Indian Premier League 2016 (IPL 2016) has entered the business end of the tournament. After round-robin stage got over in IPL 2016, five cricketers have been fined for their respective offences during the matches. Let’s check out these players. Barinder Sran (Sunrisers Hyderabad) Sunrisers Hyderabad left-arm pacer Barinder Sran was fined 10% of his match […]
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Top 5 international cricketers who owe their career to IPL
Indian Premier League has successfully turned out to be India’s only sporting festival every year since its inaugural in 2008. The tournament has garnered its fair share of criticism over the years but if you look into the brighter side this cricketing extravaganza has also given lots of young Indian talents a new platform. Not […]
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Its advantage Kolkata against Hyderabad in IPL eliminator
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will have their task cut out against an inconsistent Sunrisers Hyderabad for a place in the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) second qualifier at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium here on Wednesday. Having won both their league games against the David Warner-led side, KKR will definitely […]
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5 players who were not given a single game in the 9th edition of the IPL
The Indian Premier League has some outstanding talent on the show year after year in the shortest format of the game. But with just 14 group games, every team wants their best XI to play every game and this has seen a number of players from many franchises not get even a single game the […]
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5 players who are overlooked by BCCI selectors
The Selection Committee has selected Indian squads for limited over tour to Zimbabwe and Test tour to West Indies. The limited over team will be led by MS Dhoni and Test team by Virat Kohli. A couple of new faces selected for the tour and a few players made a comeback. But in domestic and […]
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Why Royal Challengers Bangalore are the favourites to lift first IPL title this season?
After a sedate start to the Indian Premier League, the genius of Virat Kohli has single-handedly lifted the Royal Challenger’s Bangalore to a place in the play-offs this season. They finished second by virtue of their net-run-rate, the highest for a team in the group stage this season. And with the momentum strongly on their […]
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Bhuvneshwar Kumar defends SRH’s under-performing middle-order
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s over-reliance on their opening duo has hurt them once again, as they lost the opportunity to finish second in the league. SRH were 86 for 1 in the twelfth over and were well on course to chase the target of 171 posted by Kolkata Knight Riders, but once again their middle-order failed to […]
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Playing against SRH in the play-offs will be an advantage: Kuldeep Yadav
Kolkata Knight Riders’ young spinner Kuldeep Yadav played a pivotal role as KKR defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 22 runs in their last league match to seal a play-off berth. Kuldeep, who finished the match with the figures of 28 for 2 from his four overs,said it was his backroom strategy against the visiting side that […]
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IPL 2016: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Stats Highlights
On Sunday afternoon, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) met against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in their crucial encounter. After winning the toss, SRH decided to bowl first. KKR scored 171/6 in 20 overs after batted first. Chasing that total, SRH failed 22 runs short of the target as they only managed 149/8 in […]
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Credit to the entire group for the win: Gautam Gambhir
The final day of the league stage saw Kolkata Knight Riders playing against an already-qualified Sunrisers Hyderabad. Kolkata Knight Riders needed to win the match to qualify while a win for SRH would have ensured their position in the top two. Batting first KKR posted a target of 171 on a pitch which was looking […]