Archive for May, 2008
Andre Nel to strengthen Mumbai Indians
Its not what you know but who you know matters in the real world. You might wonder, if that is true for cricket. It is true. Here are few exampless. It can suspend a ban (Shoaib Akthar). It can also get you selected into the team if you know the coach. (Tom Moody selecting [...]
IPL donations for the Jaipur blast victims
With all the hoopla about the corporatisation of cricket something else is happening. The humanitarian aspect of cricket. All the IPL teams, sponsors and IPL itself has decided to donate money to the Jaipur blast victims. If it wasn’t for the money involved in the bidding and the sponsorship this donation might not be possible. [...]
Random dope tests for IPL
Says Lalit Modi. They will conduct dope tests on players randomly. This move comes after a rumour that Shoaib Akthar was carry three dozen syringes in his bag. Security personnel at the airport who were screening him found them. Akthar dismissed the syringes saying that he is diabetic and he has to use that. This [...]
IPL Sponsors and the money involved
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Sponsors of IPL and the respective deal amounts.
DLF is the title sponsor for $50 million dollars
Sony Max is the official media partner and broadcaster for $1.026 billion.
Kingfisher is the official airline sponsor and umpire sponsor for $25 million
ITC group of hotels is the official [...]
Sanath, Shaun make Mumbai proud
Oh Yeah! Sachin too. Well it was an uneventful day for the King Khan’s team. Yet again in the tournament Mumbai Indians has exposed Knight Riders weak batting line up which heavily depends on Ganguly and David Hussey. There is no real bench strength to back the batting. Was John Buchanan right in sending those [...]
Vintage Jayasuriya toys with Chennai bowlers
Super Kings started off slowly and were helped by few lusty blows by Dhoni and rampant batting by Badrinath. They managed to reach 156 by losing 6 wickets. Kulkarni picked up 3 wickets and Bravo picked up 2 wickets. That score was never enough especially with a Chennai’s weak bowling line-up.
Though Chennai knew Mumbai Indians [...]
Video : Kolkata Knight Riders Introduction
Knight Riders introduction video. The players are dressed up like gladiators with cricket pads and handed cricket bats to get ready for the battle. Cricket ka Karmayudh.
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Brand new IPL video : Kricket Se Aap Ko Kya Mila
Brand new video of IPL released on Monday. Look alikes of Nana Patekar, Navjot Singh Siddhu and Irfan Pathan take a dig at the city franchise based IPL, Bhajji’s slapgate incident, match fixing, cheerleaders etc… It asks some interesting questions and also states some facts. I am afraid whatever they said in the video is [...]
Bhajji banned for 5 ODI’s
Harbhajan Singh is banned for 5 ODI’s or 3 Tests starting today. That means he will miss the upcoming Bangladesh series and first 2 matches of Asia Cup. If his heroics continue he might face a life ban. I think Harbhajan was let off easily, thanks to his friendship with Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar has said [...]
Shoaib Akthar rocks Kolkata
He is back. The rawalpindi express had become the Bengal express now. With no hopes of playing in the national team and sensing this might be his last opportunity to perform, Akthar made the most of it. After skittling out for 130 odd runs Knight Riders needed some exceptional bowling and they did not look [...]