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Cape Town: Sachin’s innings that against Chennai Super Kings in just opening game of the DLF IPL Season 2 was entirely fantastic. Considering that the Newlands pitch and also about the weather, I personal think that his innings was more imperative. It obviously deserve the man of the match award cause. Given into the way the pitch has behaved for the next first six overs, Sachin had to just carry his bat all the way through the innings particularly after Sanath Jayasuriya was when dismissed.

frequently in a Twenty20 game the pitch and also the conditions don’t matter so much but Saturday was so different. There was malleable bounce and the ball was also stopping and coming. The CSK bowlers be supposed to have got wickets in just those conditions but they did not get so enough. MS Dhoni had opened the bowling with Thilan Tushara and Manpreet Singh Gony hoping just that the helpful conditions would thus make help even his lesser bowlers. In theory, he was right but the reality is that everything went against him. His batsmen batted when the conditions were better and yet failed to get to the target.

It was so special match for player both MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar. It was that moment Dhoni won the Twenty20 World Cup and next it was here in the South Africa that Sachin Tendulkar scored more runs than anybody else to take India to road to the World Cup final in 2003.

Back in India and ready for the second edition of the Indian Premier League, former Australia [Images] opener Matthew Haydenattributed  here India’s as growing stature in Tests and ODIs to the IPL and also  the country’s Twenty20 [Images] World Cup triumph.

“India was focused  mainly towards Tests and ODIs but the  great win in the T20 World Cup has changed all that and the IPL has brought out some rapid excellent players,” said Hayden, who addressed the media after his training session with the Chennai Super Kings [Images] at the Chepauk, in Chennai on Friday.

“Bowlers will have a chance there (in South Africa) but small grounds and high altitude will ensure high scores there too,” he said, adding that the IPL will “take the game to a wider audience”.

Having been there and done that, Hayden’s job is to guide the juniors in the Chennai Super Kings team which finished runners-up in the inaugural year.

After a huge pressure from the IPL and the ECB that is expected to offer a three week window right after the end of the West Indies tour also and before the start of the summer series that against the same opposition. The IPL are also demanding the window should be available for 2 years at least, and a demand likely to be get agreed. But will the IPL stint assist for it the England players? The evidencethat surely is clear that the IPL will assist ipl players. It has donegreat so for the Indians who are competing in these event

There is no doubt that it would improve their chances in the twenty20 world cup, but how would it affect their from in other forms of cricket. The IPL stint means that players won’t have played a first class game in England this year before the West Indies Test series. Looking at the quality of the position that shouldn’t be a problem. Ahead of the Ashes you would want to play as much competitive cricket as possible, which would help more, a twenty20 tournament or county Championship games. The players believe the IPL stint will provide more benefits

Australian cricketer Brad Hodge will soon be joining Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkotta Knight Riders in the Twenty 20 cricket of IPL.

Brad Hodge went back to Australia as a replacement of Michael Clarke as he was injured. As per the sources he will soon be joining the team and would play up the coming match for Kolkottas’ knight riders.

“He is coming back but I cannot say when he will reach the city,” Joy Bhattacharya, the team manager of the Shahrukh’s team said.

Though, some other sources said that he will only be able to join the team by Friday to play the league matches of Indian premier League.

The departure of Hodge was due to the unavailability of Clarke for the series against West Indies there by leaving no options for the selectors to recall him from the money mine in India.

But after some time Clarke confirmed that he would be available for the series against West Indies there by again making room for Hodge to mine the gold in IPL.

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The cricket has not remained just a sport; overcoming its genre as traditional physical workout, it has crossed all its definitions and now this sport is not less than billion dollars stuff! People from all across the world go crazy for cricket and it is no more surprise that in coming days, it would hit the top rank in chart among other sports.

According to an agreement, Kingfisher Airlines would receive the branding on Umpires’ Uniform that includes the shirts and hats during the entire battle. The DLF Indian Premier League has already announced Kingfisher Airlines as official sponsor for Umpire and also Third Umpire decisions for all 59 action-packed matches. The deal was fixed with the stunning figure of the sum of 1.6 bn INR for a five year period.

“I am very pleased to have the country’s premier 5-star airline Kingfisher join us as the Umpire Partner in an exclusive 5 yr deal. Kingfisher Airlines has a long association with a variety of sports at both; the domestic and international level including Tennis, Formula 1, Polo and now Cricket. Their decision bears testimony to the fact that the DLF Indian Premier League is here to stay and is set to carve out a distinct niche for itself in the international cricket calendar”, said Mr. Latlit Modi, the Chairperson and Commissioner of DLF Indian Premier League.

On the other hand, Mr. Vijay Mallya, Chairman & CEO, Kingfisher Airlines added that they are delighted to extend their relationship with the DLF IPL with the airlines that come as an official Umpire Partner. He further added that a 5 yr association with DLF IPL would be a kind of testimonial for the airlines and they are committed to build the airline as a brand that should be exclusively associated with the sports. According to him, DLF IPL is very groundbreaking concept and the Twenty20 format would be the responsible for the skyrocketing popularity of the game in coming years. As a part of sponsorship, the airlines would present umpires in a total new avatar with modern touch though holding back their traditional and critical role in cricket.

With a grand total of 59 astounding action-packed stuff with 177 hours of the ‘live’ family entertainment will rock the world of the sports. Though it solely belongs to India, the event is going to be viewed by hundreds of thousands of international audience with full zeal and enthusiasms. All the matches would be during late afternoon and evening to co-occur with prime time of television and providing a commodious time for the stadium audience since the events are held in summer. DLF IPL would provide a non-stop entertainment over 44 days in eight Indian happening cities.