Mathew Hayden’s cyclonic innings ensured victory for CSK: DDD 185/6 (20.0 Ovs), CSK 190/5 (19.1 Ovs)

Chennai Super kings beat strong Delhi Devils with a cyclonic innings from ex Aussie opener Mathew Hayden. Chasing a big total of 186 runs from allocated 20 over Hayden was on the task right from the beginning. He smashed all Delhi bowlers and played a memorable and dashing innings of 93 runs from just 43 balls with 7 six and 9 boundaries. He took the game away from Devils. Suresh Raina made the finishing task with an innings of 49 run. Earlier, Virender Sehwag played another outstanding innings of 74 runs from just 38 balls. But he did not get good support from his fellow. But they still managed to score 185 runs from their allocated overs.

Delhi captain Dinesh Kartik said, the way Hayden was batting, he took the game away from us. 185 was a good score but the bowlers failed to win it for us. It would have gone either way if we had bowled well in the first 6 overs.

Chennai captain Suresh Raina said, Hayden, Murali played really well. It's not easy to bat with Hayden, you have to be on your toes always. Tough to play with Dhoni not in the playing eleven, hope he will be back soon. Our fielding was good, thanks to the fielding coach.

Man of the match Mathew Hayden said, Mongoose bat helped me and I have been practicing a lot of late. The bat has the same power as the normal one; you don't need to get the meat of the blade to deposit the ball over the ropes. This format is here to stay.

IPL Nights Photo

IPL is not only limited with its cricketing feature. It has been proved two years ago. It has also shown in the opening ceremony of 3^rd Indian Premier League. Mumbai promised to be bigger and better than last year. IPL has changed the definition of cricket. Cricket has been mixed up with film stars like Shahrukh Khan, Preety Jinta and Shilpa Shetti. It has given the cricket lovers extra love to cricket. because they get two kind of entertainment all together. Here are some of those photo presented which were taken in IPL Night. Starting with a scintillating performance by international artiste Ali Campbell of the British reggae band UB40, who'll croon the all-time hit song, Can't Help Falling In Love, the ageless Bjorn Again will entertain audiences with Abba's super hit Dancing Queen at the opening ceremony, which promises to be a visual spectacle as well.

But the best is yet to follow. A choreographed light show will announce the entry of Deepika Padukone, who promises to pack a punch along with 40 dancers on stage — giving serious competition to Katrina's hip swaying with Akon last year — who'll perform to a medley of I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas, Uff Teri Ada from Karthik Calling Karthik and Twist from Love Aaj Kal. Then the legendary Lionel Richie comes on stage, and, of course, R&B rapper Akon.

Says Sundar Raman, CEO, IPL, "The IPL weekend fever has already begun. But the real action will take off on Thursday night in Mumbai. Lalit Modi, chairman and commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL), will host a grand party at the Turf Ground in Mumbai.

The party will begin in the evening around 8 pm. Entry is by invitation only. The guest list will include eminent people from Bollywood, socialites, corporate honchos, politicians, bureaucrats and cricketers. But the main attraction of the evening will be the performances by the international artistes."

Sundar elaborates, "Day 1 of the IPL tournament kicks off with an opening ceremony before the match, on Friday evening. It will be a visually spectacular show. The opening ceremony will begin at 6.45 pm at the DY Patil Sports Stadium in Mumbai. After the match concludes, IPL officials and players will proceed to a plush city hotel to attend the after-match party-cum-fashion show."

We also hear that a lot of Delhi celebrities are planning to attend the opening ceremony. Says Delhi socialite Shaleen Jain, "I'm eagerly waiting to be there at the opening ceremony along with my friends to watch all the action live at the Mumbai ground."

England wins first test match despite Mushfiq-Junaed battle

Shakib Al Hasan regretted for his toss decision after the first test match of two match series against England. England beat Bangladesh by 181 run. Bangladeshi Wicket keeper Mushfiqur Rahim and Junaed Siddique made the match challenging for England with an outstanding 6^th wicket partnership of 167 runs. They have consumed almost 5 hours to score this run while they started to build up this partnership from a die strict. Bangladesh was 110/5 before this partnership started. Chasing a mammoth total of 513 runs it was looking like all over for Bangladesh. But when this partnership continues to flourish and passed the 1^st session of fifth day, there was a outside chance created for winning this match. English bowlers started to sweat by frustration. But Swann struck for English after the lunch with the wicket of Junaed. Stylish Mushfiq followed him very soon and the Fantasy comes the end. Then Sixer Naeem fought for sometimes with Shahadat with a nice blow of 36 run. Junaed scored 106 and Mushfiq scored 95 run for Bangladesh while Bangladeshi score ended up with 331. Graem Swann 5 wickets in each innings and was adjudged man of the match. Shakib Al Hasan said that, 'The boys showed a lot of character in the latter half of the game and the track didn't turn much as expected. I regret my decision to bowl first. Cook, Collingwood and Pietersen played well and we couldn't put pressure on them. I think Junaid and Rahim played well in the second innings. Read more in Dhaka News

‘Disappointing to lose in front of a fantastic crowd’- Shane Warne said after being lost with Daredevils

Delhi Daredevils beat Rajasthan Royals by 6 wickets in Indian Premier League 2010. Batting first Rajasthan royals lost wickets in regular intervals. But young Jhunjunwala made his best effort with his unbeaten fifty to reach the total on 141 from 20 over. Chasing a moderate total Delhi opener Virender Sehwag was too fantastic to play a tornado innings of 75 from just 34 balls. Daredevils chased the total from 17.1 over with 6 wickets remaining. Shane Warne said that, Disappointing to lose in front of a fantastic crowd. We got off to a good start but it all went backwards after 6 overs. If we don't win, then surely a lot of questions would be asked but we have to show some character and bounce back as quickly as we can. Viru is a wonderful player and he is one of my favourite batsman to watch except when he plays against us. Winning captain Gautam Gambhir said that, Viru's batting made things easy for us. read more in Dhaka News.

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Quickest hundred of IPL

Mumbai Indians beats Rajasthan Royals by 4 runs in the heart breaking t20 cricket match of Indian Premier League 2010. Batting first, Mumbai scored 212/6 from their 20 over. Shourav Tiwary and Ambati Ryudu scored two quick fifty to reach that mammoth total while Sachin and Sanath gave a flying opening start for Mumbai. Chasing a big score of 213 Rajasthan Royals were never been to their task until 9^th over and before Yousuf Pathan came into crease. Yousuf Pathan started to chase a required rate almost 14 runs per over. He just started to show some boundary and over boundary exhibition and made an exclusive hundred from just 37 balls. Unluckily he was run out while Mumbai were almost out of the match. But, Mumbai kept their heart alive to bring the match into them for a 4 run victory. It was IPL's quickest hundred from any batsman.

Rajasthan Captain Shane Warne said that, 'I am proud of the way the guys fought. Perhaps we gave away 20 extra runs but we can all be happy with the effort. Some guys are still finding their feet as they are coming out of hibernation but credit to the Mumbai Indians for holding their nerve. I have seen Sachin smash all of us over the park but in the last 21 years Yusuf's innings was perhaps the best I have ever seen.'  Read Sachin tendulkar's comments in Dhaka News

Bangladesh under serious pressure against England

Tamim Iqbal is fighting alone for Bangladesh against England in the first innings of first test in Chittagong. He was unbeaten on 81 runs at the end of the day. Only Mahmudullah Riad managed to give him some sort of support with a brilliant fifty. All other Batsmen like Imrul, Junaed, Aftab and Shakib were completely failed to give something to team. Read more in Dhaka News.

Wrong toss decision took the game away from Bangladesh: England 374/3

England Batsman dominated in the first innings of first test match against Bangladesh at Chittagong. Winning the toss Bangladeshi skipper Shakib Al Hasan invited England to bat first in a perfect batting wicket. Careful English Batsman did not miss to utilize this opportunity of making big score. None of Bangladeshi bowlers were able to put pressure on English Batsman. It is so simple theory that, spinners do not get enough help from pitch in first day here. The pitch starts to help spinners from third day. Bangladesh is playing with four specialist spinners. But it is completely unclear that why did Shakib decided to bowl first. Read more on Dhaka News.