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Round-up of the not-so premier Indian T20 tournament!

Suneer Chowdhary — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:13:47 +0000

One of the best batsmen on display

As the cricket fans around the world brace themselves for the third season of the Indian Premier League, the little known Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament got underway last month in India. The league stage of the tournament ended with ten teams making it to the second stage. The second round of the tournament will be played next year from the 12th of March – coincidentally, the same day as the third edition of the Indian Premier League!

The Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament is an inter-state, domestic T20 tournament in India. The first season was supposed to happen last season, but did not take off due to the lack of dates in the calendar! The format of the trophy is based on that of the Ranji trophy, where teams from every zone in the country – North, East, West, South and Central – play against sides from their own zone. The top two sides from every zone at the end of the round robin qualify for the second stage with six of the those ten getting a bye into the quarter-finals, while the remaining four fighting it out in the pre-quarter-final knock-out.

The biggest news of the tournament came in the form of Rajasthan not being allowed to play in the tournament because of the issues within the state association. This meant that the Central Zone had only four sides vying for the two slots for the next round. Madhya Pradesh won all their three games, while Railways won two of theirs to qualify for the next round.

Both North Zone and South Zone were expected to be the toughest groups given that each of them had six teams each. This would have made qualification for the two sides even more difficult. As it turned out, the South Zone games were badly hit by rain as nine out of the 15 were declared no-result. Amidst this, Tamil Nadu won the two games it managed to play – with three abandoned – against lowly Kerala and Goa, while Hyderabad needed only one. The Hyderabad side had four of its matches rained off and still managed to get through to the next round! The only match it won had Ambati Rayadu score a half century – a joyous moment for the ICL-return youngster. Karnataka shot itself in the foot as they lost to Goa, thanks to Swapnil Asnodkar’s 48-ball 71 and lost out on the second round.

The North Zone was keenly fought. Going into the last round of games, there were four teams which had the chance of making it to the next round; Punjab (12 points before the last game), Himachal Pradesh (12), Haryana (8), Jammu and Kashmir (4), Delhi (12), Services (0). Despite playing the bottom placed side, Delhi was stretched to the limit by Services, before winning by eight runs and going through. Himachal Pradesh then beat Punjab to get to 16 points as well and snuffed out any chances that Haryana could have had by beating J&K.

The East Zone was the closest of the lot. Three teams, Jharkhand, Assam and Orissa ended with three wins each – out of the four games played. Amongst themselves as well, Assam beat Orissa, Orissa overcame Jharkhand, whereas Jharkhand outplayed Assam! Unfortunately for the Oriyans, they finished third in the group, thanks to a lesser net run rate than the other two. In fact, they fell short of Assam’s NRR by 0.1! Saurabh Tiwary was the captain of the Jharkhand T20 side, and so impressed were the selectors with his leadership skills, that he has also been appointed as the skipper of the side for the longer format of the game – the Ranji trophy.

In the West Zone, Wasim Jaffer’s strong display with the bat ensured that Mumbai ran away to three wins in as many games before losing to Maharashtra. By that time, though, they had already qualified for the second round, while Maharashtra followed soon after with wins over Mumbai and Baroda.

Assam will now play Railways and Jharkhand will take on Himachal Pradesh in the pre-quarters, with the respective winners taking on Delhi and Tamil Nadu in the quarter finals. The other two quarter finals will have Hyderabad face Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh play Maharashtra.

Pakistan and Sri Lanka Joint Winners?

Knight Rider — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:13:42 +0000

Looks like the duo has been declared joint winners eh? No, that is just posing for the camera ops, but, to be frank, given the things both teams have gone through in the last couple of months, won’t it be a bad idea to do so!?

The last such major tournament which had seen the two teams being declared winners together was the Champions Trophy of 2002, when India and Sri Lanka played the same game twice over, and yet, couldn’t complete it! And no, they did not resume it from where it had been left off on the previous day, but actually went on to restart it; which clearly said that the administrators had lost their heads while framing the rules.

Had such a rule existed in the 1999 World Cup – in England – one can be rest assured that half the games would have been registered as no results through the duration of the tournament!

Coming back to the game in question, Pakistan has been quarantined in the cricketing world after being termed unsafe for travellers, while Sri Lanka had been involved in an unfortunate terrorist attack and have been no better in terms of being terrorism-ravaged.

The picture makes perfect cricket-romantic sense to me!

Deccan Chargers Win the Indian Premier League 2009

JM — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:40:49 +0000

RP Singh celebrates in the victory in Johannesburg! Well done Deccan Chargers. 24-May-2009.

IPL 2009 Match Results – Finals

JM — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:35:20 +0000

1st Semi-Final

Who: Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers
When: May 22, 2009
Where: Centurion
Winner: Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)

2nd Semi-Final

Who: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings
When: May 23, 2009
Where: Johannesburg
Winner: Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

The Grand Final

Who: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Deccan Chargers
When: May 24, 2009
Where: Johannesburg

The Winner of the Indian Premier League 2009 are the Deccan Chargers

(Deccan Chargers won by 6 runs)

Well Done Gilly!

IPL 2009 Match Results 40-56

admin — Sun, 24 May 2009 11:44:10 +0000

40th Match: Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals
When: 11 May 2009
Where: Kimberly
Winner: Deccan Chargers won by 53 runs

Well Done Chargers!

41th Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders
When: 12 May 2009
Where: Centurion
Winner: Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

Well Done Challengers!

42th Match: Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians
When: 12 May 2009
Where: Centurion
Winner: Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets (with 22 balls remaining)

Well Done Indians!

43th Match: Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils
When: 13 May 2009
Where: Durban
Winner: Daredevils won by 12 runs

Well Done Daredevils!

44th Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings
When: 14 May 2009
Where: Durban
Winner: Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 2 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Well Done Challengers!

45th Match: Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals
When: 14 May 2009
Where: Durban
Winner: Rajasthan Royals won by 2 runs

Well Done Royals!

46th Match: Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab
When: 15 May 2009
Where: Bloemfontein
Winner: King XI Punjab won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

Well Done Kings XI Punjab!

47th Match: Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians
When: 16 May 2009
Where: Port Elizabeth
Winner: Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

Well Done Kings!

48th Match: Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders
When: 16 May 2009
Where: Johannesburg
Winner: Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)

Well Done Chargers!

49th Match: Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab
When: 17 May 2009
Where: Johannesburg
Winner: Kings XI Punjab won by 1 run)

Well Done Kings XI Punjab!

50th Match: Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals
When: 17 May 2009
Where: Bloemfontein
Winner: Delhi Daredevils won by 14 runs

Well Done Delhi Daredevils!

51st Match: Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders
When: 18 May 2009
Where: Centurion
Winner: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)

Well Done Riders!

52nd Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils
When: 19 May 2009
Where: Johannesburg
Winner: Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 7 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

Well Done Challengers!

53rd Match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals
When: 20 May 2009
Where: Durban
Winner: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

Well Done Knights!

54th Match: Chennai Super Kings v King XI Punjab
When: 20 May 2009
Where: Durban
Winner: Chennai Super Kings won by 24 runs

Well Done Super Kings!

55th Match: Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians
When: 21 May 2009
Where: Centurion
Winner: Delhi Daredevils won by 4 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)

Well Done Daredevils!

56th Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Deccan Chargers
When: 21 May 2009
Where: Centurion
Winner: Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 12 runs

Well Done Challengers!

IPL 2009 Match Results 30 – 39

JM — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:45:03 +0000

30th Match: Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals
When: 5 May 2009
Where: Durban
Winner: Rajasthan Royals by 78 runs

Well Done Royals !

31st Match: Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders
When: 5 May 2009
Where: Durban
Winner: Delhi Daredevils by 9 wickets (6 balls remaining)

Well Done Daredevils!

32nd Match: Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians
When: 6 May 2009
Where: Centurion
Winner: Deccan Chargers by 19 runs

Well Done Chargers!

33rd Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals
When: 7 May 2009
Where: Centurion
Winner: Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets (30 balls remaining)

Well Done Royals!

34th Match: Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab
When: 7 May 2009
Where: Centurion
Winner: Chennai Super Kings by 12 runs

Well Done Super Kings!

35th Match: Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians
When: 8 May 2009
Where: East London
Winner: Delhi Daredevils by 7 wickets (7 balls remaining)

Well Done Daredevils!

36th Match: Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab
When: 9 May 2009
Where: Kimberley
Winner: Kings XI Punjab by 3 wickets (1 ball remaining)

Well Done Kings XI Punjab!

37th Match: Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals
When: 9 May 2009
Where: Kimberley
Winner: Chennai Super Kings by 7 wickets (10 balls remaining)

Well Done Super Kings!

38th Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians
When: 10 May 2009
Where: Port Elizabeth
Winner: Mumbai Indians won by 16 runs

Well Done Indians!

39th Match: Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders
When: 10 May 2009
Where: Johannesburg
Winner: Delhi Daredevils by 7 wickets (17 balls remaining)

Well Done Daredevils!

How to Buy International Twenty20 Tickets

JM — Wed, 13 May 2009 04:16:23 +0000

Indian Premier League 2009 (South Africa)

You can buy tickets for IPL2 online at:

CompuTicket (some later games are selling out so hurry!)

Indian Premier League 2008 (India)

You could buy tickets online for IPL1 from:

Ticket Pro

Bangalore (Phone: 99002 38888)

Kolkata(Phone: 098677 48888)

Mohali (Phone: 98768 48888)

Jaipur(Phone: 99283 38888)

Kyazoonga

Delhi

Mumbai

Bangalore

Big bazaar

Cafe Coffee day outlets

E-zone

Bangalore Central

Pantaloons

Or buy IPL tickets from each team's respective stadiums:

Chennai tickets would be available in M A Chidambaran Stadium,Chepauk Chennai.

Hyderabad Tickets are available in ICICI branches.

ICC World Twenty20 2009 (England)

KFC Twenty20 International (Australia)

Buy online from Ticketmaster

IPL 2009 Match Results 23-29

JM — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:00:04 +0000

23rd Match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians
When: 1 May 2009
Where: East London
Winner: Mumbai Indians by 9 runs

Well done Indians!

24th Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab
When: 1 May 2009
Where: Durban
Winner: Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 runs

Well done Challengers!

25th Match: Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals
When: 2 May 2009
Where: Port Elizabeth
Winner: Rajasthan Royals by 3 wickets (2 balls remaining)

Well Done Royals!

26th Match: Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils
When: 2 May 2009
Where: Johannesburg
Winner: Chennai Super Kings by 18 runs

Well Done Super Kings!

27th Match: Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders
When: 3 May 2009
Where: Port Elizabeth
Winner: Kings XI Punjab by 6 wickets (0 balls remaining)

Well Done Kings XI Punjab!

28th Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians
When: 3 May 2009
Where: Johannesburg
Winner: Royal Challengers Bangalore by 9 wickets (11 balls remaining)

Well Done Challengers!

29th Match: Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers
When: 4 May 2009
Where: East London
Winner: Chennai Super Kings by 78 runs

Well Done Super Kings!

The Coolest IPL Fan of 2009

JM — Fri, 01 May 2009 07:30:23 +0000

Who Does He Support? Chennai Super Kings

Who Were the Kings Playing? Deccan Chargers

What Stadium? Kingsmead @ Durban

When? 27th April 2009.

Who Won? The Chargers

Is He Biting His Nails? YOU DECIDE. Please comment below

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IPL 2009 Match Results 18 – 22

JM — Fri, 01 May 2009 06:39:09 +0000

Suresh Raina exults after sending back Rob Quiney, Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, 22nd match, Centurion, April 30, 2009

19th Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders
When: 29 Apr 2009
Where: Durban
Winner: Royal Challengers Bangalore by 5 wickets (1 ball remaining)

Well done Royals Challengers!

20th Match: Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians
When: 29 Apr 2009
Where: Durban
Winner: Kings XI Punjab by 3 runs

Well done Kings!

21st Match: Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils
When: 30 Apr 2009
Where: Centurion
Winner: Delhi Daredevils by 6 wickets (8 balls remaining)

Well done Daredevils!

22nd Match: Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals
When: 30 Apr 2009
Where: Centurion
Winner: Chennai Super Kings by 38 runs

Well done Super Kings!

More Photos of IPL2

Sourav Ganguly walks off after being dismissed for 1, Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, 19th match, Durban, April 29, 2009

Jean-Paul Duminy employs the sweep, Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians, IPL, 20th match, Durban, April 29, 2009

Yusuf Pathan is ecstatic after removing Parthiv Patel, Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, 22nd match, Centurion, April 30, 2009

Shoaib Ahmed picked up the crucial wickets of Gautam Gambhir and AB de Villiers, Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils, IPL, 21st match, Centurion, April 30, 2009

Jacques Kallis heads back to the pavilion disappointed, Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, 19th match, Durban, April 29, 2009

Amit Mishra's direct hit found Swapnil Asnodkar short of his crease, Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals, IPL, 18th match, Centurion, April 28, 2009