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.