CRICSTARS THE STARS OF CRICKET

Sharukh Khan long SMS to his knights -

“Story time boys… I told you if you keep losing you have to bear with my long, boring msgs…. This is your punishment…. Many times I have made movies which don’t do well…. When I’m doing them, of course, I don’t know they won’t do well…. The story is written by somebody else and I just do my bit as an actor. But I have a way of dealing with flop stories…, I try my best to keep my character in the film at a level that it makes a failed story also special for me….

“I enjoy the work…. I make jokes about the failure…. And, of course, feel awful about it too…. So, right now, all of us have become part of a failed script… A bad IPL script…. Let’s try and keep our characters worthy of still looking back at this story and remembering it as a special story becos we all worked very hard at this….

“So, chin up and don’t spoil yr character in the next two games…. Let’s go out with a bang and not a whimper…. In films, we say u r only as good as yr last film…. So let’s make the whole world know how good we r in the last (maybe not) two games…

“Also, do ignore all this bit about Dada, me and John Buchanan having issues…. It’s a normal thing in the world…. People like to hit you when u r down…. So, we will be hit…. No stress…. It will make us stronger…. The only way to avoid this is to win…. That’s one of the reasons why everybody likes to be a winner….

“On the other hand, the beauty of failure is that it brings people together…. So, let’s stick this out together…. You know me well enuff to know I am not the kind of owner who has issues with the team ’cos of losses… I am too much of a sport myself to get beaten by defeats…. Like you guys are…. Like Dada and John….

“I am still trying to understand the code of conduct expected of me at the matches of the IPL…. ICC… Etc…. After I understand it, I will decide whether to accept it or not…. Till such time, I will be with you guys at the hotel… in the meetings etc., but won’t come for the matches…. So, please don’t ever feel it is anything to do with us as a team….

“I am as dedicated to my Knights as I am to my kids…. Only, I won’t be coming to the class room till the headmaster’s rules are understood by me…. I am a bit anti-Establishment kind of a guy, so I apologise for this quirk to u all…. So, head’s up…. Have a good match and let’s make 200 runs tomorrow…. This 150 seems to not work any more….

“We have nothing to lose now, except our character…. Let’s not lose that…. Lov… SRK.”

Shaun Marsh and Luke Pomersbach shared in a century stand as Punjab pulled off a thrilling one-run win over Mumbai in the Indian Premier League overnight. At one stage Mumbai is cruising to victory but some thoughtless batting in last 4 overs turned things. Robin uthappa made things, hitting 3 senseless shots, he added pressure on Sachin. Sachin tried for a single on 4th bowl and got himself runout. Pollock was dismissed in next ball and soon Robin uthappa gifted his wicket. With 19 needed in last over and tail enders batting, no one had a hope, but VRV Singh bowled a noball which was hit to a six and then 4 on free hit. The last over saw 3 run outs. Five run-outs (Tendulkar, Dwayne Smith, Siddharth Chitnis, Ashish Nehra and Vikrant Yeligetti) turned the match in favour of Punjab

Kings XI went on to make 4 for 189 from their 20 overs with Marsh (81 off 56) and Pomersbach (79 not out off 50)

Sharukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Raiders chances to enter semis were almost closed, as they lost to Rajasthan Royals infront of home ground. Put into bat by Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata batsmen looked very uncomfortable against some accurate bowling. Sourav Ganguly’s 32,Salman Butt (24) and Debabrata Das (31) helped Kolkat set a modest target of 149.
Sohail Tanvir picked up three late wickets while Munaf patel eneded with 2 wickets

At one stage Rajathan was struggling at 69/4  but Mohammad Kaif (34, 31b, 4×4) and Man-of-the-Match Yusuf Pathan (42, 18b, 5×4, 3×6) ensured they reach the target without loosing further wickets. pathan and kaif added 81 runs in just 40 balls. kolkata Knight Riders fielders missed few run out chances and there poor batting took the match from them. KKR failed to reach 150 in there last 3 matches and it clearly shows there battign woes

P.S – Will post videos soon

Glenn McGrath steered Delhi Daredevils to a five-wicket win over the lowly Royal Challengers in Bangalore .

Mcgraths firey spell reduced of 2 for 15 off his allotted four overs as the Daredevils restricted Bangalore
to 7 for 154 off 20 overs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Indian under-19 captain Shreevats Goswami made 52 while Pakistan’s Misbah-ul-Haq smashed 24 runs off the final over of the first innings to finish on 47 not out.

Delhi eased to victory with Sehwag scoring a devastating 47 off only 19 balls and Gambhir’s 39 off 31 deliveries adding 90 runs for the opening wicket

IPL Video Highlights Delhi Dare Devils Innings

IPL Video Highlights Bangalore Royal Challengers Innings

Mumbai Indians won six successive matches when they beat Deccan Chargers by 25 runs at Hyderabad. Chasing 178 , Dilhara Fernando’s double strike in the fifth over of the innings, turned the match. Earlier affridi lost his wicket in his own style – mistiming a big hit. ighting knocks from Venugopala Rao (57, 38b, 4×4, 3×6) and D.B. Ravi Teja (37, 27b, 2×4, 3×6) raised little hope, but the asking rate keep on raising and went beyond Deccan Chargers reach.Venugopal Rao’s heroics once again went in vain.

Dilhara Fernando who replaced  injured S. Pollock took two crucial wickets

Sanath Jayasuriya continued his flamboyant form, and scored36 in just 15 balls. d Sachin Tendulkar, looked good and scored  23 off 19 balls, and then Abhisek Nayar’s 24-ball 38 and West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, 30 off 17 balls, helped Mumbai setting a challenging score

IPL T20 video highlights – 1st Innings – Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians

IPL T20 video highlights 2nd Innings Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indian

Delhi hopes were dashed in there crutial match as rain played spoilsport,, Kings XI Punjab emerged winners when they were comfortably placed at 94 for three after eight overs and were ahead of the required run rate under Duckworth-Lewis system. Jayawardene’s 17-ball 36 and Pomersbach’s 25 off 12 balls helped Punjab recover after loosing top order cheaply

Delhi posted a total of 118 runs at the loss of four wickets however, were set a revised target of 123 runs according to the D/L method after interrupted play.The match was reduced to 11 overs per side after being stopped for close to two hours in the ninth over.

IPL T20 Delhi Dare Devils Batting against Punjab

IPL T20 Punjab Batting against Delhi Dare Devils

Looks like theres no end to Rahul Dravid IPL woes they spilled catches gave too many runs, and hardly fought to win. Rajasthan Royals retained top position with a 65 run victory in Jaipur. Rahul Dravid fought a lonely battle to  finish on an unbeaten 75.

IPL Video Highlights of Rajasthan Batting

IPL Video Highlights of Bangalore Batting

Shoaib Akhtar made his much-awaited Indian Premier League’s debut match against Delhi Daredevils.Shoaibs four wickets and was instrumental in Kolkata win and an ideal comeback to IPL

Sanath Jayasuriya bashed the second-fast century in Indian Premier League history as Mumbai thrashed Chennai by nine wickets at the Wankhede Stadium overnight. Chasing 157 to win, the Indians reached the target losing only one wicket and with 37 balls to spare

Jayasuriya, smashed the second-fastest hundred of the IPL. His century came off just 45 balls and included 11 sixes and nine fours, 102 of his runs coming from boundaries and sixes. Jayasuriya’s innings look like watching highlights

Jaysuriya’s power innings overshadowed the IPL debut of Sachin Tendulakr,Sachin made only 12
Chennai battled to 6/156, thanks to a 95-run stand between Mahendra Singh Dhoni (43 not out) and Subramaniam Badrinath (53).

Shaun Pollock bowled one of the best spells in 20-20 format taking 1 for 9 off four overs, while Dhawal Kulkarni was the leading wicket taker with 3 for 33.

The scores:

Chennai Super Kings: S. Vidyut c Raje b Pollock 16, S. Fleming b Kulkarni 26, S. Raina c Takawale b Bravo 1, S. Badrinath c & b Bravo 53, C. Kapugedara c Takawale b Kulkarni 0, M.S. Dhoni (not out) 43, A. Morkel c Uthappa b Kulkarni 5; Extras (lb-3, w-9): 12; Total (for six wkts. in 20 overs): 156.

Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-28, 3-46, 4-46, 5-141, 6-156.

Mumbai Indians bowling: Pollock 4-1-9-1, Nehra 4-0-31-0, Bravo 4-0-37-2, Kulkarni 4-0-33-3, Raje 3-0-33-0, Thornely 1-0-10-0.

Mumbai Indians: S. Jayasuriya (not out) 114, S. Tendulkar b Joginder 12, R. Uthappa (not out) 16; Extras (lb-4, w-12): 16; Total (for one wkt. in 13.5 overs): 158.

Fall of wicket: 1-82.

Chennai Super Kings bowling: Goni 3-0-31-0, Morkel 3-0-44-0, Balaji 2-0-9-0, Joginder 3-0-24-1, Muralitharan 2-0-20-0, Kapugedera 0.5-0-26-0.

Jayasuriya Innings against chennai Super Kings

chennai Innings

As expected in a one sided match Punjab trashed Banglore Royal Challengers Bangalore set Kings XI Punjab a target of 144 in their DLF-Indian Premier League match at the PCA Stadium

Punjab bowlers dominated a strugling, low confidence bangalore batting line up. S. Sreesanth took three wickets, while Piyush Chawla and Irfan Pathan shared 2 wickets each. Bangalore’s new opening combination Virat Kohli and J. Arun Kumar did not last long. Misbah-ul-Haq’s eight-ball 21, Dravid’s 27-ball 29 and Bouchers 39 off 31 deliveries helped Bangalore to set a very low target in batting friendly PCA stadium

Shaun Marsh, who smashed sizzling unbeaten 74 off just 51 balls helped punjab to reach the target in 16 th over itself. Bangalore royal challengers off field controversies added more pressure to the side and their batting failed yet again.

Video Highlights of Punjab innings(Post 52 seconds)