Top Shots to perform on IPL Grand Finale

May 21, 2009 By: admin1 Category: IPL News No Comments →

The grand finale of IPL Season 2 is going to redefine the meaning of grandeur. Top shots from the world of film, politics and corporates are going to add to the zing of closing ceremony of IPL Season 2. The organizers are not ready to disclose now, but media can dig out any secret and as goes the scoop: the crowd at the Wanderers are expected to witness an unprecedented assembly of rich and famous on the May 24th.

Over the past one month and more, the South African crowd has been watching Bollywood stars cheering for their teams. Now its time to see some of them dancing. If the Indian Premier League management and producer Sajid Nadiadwala and Eros International are able to reach an agreement, the Kambhakkt Ishq stars, Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor will be there to entertain the crowd gathered.

International film festivals were considered the most suitable venue for holding the premier of the upcoming movies, but Indian Premier League clearly provides a bigger launch pad for the Mumbai movies. After missing it out in the Cannes, Sajid Nadiadwala is all set to unveil his film at the Indian Premier League. For the film’s hero, Akshay Kumar, association with IPL is not a novel experience, as he was the brand ambassador of Delhi Daredevils in the previous season. However, for Kareena, IPL will be a new experience. She is expected to perform a special dance number from the film.

If Akshay and Kareena are not enough for your eyes, then wait to see the beautiful Katrina dancing to the steps of Shiamak Davar to the tune of ‘Jai Ho’ and two other Bollywood babes, Bipasha and Rani sharing stage with her, Shilpa Shetty joining American R&B sensation Akon as he sings his Grammy award winning Smack, Caribbean music legend Eddy Grant performing the world-famous “Walking on Sunshine” and his anti-apartheid hit “Gimme Hope Jo’anna”, followed by pyrotechnics and laser show are all part of what is being marketed as a spectacular closing ceremony. 

But the celebrity list does not end there. Many other film stars both from Bollywood and South Indian film industry are going to appear at the closing ceremony. Many of them are brand ambassador of some of the IPL teams, the rest have been invited simply to add up to the glamour quotient of this mega event. 

Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, Ramya and Upendra (Bangalore Royal Challengers); Juhi Chawla, Arjun Rampal, Sajid Khan, and Farah Khan (Kolkata Knight Riders); Singer Daler Mehndi (Kings XI Punjab); Vijay and Nayantara (Chennai Super Kings); Ila Arun (Rajasthan Royals); Hansika Motwani (Deccan Chargers); and Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan and Anil Kapoor (Mumbai Indians).

In addition to the who’s who from the glamour world, the big shots from industry and politics are also going to attend the gala ceremony on Sunday night. Although, the organizers refused to divulge the names of the politicians for obvious reasons, there are reasons to believe that some of the most high profile politicians are flying in here to attend the event. 

And if the speculation of the cricket news media proves correct, the newly-elected South African President Jacob Zuma will be there to grace the occasion. Among the businessmen, Vijay Mallya, the seventh-richest man in the world, and Mukesh Ambani, the fourth-richest in the world, will definitely be there to cheer their respective teams, Bangalore Royal Challengers and Mumbai Indians.

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Kings XI Punjab Vs Mumbai Indians: Bravo keeps Mumbai hopes alive

May 13, 2009 By: admin1 Category: IPL News No Comments →

Mumbai Indians kept their IPL hopes alive with a commanding eight-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab on Tuesday.

Chasing a total of 120, Mumbai Indians reached the target in just 16.2 overs with Dwayne Bravo blasting an unbeaten 70 off 59 balls and Sachin Tendulkar contributing an unbeaten 41.
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The victory brought Mumbai Indians back into the semi-final contention, as they jumped two spots to fourth place in the IPL standings with 11 points from 11 matches.

Kings XI Punjab’s chances of finishing among the top four now looks bleak as they are down to seventh place with 10 points and three matches in hand.

It was a must-win situation for both teams, and Mumbai Indians came out with all guns blazing to steal the show.

Mumbai’s promotion of Dwayne Bravo worked wonders as the West Indian ripped apart the bowlers with clean strikes. He struck seven fours and three sixes.

Brett Lee took out Sanath Jayasuriya before Bravo cut loose in Sreesanth’s only over, which cost 21 runs with two sixes and two fours. Bravo continued in the same vein through the innings.

Piyush Chawla got the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane, but Tendulkar batted around Bravo to see the team through.

Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar played the spin card to perfection to restrict Kings XI to 119-9. His plan was carried out by off-spinners Harbhajan Singh (1-9) and JP Duminy (2-15), who bowled intelligently to bring the downfall of Kings XI batting line-up that had seven left-handers.

Opener Sunny Sohal played a lone hand in Punjab’s innings with a breezy 43 off 23 balls that included three sixes and five fours.

Punjab lost two quick wickets at the top with Simon Katich and Irfan Pathan being dismissed for ducks. Sunny Sohal counter-attacked to bring Punjab back on the track.

Harbhajan came into the attack and soon got the prized wicket of Kumar Sangakkara. Tendulkar quickly tried his options and used as many as eight bowlers to keep Punjab guessing.

Duminy removed dangerous Yuvraj Singh and Ajinkya Rahane. Punjab batsmen were guilty of sloppy running between the wickets with as many as four players, including Sohal, being run-out. It was Karan Goel’s 20 that helped Punjab cross the 100-run mark.

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Deccan Chargers Vs Kings XI Punjab: Kings won by 3 wickets

May 09, 2009 By: admin1 Category: IPL News No Comments →

Scoreboard of the 36th IPL match between Deccan Chargers and Kings XI Punjab ended with a thriling 3 wicket win for Punjab with just one ball remaining.

Deccan Chargers innings (20 overs maximum)
AC Gilchrist     c Powar b Sreesanth                           20
HH Gibbs          c Jayawardene b Chawla                   13
TS Suman         c Jayawardene b Mota                      27
RG Sharma      c wicketkeeperSangakkara b Lee     9
A Symonds      not out                                                     60
Y Venugopal Rao run out (Katich/Sangakkara)   32
Extras     (lb 2, w 3, nb 2)             7

Total     (5 wickets; 20 overs)     168

Did not bat: DB Ravi Teja, PP Ojha, SM Shoaib, RP Singh, RJ Harris

Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-54, 3-70, 4-73, 5-168

Bowling:O-M-R-W-Econ: B Lee:    4-0-24-1-6.00, I Pathan: 4-0-42-0-10.50, S Sreesanth: 4-0-37-1-9.25, PP Chawla:    3-0-26-1-8.66, W Mota: 4-0-26-1-6.50, Yuvraj Singh: 1-0-11-0-11.00

Kings XI Punjab innings (target: 169 runs from 20 overs)
S Sohal                     c Venugopal Rao b Sharma     30
S Katich                   c Venugopal Rao b Sharma       9
K Sangakkara        b Shoaib                                          25
Yuvraj Singh         c Gilchrist b Shoaib                    18
D Jayawardene    run out (Ravi Teja/Gilchrist)  43
I Pathan                  c Shoaib b Suman                         10
W Mota                   run out (Gibbs/Gilchrist)             3
B Lee                       not out                                                14
P Chawla               not out                                                   8
Extras     (lb 6, w 3)                 9

Total     (7 wickets; 19.5 overs)     169

Did not bat RR Powar, S Sreesanth

Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-42, 3-85, 4-86, 5-116, 6-127, 7-149

Bowling:O-M-R-W-Econ: RJ Harris: 3-0-29-0-9.66,     RP Singh: 2.5-0-26-0-9.17, SM Shoaib: 3-0-25-2-8.33, RG Sharma: 2-0-12-2-6.00, Y Venugopal Rao: 1-0-3-0-3.00, TS Suman: 3-0-24-1-8.00, A Symonds: 1-0-20-0-20.00, PP Ojha: 4-0-24-0-6.00

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and chose to field first.

Man of the match: Jayawardene (Kings XI Punjab)

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