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Chennai Superkings came from behind to score a wonderful win over RCB (the same team that they lost to, in Bangalore few days back). Suresh Raina scored a quick-fire knock and overcame cramps at the end to guide his team to victory in the c...(more)

The highlight of Week 3 of IPL was Ishant Sharma’s spell against Kochi Tuskers. The pitch was helping the bowlers but from an Indian perspective, it was good to see Ishant land the ball at the right places. His scalps included Brad Ho...(more)

CSK and MS Dhoni showed enormous trust in Albie Morkel, something that even the national selectors of the South African cricket didnt. He showed last night what value he can bring to the table, first with his big-hitting and then with the b...(more)

Good friends, MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh, were on opposite sides captaining their franchises. Michael Hussey once again provided the platform for a score that was above-par for the match. Supported brilliantly by Albie Morkel with the ball, ...(more)

It’s no secret that I have been critical of Albie Morkel’s performances of late, he went through a poor run of form with the bat and ball for the Proteas, and I wasn’t surprised when he was dropped by the national selectors ahead of t...(more)
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Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga
They’ve released Zaheer and opted for Harby. Maybe because Harby is a ’confidence bowler’ (cliche alert) and being released would make him ...(more)


The IPL Governing Council met recently and announced that only 4 players from the existing squad can be retained for IPL4. Who will these players be? The senior players like Ganguly, Dravid, Kumble might not make it back. Shane Warne, witho...(more)

Group C should be interesting. Indians and South Africans have played a lot of cricket recently, starting from the Test and ODI series before the IPL. They haven’t had a lot of time to rest, and the rapidly growing up Afghanistan will...(more)

South Africa squeaked out a one-wicket win in the fifth and final ODI against the West Indies in Port of Spain on Thursday to record another series whitewash against the Islanders, who once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.The...(more)

South Africa kicks off their (huge, extended, everlasting) tour of the Caribbean with two Twenty20 Internationals in Antigua on Wednesday and Thursday and it affords both ailing sides the opportunity to redeem themselves in the T20 format.W...(more)

Much has been ranted about South Africa’s early exit from the World Twenty20 this year, as was bound to happen. What was the alternative? Lashings of undiluted praise and worship?The cold light of dawn on the first day of the rest of ...(more)

World Cup silverware continues to elude South Africa after yet another embarrassingly bad performance saw them cower in fear and choke to death because of it. Here, in St Lucia, on a Monday night.I can handle an honest defeat as manfully as...(more)

England and South Africa are looking good to advance to the quarterfinals of the ICC World Twenty20 after comfortable wins in their opening games of the Super Eights on Thursday, against Pakistan and New Zealand respectively.I’ll go s...(more)

Image via WikipediaMS Dhoni tried to up the ante (as though it was required in the first place) at the beginning of the match against South Africa today - resting one of his strike bowlers (Zaheer Khan) even though he know that his regular ...(more)

Finally, after two successful years (almost!), CSK are deserving champions of IPL-3 beating the most consistent team of the tournament. CSK’s win, largely credited to Raina amazing consistency and Dhoni’s brilliant captaincy, ga...(more)

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 wi...(more)

So here were are, you and I, too weary travellers at the end of a long journey. The plane has touched down and all that remains is for us to collect our bags, make our way through customs and be reunited with our loved ones.I had to suffer ...(more)

In tonight’s IPL semifinal between the Deccan Chargers and the Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai the most extraordinary thing happened.No, no - don’t be silly. Tirumalasetti Suman didn’t take a catch. Something far more wonder...(more)
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