A vicious half-century by Suresh Raina was the difference between the two sides as the Chennai Super Kings beat the Mumbai Indians in the final of the 2010 IPL by 22 runs, to seal an amazing comeback.After starting well in the tournament with three wins on the trot, CSK lost four consecutive games to be all but out of it. They needed to win five of their last seven games to qualify for the semis -...
The final IPL squads for the third season have been announced, with the usual blend of foreign players and stars of the Indian domestic circuit.A whole bunch of form ICL players have been included this year, driving up the percentage of local players. None of them will be known by many outside India.The biggest omission is that of Rajasthan star Ravindra Jadeja, whom Shane Warne famously nicknamed...
Image via WikipediaThe IPL finished yesterday with Chennai SuperKings winning this version but the news today was overshadowed by the Modi-factor. Newspapers feel that readers are more interested to know more about LKM than the final match itself.Over the course of the tournament, there were a large number of performers who shone. Let us try to decide the best player in each category (I am not inc...
Zaheer Khan said that bowlers will play a big role in IPL3. That might be his thought before the tournament which could be true during this tournament.One man who will play a huge role in this version of the tournament would be Yusuf Pathan, considering his recent form.He was the leading player in the first version of IPL, scoring 435 runs at a strike-rate of 179. The previous version was not so ...