In the 36th match of DLF – IPL, it was Mumbai Indians who scored a 9 wicket win over Chennai Super Kings. Mumbai Indians were high on confidence due to the return of little master Sachin Tendulkar. Though he scored only 12 runs but it was Jayasurya who took the game from Chennai Super Kings. Chasing a target of 157, Mumbai Indians won the match with 37 balls remaining
Match 36 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings
Today is match 36 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings and it is expected that Sachin Tendulkar will make his IPL debut again Chennai Super Kings.
Mumbai Indians (probables): 1 Sachin Tendulkar (capt), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Dominic Thornley, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Shaun Pollock, 7 Abhishek Nayar, 8 Yogesh Takawale, 9 Dhawal Kulkarni, 10 Rohan Raje, 11 Ashish Nehra.
Chennai Super Kings (probables): 1 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), 2 Stephen Fleming, 3 S Vidyut, 4 Suresh Raina 5 S Badrinath, 6 Albie Morkel, 7 Chamara Kapugedera, 8 Muttiah Muralitharan, 9 Manpreet Gony, 10 P Amarnath, 11 L Balaji.
Date – May 14, 2008 36th Match
Venue – Mumbai
20:00 India time.
Keep checking iplcricketlive .com for more information about the match, match videos, match score cards and an analysis of each team’s performance.
Twenty20 too fast for sledging: David
Calcutta: From being an unknown figure to one of the most sought after players in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), life has sprung a surprise on David Hussey.
Younger brother of Australia’s celebrated middle-order batsman Michael, David is still coming to terms with the adulation and fanfare that he has suddenly been subjected to after becoming one of captain Sourav Ganguly’s trusted lieutenants in the Kolkata Knight Riders’ squad.
Looking relaxed in a pair of sandals and tracksuit at the team hotel on Tuesday, a few hours before his team’s clash against the visiting Delhi DareDevils, Hussey said the standard of cricket in this Twenty20 league has been “unbelievable”.
“The standard of cricket in the Indian Premier League (IPL) is unbelievable. It’s a great opportunity for me to rub shoulders with the world’s best in business — the likes of Sourav Ganguly and Shoaib Akhtar”, said Hussey, who fetched an astronomical sum in the IPL players’ auction, more than even his brother Michael or Australia captain Ricky Ponting.
Hussey has been absolutely bowled over by Sourav’s captaincy and the charm of owner Shah Rukh Khan.
“Not only is Sourav a great batsman but is also a great leader. I have been watching him from very close quarters and I am very impressed with his acumen.
“As for Shah Rukh, he is such a down to earth bloke with no airs about him… He is always there for us.”
Hussey appeared quite nonplussed about questions on Martin Samuels — the West Indies batsman who was on Tuesday banned for two years on charges of breaking rules intended to prevent players from betting on matches.
“I believe match fixing has no place in cricket… It’s such an interesting game in itself… The topic has not even come up for discussion in our dressing room,” said the Knight Riders’ batsman.
Being an Australian, it was perhaps inevitable that the swashbuckling batsman would have to field questions on sledging. But Hussey played it with a straight bat.
“Look, Twenty20 is such a fast game that one has to remain focused all the time. We don’t even have enough time for sledging,” he quipped.
But he firmly believes that the IPL has served to bring Australians and Indians closer after their acrimonious series Down Under.
“IPL has been fantastic in building bridges. In fact, in our dressing room, Ponting got on famously with the Souravs and the Ishants… It has made a world of difference.”
Asked to pick his favourite team in the IPL, Hussey said it was the Shane Warne-led Rajasthan Royals.
“They have done marvellously, haven’t they? I mean the way they have been performing… But we are getting there… We are slowly building up a nice rhythm,” he said.
Hussey, who hopes to catch the attention of Australian national selectors with his performance in the league, picked Irfan Pathan as his favourite cricketer.
“Among bowlers, it has to be Dale Steyn and my teammate Murali Kartik… My favourite batsmen are Sourav and Shaun Marsh of Kings XI Punjab…”
When it comes to his favourite captain though, Hussey answered even before one could complete the question.
“Sourav, who else?”
No surprises there.
Source:telegraphindia.com
Maharashtra to waive 25 Percent entertainment tax for IPL
MUMBAI: Cheerleaders, live music, Bollywood bimbettes and little bit of cricket. The scintillating IPL might have redefined the Indian entertainment scene but the Maharashtra government considers it as ‘serious cricket’ and hence worthy of entertainment tax exemption. The benevolent state government, not withstanding its financial worries, suo motu has decided to waive 25% entertainment tax for the IPL thereby giving away revenue of at least Rs 8-10 crore per year.
Top officials from the state’s revenue ministry, who didn’t wish to be identified, informed ET about the state’s munificence. Mumbai will host 10 matches including two semi-finals and one final. As per the Bombay Entertainment Duty Act 1923, any show, musical, performance that’s organised with an intention of making profit need to pay entertainment tax to the state government.
Usually, the government levies entertainment tax on test matches and one-day internationals. However, often the tax is waived off following requests from the BCCI or respective state associations. “But in this case, the direct beneficiaries are private industrial houses or Bollywood stars who own teams, so there is every reason to charge entertainment tax,” a top functionary of the Congress-NCP government confided with ET.
The franchise owners, mostly business tycoons and Bollywood stars, have spent crores of rupees to buy teams and players for the world’s richest cricket tournament that began on April 18. In all, 59 Twenty20 matches will be played this year.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
Irfan Yusuf: Gentleman’s game no more
Back in the 1970s when I was young and innocent, cricket was a more sedate game. Okay, the Windies had five super bowlers who could make the ball travel faster than a speeding bullet. Then there was Clive Lloyd’s one-tonne bat which could deliver a cover drive more powerful than a locomotive.
New Zealand had its supermen as well. I’ll never forget being part of an SCG crowd that greeted Sir Richard Hadlee with the most knightly chant of “Hadlee’s a w**ker”.
Some cheeky bugger made a fortune selling stickers with that message at the SCG entrances for a dollar each. And who could forget that final over in a one-dayer when Lance Cairns used that weird-shaped bat to hit four sixes and two fours?
But these days, an over like that represents a disappointment in the Indian Premier League’s Twenty20 competition. A decade ago, a run-rate of 5.5 per over in a 50-over game was almost unbeatable (unless, of course, you were an Aussie side facing Kiwi bowlers. Um, I think I may have hit a raw spot. I guess the truth hurts. Moving right along now).
But in India’s Twenty20 competition, batsmen are almost expected to score at least 5.5 runs every second ball. I’m glad there aren’t any Kiwi commentators. Can you imagine poor Sir Hadlee having to tell us every second ball: “He’s hut ut for sex!”?
This is unashamedly a batsman’s game designed for crowds who want to catch the ball more often than the fielders. And that’s when they (at least the blokes) aren’t staring at the young female cheerleaders.
And did you ever notice how all the cheerleaders are Anglo-Europeans?
Not a single Bollywood queen amongst them, despite the fact that Bollywood actresses dance in outfits that aren’t exactly 10 degrees of lesser lewdness than the white Twenty20 cheerchicks.
Us south Asians are funny in that way. Sure, dancing semi-naked on the big screen may only be barely appropriate (pun intended) for good respectable Indian girls.
But no self-respecting Indian woman would be caught dead strutting her naked curves before a packed stadium of cricket fans inebriated on Tiger beer and tiny bidi cigarettes. That dishonour is reserved for the gori mem (white mistress).
The team names are also a delight. Seriously, did the IPL send someone on a study tour of Australia’s Rugby League competition?
Sure, names like the Sydney Bulldogs and Penrith Panthers might make sense in a game where violence is virtue. But cricket must surely cease to be a gentleman’s game when it involves the Delhi Daredevils and the Kolkata Knight Riders.
One thing the IPL didn’t borrow from the ARL is salary cap rules for players. The Indian crowds might call him a monkey, but I’m sure Andrew Symonds will forgive them after being paid a whopping US$1.35 million ($1.76 million) to play for the Hyderabad team known as the Deccan Chargers.
Source:nzherald.co.nz