Top 10 Batsmen

As on: 25 May, 2008 01:21:07

Top 10 bowlers

As on: 25 May, 2008 01:21:07

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Toady is a very crucial match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians need to win this match if they wish to enter the semi finals with ease. On the other hand Rajasthan Royals looking unstoppable.

Rajasthan Royals (probables): 1 Shane Warne (capt), 2 Younis Khan, 3 Kamran Akmal (wk), 4 Swapnil Asnodkar, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Mohammad Kaif, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Dinesh Salunkhe, 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Pankaj Singh, 11 Munaf Patel

Mumbai Indians (probables): 1 Sachin Tendulkar (capt), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Dominic Thornley, 5 Dwayne Smith, 6 Shaun Pollock, 7 Abhishek Nayar, 8 Yogesh Takawale (wk), 9 Dhawal Kulkarni, 10 Rohan Raje, 11 Ashish Nehra.

Time – 8pm Indian Standard Time 

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Kolkata Knight Riders recorded a sensational win in which Ganguly scored the highest 86 to beat Kings XI Punjab[ 174/6 ] by three wickets.This was the last match of Knight Riders and they ended it with style by defeating Kings XI who are at 2nd spot in the table. Ganguly was the star in the win and scored an unbeaten 86 runs which included 6 sixes and 6 fours. Umar Gul also had a super match and got 4 wickets first and then scored 24 runs in just 11 balls. Due to this effort he was given man of the match award.

New Delhi: Event management firm Wizcraft International has filed a case of defamation against agent Jorge Aldana and the two cheerleaders Ellesha Newton and Sherinne Anderson who had levelled racism allegations against the company.

Wizcraft also said it had contracted an Indian agent Akhtar Fazel for providing cheerleaders.

He in turn had contracted Aldana, the director of Fierce Performance Production. The company also stated that it was an obvious attempt to extort money.

Newton and Anderson said earlier said that they were asked to come off the Mohali stage on April 19 because of the colour of their skin.

Newton allegedly told The Telegraph: “It was okay when we reached the stadium. It was when we were going to take our positions that some of Wizcraft’s employees asked us to leave. We were surprised and asked them why and they told us it was because of the colour of our skin.”
Source: ibnlive.com

New Delhi (PTI): Rohit Sharma, one of the most successful batsmen in the ongoing IPL, on Sunday found an admirer in former Test cricketer Madan Lal, who referred to the young batsman as ‘the best star in the coming era’.

“Rohit Sharma has caught my attention among the breed of youngsters who are playing in the IPL. He is the best star in the coming era,” Madan Lal said on being asked to name one promising young cricketer of the inaugural IPL.

However, the former India coach feels that a player’s true worth cannot be judged by the Twenty20 format.

“Twenty20 is not the ideal format of judging a player’s calibre. To judge a player one has to take into consideration his performance in one-dayers and Test cricket,” he said on the sidelines of the launch of ‘All sports bar’ in the capital.

The world cup winning Indian team member said a player cannot survive in this competitive world of cricket unless he has played Test and 50-over matches.

“Youngsters can never survive unless they play 50-over and Test cricket,” he said.

Madan Lal, who joined the Essel Group-backed rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL), lambasted the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and said the board lacks vision and only bothered about money.

“BCCI does not have vision. They don’t think big, rather they think small and are only concerned about money,” he said.
Source: hindu.com