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Showing posts with label IPL5. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IPL5. Show all posts
Monday, 28 May 2012
Monday, 28 May 2012
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Full Match Highlights: IPL 2012 - CSK vs KKR, Final
Kolkata v Chennai, IPL 2012, final, Chennai
Kolkata take title after Bisla blitz
Kolkata Knight Riders 192 for 5 (Bisla 89, Kallis 69) beat Chennai Super Kings 190 for 3 (Raina 73, Hussey 54, Vijay 42) by five wickets
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Saturday, 26 May 2012
Saturday, 26 May 2012
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Full Match Highlights: IPL 2012 - CSK vs DD, Qualifier 2
Delhi v Chennai, 2nd qualifier, IPL 2012, Chennai
Vijay century overpowers Delhi
Chennai Super Kings 222 for 5 (Vijay 113) beat Delhi Daredevils 136 (Jayawardene 55, Ashwin 3-23) by 86 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
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| M Vijay and the rest of Super Kings' batsmen ransacked the Daredevils bowling |
The questions everyone was asking after the toss were: why is the virtually unknown offspinner Sunny Gupta making his IPL debut in Delhi Daredevils' biggest game of the season and why was purple cap holder Morne Morkel dropped? The questions resonated through the game and will haunt the Daredevils management for long, as one of the biggest tactical goof-ups in IPL history meant another season of dominance at the league stage ended without a win in the playoffs.
Friday, 25 May 2012
Friday, 25 May 2012
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Full Match Highlights: IPL 2012 - MI vs CSK, Eliminator
Chennai v Delhi, 2nd qualifier, IPL 2012, Chennai
Do Delhi have big-match temperament?
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| Mahela Jayawardene will be looking to raise his game for the big occasion |
Virender Sehwag and Delhi Daredevils are in a familiar position. Like this year, they had utterly dominated the 2009 season, before their mighty batting line-up faltered in the semi-final, much like their flop against Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday. This time though, with the changed format, they get a second opportunity.
The best batsman in Twenty20 cricket
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| Chris Gayle launches into one of his 59 sixes in IPL 2012 |
Chris Gayle has scored 2591 runs in this format in the last 17 months, at an average of 57 and a strike rate of 170. No other batsman comes close
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
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Full Match Highlights: IPL 2012 - DD vs KKR, Qualifier 1
Chennai v Mumbai, eliminator, IPL 2012, Bangalore
Mumbai face dangerous Chennai in knockout clash
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| Whatever their form going into the playoffs, no side plays the crunch games better than Chennai Super Kings |
Such is the knockout format of the IPL that a side that won eight and lost seven games during the league stage now has a chance to win the tournament. When as many as four out of nine teams - eight during the first three seasons - make the playoffs, such things are bound to happen. Chennai Super Kings, the defending champions, happen to be that side this season.
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
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Delhi v Kolkata, 1st qualifier, IPL 2012, Pune
Kolkata in IPL final for first time - KKR beat DD by 18 Runs!
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| Yusuf Pathan struck form at the right time for Knight Riders, blitzing 40 to set up their 18-run win against Daredevils and put them in the IPL final |
Monday, 21 May 2012
Monday, 21 May 2012
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Delhi v Kolkata, 1st qualifier, IPL 2012, Pune
Pace v spin as teams target first final
Match facts
Tuesday, May 22, 2012Start time 2000 (1430 GMT)
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| Who will have the last word tomorrow? |
Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders have easily been the best sides this IPL. It is not only the points table which tells you that. The other two sides in the playoffs have not been as dominant. Mumbai Indians have won as many games as Knight Riders have, but have not been remotely as clinical; Chennai Super Kings have had to rely on other sides' messing up to sneak in.
Neither Daredevils nor Knight Riders have made it to an IPL final before. One of them will do that tomorrow. Daredevils have traversed the entire length of the points table this season, ending on top following their last-place finish in 2011. Realising that their batting was too dependent on Virender Sehwag last season, they brought in
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| It's time for Mahendra Singh Dhoni to shine |
In every sense of the word Chris Gayle is an IPL colossus. He scored 733 runs in the fifth season of the IPL at an average of 61.08 and with a strike-rate of 160.74. The next highest in the list is Shikhar Dhawan with 569 runs at an average of 40.64. The highest Chennai
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