R,Ashwin, who took three wickets for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL final, said taking pace off the ball was the key to dismissing Chris Gayle in the first over of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s chase. “He [Gayle] has been batting really well this year and...
What would have been on Chennai Super Kings’ wish list before this final? 1) Win toss on a slow pitch. 2) Great start by the openers. 3) Remove Chris Gayle for a duck. PS: While we are it why not knock out AB de Villiers...
In Jamaica the term criss is used to suggest everything is all right. Royal Challengers Bangalore may as well rename him Criss Gayle. For with Gayle, they criss. Gayle fell 11 short of his third century this IPL, but for 15 overs he played so...
Kolkata Knight Riders began nervously, Mumbai Indians finished similarly, but it was Mumbai who booked a place in the Champions League T20 and in the semi-final equivalent of IPL 2009. What will irk Kolkata is that they were the better side for 39 overs in...
It began with a last-ball thriller, meandered in the middle, and ended with perhaps the most exciting match of the season. The IPL league phase is over, and though there were some spirited contenders, the four teams who looked strongest from the start are the...
The IPL has had its share of low-key games, and the top four teams are already decided, but the final day of the round-robin stage will decide who takes on whom in the play-offs. Chennai Super Kings square off against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the...
It was billed as Sourav Ganguly’s payback game against Kolkata Knight Riders. Instead, it proved to be a stern examination on a turner for the Pune Warriors batsmen, and called in to question the home side’s decision to play only one specialist spinner as Shakib...
Rajasthan Royals have decided to take disciplinary action against Shane Warne for the comments he made to Sanjay Dixit, the Rajasthan Cricket Association secretary, on Wednesday night after the team’s loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore. Rajasthan’s chief executive, Sean Morris, sent Dixit an email saying...
The Gayle show continues Runs, wickets, mile-wide smiles, ‘tuk-tuk train’ celebrations. Christopher Gayle’s party with the Royal Challengers Bangalore moves from one match-winning performance to another. Numbers don’t tell the story. They scream it out. In six matches, Gayle has muscled almost 400 runs, at...
Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowlers made best use of a sluggish pitch after a rain-delayed start, keeping Chennai Super Kings to 114, and their batsmen did enough to be ahead of the par score when rain returned to cut the match short. Both captains thought the...
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