Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Shahid Afridi may not feature in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at all owing to the ODI series against England that will be on at the same time as the BPL. However, the fact that he was costliest player during the auction for the tournament, having been brought by Dhaka Gladiators for a whopping $700000, only reiterated that he is still considered amongst the most dangerous players in the shorter format of the game. True, Afridi may not have done full justice to his potential over the years. Still, world cricket needs Afridi if for nothing else then for the X-factor that he has.
By: The Pinch Hitter
Ever since The Pinch Hitter was introduced to cricket at the age of nine, he fell in love with the gentleman’s game. While his desire to take up the sport professionally remained unfulfilled, he substituted the bat with the pen. And since 2003, he has been commenting on the sport for various magazines, websites, enjoying every moment of it. With ‘Over the top’ he hopes to continue enlightening and enlivening ‘cricket companions’ the write way.
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Monday, August 8th, 2011
The sport of Cricket has evolved over the years adding an element of heightened excitement and thrill to the game and consequently an increase in popularity and fan following. With this, there has been an increase in web sites dedicated exclusively to the game.
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Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Few days ago I saw KKHH trending and couldn’t understand why it was so. With the flooding of information on the platform and everyone free to throw whatever they want to throw at you it’s sometimes difficult to get the ‘real’ information. Anyways – what tempted me to write the post was another trending Bollywood movie – Lagaan. What else could on ask for? A combination of cricket and Bollywood trending on Twitter is the perfect recipe for a blog post. So without researching further into why it was trending I just thought of a great blog post on Lagaan. From the first line I was always sure that this would definitely be one post my loyal readers (a.k.a myself & my wife) would read again and again.
“The writer has been hired to write for this blog despite having no previous credentials in blogging. However he is stubborn enough to have pledged that he will keep writing even if no one reads his blog posts – as long as he keeps getting his salary”.
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
“Sabse Chota Kaun?” (Who is the youngest?). Those were the words of M.S. Dhoni when he was expected to lift the winning trophy having beaten Australia in the CB Series of 2008. And Piyush Chawla popped up from behind, lifted the trophy and the entire team erupted with ecstasy.
By: Rohan Rao
“The writer is a freelance cricket columnist who takes guard on leg stump! Currently based in the UK, he is pursuing his undergraduate degree in Management Studies at the University of Nottingham. Having captained his school team, represented clubs in Delhi & Shanghai, and currently playing for his University, Rohan pretty much breathes, eats and sleeps cricket! A die-hard enthusiast, Rohan finds his inner peace when ripping his leg-spinners past the batsman, apart from when seeing, his God, Sachin Tendulkar bat!”
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Tags: Chennai Super Kings, cricket india, IPL 2011, IPL 4
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Sunday, May 29th, 2011
What a man! What a man ! What a man ! The King of Chennai ,the man with the Midas touch MAHI VE ! This was the most one sided final of the IPL, thanks to CAPTAIN COOL for totally out thinking & out maneuvering his rival & the RCB think tank.
Congratulations to the ‘MEN IN YELLOW’ for a well deserved win.
From the blog Pitch, Itch and Bitch
By: Zishan Ali
The writer is part of the ‘AaM Aadmi’ brigade of India, who live on cricket, Bollywood & oxygen. He has played cricket at the club level & continue to do whenever possible now with the 35 plus crowd. He lives in Bhubaneshwar the city of temples, heat & humidity. He plays tennis regularly in the morning to keep the calories accumulated the previous night from making a permanent dwelling on himself, though off late the calories seem to be winning. He has two kids Zain & Rean who make sure that their mother Gargi does not have time to nag him or lecture him on his obsession with this English game.
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Tags: Che, Chennai, Chennai Super Kings, cricket india, IPL 2011, IPL 4, Itch Pitch and Bitch
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Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
The IPL has created a reputation for itself for being a great platform to showcase ones cricketing talent, and in the last few editions it has made unknown players into household names! The likes of Ravindra Jadeja, Manish Pandey, R. Ashwin and others would vouch for that for sure. And it has been no different in this year’s edition too.
By: Rohan Rao
“The writer is a freelance cricket columnist who takes guard on leg stump! Currently based in the UK, he is pursuing his undergraduate degree in Management Studies at the University of Nottingham. Having captained his school team, represented clubs in Delhi & Shanghai, and currently playing for his University, Rohan pretty much breathes, eats and sleeps cricket! A die-hard enthusiast, Rohan finds his inner peace when ripping his leg-spinners past the batsman, apart from when seeing, his God, Sachin Tendulkar bat!”
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Tags: Indian Premier League 2011, IPL 2011, IPL IV, IPL Season 4
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Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
This years tournament has arguably turned out to be the most evenly contested with so many teams breathing down each others necks; and it surely wont come as a surprise if the final few spots in the top 4 is decided by the net run rate. The possibility that a few decimal points will separate the teams that cross the rope from the ones that just fall short augurs well for the tournament and its viewers. But once the top 4 have been decided, the viewers will witness a new ‘play-off’ format that the IPL has decided to incorporate this year.
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Tags: Indian Premiere League 2011, Indian Premiere League 2011 squads, IPL 4 schedule IPL 2011 schedule, IPL 4 squads
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Thursday, April 28th, 2011
A number of experts, fans, and even players have called for a separate window for the IPL in the ICC’s Future Tours Programme. And that is probably the best way to resolve this raging debate. ICC probably needs to take a cue from FIFA. Though the situation is reversed there, with players playing for clubs for most of the year, the scheduling is still quite well planned, with adequate windows provided to play international games.
By: Rohan Rao
“The writer is a freelance cricket columnist and enthusiast based in the UK”
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
As a commissioner of the hugely popular tournament, Modi adapted to the growing trends in the world of technology. Even the fact that it was his twitter account that created this controversy that led to his suspension, is something a technology lover like me would easily settle for. For me, it has always been good to watch the way he has carried the IPL image on the internet using social media and the IPL website. Also in 2010, Modi and his team tried a whole lot of new ideas including showing the final live at Lords in 3D and showing the matches ‘ad-free’ in cinemas. Some of these might not have been that effective but nevertheless some fresh ideas were much needed to modernize the way the game of cricket is being viewed.
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
The decision taken by franchises is based on political grounds rather than cricketing sense. They should be ashamed as they have hurt image of cricket as sport. At first, Indians made the fuss about visa clearance and then the security issues were raised. The IPL commissioner Lalit Kumar Modi is trying to deflect attention away from this issue. He claims that each team was having their own strategy during the auction. The key factor involved in the auction was availability of the players. The franchise owners have also agreed with Modi that the decision to snub Pakistani players was based on availability for the entire IPL season.
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The Lalit Modi Factor
Monday, April 26th, 2010As a commissioner of the hugely popular tournament, Modi adapted to the growing trends in the world of technology. Even the fact that it was his twitter account that created this controversy that led to his suspension, is something a technology lover like me would easily settle for. For me, it has always been good to watch the way he has carried the IPL image on the internet using social media and the IPL website. Also in 2010, Modi and his team tried a whole lot of new ideas including showing the final live at Lords in 3D and showing the matches ‘ad-free’ in cinemas. Some of these might not have been that effective but nevertheless some fresh ideas were much needed to modernize the way the game of cricket is being viewed.
Read MoreTags: cricket commentary on mobile phone, Cricket companion, cricket match live, cricket on mobile, cricket score card, cricket score update, cricket scorecard, cricket scores live, cricket stats on mobile, cricket updates on mobile, Cricketcompanion, cricketcompanion.com, free live cricket, IPL, ipl 2010, ipl 2010 allegations, ipl corruption, ipl scandals, ipl t20, ipl3 2010, lalit kumar modi, live cricket, live cricket coverage, live cricket match score, Live cricket on mobile, live cricket scores, mobile cricket application, mobile cricket score alerts, ODIs, one-day internationals, online cricket match, Test matches, watch live cricket
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