Dale Steyn might think the IPL was a paid holiday but it’s time the IPL franchises found a way to earn the return on their overseas investments. It’s time to bring back the supersub so that the owners don’t throw money at cricketers who do nothing but carry drinks and give interviews during games. The crowds will get to see better cricket and that’s always good for the game...
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...
Let me tell you what keeps me up at night, all alone with nobody but Dead Gran watching: not one single South African bowler in the IPL’s Top 20 wicket-takers table.Here, in Cape Town, on a Wednesday night. (With thanks to Danny Morrison.)Oh, hang on, I’m mistaken. Dale Steyn makes the list... at No. 20. The only South African in the Top 20 - much less the Top 10, the Top 5, the Top 3 ...
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...
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