Defending champions Chennai Super Kings will take on Mumbai Indians in the inaugural match of the fifth edition of Indian Premier League at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram stadium on April 4, the BCCI announced on Friday. The tournament is scheduled to feature nine franchisee teams and a total of 76 matches will be played across the [...]
While Chennai and Mumbai bear a settled look, some of the other teams are struggling to strike a balance on the batting and bowling fronts The recent IPL auction brought about changes in all teams that were involved in last year’s tournament. While the finalists Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians retained most of the core [...]
Confident of a turnaround, the Gautam Gambhir-led revamped Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) left for Chennai today to cross swords with defending champions Chennai Super Kings in the inaugural match of Indian Premier League (IPL) Season 4 on April 8. The Shah Rukh Khan-owned franchise, hailed as one of the most glamorous outfits on the block, [...]
The talk in IPL circles is not just about the future of Team Kochi or about the appeals filed by Rajasthan Royals & Kings XI Punjab. There is a strong buzz over the retention of players. More precisely, who’s staying where. It is more or less confirmed that Sourav Ganguly will no longer be part [...]
Chennai city is slowly waking up to the hazards of the deadly disease of cancer. Dedicated in bringing awareness among the public is CANSTOP, an NGO working in the aid of cancer patients. Titled ‘One Walk One Hope’, it is the second edition of the mass breast cancer awareness walk in the city. The event [...]
Murali Vijay and Mike Hussey cracked sparkling half-centuries each as Chennai Super Kings were crowned the Champions League Twenty20 winners after an eight-wicket victory over Warriors in Johannesburg on Sunday. Vijay (58 off 53 balls), who was let off when on 34, hit his third half-century of the tournament while the other opener, Hussey, played [...]
Finally the moment has come to crown the champion of the champions. Johannesburg will witness the clash of the top 2 domestic teams in world cricket, who are more than deserving of their place in the sun. The tournament has so far witnessed some big hits, some spectacular catches, some extraordinary bowling performances and some [...]
The Champions League Twenty20 might not have found as much success as its counterpart the Indian Premier League, however, it is more than evident that the players in the championship have been taking this tournament very seriously. A number of incidents highlight the extent of desperation and thirst of the players to win the matches; [...]
