Rumors are that England has been planning to start its own competing Champions league to be held in Abu Dhabi.
Due to a stupid rule (being proposed by IPL) that any league/country that has players who played for ICL, will automatically be banned from participating in Champions League. Cricket Australia, Cricket South Africa have already showed their willingness to participate in Champions League expected to be played in India suring September/October time frame.
Usage of drugs or doping has been increasing in all walks of sports. Cricket is no exception to it. Performance enhancement drugs being used to perform better and be focused. There is hardly any popular sports where a player has not used drugs.
IPL doping test results are out. It may have come as a surprise that Asif tested positive. Asif, a Pakistani player, played for Delhi Daredevils during the initial IPL season.
Though Asif has denied the charges, it would be investigations that would dig out the actuality.
Chennai Super Kings 55 for 0 in eight overs (Fleming 32*) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 149 for 5 (Butt 73, Ntini 4-21) by three runs (D/L method)
For the second successive day Rain Gods played their cards and forced Duckworth-Lewis to decide what was shaping into a fascinating contest. Just yesterday, Punjab - Delhi match was stopped due to rains.
Today, it was Chennai v King Khan's game. Chasing a score of 150, Chennai was three runs ahead of the par score when a severe dust
storm descended upon the Eden Gardens, and the rains that followed
ensured there was no chance for the match to resume.
With this win Chennai Super Kings have 14 points in the ranking table, where as King Khan's Knight Riders are left with 10 points after each side has played 11 games. King Khan's Knight were the pre-tournament favorites. They are the most expensive league in the IPL
Yusuf
Pathan got out after scoring quickfire 61 off 28 balls as Rajasthan
Royals cruise against Deccan Chargers in the 9th match of the India
Premier League.
Chennai Super Kings 240 for 5 (Hussey 116*, Raina 32, Badrinath 31*) beat Kings XI Punjab 207 for 4 (Hopes 71, Sangakkara 54) by 33 runs
A pair of Australians, in what was more KFC Twenty20 action than IPL,
treated a buzzing Mohali crowd to a run-filled Saturday clash as the
bandwagon moved north. Unfortunately for Kings XI Punjab, James Hopes'
32-ball 71 couldn't overhaul a massive total of 240, while the Chennai
Super Kings had their Western Australia specialist Michael Hussey to
thank for a massive total. His scintillating unbeaten 116, another
superb exhibition for this juiced-up format, left Punjab a mountain to
climb and with Yuvraj Singh dethroned early they could muster only 207
for 4.
