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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

IPL - 16th Match Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians Full Highlights

IPL 15th Match Bangalore Royal Challengers v Chennai Super Kings Full Highlights

Saturday, April 26, 2008

DLF Indian Premier League to sign an MCC Spirit of Cricket Declaration

Marylebone Cricket Club and the DLF Indian Premier League today announced a ground-breaking partnership to support the MCC Spirit of Cricket initiative at the inaugural season of the highly anticipated league to be held across eight cities in India between 18th April and 1st June.

The pioneering agreement will see each of the eight Indian franchises sign an MCC Spirit of Cricket Declaration at the opening ceremony to demonstrate their commitment to upholding the spirit of the game.

Keith Bradshaw, MCC’s Secretary & Chief Executive, said, “We are delighted that, right from the outset, the DLF Indian Premier League is embracing the MCC Spirit of Cricket initiative. This is an innovative and forward-thinking league that has captured the imagination of the cricketing world and it is pleasing that each player and each team will play their part in supporting the very best traditions of the game.”

“The Spirit of Cricket is a worldwide concept that affects all players of the game, from the grassroots to the elite level, and we believe it’s fitting for MCC – a worldwide cricket club with an independent voice in the game – to promote the Spirit of Cricket in partnership with the DLF Indian Premier League. We look forward to a league full of great cricket and superb cricketers playing in the right way – hard but fair.”

Lalit Modi, Chairman and Commissioner, DLF Indian Premier League, further added, “I am happy that the DLF Indian Premier League will adopt MCC’s doctrine on the Spirit of Cricket. This partnership between the DLF Indian Premier League and MCC is both exciting and important. It is exciting to be associated with the most famous cricket club in the world, which is the custodian of the Laws of Cricket and the upholder of the spirit of the game. More importantly, all the cricketers playing in the inaugural season of the DLF Indian Premier League are role models for an entire generation of youth and it is crucial for youngsters all over the world to learn straight away the values of this great game and the spirit in which it should be played. The eyes of the world will be on the DLF Indian Premier League and we want to see cricket, and the Spirit of Cricket, at its best.”

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Hero Honda extends co-sponsorship for the DLF Indian premier League

The DLF Indian Premier League today announced that Hero Honda, the country’s largest two-wheeler maker, had decided to extend its co-sponsorship of the league from three to five years. The co-sponsorship deal is now worth USD 22.5 million over 5 years.

Lalit Modi, Chairman and Commissioner, DLF Indian Premier League said, "I am very pleased to have the country’s largest two wheeler manufacturer Hero Honda extend its co-sponsorship deal from three to five years. Hero Honda have a long association with cricket both at the domestic and international levels and their decision bears testimony to the fact that the DLF Indian Premier League is here to stay and is set to carve out a distinct niche for itself in the international cricketing calendar.”

Pawan Munjal, Managing Director, Hero Honda Motors Ltd. said, “We are delighted to extend our partnership with the DLF Indian Premier League. This five year association with the DLF IPL will further strengthen our close association with cricket which is now over two decades old. Indian cricket, as indeed cricket worldwide, is witnessing historic developments with the highly innovative concept of the DLF Indian Premier League, and we are happy to extend our relationship with it. The Twenty20 format of the DLF IPL is set to take cricket’s popularity to a new high and like all cricket lovers I am also looking forward to the forthcoming mega cricketing event.”

Venu Nair, CEO, South Asia World Sport Group, “We are delighted to have concluded this landmark co-sponsorship deal with the DLF Indian Premier League for Hero Honda, the country’s largest two wheeler maker. The DLF IPL is set to become one of the top sporting leagues in the world, featuring some of the finest international stars of the modern game and so it only made for a logical decision to extend the co-sponsorship of the league from three to five years. We are certain that the DLF Indian Premier League is set to grow in stature as a truly world class event on the cricketing calendar.”

Hero Honda has been closely associated with cricket and Indian cricketers such as Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina are presently its brand ambassadors.

Earlier Leading sports broadcaster Sony Max & World Sport Group had bagged IPL's global media and production rights for USD $ 1.026 billion. The exclusive Franchise rights for the eight city league were won by Shah Rukh Khan (Kolkata), Preity Zinta (Mohali), RIL Pvt Ltd (Mumbai), GMR Holdings (Delhi), UB Group (Bangalore), Indian Cements Ltd (Chennai), Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad) and Emerging Media (Jaipur).

The Indian Premier League is ready to kick off on April 18th 2008, with some high voltage action expected between Sharukh Khan’s Kolkata franchise and Business Baron Vijay Mallya’s Bangalore Royal Challengers at the Chinnaswamy Stadium at Bangalore. The Indian Premier League will feature eight Franchises and will run for 44 days. Each Franchise will play all others on a home and away basis with 7 matches at home. The top 4 Franchises in the league will contest the semi finals and the victorious semi finalists will meet in the Grand Final all over one weekend, which will be played out in Mumbai.

The inaugural season of the IPL will showcase a grand total of 59 matches providing broadcasters and in-stadia spectators with 177 hours of live "family entertainment", which will also be viewed by a significant international audience. All matches will be during late afternoon and evening to coincide with prime time for television and providing a convenient time for the stadium audience. The Indian victory at the ICC World Twenty20 has further helped capture the imagination and entice an entire new generation of sports fans into the grounds. The LIVE In-stadia entertainment, combined with the high-octane on-field action has further hooked viewers onto this new adrenalin packed LIVE family entertainment format attracting a much younger fan base, which also includes women and children.

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Monday, April 21, 2008

IPL Match Results

April 21 match: Jaipur v Mohali at Jaipur

Mohali 166/8 (20.0)

Y Singh (C) lbw b S Warne 57

S Warne 4 0 19 3

34/1 (Karan Goel, 4.5 ov), 56/2 (Kumar Sangakkara, 6.3 ov), 63/3 (Mahela Jayawardena, 7.4 ov), 73/4 (James Hopes, 9 ov), 136/5 (Yuvraj Singh, 16.5 ov), 136/6 (Irfan Pathan, 17.2 ov), 136/7 (Brett Lee, 17.4 ov), 149/8 (Sunny Sohal, 19 ov)

Rajasthan royals vs. Delhi daredevils

Rajasthan Royals on 129 for 8 wickets after 20.0 overs

RA Jadeja 29

MF Maharoof

4 over

11 runs

2 wicket

R Bhatia

4.0

over

runs 2 wicket

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Knight Riders confident of maintaining momentum

Buoyed by back-to-back victories in Indian Premier League (IPL), the Kolkata Knight Riders are confident of keeping up the momentum to win the gruelling tourney.

Both skipper Sourav Ganguly and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, whose Red Chillies Entertainment owns the side, feel that the good start augurs well for the team.

"We have started well and hope to continue this trend," Ganguly said.

Echoing Ganguly, the matinee idol said, "We have to continue to do well in the coming matches."

The team crushed Rahul Dravid-led Bangalore Royal Challengers by 140 runs in the tournament lung opener on Friday and followed it up with a five-wicket win over Deccan Chargers captained by VVS Laxman yesterday.

Asked to name the team which he considered the toughest competitor for the Knight Riders, Shah Rukh promptly replied, "We are the toughest competitor for all other teams".

"But our coach has told the players that they have to deliver the best to succeed in the tournament. The team has to work hard."

"I have got a bunch of boys who are honest, sincere and die hard," he said at the launch of the official timewear for his side.

On whether he was nervous when his team was losing wickets quickly, he said, "I never feel nervous. Sometimes I feel sad and sometimes I become sentimental. I want them (the players) to do their best."

Team co-owner and filmstar Juhi Chawla as also all members of the Kolkata Knight Riders were present at the programme held at a city hotel.

Watson and Warne sparkle in Rajasthan victory

Rajasthan Royals 168 for 4 (Watson 76*, Jadeja 36*) beat Kings XI Punjab 166 for 8 (Yuvraj 57, Warne 3-19) by six wickets

Yuvraj Singh made a quick 57 to take Punjab to a competitive score (file photo) © Getty Images

The Australian domination in the IPL continued as the two Shanes - Watson and Warne - starred with bat and ball respectively to power Rajasthan Royals to their maiden victory in the tournament, fittingly in front of their home crowd at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. A restrictive spell of 3 for 19 by Shane Warne restricted Kings XI Punjab to what appeared to be a par score of 166 but the target was overhauled fairly comfortably, thanks to a fiery 49-ball 76 by Watson, supported by a fearless unbeaten 36 by Ravindra Jadeja.

Rajasthan were pegged back early in their chase, losing their openers with the score on 19. Sreesanth induced a thin edge off his first delivery to send back Mohammad Kaif, while Yusuf Pathan returned a leading edge while trying to whip Brett Lee across the line. Kamran Akmal, fresh off a Twenty20 international for Pakistan against Bangladesh on Sunday, fended off a verbal assault from Sreesanth before falling to a well-judged catch by Piyush Chawla running backwards at deepish mid-on.

The fall of the third wicket put Watson on the defensive briefly. Sensing the need to build a partnership, he held one end up and waited patiently for the bad deliveries. Irfan Pathan got a couple of deliveries to beat the bat but Punjab weren't prepared for the onslaught that was to come. One particular heave from Watson was so powerful that it split the bat in half and yet just carried over the long-on boundary. Wielding a new bat, Watson took on James Hopes, lofting one over his head on one knee, before nearly cleaning up Irfan's head with a bludgeoning straight drive.

That shot not only dented Irfan's psyche, but also the whole of the Punjab side as Watson and Darren Lehmann got together to add 51 off 39 balls. The partnership got the home crowd more animated as Watson approached his fifty by launching one over the roof at cow corner. However, just before the stroke of 100, Lehmann was squared up by an Irfan delivery which jagged back in sharply.

The dismissal brought Jadeja, one of India's Under-19 stars, to the middle and his reputation as a big hitter was justified with some cracking strokes through the off side. As if armed with a license to destroy, he flat-batted Sreesanth past the covers before lashing the same bowler past deep backward point. Lee too wasn't spared and the ball scorched to the boundary almost as quickly as the ball left his hand. The pair brought up their 50 stand off a mere 29 balls before Watson aptly sealed the deal with a whip past midwicket.

Punjab had the luck with the toss but their power-packed top order, boosted by Mahela Jayawardene's inclusion, couldn't quite push on, with the exception of Yuvraj Singh. The flat deck left very little margin for error and the Punjab batsmen picked up boundaries aplenty by merely driving through the line, adjusting easily to the length of the ball. Karan Goel and Kumar Sangakkara showed scant respect to Siddharth Trivedi and Munaf Patel, fetching boundaries regularly. Unfortunately, both perished against the run of play. Munaf had the last laugh, sending Goel's off stump out of the ground with a yorker while Shane Warne ended Sangakkara's eight-ball cameo with a sharp return catch.

Yuvraj, the Punjab captain, signalled his arrival with a blazing straight drive off his first ball. Rajasthan however had only themselves to blame for not halting his charge. Darren Lehmann spilled a skier at mid-off when Yuvraj was on 15 and there was further shock when Mohammad Kaif, one of the safest catchers, made a complete mess of a straightforward chance at point with Yuvraj at 29.

Yuvraj greeted Trivedi's return with a merciless biff past extra cover before taking on the spinners. Dinesh Salunkhe and Yusuf Pathan were clattered on the roof over deep midwicket, his third six bringing up his half-century. However, it was 'that' man Warne again who stemmed the rot, cleverly cutting back on the pace and deceiving Yuvraj on the sweep. Punjab had lost three wickets for no run and it took a 11-ball 24 by Piyush Chawla to push them to what turned out to be only a satisfactory score.

Tags : Yuvaraj,Rajasthan Royals,Deccan Chargers, Indian Premier League, IPL, ipl20 20

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Banagalore Royal Challengers Scorecard

Twenty20 match

Indian Premier League - 1st match
Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders

2007/08 season

Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, on 18 April 2008 - day/night (20-over match)

Result : Kolkata Knight Riders won by 140 runs


Kolkata Knight Riders innings (20 overs maximum)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	SC Ganguly	c Kallis b Khan	10	12	2	0	83.33
	BB McCullum	not out	158	73	10	13	216.43
	RT Ponting	c Kumar b Kallis	20	20	1	1	100.00
	DJ Hussey	c White b Noffke	12	12	1	0	100.00
	Mohammad Hafeez	not out	5	3	1	0	166.66
	Extras	(b 4, lb 4, w 9)	17

	Total	(3 wickets; 20 overs)	222	(11.10 runs per over)

Did not bat LR Shukla, WP Saha, AB Agarkar, AB Dinda, M Kartik, I Sharma

Fall of wickets1-61 (Ganguly, 5.2 ov), 2-112 (Ponting, 12.1 ov), 3-172 (Hussey, 17.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
P Kumar	4	0	38	0	9.50	(1w)
Z Khan	4	0	38	1	9.50
AA Noffke	4	0	40	1	10.00	(1w)
JH Kallis	4	0	48	1	12.00	(1w)
SB Joshi	3	0	26	0	8.66
CL White	1	0	24	0	24.00	(1w)


Bangalore Royal Challengers innings (target: 223 runs from 20 overs)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	R Dravid	b Sharma	2	3	0	0	66.66
	W Jaffer	c Ponting b Dinda	6	16	0	0	37.50
	V Kohli	b Dinda	1	5	0	0	20.00
	JH Kallis	c Kartik b Agarkar	8	7	0	1	114.28
	CL White	c Saha b Agarkar	6	10	0	0	60.00
	MV Boucher	c Kartik b Ganguly	7	9	1	0	77.77
	B Akhil	c Ponting b Agarkar	0	2	0	0	0.00
	AA Noffke	run out (Agarkar/Saha)	9	10	1	0	90.00
	P Kumar	not out	18	15	1	2	120.00
	Z Khan	b Ganguly	3	8	0	0	37.50
	SB Joshi	c McCullum b Shukla	3	6	0	0	50.00
	Extras	(lb 8, w 11)	19

	Total	(all out; 15.1 overs)	82	(5.40 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-4 (Dravid, 1.1 ov), 2-9 (Kohli, 2.2 ov), 3-24 (Kallis, 4.5 ov), 4-24 (Jaffer, 5.2 ov), 5-38 (Boucher, 7.5 ov), 6-38 (Akhil, 8.2 ov), 7-43 (White, 8.6 ov), 8-57 (Noffke, 11.1 ov), 9-70 (Khan, 13.1 ov), 10-82 (Joshi, 15.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AB Dinda	3	0	9	2	3.00	(2w)
I Sharma	3	0	7	1	2.33	(1w)
AB Agarkar	4	0	25	3	6.25	(4w)
SC Ganguly	4	0	21	2	5.25	(1w)
LR Shukla	1.1	0	12	1	10.28	(2w)

Toss Bangalore Royal Challengers, who chose to field first
Points Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Bangalore Royal Challengers 0

Twenty20 debut AB Dinda (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Player of the match BB McCullum (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and RE Koertzen (South Africa)
TV umpire AM Saheba
Match referee J Srinath
Reserve umpire VN Kulkarni

Match notes

Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 3.6 overs (26 balls), Extras 10
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (SC Ganguly 5, BB McCullum 35, Ex 10)
BB McCullum: 50 off 32 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 10.6 overs (68 balls), Extras 14
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (BB McCullum 27, RT Ponting 19, Ex 4)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 14.6 overs (94 balls), Extras 17
BB McCullum: 100 off 53 balls (8 x 4, 7 x 6)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (BB McCullum 35, DJ Hussey 12, Ex 3)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 200 runs in 18.6 overs (118 balls), Extras 17
BB McCullum: 150 off 70 balls (10 x 4, 12 x 6)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 17 balls (BB McCullum 45, Mohammad Hafeez 5, Ex 0)
WP Saha kept wicket in the Bangalore innings

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

IPL - 16th Match Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians Full Highlights

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Saturday, April 26, 2008

DLF Indian Premier League to sign an MCC Spirit of Cricket Declaration

Hero Honda extends co-sponsorship for the DLF Indian premier League

Monday, April 21, 2008

IPL Match Results

April 21 match: Jaipur v Mohali at Jaipur

Rajasthan royals vs. Delhi daredevils

Knight Riders confident of maintaining momentum

Watson and Warne sparkle in Rajasthan victory

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Banagalore Royal Challengers Scorecard

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