Chennai Super Kings emerged the champions of IPL yet again as they won the IPL 4 final by thrashing Bangalore Royal Challengers by 58 runs. Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. Murali Vijay played an awesome knock of 95 runs in 52 balls and was supported by Michael Hussey (63 runs off 45 balls) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (22 runs in 13 balls) as CSK posted a massive 205/5 in 20 overs. Chris Gayle and S Aravind took 2 wickets each for RCB. In reply, Bangalore Royal Challengers kept on losing wickets ...
Paul Valthaty – journey from obscurity to national limelight
Paul Valthaty was an unknown name to the millions of cricket fans in India who follow the game very closely till a few days ago. He was included in the Kings XI Punjab team this year but many thought he got his chances in team as there were hardly any established stars in the Punjab team. His overall statistics were also not impressive without even a single first class match, only one List A match and a few T20 matches including a few appearances for Rajasthan Royals in the previous IPL seasons where he hardly scored anything noticeable. So, when ...
IPL announces final squads for IPL 2011 Season 4
All the 10 teams participating in IPL 2011 Season 4 including the two new entrants Sahara Pune Warriors and Kochi Tuskers Kerala have announced their final list of players in their respective teams. Out of the teams, Sahara Pune Warriors is the only team to have registered their full quota of 30 players in the squad. Delhi Daredevils were also close behind with 29 players while Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals named 27 players each in their final squads. Royal Challengers Bangalore listed 25 players and Kings XI Punjab 23 players. Kolkata Knight Riders named the least ...
IPL 4 revised schedule
The schedule for IPL 4 has been revised taking into account the upcoming assembly elections in the five Indian states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry. Three out of the five states have an IPL team associated to one of their cities. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has its base in the capital of West Bengal, Kolkata. Chennai Super King is based in the captal of Tamil Nadu, Chennai while Kochi Tuskers Kerala is based in Kochi in Kerala. The complete revised schedule of IPL 2011 season 4 is as follows:
April 8: 8pm – Chennai Super Kings vs ...
Players bought in IPL 4 auctions segregated by teams
We are listing the players bought in IPL 4 auctions segregated by IPL teams. This list also includes the players retained by their franchisees and is the total list of players bought by the respective teams till now. The list has been segregated both by teams as well as the prices of the players in descending order.
Delhi Daredevils
Irfan Pathan to Delhi Daredevils for $1.9 million.
Virender Sehwag retained by Delhi Daredevils for 1.8 million.
Umesh Yadav to Delhi for $750,000.
David Warner to Delhi Daredevils for $750,000.
Venugopal Rao to Delhi Daredevils for $700,000.
Morne Morkel to Delhi Daredevils for $475,000.
Ashok Dinda to Delhi Daredevils ...
Mumbai Indians pulled off a dramatic last ball win over Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens in Kolkata in the last league match of IPL 4. Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and put KKR to bat. Jacques Kallis (59 runs off 42 balls), Yusuf Pathan (36 runs off 27 balls) and Manoj Tiwary (35 runs off 22 balls) contributed as KKR scored 175/7 in 20 overs. James Franklin and Abu Nechim Ahmed took 2 wickets each for the Mumbai Indians. In reply, Mumbai Indians kept on losing wickets and they seemed to be in a losing position as they required 44 runs in 3 overs and then 21 runs in the last over. But they took advantage of both overs of Balaji as they smashed him for 37 runs in his two overs (over no. 18 and over no. 20) and finished off the win with a last ball six by Ambati Rayudu to guide MI to 178/5 in 20 overs. James Franklin was the unlikely hero as he scored 45 runs off 23 balls and was ably supported by Ambati Rayudu (17 runs off 6 balls). Rajat Bhatia took 3 wickets for KKR. James Franklin was awarded the Man of the Match for his match winning knock of 45 runs in 23 balls and his 2 wickets for 35 runs.
Bangalore Royal Challengers defeated Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets at their home ground M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore as they topped the points table in IPL 4. RCB captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and put CSK to bat. Most of the Chennai Super Kings wickets including their whole top order fell in single digits and only their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the lone ranger as he scored 70 runs off 40 balls to take CSK to a below par total of 128/8 in 20 overs. Zaheer Khan, S Aravind and Daniel Vettori took 2 wickets each for the Royal Challengers Bangalore. In reply, Chris Gayle smashed a 75 run knock off only 50 balls to guide RCB to 129/2 in 18 overs. Chris Gayle was awarded the Man of the Match once again for his brilliant knock.
Deccan Chargers eliminated all chances of Kings XI Punjab making it to the playoffs of IPL 4 as they thrashed them by 82 runs. KXIP captain Adam Gilchrist won the toss and put DC to bat. Openers Shikhar Dhawan (95 not out off 57 balls) and Ravi Teja (60 runs off 41 balls) guided Deccan Chargers to a massive total of 198/2 in 320 overs. In reply, KXIP were bundled out for 116 runs in 19 overs though KXIP skipper Adam Gilchrist was the lone ranger with 51 runs off 37 balls. Amit Mishra took 4 wickets for DC. Shikhar Dhawan was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant knock.
With elimination of KXIP, this match also finalized the four teams for the playoffs of IPL 4 which are Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians. The four teams also play their final matches before the playoffs and that too against each other which would decide the standing of the four teams for the playoffs. The teams which remain at the top 2 of the points table after tomorrow’s matches would get a second chance to make it to the IPL finals in case they lose their first match.
Today’s second match between Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab got rained off.
Rajasthan Royals thrashed Mumbai Indians by 10 wickets as they gave a great farewell gift to Shane Warne in his last professional cricket match. Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and decided to bat. But none of the MI batsmen except Rohit Sharma (58 runs off 47 balls) clicked infront of the Rajasthan bowling as they were restricted to only 133/5 in 20 overs. Shane Watson took 3 wickets for the Royals. In reply, Rajasthan Royals openers Shane Watson (89 runs off 47 balls) and Rahul Dravid (43 runs off 32 balls) plundered the MI bowlers are RR cruised to 134 runs in 13.1 overs without losing even a single wicket. Shane Watson was awarded the Man of the Match for his blazing knock of 89 runs from 47 balls and his 3 wickets for 19 runs in 4 overs.
