DLF Indian Premier League

On a  much splendidly warm day in Nottingham, Ricky Ponting won the toss and then opted to bat in the first of very two warm-up fixtures scheduled for Monday.

Australia fielded really a strong side, which  thus included Andrew Symonds, Brett Lee and David Hussey, who flew to South Africa to get compete in the IPL after their  other national duties last month. For Bangladesh, 19-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman Mithun Ali  finally got his first shot at the very  big stage. He will not don the  best wicketkeeping gloves, however.

Teams
Australia: 1 Shane Watson, 2 Brad Haddin (wk), 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Andrew Symonds, 5 Michael Clarke, 6 Michael Hussey, 7 David Hussey, 8 James Hopes, 9 Brett Lee, 10 Mitchell Johnson, 11 Nathan Bracken.

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Junaid Siddique, 3 Mohammad Ashraful (capt), 4 Shakib-Al-Hasan, 5 Mithun Ali, 6 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 7 Raqibul Hasan, 8 Naeem Islam, 9 Mashrafe Mortaza, 10 Rubel Hossain, 11 Syed Rasel.

New Zealand coach Andy Moles and national selector Glenn Turner here have already shrugged off the indifferent performances that by most of their players who took their part in the IPL.

“The nature of the beast applied which is the Twenty20 game is really  very hit and miss,” Turner said. He added that even  for net practice at the IPL was much better than “sitting at home in the winter and  doing nothing”.

Ross Taylor and Brendon McCullum found  greatly their form towards the end of the IPL, and Daniel Vettori was his  bead miserly self in his limited chances, but the  rest of the New Zealand players those  - including Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder and Scott Styris - were  really totally out-of-sorts held  in South Africa.

New Zealand have  so could had a better time of it  right after reaching England, posting a  right narrow win over Bangladesh and a  better more comfortable one over Ireland in the two warm-up matches  that so far.

Its  running 2009 and we all know that IPL 2010 Schedule will come just  after few months, but as  we know IPL 2010 will be thus Held in India.

IPL 2010 Matches are the way most likely to be Scheduled in  the month of March 2010 – April 2010

In a press conference Lalit Modi has alreay announced IPL will start a month that  earliy in 2010.

“I’m happy to announce here  the IPL is moving forward next year - we’ll announce the  so exact dates and schedule  is over the next few days,” said Modi.

Possibility of IPL 2010 to begin soon right  after India’s tour to South Africa in  the month February is high. The reason being World Twenty20 which is  by scheduled to be held during April 2010 and May 2010, IPL events  so will be planned so that no clash happens and  better enough Rest time is given to players.

CENTURION: Kolkata Knight Riders‘ fans had thus something to getcheer for that as skipper Brendon McCullum led the team right to a stunning victory over the Chennai Super Kings in such a high-scoring match that extended to till the last ball in SuperSport Park on Monday. McCullum was really a relieved man. “Yeah, I am so feeling a lot better after this great win. It has been really tough times for us,” he said. “We had gave everything on the field but for fate have been on losing side. But we did peak ourselves up and today we also batted brilliantly. I am sure that I will enjoy the victory along with my other team-mates.” Brad Hodge, man-of-the-match that for his 71 off 44 balls, said that he was at moment happy about his batting, but often more than that he was thus feeling good about his team’s victory. “It’s get to feels great to win it for my team. We wanted it really desperately. we Hope SRK back home and is in smiles about this win that today,” he said. “To be honest, we have tried really so hard throughout this tournament. We had been on the wrong side for long. So this win is also pleasing. It was beautiful to have to being great partnerships in this high scoring match.”

JOHANNESBURG: Kings XI Punjab captain Yuvraj Singh though backed himself at a decisive moment that suited in the match, claimed a owned hat-trick, kept his better cool under pressure in the death over to thus stop Rohit Sharma from pinching a better second fairytale victory in two days that in the DLF Indian Premier League here on Sunday.

Yuvraj Singh’s second hat-trick that of the tournament, straddling though two overs, saw him a claim the wickets of Herscelle Gibbs, and Andrew Symonds and Venugopal Rao to star a  in his team’s successful defence of their below-par score that of 134 for seven in 20 overs. Of course that  Irfan Pathan emerged hero too by bowling Rohit Sharma that with a slower one in the final over.

The result that allowed Kings XI Punjab stay in the hunt for a semifinal place right with 14 points from 13 matches, the same as Deccan Chargers. Kings XI Punjab have that  game on hand against Chennai Super Kings (May 20) while in IPL 2009 Deccan Chargers’s final game will be against Royal Challengers Bangalore (May 21).

DURBAN: Delhi Daredevils all-rounder Rajat Bhatia better answered a huge tens of thousands of prayers, right that taking a crucial catch so that to off Deccan Chargers slide and also claiming four wickets in the span of nine deliveries to help his team better snatch a magical 12-run victory overed from the jaws of a rare defeat in the DLF Indian Premier League further at Kingsmead here on Wednesday.

From a better heady 149 for three, Deccan Chargers so collapsed in a heap to 161 all out, losing seven wickets in just 17 deliveries and making a better hash of the chase of 174-run target. And this after Adam Gilchirst  then sent the side off that  to a almost fiery start with five sixes and five fours in making 64 off 33 balls; and Andrew Symonds just  followed it up with 41 off 22 balls (three fours and two sixes).

On whether Fidel Edwards’s absence has affected the team and if Vaas would play: As I have said earlier all along, all our squad members have a possibility of  right playing. We will keep making adjustments and so hopefully they will be the right ones for the right conditions. I don’t really  think Fidel’s leaving has changed the momentum. Obviously, but most it is pretty cut and dry. We have won four in a row and now we have lost three in a row. So this so little run of a hiccup started before Fidel left. But he was actually brilliant, there is no doubt that. He was so fantastic for us. So at the half-way point as I said in the presentation, we are further ahead in the win department. It is just that now we start real afresh and we start again.

NEW DELHI: India’s corporate world although looking to draw from the running DLF Indian Premier League as a brand that infact bases is strength on innovation in to the whole people management.

“The most important point that was able to make believers of non-believers. The brand is asstrong now that the second season is actually under way and even non-believers of the success of IPL 2009 will eventually raise their hats and acknowledge the strong emotional bond that IPL has built with around its fans,” says, Vibgyor Films Founder Sandeep Kaul. “Last but not the least, the whirlpool effect that could mean that IPL can be held in any cricketing nation and still be a successful brand.

CENTURION: Having registered a super hard-fought win against top team Delhi Daredevils, Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Warne recently spoke highly about his bowlers and the most dynamic duo of Graeme Smith and Yusuf Pathan who powered the promisiing defending champions to victory.

Excerpts from Warne’s press conference

On Yusuf Pathan: The Yusuf-Smith partnership great won us the game. There have been times so though when Yusuf got out playing some awful shot but then that’s how he plays. Yusuf’s striking ability is awsome and good as anybody in the game. He hit six sixes and scored 50 runs off just 20 odd balls. So, well played Yusuf! He holds the bat high like Adam Gilchrist. We are so much very lucky to have him on our side. He has got a strong physique and that strongly helps him hit those huge shots.

PORT ELIZABETH: Delhi Daredevils joined Deccan Chargers at the top of the DLF Indian Premier League with six points after they scored their third successive victory, a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore with four deliveries to space in a low-scoring but fiercely competitive at the St George’s Park here on Sunday.

In the end, Delhi Daredevils was relieved that it has the seasoned and determined Tillekeratne Dilshan to man the chase of 150 runs with an unbeaten 67 (47 balls, five fours, two sixes) and the experience of Mithun Manhas who bustled his way to a quick 23 not out after RCB paceman Pankaj Singh sent Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir packing inside six overs.