Archive for category: Cricket

Why There Are No Big Scores Now In IPL?

16 May, 2008 (06:05) | Cricket, DesiBaba | By: DesiBaba

Indian Premier League, Cricket saw bowlers treated like anything in the opening stages of the series. They were smashed all over the park. It was raining sixes and boundaries every time. Everyday you would see a score of 200 plus, in just 20 overs! It was the period when 20-20 was at it’s very best [...]

Hrithik Roshan Joins IPL Buzz Too

4 April, 2008 (07:28) | Bollywood, Cricket | By: DesiBaba

Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan is likely to be the brand ambassador for industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s Mumbai Indians cricket team in the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) starting April 18.
Speculation is rife that Hrithik will soon be shooting for an ad campaign and even an album – the music for which has been composed by Anu [...]

Shahrukh Khan Will Bowl If Shoaib Doesn’t

4 April, 2008 (07:26) | Bollywood, Cricket | By: DesiBaba

Strongly supporting Shoaib Akhtar who was debarred from taking part in cash-rich Indian Premier League, Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan on Thursday said he would ask the Indian Cricket Board to review the decision.
“If Shoaib is out then I have only one other option, I will bowl myself!” told King Khan to the press outside his [...]

India Ranked Number 2 In Test Cricket After Australia’s Defeat

28 January, 2008 (18:43) | Cricket | By: DesiBaba

With the fourth and final Test in Adelaide ending in a draw on Monday, India has climbed to second place in the LG ICC Test Championship table despite losing the four-match series with Australia 2-1.
India had entered the series in fourth place, just behind South Africa and Sri Lanka but South Africa’s 2-1 series [...]

Cricket World Is Too Long, Needs To Be Reformed: Ponting

13 April, 2007 (05:27) | Cricket | By: DesiBaba

Australia captain Ricky Ponting said the seven-week Cricket World Cup is too long and challenged organizers to come up with a better format in 2011.
“It is a long event,” Ponting told reporters in Barbados. “In the future I think it can be condensed a little bit. We’ll learn lessons from this time around and hopefully [...]