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March 29, 2010 The IPL 2010 so far has thrown nerve tingling moments, adrenaline-pumping cricketing events and nail-biting finishes to push the cricket enthusiasts into frenzied fervor, as the IPL twenty 20 matches have almost captured the hearts and imaginations of the fanatics, who eat, breathe and sleep cricket. But not many are aware of the harm that the IPL 2010 is inflicting on the art of cricket, let alone on the future of the game. But it certainly has turned out to be a money-spinner wooing the best talent from across the globe. To look into the daily mode of life that we embrace as of today, we desire a fast turnaround in all our endeavors, with quality taking a backseat. We term it as fashion as we have opted all and sundry as entertainment medium without attaching importance to the artistic flavor that these mediums carry. This, to my knowledge, produces a greater effect on very many entertainment activities, as it has also produced its degrading effect on the art of cr...

This is the schedule of twenty20 matches in the IPL 2010, which are to take place from 21.03.10. 21 March – 4PM – Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils 21 March – 8PM – Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings 22 March – 8PM – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians 23 March – 8PM – Chennai Super Kings vs Bangalore Royal Challengers 24 March – 8PM – Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab 25 March – 4PM – Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Delhi Daredevils 25 March – 8PM –Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians 26 March – 8PM –Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals 27 March – 8PM –Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab 28 March – 4PM –Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals 28 March – 8PM –Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers 29 March – 8PM –Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils 30 March – 8PM –Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians 31 March – 4PM –Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Chennai Super Kings 31 March – 8PM –Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils 01 April – 8PM –Deccan...

The Indian premier league auction has now lifted the ban related to Pakistani players, and seven Pakistani players have stormed into the subsequent Indian premier League auction. The IPL had banned Pakistani players for the last IPL auction owing to the dastardly Mumbai terror attacks, but the Pakistani cricketers now find themselves in the thick of things as they have been allowed to be a part of the third Twenty 20 league edition, which is scheduled to be staged from March 12, which is sure to delight the cricketing world till April 25. Shahid Afridi, the Twenty 20 captain for Pakistan, Umar Akmal, a promising batsman and Mohammad Aamir, the upcoming Pakistani pace bowler are all a part of the shortlisted Pakistani cricketers as the list also includes Imran Nazir, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Razzaq and Rana Naved who have been benefactors of the Indian Premier League auction. As it was the case of Pakistani cricketers to miss out last IPL league edition, it is now the turn of English cric...

The IPL twenty 20 cricket 2010 is round the corner with the bidding spewing venomous exchanges between arch rivals India and Pakistan, as the battle for the championship begins with a bloodied warrior style of bidding, and is sure to witness more of such politically entwined unwarranted issues ruling the roost with cricket paling into insignificance. Has cricket lost the sheen, has it lost the gentlemanly characteristic so inherent of the game? Is Twenty 20 cricket the real savior to inject life back into the game of cricket? Dailies and other forms of newsprint have been filled to the gunwales with the eminent columnists propounding their views on the Twenty 20 cricket as well as about the role of this format in today’s cricket. But doubts still linger in the minds of many who have chosen to go with Imran Khan’s formula of ‘Temperament, Talent and Technique’ as being the surefire formula to test a batsman’s success, and the testing platform unarguably being test cricket. For such in...