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IPL 2010 Point Table: As of March 19 2010

Saturday, March 20th, 2010 Indian Premier League has captured the imaginations of many cricket lovers in India. The IPL 2010 matches have got underway and most of the matches have increased the adrenaline flow of the spectators. The Mumbai Indians with Sachin Tendulkar showing the way have put in brilliant performances, and the Royal Challengers have also played some good cricket in this Indian Premier League 2010. The IPL 2010 matches involving Chennai Super Kings and Deccan Chargers have also thrown exciting IPL moments. The point table as of March 19 2010 stands as: Teams Matches Points Mumbai Indians 2 4 Royal Challengers 4 Chennai Super Kings 3 4 Deccan Chargers 3 4 Kolkata Knight Riders 3 4 Delhi Daredevils 4 4 King...

Dhoni and Smith sing in unison – IPL has helped foreign teams

Both Dhoni, captain of the Indian team, and Smith, the South African captain on separate occasions have alluded to the IPL cricket, which according to them has lent a helping hand to the foreign teams to get adapted to the Indian conditions in a better way. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who represents the Chennai Super Kings for the IPL tourney opined that the South Africa’s first test win over India at Nagpur resulted from some fine batting display on the part of South Africa, and particularly batsmen handling the spin attack proved to be the decisive factor for South Africa to clinch the test match, which according to him was made possible due to the exposure to spin bowling as while playing in the IPL. Graeme Smith, on the other hand, who plays for the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, was quick to admit that the South African team had made a study of Indian cricketers from footages related to the Indian Premier League, ahead of the test that had commenced at the Eden Gardens. It becomes e...

Seven Pakistani players storm into the subsequent IPL auction shortlist

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...