IPL News (29th April 2009)

• RCB beat KKR: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight riders in a challenging clash of the underdogs of IPL. The opening partnership between Shrevats Giswami and Jaques Kallis made the foundation for RCB to chase a modest target of 139.
  

• Gony expresses confidence of winning: Chennai Super Kings bowler Manpreet Gony has said that his team's all round good performance this year will definitely win his team the title in IPL2. Last year they missed it by a whisker when they were knocked out in the semis.

• IPL gave boost to my career: Amit Mishra, the Delhi sensation believes that IPL has given him the necessary boost to his cricketing career as a leg spinner. He could find a prominent place in the Indian test team after the retirement of Anil Kumble and he made his presence felt clearly.

• Ganguly does not miss captaincy: Yeah ! Thats right. He is satisfied with his earliler captaincy assignments. And why not; the KKR are performing really badly under the current skipper, Brendon McCullum.

• Age not a factor in IPL: Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar has said that IPL is not a purely youngster's game. It is a cricketers game. Age is not a bar here. He has gone further to say that those who consider IPL as young man's game know nothing about cricket. The recent performances of Sanath Jayasurya, Shane Warne and Sachin himself stands testimony to the little master's ststements.

• Former cricketers want Ganguly as captain: Former cricketers have said that Ganguly should be revoked as captain of the ever struggling Kolkata Knight Riders as the present captain, Brendon McCullum is struglling to lead the team and make a mark. The formers feel that Ganguly has the ability to take the pressure off KKR and bring them the all needed respite from the current turmoil.

• "Fake" IPL blog makes KKR go frenzy: And the turmoil for the KKR has not ended with defeats, hick-ups and break-ups. The all new Fake IPL Player Blog is all the buzz in the internet and the blogging community. Blogging has rendered so much power to the user that he can express whatever he wants to. With "Bhookha Naans" and "Dildos", this blog receives thousands of visitors everyday and comments ranging from 100-1500.

Other cricket news (28th April 2009).

• Pak loses host status: Pakistan has lost its status as a host for World Cup cricket to be held in 2011. This reasons cited for this decision is of course the uncertain political situation and Taliban invasion.
  

• India gets Lion's share in WC 2011: India gets amajor share in the hosting of ICC World cup 2011 as all matches to be held in Pakistan has been distributed amongst other venues in the subcontinent and India has the largest number of venues in the region. Given these, this does not come as a surprise and was expected. After all its the matter of money because of the multi billion cricket 'industry' in India.
  

IPL 2009 Highlights - Match 5 (Chennai Superkings Vs Royal Challengers).

Chennai Superkings innings:

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IPL 2009 Highlights - Match 4 (Kolkata Knightriders Vs Deccan Chargers).

Kolkata Knightriders innings:




Deccan Chargers innings:

IPL Season 2 Schedule.

Date	Day	Teams	Venue	Time
18-Apr-09	Saturday	Mumbai Indians Vs Chennai Super Kings	Cape Town	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
18-Apr-09	Saturday	Rajasthan Royals Vs Royal Chalengers	Cape Town	8 p.m. to 11 p.m. or will start the later of 45 minutes after stumps on the first game
19-Apr-09	Sunday,	Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab	Cape Town	4 p.m. to 7p.m.
19-Apr-09	Sunday,	Deccan Chargers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Cape Town	8 p.m. to 11 p.m. or will start the later of 45 minutes after stumps on the first game
20-Apr-09	Monday,	Chennai Superkings Vs Royal Challengers	Port Elizabeth	8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
21-Apr-09	Tuesday,	Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Durban	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
21-Apr-09	Tuesday,	Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians	Durban	8 p.m. to 11 p.m. or will start the later of 45 minutes after stumps on the first game
22-Apr-09	Wednesday,	Royal Challengers Vs Deccan Chargers	Cape Town	8 p.m. to 11p.m.
23-Apr-09	Thursday,	Chennai Superkings Vs Delhi Daredevils	Durban	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
23-Apr-09	Thursday,	Kolkata Knightriders Vs Rajasthan Royals	Cape Town	8:15 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.
24-Apr-09	Friday,	Royal Challengers Vs Kings XI Punjab	Durban	8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
25-Apr-09	Saturday,	Mumbai Indians Vs Deccan Chargers	Durban	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
25-Apr-09	Saturday,	Chennai Superkings Vs Knightriders	Cape Town	8:15 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.
26-Apr-09	Sunday,	Royal Challengers Vs Delhi Daredevils	Port Elizabeth	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
26-Apr-09	Sunday,	Kings XI Punjab Vs Rajasthan Royals	Cape Town	8:15 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.
27-Apr-09	Monday,	Deccan Chargers Vs Chennai Superkings	Durban	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
27-Apr-09	Monday,	Kolkata Knightriders Vs Mumbai Indians	Port Elizabeth	8:15 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.
28-Apr-09	Tuesday,	Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals	Pretoria	8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
29-Apr-09	Wednesday,	Kolkata Knightriders Vs Royal Challengers	Durban	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
29-Apr-09	Wednesday,	Kings XI Punjab Vs Mumbai Indians	Durban	8 p.m. to 11 p.m. or will start the later of 45 minutes after stumps on the first game
30-Apr-09	Thursday,	Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi Daredevils	Pretoria	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
30-Apr-09	Thursday,	Rajasthan Royals Vs Chennai Superkings	Pretoria	8 p.m. to 11 p.m. or will start the later of 45 minutes after stumps on the first game
1-May-09	Friday,	Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knightriders	East London	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
1-May-09	Friday,	Kings XI Punjab Vs Royal Challengers	Durban	8:15 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.
2-May-09	Saturday,	Deccan Chargers Vs Rajasthan Royals	Port Elizabeth	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
2-May-09	Saturday,	Delhi Daredevils Vs Chennai Superkings	Johannesburg	8:15 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.
3-May-09	Sunday,	Kolkata Knightriders Vs Kings XI Punjab	Port Elizabeth	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
3-May-09	Sunday,	Royal Challengers Vs Mumbai Indians	Johannesburg	8:15 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.
4-May-09	Monday,	Chennai Superkings Vs Deccan Chargers	East London	8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
5-May-09	Tuesday,	Rajasthan Royals Vs Kings XI Punjab	Durban	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
5-May-09	Tuesday,	Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkata Knightriders	Durban	8 p.m. to 11 p.m. or will start the later of 45 minutes after stumps on the first game
6-May-09	Wednesday,	Deccan Chargers Vs Mumbai Indians	Pretoria	8 p.m.to 11 p.m.
7-May-09	Thursday,	Royal Challengers Vs Rajasthan Royals	Pretoria	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
7-May-09	Thursday,	Kings XI Punjab Vs Chennai Superkings	Pretoria	8 p.m. to 11 p.m. or will start the later of 45 minutes after stumps on the first game
8-May-09	Friday,	Delhi Daredevils Vs Mumbai Indians	East London	8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
9-May-09	Saturday,	Deccan Chargers Vs Kings XI Punjab	Kimberley	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
9-May-09	Saturday,	Chennai Superkings Vs Rajasthan Royals	Kimberley	8 p.m. to 11 p.m. or will start the later of 45 minutes after stumps on the first game
10-May-09	Sunday,	Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers	Port Elizabeth	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
10-May-09	Sunday,	Kolkata Knightriders Vs Delhi Daredevils	Johannesburg	8:15 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.
11-May-09	Monday,	Rajasthan Royals Vs Deccan Chargers	Kimberley	8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
12-May-09	Tuesday	Royal Challengers Vs Kolkata Knightriders	Pretoria	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
12-May-09	Tuesday	Mumbai Indians Vs Kings XI Punjab	Pretoria	8 p.m. to 11 p.m. or will start the later of 45 minutes after stumps on the first game
13-May-09	Wednesday,	Delhi Daredevils Vs Deccan Chargers	Durban	8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
14-May-09	Thursday,	Royal Chalengers Vs Chennai Superkings	Durban	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
14-May-09	Thursday,	Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals	Durban	8 p.m. to 11 p.m. or will start the later of 45 minutes after stumps on the first game
15-May-09	Friday,	Kings XI Punjab Vs Delhi Daredevils	Bloemfontein	8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
16-May-09	Saturday,	Chennai Superkings Vs Mumbai Indians	Port Elizabeth	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
16-May-09	Saturday,	Kolkata Knightriders Vs Deccan Chargers	Johannesburg	8:15 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.
17-May-09	Sunday,	Kings XI Punjab Vs Deccan Chargers	Johannesburg	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
17-May-09	Sunday,	Rajasthan Royals Vs Delhi Daredevils	Bloemfontein	8:15 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.
18-May-09	Monday,	Kolkata Knightriders Vs Chennai Superkings	Pretoria	8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
19-May-09	Tuesday,	Delhi Daredevils Vs Royal Challengers	Johannesburg	8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
20-May-09	Wednesday,	Rajasthan Royals Vs Kolkata Knightriders	Durban	4 p.m.to 7 p.m.
20-May-09	Wednesday,	Chennai Superkings Vs Kings XI Punjab	Durban	8 p.m. to 11 p.m. or will start the later of 45 minutes after stumps on the first game
21-May-09	Thursday,	Mumbai Indians Vs Delhi Daredevils	Pretoria	4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
21-May-09	Thursday,	Deccan Chargers Vs Royal Challengers	Pretoria	8 p.m. to 11 p.m. or will start the later of 45 minutes after stumps on the first game
22-May-09	Friday,	Semi Final 1	Pretoria	8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
23-May-09	Saturday,	Semi Final 2	Johannes burg	8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
24-May-09	Sunday,	FINAL	Johannes burg	8 p.m. to 11 p.m. (Source: IPL site).

Australia Vs Pakistan (Cricket stadium photos).

Dubai cricket stadium: This is where Pakistan vs Australia matches are gonna be held from 22nd April 2009. Have a look at this marvelous structure.....

Other cricket news (15th April 2009).

• MS and Bhajji in controversy: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and spinster harbhajan Singh are in soup over the Padma Shree issue. They were expected at the Rashtrapati Bhawan (Indian president's residence) for receieving the prestigious Padma Shree awards. They both were busy in ad campaigns. Whilst Harbhajan has cited family issues for his giving the award ceremony a miss, response from Dhoni is awaited.

• BCCI supports MS and Bhajji: India's cricket board BCCI has come in defence of both the players over the Padma Shree row. The board has said that they must have not been informed about the ceremony or must have been busy. But there seems to be anguish amongst cricket fans about "the insult caused by both to the sanctity and prestige of the award".