he player auctions for the IPL 2010 took place on January 19th. Kieron Pollard and Shane Bond were the biggest buys at the third IPL auction in Mumbai, each fetching the maximum possible bid of $750,000. However, the biggest surprise was the fact that not a single Pakistan player was signed up by any of the franchises. There was not even one bid for any of the Pakistani players, which is quite surprising considering the fact that they are the current T20 world champions. The overlooked Paki players included some …

he uber-popular T20 cricket tournament has won one more exclusive rights deal. This time its with the internet giant Google. For the IPL-3 starting in two months time, all the matches would be broadcast live on the internet, through YouTube. Under the terms of the agreement Google will have the exclusive online rights for IPL contents and the two bodies would share revenues from sponsorships and advertising. This is also the first major live sporting deal for YouTube, and it comes as a surprise that it’s cricket which gets live-streamed …

The 2009 edition of the T20 World Cup reached its conclusion, and this editions winner is Pakistan. Being 2007 World Cup’s
runners-up, Pakistan are desrerved winners this year having peaked at the right time in the competition. Once again, it was
proven that teams from the sub-continent dominate world cricket, in the shortest format of the game. The final was again a
showdown between two Asian super-powers – Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Cricketers in the Indian sub-continent are brought-up with
a healthy dose of ‘gully cricket’ and for them, T20 cricket needs no adaptation. …

he tournament has moved into it’s second stage, and already we’ve had some wonderful cricket. The biggest shock so far has been Australia, who has been sent packing. The Super Eights consists of two groups. The first group includes India, England, West Indies and South Afirca. The other group has Pakistan, Ireland, Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Teams play the other group members, giving 3 games to each. The top two from each group would move into the semis.
India’s progress into the Super Eights was comprehensive. Bangladesh did make them …

he second edition of the T20 World Cup kicks-off on June 5th, 2009. After the inaugural T20 World Cup in South Africa in 2007, England play hosts this time round. The final, fittingly, takes place at the Mecca of cricket, Lord’s, on the 21st of June. There are 12 teams battling each other for the second T20 World Cup and the tournament follows the same format as that of the ‘07 World T20 Cup. The teams are split into 4 groups of 3 each. Each team plays the others in …