IPL 6 opening ceremony pics stills

IPL 6 was filled with joy and was typically conducted in Bollywood style. American rappen Pitbull along with SRK , Deepika and Katrina Kaif were the celebrities entertaining the 60,000 crowd at the Salt Lake Stadium. The stadium was jam packed and people were filled with joy, as it was thorough entertainment from SRK and the rest. The Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated with opening ceremony.

This time IPL6 will be quite interesting with all teams trying to compete at highest levels. Chennai would be the strongest contenders , but you never know in this format, which makes this more interesting.Ponting would be eading Mumbai Indians . This would be a challenge for him and KKR captain Gambhir would like to defend the title. You never know what the minnows like Sunrisers could do in this IPL. We have to wait and watch the action.  

Good News to Chennai Super Kings

Today Royal Challengers Bangalore failed  their most crucial final match against Deccan Chargers. So they failed to qualify for the playoffs. Their defeat in Hyderabad allowed Chennai Super Kings to enter the playoffs in the fourth spot at the end of the league stage.

Deccan Chargers scored 132 for 7 in reply RCB scored 122 for 9 and DC won the match by 9 runs.  As CSKings and RCB are in the same points, because of run rate Chennai Suiper Kings enter the playoffs.

Chennai Super Kings Latest Position

Everybody knows that Chennai Super Kings, by two-time winners, are the best team.  But now the situation is that they are in the 6^th position in the Points Table. Now all we expect from the players is another win. The team, and its captain MS Dhoni should concentrate what to do in the field.  So we expect Chennai Super Kings to play well and win the remaining matches.  Let wish all the very best to them. 

CLT20: Justin Kemp in CSK squad

Srilankan fast bowler Thilan Thushara sustained a groin injury while playing for Srilanka A against South Africa A. Due to his in-availability Justin Kemp has been included in the CSK squad for Champions Trophy in the last moment.Dhoni insisted on th inclusion of Justin Kemp since he is a utility all rounder.

Chennai Super Kings are the champions and so a lot of expectation are there on this team to deliver the goods again under the resolute leadership of Dhoni. We have to wait and see how they perform in the CLT20 which starts in 3 days time from now on.Chennai Super Kings will take on Central Districts on September 11 at Kingsmead.

Hayden guides CSK to win

Hayden was back to form which is a good news for Chennai especially in the absence of skipper Dhoni. Hayden was at his best and he clobbered the Delhi bowlers all round the park and scored 93 runs and made the target look so easy.Suresh Raina the stand in skipper played his part and he was on 49 when CSK won the match.

Suresh Raina took the responsibility and played really well which helped CSK to win a determinant and strong Delhi side.Dinesh Karthik the stand in skipper because of Gambhir's injury had no clues what to do especially after Hayden early onslaught.Mathew Hayden could be the real trump card if Chennai need to make it big this league of IPL also.

Dhoni turned the heat on KKR

Dhoni played a great innings to take CSK first out of trouble and then to make them reach a fighting total. Badrinath played a nice supporting role which helped Dhoni to have the launch pad at the end.Dhoni scored 66 runs of 33 balls at a strike rate of 200.The match was under total control of KKR at the end of 10 th over when CSK were 55/3.


This was the time that Dhoni walked in to join Badrinath and at the final overs he made amendments for the slow start.Badri played is part well and now CSK have won 1 match and gone down in one of the games that they have played.Ganguly was very furious at his bowlers and told in the press conference that poor death bowling was the main reason for their loss against Chennai Superb Kings.

IPL 2009 : Dream IPL team by APF agency

Indian Premier League which had 59 matches all together witnessed some most interesting matches and nail-biting finishes.The team which emerged as winners was the Deccan Charges who were the last in the table last time around.There are a lot of individual notable performances and based on strike rate average and the consistency the Dream team for IPL 2009 has been selected.
IPL DREAM TEAM 2009

1) Matthew Hayden (Chennai Super Kings)

2) Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers, Captain / Wicketkeeper)

3) Suresh Raina (Chennai Super Kings)

4) AB de Villiers (Delhi Daredevils)

5) Tillakaratne Dilshan (Delhi Daredevils)

6) J.P.Duminy (Mumbai Indians)

7) Anil Kumble (Bangalore Royal Challengers)

8) Pragyan Ojha (Deccan Chargers)

9) Rudra Pratap Singh (Deccan Charges)

10) Ashish Nehra (Delhi Daredevils)

11) Lasith Malinga (Mumbai Indians)

IPL 2 : Points table before semi-finals.Delhi Daredevils top the table

The IPL2 has gone up very well and we have seen some very close matches even this year.The josh is still there for cricket.Only team in this IPL has cemented its dominance so far in this IPL and it is Delhi Daredevils.Sehwag and Gambir have not performed much and still Delhi have topped the table.Still one match to go for each team before semi-finals.Two teams have confirmed their Semis berth.One being the best team so far none other than the Delhi Daredevils and the second team being the Chennai Superb Kings.The main reason for CSK to make it to the semis is mainly because of Mathew Hayden and the cool captaincy of M.S.Dhoni.



The rest of the teams who are in contention for semi-finals are Deccan Charges , Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab.These three teams are in contention while Rajasthan Royals have slipped slightly.The two teams who are out of the tournament are Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders.I guess the finals will be between Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Superb Kings.They are the two best teams in this IPL so far.We have to wait and see who will be the winner.Since predicting a winner is a very tough job.

Watch Highlights of IPL matches online

The drama of IPL 2009 is getting bigger as the half way stage has been reached.We cannot predict a team who will still has a great contention to win the cup.Each day each team is reaching the top position.Mumbai where the first to top the table then Deccan ,then Chennai Superb Kings topped the table and finally at the half way stage it is Delhi Daredevils who are on the top.Each team has had its ups and downs except Kolkata Knight Riders who are literally out of the tournament.So the heated drama is getting bigger day by day.So people can even watch the matches online.

IPL 2: LIVE UPDATE Delhi Daredevils vs CSK

Sehwag not playing in today's match

Delhi have won the toss and elected to bowl.This is a very important encounter for Chennai Superb Kings they need to win this to stay in the tournament.They key players for CSK are Hayden,Raina and Dhoni.Chennai has a lot of chance to win this match as Sehwag is not playing .The stand in skipper is Gambir. Let us wait and see what happens.Stay tuned I will updated you with the pictures and the scores

IPL 2 : Highest individual scores

So far in this second edition of the IPL we have only one century from A.b.deVilliers ( 105 ).Very good innings from him.The next best was from Raina in the math against Rajasthan Royals.The scoreboard showed that he was 100 when he got out.But he was only 98 . I rate the way he played that is one of the best innings in this IPL so far.

Flintoff out of IPL due to injury

Andrew Flintoff suffered from a torn meniscus in his right knee.Surgery revealed that Flintoff has to miss the IPL and also the West Indies tour.This is a big loss for Chennai Superb Kings since they banked mainly on the all rounder.

This is a bog blow for CSK and already they have won only one match out of the 3 matches that they have played.This means that Mr.Cool (Dhoni ) has to find out some solution to marshal his men to win the remaining matches and at least reach the semi-finals

IPL 2: Match 5: CSK vs RCB

The fourth match of the IPL was between Chennai Superb Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore.Royals where a confident side beating the last time champions Rajasthan Royals comfortably. M.S.Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat.the plan was to score sum huge total and put the pressure on the opposition.That is what they exactly did they scored 179/5 in the allotted 20 overs.Thanks to some lusty blows by Mathew Hayden and the little Parthiv Patel at the start of the innings.

Chasing 180 at 9 runs per overs is always a difficult task and some early wickets reduced RCB to 49/4.then it was just a catch up game.While playing a T20 game never you can succed if you go for the catch up game.Dravid played well for his 20 and Kallis for his 24.Apart from them the rest of the team looked totally out of shape.RCB where all out for 87.Some great bowling by Muralitharan was the main reason for that.

IPL Match 1 : LIVE UPDATE Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Superb Kings by 19 runs

The first match of the IPL was not quite interesting and fascinating when compared to last year.Last year we had a very entertain knock by Kolkata Knight Riders wicket keeper Mucullum who happens to be this year's captain for KKR.Fien getting back to the match.The toss which looked crucial was won by Dhoni an Dhoni elected to field first.Sachin and Sanath had a 39 run partnership afetr which Sanath was out.Then some re building was done bu Mumbai Indians and they scored 165/7.Thanks to some great batting by Sachin and a very good cameo innings by Abishek Nayar.

The hero of today 's match was a stray dog which entered the ground.The officials had a hard time without and found it extremely difficult to take out of the ground.Play was delayed for at least 10 minutes because of this.

In reply CSK had a horrible start loosing Parthiv Patel in the first over itself.Then last year prolific run scorer Suresh Raina came to the crease and he did not last long.Mathew Hayden and Flintoff had a partnership and things look back on track for CSK when Flintoff lost his wicket to Harbhajan.then Dhoni came in and tried his best.But no use CSK only managed to score 146/7 in the allotted 20 overs and lost the match by 20 runs.

IPL : BestCaptains

IPL (Indian Premier League ) is goin to underway .The first match is between CSK and Rajasthan Royals.There are totally eight teams.It is tough to choose which team is goin to win.But the best captains i would suggest for this IPL are

M.S.Dhoni (Mr.Cool and last time runner up team captain)
Sourav Ganguly (Bengal Tiger gives his best only during times of crisis.)
Shane Warne ( Proactive and agressive captain)

So I personally feel these are the teams to watch out for.This time around the intensity of the game is very high.We will see some very good matches.Countdown has began .Only 4 days to go for the DLF IPL to kick off.

Hussey to pull out of IPL

Hussey is following the foot steps of his captain and he is the latest cricketer who has pulled out from the IPL.The CSK spokesperson has termed that missing Hussey will be a huge loss for the team.Even though Hussey will be available for only 4 to 5 matches his presence will make a huge difference in the team.He is such an important player ans that was very much evident in the last time IPL.

If the CSK are able to reach semi-finals Hussey would be available to play.Right now he has quoted that he is "Home sick" and wants to spend some time with his family.Will the CSK s reach semi's are the absence of Hussey will hurt them very badly.We have to wait and watch !!!

Flintoff says will not allow IPL to compromise Ashes dream

England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff one of the highest bid players for this IPL will play for Chennai Superb Kings said that he is looking for to IPL as a learning phase which will help him to phase the worlds best players and help him to increase his knowledge about the strength sand weakness of some the world's best batsman.

He stated to the media that playing IPL will only enrich his dreams of recapturing the Ashes from the Australians.The current form of Flintoff has considerably improved and he was the main element of England winning the series against the West Indies 3-2.

Chennai Superb Kings will be hoping that Flintoff continues his good form and will prove worth it the money for which u was got.On paper CSK looks to be a very balanced side.It all depends upon how they perform.

Ticket rates for IPL 2

The tickets for the opening match as been already sold out.The match is between Chennai Superb Kings and Mumbai Indians.Both are really strong teams with Ms Dhoni caprain for CSK and Sachin captain for Mumbai Indians.

The ticket rates for the matches are considerably very low this time.The IPL officialls have placed at a highly affordable rates.The lowest ticket cost Rs 70 (Indian rupees) and the highest ticket cost little more than Rs 1000.

The countdown has already started and to select a winner from the team his very tough.Who are is goin to win the cup it is going to be great fun watching thses matches.

CSK 's Oram is a doubtful starter for IPL

New Zealand all rounder Jacob Oram aggravated an Achilles tendon strain while playing the county match.This injury made himself unavailable for the ongoing Test series against India in which India lead the series 1-0 with 1 match to go.Black caps pinned there hopes that Oram would be back for the third and the final test.But Oram has announced that he wont be available for the third test also.

Buzz is that he is resting himself to play the cash prize mega event IPL.But he denied these speculations and told that if he is not completely recovered he wont take risk and play in IPL.

After hearing this the Chennai Super Kings(CSK) are worried since he is a key player for the team.CSK captain Dhoni and CSK coach and player Stephen Fleming are trying to convince him ...We have to wait and see what actually happens.Will the absence of Oram be a great loss for CSK.