IPL season

Mumbai Lose Again But Delhi’s Win at Kotla Comes After Nine Losses on Trot

 April 25, 2015   R K Gupta

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Delhi Daredevils are a different team this IPL season. Until last year, they had big stars in their ranks but they failed to combine as a team. Under JP Duminy, they have performed admirably despite a few losses. It, therefore, came as no surprise that they finally won on their home turf and broke the […]

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IPL-8 Match no.16: At Last, Mumbai Indians Win a Match!

 April 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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After four consecutive defeats in IPL 2015, all that the Mumbai Indians had was the nadir of their morale. Even after the toss, Rohit Sharma looked far from convincing, when he uttered some practiced lines in reply to a question of a media person. Therefore, the victory against the Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday night […]

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Meandering Mumbai Mauled by Smith after They Commit Hara-Kiri Earlier

 April 15, 2015   R K Gupta

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What Steven Smith did to MI bowlers was an event that was a sequel to Mumbai’s own initial blunders and some misfortune. Rohit Sharma and Mumbai’s top-heavy think-tank decided to bat first. In all likelihood, if they had lost the toss, Smith would have asked them to bat first as well. That is a conjecture […]

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Hard-Nosed Harbhajan Hangs on to Hinder Heavy Loss for MI in IPL-8’s Match #7

 April 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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Last year’s runners-up Kings XI Punjab scored their first victory of the new IPL season but contrary to early indications, the win didn’t come as easily as it first appeared. The visitors to India’s maximum city had to endure some seriously anxious moments as one man literally pulled the rug from under their feet. Mumbai […]

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IPL-8 Begins With Glitzy Two-Night Fanfare and KKR Take the Cake by Beating MI in Match#1

 April 9, 2015   R K Gupta

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Over two days, Kolkata, known in India as the City of Joy, was drenched with cricket, rain and celebrations as the eighth edition of immensely popular Indian Premier League opened with a ceremony, attended by industry big-wigs and Bollywood stars. On the first day April 07, 2015, even the thundershowers and incessant rain couldn’t dampen […]

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Defending Champions Mumbai Indians Tumble Out of the Champions League

 September 17, 2014   R K Gupta

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Though Mumbai Indians were the defending champions, they were required to qualify because their poor performance in IPL 2014 did not allow them an automatic berth. Their entry to the qualifying rounds, too could not have come if they had not beaten Rajasthan Royals in a thunderous game, where MI made 190 in 87 balls […]

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Magnificent Mumbai Make it to the Play-off Stage with Explosive Batting Performance

 May 26, 2014   R K Gupta

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Down in the dumps for the better part of the league phase, Mumbai Indians made amends, when it mattered most. Delirious fans at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium watched unbelievable action and its culmination into a magical victory, despite the gigantic task, that the home team faced at the start of the chase. Since Rajasthan Royals already […]

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Rejuvenated KKR Tames KXIP, Miraculous RR Win Against RCB and MI Beat SRH

 May 14, 2014   R K Gupta

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IPL matches on Sunday and Monday produced entertainment for connoisseurs of cricket. High-flying KXIP lost to Kolkata, death-over miracle brought victory for RR and Mumbai beat Hyderabad in a clinical chase. On Sunday’s first match the KXIP batting fire-power couldn’t click for once. Regardless, they still put up 149/9, helped largely by Virender Sehwag’s 50-ball […]

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Mumbai Wins at Last, RR Too Good for DD and RCB Returns to Winning Ways

 May 5, 2014   R K Gupta

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Over the last two days, three venues in India hosted the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th matches of IPL 2014. In Mumbai’s Wankhede stadium, MI looked like repeating the rhythm of their past defeats until Aditya Tare came on the scene. The little guy lit up the scene on arrival and showed big man Pollard what […]

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Batting Woes Continue For Mumbai Indians Even As IPL’s UAE Leg Comes To An End

 May 2, 2014   R K Gupta

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Kings Eleven Punjab and Mumbai Indians are at the two ends of a spectrum in this IPL. 20 matches were played on the round-robin basis between 10 participants in different venues of UAE until yesterday. While KXIP won all their five games, MI lost all five. Every other team recorded some wins and some losses. […]

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