May 31, 2008
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| Match #58: Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab - {Updated} |
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May 31, 2008
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| Match Review: May 28 - Punjab v Rajasthan |
As expected, both teams wrung in some changes, but the ones that would have affected the DCTOs were the resting of Sohail Tanvir.
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May 31, 2008
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| Match Review: May 20 - 1st Semi Final: Rajasthan v Delhi |
Sehwag sprung a surprise when he brought in Mohammad Asif (Bowler, $650,000) in place of Brett Geeves. Owners who would have punted on Asif making a comeback may just be at a distinct advantage.
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May 30, 2008
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| Match #57: Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals - {Updated} |
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May 28, 2008
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| Match #56: Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals - {Updated} |
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May 28, 2008
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| Match #55: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians - {Updated} |
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May 28, 2008
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| Match #54: Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings - {Updated} |
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May 28, 2008
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| Match Review: May 28 - Bangalore v Mumbai |
The match may be of no real consequence for the two teams, but for the DCTOs, it was one of the last opportunities to add to their portfolios.
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May 27, 2008
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| Match Review: May 27 - Deccan v Chennai |
Adam Gilchrist (Wicketkeeper, $700,816) was playing his last match in this season’s IPL and majority of the DCTOs would have been pretty upset with his scores in the last three innings – including this one – as he went for only five today.
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May 26, 2008
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| Match #53: Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians - {Updated} |
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May 26, 2008
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| Match Review: May 26 - Rajasthan v Mumbai |
Rajasthan Royals clinched a thriller of a match off the last ball again, but the DCTOs would have been very disappointed by the performance of both the teams in this second innings.
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May 25, 2008
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| Match #52: Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab - {Updated} |
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May 25, 2008
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| Match #51: Deccan Chargers v Bangalore Royal Challengers - {Updated} |
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May 25, 2008
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| Match #50: Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals - {Updated} |
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May 25, 2008
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| Match #49: Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians - {Updated} |
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May 25, 2008
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| Match Review: May 25 - Deccan v Bangalore |
Adam Gilchrist – the DCTO favourite wicket keeper of the week – would have been the man to watch out for
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May 25, 2008
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| Match Review: May 25 - Kolkata v Mohali |
It was Ganguly’s day, as he saw his team through to a win from a near hopeless situation.
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May 24, 2008
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| Match Review: May 24 - Chennai v Rajasthani |
Most of the top ranked DCTOs, they had opted for a Gilchrist as the wicket keeper over M.S. Dhoni, who failed again, scoring only 12.
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May 24, 2008
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| Match Review: May 24 - Delhi v Mumbai |
Sanath Jayasurya (Allrounder, $975,856) has turned around his fortunes in this tournament like only he can.
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May 23, 2008
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| Match #48: Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers - {Updated} |
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May 23, 2008
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| Match Review: May 23 - Deccan v Mohali |
Wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkar was not in too many DCTOs teams, and with his team playing only two matches as compared to Deccan’s three, it was only justified.
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May 23, 2008
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| Match Review: May 22 - Kolkata v Delhi |
Today’s match between the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Delhi DareDevils was abandoned. So the DCTOs would get no
points for their portfolio.
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May 22, 2008
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| Match #47: Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders - {Abanded} |
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May 22, 2008
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| Match #46: Chennai Super Kings v Bangalore Royal Challengers - {Updated} |
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May 22, 2008
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| Match #45: Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab - {Updated} |
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May 21, 2008
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| Match Review: May 20 - Mumbai v Mohali |
It was a match to remember, with the Kings XI Punjab team triumphing by one run off the last ball.
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May 21, 2008
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| Match Review: May 20 - Chennai v Bangalore |
Rahul Dravid continues to surprise everyone with his
captaincy, and his decision to bat first on a pitch under the covers due to
rain, was surprising to say the least.
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May 20, 2008
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| Match #44: Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals - {Updated} |
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May 20, 2008
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| Match Review: May 19 - Bangalore v Delhi |
It was a dazzling inning by Virender Sehwag (Bat, $834,333) that set the game up for the DareDevils.
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May 19, 2008
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| Match #43: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils - {Updated} |
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May 19, 2008
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| IPL Weekly Preview: April 16 |
Another week of the first season of the Indian Premier
League draws to a close, and there are three teams perched nicely at the top of the table, two at the bottom, while three of them battle away for the fourth semi-final spot.
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May 18, 2008
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| Match #42: Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings - {Updated} |
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May 18, 2008
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| Match #41: Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians - {Updated} |
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May 18, 2008
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| Match #40: Rajasthan Royals v Bangalore Royal Challengers - {Updated} |
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May 18, 2008
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| Match #39: Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab - {Updated} |
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May 18, 2008
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| Match Review: May 17 - Delhi v Mohali |
Just when it seemed that a total of 123 would be difficult to get, Mahela Jayawardene and Luke Pomersbach combined together to add 63 runs of 27 balls to secure the win.
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May 18, 2008
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| Match Review: May 18 - Kolkata v Chennai |
Stephen Fleming (Bat, $350,118) has been underperforming in this tournament, both for his franchise, and for any of his DCTOs, and today it looked like he may have got off to a good start scoring a 20-ball 32 quick fire runs.
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May 18, 2008
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| Match Review: May 17 - Rajasthan v Bangalore |
Drastic steps were needed by Rahul Dravid to convince his owner that they were not participating in the tournament to fill in the numbers only. And so, out went Mark Boucher.
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May 18, 2008
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| Match Review: May 18 - Deccan v Mumbai |
Venugopal Rao (Allrounder, $50,214) was almost termed as a strokeless wonder of Indian cricket. This IPL, he has proved why all those people were so off the mark.
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May 16, 2008
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| Match #38: Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders - {Updated} |
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May 15, 2008
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| Match: #37: Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers - {Updated} |
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May 15, 2008
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| Match #36: Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians - {Updated} |
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May 15, 2008
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| Match Review: May 14 - Mumbai v Chennai |
Almost as if to show that Jayasuriya had been waiting for
Tendulkar’s return to IPL, he hit 11 sixes and some more boundaries, and stitched together an unbeaten 114 off only 48 deliveries!
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May 15, 2008
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| Match Review: May 15 - Delhi v Deccan |
Gambhir has been a blue chip for all those DCTOs who managed to buy him at the IPO – which would have cost them $725,000 – and they are all reaping benefits now.
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May 14, 2008
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| Match Review: May 13 - Kolkata v Delhi |
If McGrath has served a notice to all and sundry alike, of
his mean-as-ever bowling, then it was the turn of Shoaib Akhtar to remind the PCB – and the fans alike – the pedigree of a bowler he is.
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May 13, 2008
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| Match# 35: Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils - {Updated} |
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May 12, 2008
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| Match #34: Kings XI Punjab v Bangalore Royal Challengers - {Updated} |
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May 11, 2008
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| Match #33: Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils - {Updated} |
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May 11, 2008
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| Match #32: Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders - {Updated} |
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May 11, 2008
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| Match #31: Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab - {Updated} |
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May 11, 2008
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| Match Review: May 11 - Kolkata v Deccan |
Sourav Ganguly was into bat as early as the fifth ball of the match after Butt’s early dismissal, and from then on, he warmed the cockled the hearts of all the
Dada-fans.
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May 11, 2008
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| Match Review: May 11 - Rajasthan v Delhi |
Shane Warne has been known to
spring a surprise or two in this tournament, and today was no different. He
opted for the all round capabilities of Dmitri Mascarhenhas (Allrounder,
$100,000) – which was a reasonable move – in place of Sohail Tanvir – which was
shocking!
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May 10, 2008
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| Match Review: May 10 - Chennai v Mohali |
Given the kind of form Shaun Marsh (Bat, $50,353) has been in this tournament, it would have been foolhardy of the DCTOs, not to have picked him up in their teams, given his undervaluation.
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May 10, 2008
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| Match Review: May 9 - Rajasthan v Deccan |
With VVS Laxman not yet fit enough, Gilchrist continued his opening
stint with Hershelle Gibbs (Bat, $575,062), someone who has been disappointing
to say the least and a score of 19 does no justice to his talent.
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May 9, 2008
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| Match #30: Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers - {Updated} |
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May 9, 2008
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| Match Review: May 8 - Kolkata v Bangalore |
The Royal Challengers would have been in a state of shock after what one can euphemistically term as a ‘resignation’ of their CEO, Charu Sharma, where as, Ganguly would have been feeling the heat from close and sundry as well.
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May 8, 2008
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| Match #29: Kolkata Knight Riders v Bangalore Royal Challengers - {Updated} |
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May 8, 2008
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| Match #28: Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings - {Updated} |
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May 8, 2008
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| Match #27: Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals - {Updated} |
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May 8, 2008
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| Match Review: May 8th - Delhi vs Chennai |
If there is one form of the game that can upset the plans of the shrewdest of the captains, it is this latest infant in the family of Cricket, Twenty20.
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May 7, 2008
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| Match Review: May 7th - Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals |
DCTOs would have been felt a little let down, especially by
Jayasuriya, who has definitely not lived upto his original, costly billing of $975,000. He lost his wicket for 18 today when he – again – looked like going on to make a big one.
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May 6, 2008
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| Match #26: Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers - {Updated} |
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May 5, 2008
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| Match #25: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kings XI Punjab - {Updated} |
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May 5, 2008
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| Match Review: May 5th - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kings XI Punjab |
While terming this as a must-win match for the Bangalore Royal Challengers team would be stretching the issue a bit, the fact of the matter was that, with only two hard fought wins, the team from the South was looking anything but comfortable with its team combination.
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May 4, 2008
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| Match #24: Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings - {Updated} |
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May 4, 2008
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| Match #23: Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils - {Updated} |
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May 4, 2008
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| Match Review: May 4th - Mumbai Indian v Delhi DareDevils |
Mumbai Indians seem to have got a little desperate, and with an eye to get the combination right, they made a wholesale of changes to their side. Which is why, it becomes difficult for DCTOs to select players from teams which are not performing too well.
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May 4, 2008
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| Match Review: May 4th - Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals |
One can easily afford to forget the first two in the above list; this review
needs to begin with the mention of the man – and the hero – of the match, Sohail
Tanvir
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May 3, 2008
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| Match #22: Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders - {Updated} |
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May 3, 2008
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| Match #21: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Deccan Chargers - {Updated} |
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May 3, 2008
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| Match #20: Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils - {Updated} |
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May 3, 2008
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| Match Review: May 3rd - Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders |
Usually, in night matches, captains have shown a healthy penchant towards chasing totals down, rather than setting them up, mostly because of the abbreviated form of the game and the dew factor.
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May 2, 2008
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| Analysis: DreamCricket Fantasy Roundup - 2nd Trading Window |
The Aussie Exodus: The following Aussie players
would be conspicuous by their absence, in this period of play, as they leave for
Australia before their tour to the Caribbean.
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May 1, 2008
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| Match #19: Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab - {Updated} |
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May 1, 2008
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| Match #18: Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders - {Updated} |
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May 1, 2008
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| Match #17: Delhi Daredevils v Bangalore Royal Challengers - {Updated} |
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May 1, 2008
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| Match Review: Bombay v Kolkata - May1 |
Just when one thought that the Mumbai Indians team was down
for the count, their combination of youth and experience in Sanath Jayasuriya,
Dwayne Bravo and Robin Uthappa ensured that the absence of Harbhajan Singh and
Sachin Tendulkar would not be felt. However, the people who did feel the ‘sound’
of that Harbhajan slap were some of our Dream Cricket Team Owners (DCTO), with
only one in the top ten ranked DCTO having taken the Turbanator in their teams.
Team AS, which was ranked 7th before this match slipped to number 10
in Bhajji’s absence, and the DCTO would do well to get the player replaced in
the next trading period. The biggest change, however, was caused due to the
players mentioned above, i.e. Sanath Jayasuriya and Dwayne Bravo, who along with
David Hussey, contributed to Team Creme De La Creme 2 Portfolio’s rank improve
from 66th to 7th; easily one of the best ever jumps!
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April 29, 2008
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| Match #16: Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians - {Updated} |
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April 28, 2008
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| Match #15: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Chennai Super Kings - {Updated} |
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April 27, 2008
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| Match #14: Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils - {Updated} |
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April 27, 2008
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| Match #13: Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers - {Updated} |
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April 26, 2008
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| Match #12: Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders - {Updated} |
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April 26, 2008
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| Match #11: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals - {Updated} |
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April 25, 2008
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| Match #10: Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians - {Updated} |
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April 24, 2008
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| Match #9: Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals - {Updated} |
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April 23, 2008
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| Match #8: Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians - {Updated} |
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April 22, 2008
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| Match #7: Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils - {Updated} |
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April 21, 2008
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| Match #6: Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab - {Updated} |
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April 21, 2008
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| Match #5: Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers - {Updated} |
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April 21, 2008
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| Match #4 - Mumbai Indians v Bangalore Royal Challengers - {Updated} |
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April 19, 2008
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| Match #3: Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals - {Update} |
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April 19, 2008
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| Match #2: Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super King - {Updated} |
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April 19, 2008
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| Match#1: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders - {Updated) |
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