai Super Kings in the IPL-3 finals. It is great to see these two teams here as these are my favorite teams, and I just could not ask for more than a final between these two teams. By qualifying for the finals they also have automatically made it to the [...]
Indian Premier League-2 (IPL-2)– Finally is Over.
Posted: May 25, 2009 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPLTags: Chennai Super Kings, Cricket, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, India, Indian Premier League, IPL, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata KnightRiders, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Africa
The IPL is over but still can’t really get out of its fever as yet. It has been 36 days of exicting cricket and finally it has come to an end. Although this tournament had to be shifted to South Africa at the last moment due to the General Elections happening in India still this [...]
IPL 2 – Finals
Posted: May 24, 2009 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPLTags: Chennai Super Kings, Cricket, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, India, Indian Premier League, IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Africa
Now both the semifals have finished and both the favourite teams have been defeated in the Semi-Finals. The top two teams at the end league phase the Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings have been shown the exit door by Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Well if you go to see one amazing fact [...]
IPL 2 – Semifinals
Posted: May 22, 2009 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPLTags: Chennai Super Kings, Cricket, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, India, Indian Premier League, IPL, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata KnightRiders, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Africa
Well the League phase of the tournament is over and it is come down to the last three matches of the tournament that are the semis and the finals. The four Semi-finalist of this years version of the IPL are Delhi Daredevils , Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers. I am a [...]
Indian Premier League-2 (IPL-2) Team List
Posted: April 17, 2009 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPLTags: Chennai Super Kings, Cricket, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, India, Indian Premier League, IPL, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata KnightRiders, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Africa
Following are the list of Indian and International players in each side participating in the IPL-2 CHENNAI SUPER KINGS Captain : Mahendra Singh Dhoni Coach : Stephan Fleming Bowling Coach : Venkatesh Prasad Trainer : Gregory King No. INDIAN PLAYERS INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS 1 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Matthew Hayden 2 Suresh Raina Michael Hussey 3 Anirudha [...]
Indian Premier League-2 (IPL-2) Schedule
Posted: April 16, 2009 by Shishir Gupta in Cricket, India, IPLTags: Chennai Super Kings, Cricket, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, India, Indian Premier League, IPL, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata KnightRiders, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Africa
Following is the Schedule of Indian Premier League-2. The time of the match might not be correct but I will update it accordingly, although the order and the dates of the matches is correct. MATCH No. DATE TEAMS VENUE TIME(IST) 1 Saturday,18-Apr-09 Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Cape Town 4pm to 7pm 2 Saturday,18-Apr-09 [...]


