IPL Title

After Crushing Royals in Eliminator, RCB Wilt Under CSK Pressure in Second Qualifier; Now Chennai Meet Mumbai for IPL Title on Sunday

 May 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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It was literally a case of blow-hot one day and blow-cold on another. Despite early stutter, RCB batted powerfully after winning the toss in Pune’s Eliminator match against a side, which recorded five consecutive victories to begin the 2015 IPL season. And when, no one doubted their place in play-offs, RR lost their way. Bangalore […]

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Final of IPL-8

Great All-Round Show from Mumbai Against CSK Take Them to the Final of IPL-8

 May 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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In what turned out to be a controlled all-round performance, Mumbai sailed into the IPL final by comprehensively beating Chennai Super Kings. Beginning with Lendl Simmons and Parthiv Patel’s solid opening partnership that followed Kieron Pollard’s sledgehammer batting, Mumbai finished with a challenging 187/6 at the end of 20 overs. When Chennai came on to […]

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Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Edge Out Bangalore for the Second Spot in the Points’ Table after Rains Forced Abandonment of RCB-DD Match and MI Steamrolled SRH

 May 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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Match nos. 55 and 56 on Sunday were crucial for Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians for the second place in the Points’ Table. For yet another time, RCB suffered due to rains in Bangalore as their match against Delhi Daredevils had to be abandoned while Mumbai produced a forceful bowling performance to outclass Sunrisers […]

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Watson Rajasthan Royals

Watson’s All-Round Display Ejects KKR from Play-offs at Mumbai on Saturday

 May 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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It could have been a lot easier for Rajasthan Royals, if they had not yielded a bundle of extras after batting marvelously earlier on. There was a bug in their bowling performance as they allowed KKR to come within 9 runs after scoring 199. RR skipper Steven Smith won the toss and rightly elected to […]

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IPL CSK

Chennai Finish as Table Toppers with a Thumping Victory over the Hapless KXIP

 May 19, 2015   R K Gupta

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It wasn’t much of the contest at the end as CSK dictated terms to Kings XI Punjab in their last IPL fixture. KXIP must be more relieved than disappointed as they had already gone out of the play-off race. After a bombastic performance last year, when they had finished runners-up to Kolkata Knight Riders at […]

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IPL Match

RCB Got Two Lucky Points After 52nd IPL Match Could be Played at Hyderabad

 May 19, 2015   R K Gupta

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Royal Challengers Bangalore is the one IPL team, to whom the rains have given relentless chase, wherever they have gone this season. In the fixture against Rajasthan Royals, they lost the opportunity of defending 200 and two of their matches were reduced to 10 overs. On Friday, rain almost threw them out of the competition […]

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KXIP

Inconsequential Win for KXIP over RCB in a Rain-Curtailed Match at Mohali

 May 16, 2015   R K Gupta

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North India had unseasonal rain on Wednesday and Mohali was no exception. Despite the reality about the home team’s exit from 2015 IPL, the cricket lovers continued to wait for the start of the match. After several field inspections, it was finally announced that the contest would be limited to 10-over a side game. Earlier, […]

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Mumbai Win

Mumbai Win Another Match to Stay Alive in 2015 IPL

 May 15, 2015   R K Gupta

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Mumbai might have won against KKR in a thrilling contest at the Wankhede Stadium but their batting weakness in the first 12 overs was a repeat script of their several earlier innings. When Rohit Sharma was foxed by a straight ball from Sunil Narine, Mumbai were pathetically placed at 79/4 and that did not inspire […]

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Sunrisers Hyderabad

Warner Leads from Front as Sunrisers Keep Play-off Hopes Alive in IPL-8

 May 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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From the very start this season, David Warner has been the torch-bearer for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Riding on his own personal form despite a nagging back injury, the fiery Australian opener recorded his sixth half-century of the 2015 IPL. On Monday, playing against Kings Eleven Punjab, Warner batted until the 18th over of the SRH innings […]

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CSK

In a Battle of Low-Scores, CSK Rule Against Rajasthan in Match # 47 of IPL-8

 May 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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Two days after Kolkata Knight Riders took the top spot in the points’ table, Chennai Super Kings dethroned them after their victory over Rajasthan Royals at Chennai on Sunday. The pitch of the MA Chidambaram stadium had become notoriously slow to make scoring of runs very difficult. CSK lost to Mumbai two a few nights […]

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