Crunch match for Royal Challengers Skipper Rahul Dravid will be hoping that the below par batting of Bangalore Royal Challengers turns the corner when his beleaguered team, down in the dumps after losing six out of eight games, takes on Kings XI Punjab in the IPL league match here on Monday.
No momentum: Dravid Embattled skipper and Royal Challengers Icon player Rahul Dravid said that the experience of playing for the country was totally different and could not be equated with any other form of cricket, particularly the franchisee-owned T20 format.
SIDELIGHTS IPL organisers have shifted the June 1 final from the originally scheduled Wankhede stadium to the DY Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai for a variety of reasons, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sources said on Sunday.
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I was surprised to hit a T20 hundred: Hussey Not known as a big hitter in the league of his IPL team-mates Matthew Hayden and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Michael Hussey said he was surprised by his hundred for Chennai Super Kings in an IPL match which, he claimed, earned him more adNot known as a big hitter in the league of his IPL team-mates Matthew Hayden and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Michael Hussey said he was surprised by his hundred for Chennai Super Kings in an IPL match which, he claimed, earned him more adulation than the Australian opener or the India ODI captain.
ulation than the Australian opener or the India ODI captain.
Sourav show spurs Riders to easy win Opting to bat, the Knight Riders rode on captain Sourav Gangulys stroke-filled 91 and David Husseys late assault to amass 204 for the loss of four wickets in their quota of 20 overs.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Sourav Ganguly acknowledges the crowd after reaching fifty against Deccan Chargers during their IPL match in Hyderabad on Sunday.PTI
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