‘IPL 2011’ Archives
Deccan Chargers beat Pune Warriors by six wicket
A bowling attack having four Test bowlers bowled to its world-class potential for once and Deccan Chargers' batting did not stumble chasing a middling total to end Pune Warriors' slim hopes of making the play-offs.Deccan Chargers 138 for 4 (Sohal 34, Dhawan 28, Rahul 2-25) beat Pune Warriors 136 [...]
Confident Hyderabad look for encore against Pune
Buoyed by an upset victory over high-flying Mumbai Indians, Deccan Chargers would play for pride when they clash with Pune Warriors in a battle between low-ranked outfits at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Monday. The 10-run victory in a low-scoring thriller over Sachin Tendulkar's [...]
Chargers get boost ahead of battle against Warriors
Buoyed by the upset victory over high-flying Mumbai Indians, a pumped up Deccan Chargers would play for pride when they clash with Pune Warriors in the IPL battle between low-ranked outfits at the DY Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai on Monday. The 10-run victory in a low-scoring thriller over [...]
Kochi stay mathematically alive with a thumping win
Kochi Tuskers Kerala 98 for 2 (Hodge 33*) beat Rajasthan Royals 97 (Menaria 31, Hodge 4-13, Sreesanth 2-16) by eight wickets. The short boundaries in Indore proved to be bad masters for Rajasthan Royals. The small playing field seemed to be playing on their minds as batsman after batsman in [...]
Kings XI Punjab easy win with Delhi Daredevils
Kings XI Punjab 170 for 6 (Valthaty 62, Marsh 46, Irfan 3-28) beat Delhi Daredevils 141 for 8 (Chawla 3-16) by 29 runs.The scorecard will say Paul Valthaty hammered 62 to power Punjab to an eventually match-winning 170, but that's not even half the story. Through 50 balls of clueless flailing, [...]
Wicket was not to our liking, laments Tendulkar
Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar didn't hide his disappointment regarding the Wankhede Stadium strip that offered big turn to the spinners. The MI batsmen struggled to negotiate the likes of Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha and Jean-Paul Duminy all of whom got huge help from the wicket. "The [...]
Rajasthan desperate for a turnaround against Kochi
Still in with an outside chance of making it to the play-offs, a bruised Rajasthan Royals will be eyeing nothing less than a victory when they take on an inconsistent Kochi Tuskers Kerala in a crucial IPL match in Indore on Sunday. Rajasthan are currently placed at the fifth position in the team [...]
Punjab face Delhi in must-win encounter
Having lost all hopes of qualifying for the play-offs, Delhi Daredevils are looking to end the season on a high while Kings XI Punjab have their task cut out as they must win all their remaining matches if they are to have any mathematical chance of making it to the next stage. [...]
Deccan prevail in low-scoring upset
Deccan Chargers 135 for 6 (Kulkarni 3-27) beat Mumbai Indians 125 for 8 (Tendulkar 37, Rajan 3-27) by 10 runs. For 19 overs, Deccan Chargers, out of the competition already, seemed to be going through their motions. In the 20th, they came to life through Amit Mishra's four [...]
Hope to captain India well
It’s been a week since our win in the rain-curtailed game against the Super Kings, and we have used it well to recover from the strain of playing four games in eight days. I went home for three nights, and did not switch on to cricket even once and made it a point to unwind with family and [...]
