IPL: Indian Premier League

[Prestwick]

Just started watching the highlights on Setanta and Calcutta's kit is frankly abysmal. I thought Italy produced some horrible sports kit but this is even worse lol.

Anyway, liking what I'm seeing, Brendan McCullum is on fire, the crowd is pumped and its enjoyable to watch!


April, Fri 18 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 1st match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders
Sat 19 17:00 local, 11:30 GMT 2nd match - Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings
April, Sat 19 20:30 local, 15:00 GMT 3rd match - Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals
April Sun 20 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 4th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers
April Sun 20 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 5th match - Mumbai Indians v Bangalore Royal Challengers
April Mon 21 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 6th match - Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab
April Tue 22 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 7th match - Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils
April, Wed 23 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 8th match - Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians
April, Thu 24 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 9th match - Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals
April, Fri 25 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 10th match - Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians
April, Sat 26 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 11th match - Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders
April, Sat 26 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 12th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals
April, Sun 27 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 13th match - Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils
April, Sun 27 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 14th match - Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers
April, Mon 28 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 15th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Chennai Super Kings
April, Tue 29 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 16th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians
April, Wed 30 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 17th match - Delhi Daredevils v Bangalore Royal Challengers
May, Thu 1 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 18th match - Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders
May, Thu 1 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 19th match - Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab
May, Fri 2 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 20th match - Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils
May, Sat 3 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 21st match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Deccan Chargers
May, Sat 3 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 22nd match - Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders
May, Sun 4 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 23rd match - Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils
May, Sun 4 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 24th match - Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings
May, Mon 5 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 25th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kings XI Punjab
May, Tue 6 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 26th match - Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers
May, Wed 7 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 27th match - Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals
May, Thu 8 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 28th match - Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings
May, Thu 8 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 29th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Bangalore Royal Challengers
May, Fri 9 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 30th match - Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers
May, Sat 10 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 31st match - Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab
May, Sun 11 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 32nd match - Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders
May, Sun 11 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 33rd match - Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils
May, Mon 12 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 34th match - Kings XI Punjab v Bangalore Royal Challengers
May, Tue 13 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 35th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils
May, Wed 14 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 36th match - Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings
May, Thu 15 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 37th match - Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers
May, Fri 16 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 38th match - Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders
May, Sat 17 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 39th match - Rajasthan Royals v Bangalore Royal Challengers
May, Sat 17 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 40th match - Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab
May, Sun 18 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 41st match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings
May, Sun 18 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 42nd match - Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians
May, Mon 19 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 43rd match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils
May, Tue 20 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 44th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals
May, Wed 21 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 45th match - Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab
May, Wed 21 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 46th match - Chennai Super Kings v Bangalore Royal Challengers
May, Thu 22 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 47th match - Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders
May, Fri 23 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 48th match - Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers
May, Sat 24 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 49th match - Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals
May, Sat 24 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 50th match - Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians
May, Sun 25 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 52nd match - Deccan Chargers v Bangalore Royal Challengers
May, Sun 25 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 51st match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab
May, Mon 26 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 53rd match - Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians
May, Tue 27 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 54th match - Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings
May, Wed 28 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 55th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians
May, Wed 28 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 56th match - Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals
May, Fri 30 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
May,Sat 31 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBCJune,
Sun 1 20:00 local, 14:30 GMTFinal - TBC v TBC

*edited by woosaah for the hell of it

 

[woosaah]

yeah i came home at 2am last night, thought i would stay up and see how mccullum goes then go to bed when he gets out...

5am bugger, but damn worth staying up to watch

150 in 20 overs by one player is magic

i have no idea what bangalore got though

 

[dobrien7]

Kolkata Knight Riders 222 for 3 (McCullum 158*) beat Bangalore Royal Challengers 82 (Agarkar 3-25) by 140 runs

 

[candybum]

Turns out McCullum was a very good buy! lol

 

[redunderthebed]

Ill go for kolkata for the sheer coolness of there name knights riders. :lol:

I might watch it tonight if its on ten. </span>

 

[esoj]

yeah think it's on again late on ten.

 

[woosaah]

Hope you dont mind Preswick but just thought we could make this the "official" IPL thread

 

[melon]

It's glorious that Channel 10 is showing the matches. Although the time difference does make it quite a bugger indeed!

Totals of 222 and 240, individual scores above 100 and one above 150...entertaining stuff!

Ponting is abysmal!

 

[woosaah]

Tonights game
Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab at Jaipur - Apr 21, 2008
Match scheduled to begin at 20:00 local time (14:30 GMT)

Players to watch
Rajasthan Royals
Shane Warne
Darren Lehmann
Shane Watson

Other decent Players in squad...
Younis Khan
Graeme Smith
Yusuf Pathan
Justin Langer
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Morne Morkel

Kings XI Punjab
Yuvraj Singh
James Hopes
Simon Katich
Ifran Pathan
Kumar Sangakkara

Other Players in squad
Mahela Jayawardene
Luke Pomersbach
Kylie Mills
Brett Lee

Both these sides have coem off loses. The Kings XI Punjab put up a good fight trying to chase down 240 against Chennai Super Kings still got to 207 where the Rajasthan Royals were humiliated by the Delhi Daredevils.

Its quite hard to pick who is going to be in the squad with so many good players in both wider squads. I wonder how the owner/captain/coach picks there squad.

Lehmann and Watson really need to lift their game for the Royals I think if they want to have a chance against a good batting lineup. The Kings XI Punjab need to put up a more disciplied bowling performance.

Hopefully the pitch holds up more than the game I watched last night. Scott Styris was getting the ball to turn square almost. and he is a pacebowler (kindof)

 

[esoj]

well each team can only have 4 overseas players in the playing 11 so that definitely affects selection. this is why you will see the teams with plenty of indian players and some you haven't heard of before.

I finally got to see some matches on the weekend. watched mike hussey just smash it to all parts of the ground. some of the pitches are indeed shocking like the one the knight riders played on in their second game. there were puffs off dust coming off the pitch in the second over. some of the team lineups are very interesting with some investing heavily in overseas bowlers while others batters and some getting a mixture. the royals and the daredevils would appear to be 2 of the weaker teams and it will be interesting to see how they survive when they lose some of their overseas players.

a lot of the kiwis will only be playing a few matches since they have to go back on international duty in england and plenty of south africans are missing too due to the IPL clashing with their domestic 20/20 comp. I also wish the viewing times were a bit better too. I can probably see the first game each night as they seem to be starting around 10ish eastern aus time and ending around midnight. no hope of watching the second game though as it just ends too late but I could record that one. anyway opening few games have been great to watch certainly entertaining and some great match-ups between mates that normally play together.

 

[woosaah]

thanks for that esoj, i didnt know about the 4 international player rule in the comp. Its just crazy they spend so much money on these guys and they may not even use them.

i think the kiwis are only playing until may 1st so its very short for them which is unfortunate for guys like mccullum, he might only get to play 4 or 5 games. He is currently the top scorer but i dont see it ending up that way.

 

[esoj]

yeah mccullum seems made for 20/20 and he seems to be just batting and not keeping which is probably helping his focus too. there is a lot of pressure on from the players to get a regular 6 weekish window in the international calendar so that the ipl can be played without clashing with international committments.

 

[Cheesemann]

I've been impressed with Pollock. He was a good buy for the Indians.