Tuesday, April 29, 2008

IPL - 13th Match Kings XI Punjab Vs Delhi Daredevils Full Highlights

Saturday, April 26, 2008

IPL’s a unique experience: Sarwan

Coming into the DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) from a Test series, Ramnaresh Sarwan looks all set to change his batting style from the longest to the shortest version of the game in a matter of days as he joins the Kings XI Punjab.

“I am looking forward to it. I think it’s a great opportunity for all of us here and as an individual. I think every player here is just great to be a part of such a great team and to be part of a great group of guys, people from all over the world. Just looking forward to whenever I get my opportunity,” the West Indian was quoted as saying on his arrival in the country.

Twenty20 exposes youngsters to big names in the world of cricket. Referring to this, Sarwan said exclusively to one of our reporters, “I think it’s a great experience. Obviously this has never happened before. I think it’s a great opportunity for the younger players and seniors as they will get to know each other. Not only young players in India, but also the players that you’ve been playing against for quite sometime. I think it’s a great pleasure to be in the dressing room with Mahela Jayawardena, Irfan Pathan, Brett Lee, Kumar Sangakkara – people who I’ve played against, Yuvraj Singh, I could go on and on. So I think that’s its great to be in that situation. I don’t think it happens all the time, it’s a unique situation and you got to appreciate it.”

He’ll be sharing the dressing room with captain, Yuvraj Singh who’s always been on the opposition team when faced earlier. However, the West Indian batsman said that you just have to enjoy the moment, it’s a unique situation and it bodes well for the cricketing future.

His side, the Kings XI Punjab, has lost both their opening encounters and goes into the match against the Mumbai Indians hoping to open their tally in the IPL.

When asked about how he feels, Sarwan said that he was not sure whether he was in the final playing eleven but that his side needed to win to get some momentum going into the next few games. He also added that they are disappointed they lost the first two games. However, their spirits are up so it was important that they stayed positive and kept moving forward as a team.

About the glitz and glamour associated with the game, he said that being from the Caribbean he was not at all surprised and added that Twenty20 cricket tends to attach glamour to the game.

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Kings XI Punjab Kisses Victory at Last

After consecutive defeats against Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, Kings XI Punjab won their first league match last night. With a comprehensive win over Mumbai Indians, Kings XI Punjab will now face the highly confident Delhi Daredevils tomorrow at their home ground, Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali. Yuvraj Singh, the captain of the team is motivated by the team’s performance last night. He said the team members are all excited to play against the Delhi Daredevils and are willing to perform better

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Saturday, April 19, 2008

Twenty20 League - Match 2, Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali - Chandigarh

CHENNAI 240/5 (20.0)
R/R: 12

MOHALI 207/4 (20.0)
R/R: 10.35

Match Ended
Chennai beat Mohali by 33 runs
Man of the match: Michael Hussey

Hussey's century leads Chennai to victory

Mike Hussey cracked the fastest century in Twenty20 cricket history as Chennai Super Kings pulled off a comfortable 33-run victory over Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League match here today.

Hussey's blistering unbeaten 116 off just 54 balls steered Chennai Super Kings to an imposing 240 for five on a perfect batting strip at the PCA stadium.

The Chennai outfit then restricted the home team to 207 for four to record a win in their opening match which turned out to be a high scoring contest under lights.

It was a virtual carnage at the PCA ground as Hussey plundered runs at will to notch up the second century in the tournament in as many days after Brendon McCullum's 158 in the opening match in Bangalore last night.

Electing to bat, the Chennai team took full advantage of a batting track and short boundaries with sixes and fours raining on a hapless Yuvraj Singh-led home team.

Suresh Raina (32), S Badrinath (31) and Matthew Hayden (25) were the other notable scorers for Chennai Super Kings.

The home team started off well and kept themselves in the hunt till the midway stage of the innings but the dismissal of James Hopes (71) brought Chennai back in the game.

Kumara Sangakkara (54), Karan Goel (24) and captain Yuvraj Singh (23) were the other batsmen who chipped in with some runs for Kings XI.

The highlight of the innings was the explosive strokeplay by Hussey, who hit as many as 10 sixes and seven boundaries to record an amazing strike rate of 211.11. The likes of Brett Lee, S Sreesanth, Irfan Pathan and James Hopes could do nothing to stop the run deluge while the two spinners Piyush Chawla and Karan Goel were little more than cannon fodder.

In fact, Chawla's only over cost 19 runs forcing Yuvraj to take him out of the attack.

However, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the highest paid player in the landmark auction, could manage just two runs before being trapped leg before by Hopes.

But his team-mates made amends for his cheap dismissal with some lusty hitting which helped the team put on a mammoth total.

Faced with a stiff asking rate, Kings XI got off to a decent start with Goel and Hopes putting on 56 runs in the first five overs.

After Goel's dismissal, Hopes and the experienced Kumar Sangakkara kept up the tempo with some big hits but the run rate slowed down a bit after spin wizard Muthiah Muralitharan was introduced into the attack.

Muralithan's experience came handy as he used a lot of variations and gave away just 33 runs in his quota of four overs.

With the required run rate climbing alarmingly after every over, Simon Katich made a valiant effort in the fag end but it was not enough to carry the team to the victory target.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Punjab Kings : IPL Schedule

Punjab Kings 2008 Season

No	Date	Opponent	Venue
1	19 April	Chennai Super Kings	Mohali
2	21 April	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur
3	25 April	Mumbai Indians	Mohali
4	27 April	Delhi DareDevils	Mohali
5	1 May	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad
6	3 May	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mohali
7	5 May	Bangalore Royal Challengers	Bangalore
8	10 May	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai
9	12 May	Bangalore Royal Challengers	Mohali
10	14 May	Rajasthan Royals	Mohali
11	17 May	Delhi DareDevils	Delhi
12	21 May	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai
13	23 May	Deccan Chargers	Mohali
14	25 May	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata

Punjab Kings:Team

Current Squad

Batsmen

No.	Name	Age	Nationality	Batting Style	Bowling/Fielding	Bidding/Sign-in Price
1	Yuvraj Singh (Captain) ♠	26	India	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox spin	US$ 1,063,750 (Icon Player) ♠
2	Mahela Jayawardene	30	Sri Lanka	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	US$ 475,000
3	Ramnaresh Sarwan	27	West Indies	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break	US$ 225,000
4	Simon Katich	32	Australia	Left-handed	Slow left-arm unorthodox spin	US$ 200,000
5	Luke Pomersbach	23	Australia	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break	US$ 54,000
6	Karan Goel	21	India	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break	Under 22 Player
7	Uday Kaul	20	India	Right-handed	Wicket keeper	Under 22 Player
8	Tanmay Srivastava	18	India	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	India Under-19 Team
9	Shubhum Bhaway	13	India	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Under 19 Player

Wicket Keepers / All Rounders

No.	Name	Age	Nationality	Batting Style	Bowling/Fielding	Bidding/Sign-in Price
10	Kumar Sangakkara	30	Sri Lanka	Left-handed	Wicket keeper	US$ 700,000
11	Irfan Pathan	23	India	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	US$ 925,000
12	Ramesh Powar	29	India	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	US$ 170,000
13	James Hopes	32	Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	US$ 300,000

Bowlers

No.	Name	Age	Nationality	Batting Style	Bowling/Fielding	Bidding/Sign-in Price
14	Brett Lee	31	Australia	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	US$ 900,000
15	Shanthakumaran Sreesanth	25	India	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	US$ 625,000
16	Piyush Chawla	19	India	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break	US$ 400,000
17	Vikram Raj Vir Singh	23	India	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Punjab - Ranji Trophy Player
18	Kyle Mills	28	New Zealand	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	US$ 150,000^[2]
19	Ajitesh Argal	19	India	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	India Under-19 Team

Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings is a sports franchise based in Mohali in the eight team Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Yuvraj Singh who is also the Icon Player and coached by Tom Moody, the former Aussie all rounder.

Franchise History

The owners of Punjab Kings include Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur). The group paid a total of $76 million to acquire the franchise.

Players

India middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh is the designated icon player for the Punjab Kings and he will also captain the team. In addition to Yuvraj, the team also contains the promising Indian allrounder Irfan Pathan, Aussie speedster Brett Lee and the Sri Lankan duo of Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara in its ranks.

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

IPL - 13th Match Kings XI Punjab Vs Delhi Daredevils Full Highlights

Saturday, April 26, 2008

IPL’s a unique experience: Sarwan

Kings XI Punjab Kisses Victory at Last

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Twenty20 League - Match 2, Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali - Chandigarh

Hussey's century leads Chennai to victory

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Punjab Kings : IPL Schedule

Punjab Kings:Team

Current Squad

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