Indian Premier League

Shoaib Akhtar playing his first match in IPL picked up 4 wickets for 11 runs in 3 overs to demolish th Delhi Dare Devils top order and secure an important win for Knight Riders. Shoaib bowling at a regular pace of 150 Kmph was very accurate in his line and varied his length to trouble the delhi batsmen.  The Knight Riders who won the toss chose to bat first but a good bowling attack from Delhi meant Kolkata could only make 134 runs in their 2o overs.
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Both Delhi & Bangalore will be itching to get their revenge on Chennai & Kolkata in tonights IPL twenty20 games. Delhi lost their home game against Chennai while Bangalore lost the first home game against kolkata. Delhi has got their top three batsman in premium form while they’ve also got a deadly opening bowling attack in the form of McGrath and Asif. Both these bowlers have also got good support in Yomahesh and Rajat Bhatia, the local players who performed very well in most of the Delhi matches. On the other hand Chennai SuperKings are struggling both with bat and ball at this very important stage in the IPL tournament.

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With the inclusion of Pakistani players tonights match is going to be one heck of a game.
The Chargers will be charged up with the inclusion Shahid Afridi and Dare Devils will look forward to the services of Mohammed Asif and Shoaib Malik. Asif if given a chance in tonights game will be a deadly combination with Glenn McGrath. Shahid Afridi opening with Adam Gilchrist can prove a killer combination.
This match will prove to be very exciting. To watch online streaming of IPL Hyderabad Deccan Chargers vs. IPL Delhi Dare Devils visit the following links (more…)

IPL Mohali, the Punjab Kings IX will take on IPL Chennai Super Kings in the first match starting at 4 PM on apr 19th and the game will be played at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium.
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Indian Premier League’s Delhi Daredevils today roped in Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar as the brand ambassador of their team. “I was born and brought up in Delhi. I am a huge cricket fan. It will be great to endorse cricket,” said Akshay Kumar, while unveiling the team’s colours and the website in New Delhi today.

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After a not so exciting second time bidding for players ended on tuesday, its clearly IPL Jaipur that emerged as a statistical team buying a few exciting players around the Twenty20 circuit. Here’s the table of players and franchises that bought them.
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