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Top 3 Captains of the IPL 2008 season

Lets take stock of some leadership skills by the captains of IPL tournament. My top 3 would be
1. Shane Warne
2. MS Dhoni
3. Shaun Pollock
Your say?

Top 3 captains of IPL - Choose three from below

Rahul Dravid

MS Dhoni

VVS Laxman

Adam Gilchrist

Virender Sehwag

Shane Warne

Sourav Ganguly

Yuvraj Singh

Shaun Pollock

Sachin Tendulkar

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Wish List for IPL 2009 season

I am putting a wish list that I would like to see in the Indian Premier League 2009 season.
Dedicated slot
Indian Premier League to have a dedicated slot in ICC calendar so that the world’s best cricketers are available
Additional Franchises
There should be additional two more franchises which would take the total to 10. If all [...]

Highest - Runs, Sixes, Wickets

Highest - Runs, Sixes, Wickets

Profit and Loss - Who makes and Who doesn’t

A good article from Business Today which gives an insight on the profit/loss details of all the franchises in IPL. A snapshot on how cricket’s new czars make money?
Mukesh Ambani, Mumbai Indians, Paid: $111.9 million
Vijay Mallya, Royal Challengers Bangalore,Paid: $111.6 million
T. Venkattram Reddy, Deccan Chargers, Paid: $107.01 million
N. Srinivasan, Chennai Super Kings, Paid: $91 million
G.M. [...]

Looking forward to everyday Cricket

Are you looking forward to toady’s match? YES, seems to be the answer of most of my friends and would be more or less the same with many. Everyday Cricket seems to be bit addictive with Indian Premier League matches played with such zeal. Indian Premier League has made people look for every day cricket.
Few [...]

Spot the future stars of Indian Cricket

Half way through the Indian Premier League, we have seen some good performances by young Indians, who could go a long way in playing for the Indian team. Every team has some promising young players who have done well till the half way mark. Let’s spot some of the future stars of Indian Cricket.
Manpreet Gony
Lead [...]

Best IPL fantasy cricket game

There are a lot of fantasy cricket games that are in the ring for the Indian Premier League trying to woo the cricket fans to participate in their game with lot of great prizes to be won. In the ring there are some old fantasy cricket games which have been there for years and few [...]

IPL Teams after first week

IPL Teams after first week - Dr. Mohit Goyal
All teams have played at least two match each in the season. Lets look what they have done and what they have to offer…The points given for batting, fielding and bowling are calculated considering what has been done in the concluded matches plus what they are likely [...]

Who’s leaving and Who’s coming?

The coming weeks will see some Australian, New Zealand and West Indian players leaving to play for their countries. Lets take a stock of who’s leaving and who’s coming in. The re-org would shake up teams a bit in their upcoming matches which could reflect in the final result.
Bangalore Royal Challengers
Ashley Noffke and Ross Taylor [...]

Deccan chargers - The stoppables

All the star power in one team is not doing any good to the Deccan Chargers. Three consecutive matches lost by the Deccan Chargers. I feel that the bowling is too weak and some innovative captaincy is required from the Deccan team to bounce back. Something is just not working for the team even [...]