Hindustan Times
When you look up at the television screen, there’s a former India fast bowler in the studio, earnestly dissecting the game that’s just ended. The highlights reel show exotic dancers, some painted in tiger stripes, whirling away manically every time a boundary is hit. Read more
(7 votes, average: 2.86 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Anand Vasu on Friday, September 17, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Filed under Cricket · Tagged Champions League Twenty20, chequebooks, domestic circuit, exotic dancers, hindustan times, IPL, Karnataka Premier League, left-arm spinner, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, news, Royal Challengers
“Kal-lis! Ka-llis!” the crowds at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium have chanted all tournament. Even back home at the picturesque Newlands Ground in Cape Town, it’s only been a handful of times that the South African allrounder has heard a full-house chanting his name. Read more
(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Anand Vasu on Friday, April 9, 2010 at 11:01 pm
Filed under Cricket · Tagged Anil Kumble, bangalore, chairman of the national selection committee, Champions League Twenty20, Chennai Super Kings, Chinnaswamy Stadium, former India cricketer, Indian Premier League, IPL, Kallis, Krish Srikkanth, ODI, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sachin Tendulkar
For a tournament that prides itself at being impossibly modern and constantly ahead of its time, the opening ceremony of IPL III was unbearably retro. We’re constantly told that the IPL, and Twenty20 cricket at large, are designed to bring new, young audiences into the grounds. Read more
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Anand Vasu on Friday, March 12, 2010 at 9:49 pm
Filed under Cricket · Tagged ABBA Revival, Cricket, DY Patil stadium, Indian Premier League, IPL, Lionel Richie, tournament, Twenty20 cricket, UB40, young audiences
One fast bowler whose fitness seems to fail every time the dope testing guys come around, another who was detained in a Dubai airport (and can never go back to the Emirates) for several days, and now a captain who takes a bite of the red cherry. Read more
(11 votes, average: 4.73 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Anand Vasu on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 8:59 pm
Filed under Cricket · Tagged australia, Dubai airport, emirates, hindustan times, Home Minister, Indian Premier League, IPL, Pakistan cricket, T20 World Champions, twitter
