Ten days back IPL-4 kicked off and today almost 25% of the group stage matches are over. If we look at the points table, one can see some interesting facts and figures. As a cricket follower here are certain things that caught my attention. All of the teams have done very good homeworks and when they are on ground each team is having perfect stratagems. All teams are in tremendous form and there was not a single match which was one sided, every match ended on a crucial note. Exclude …

The day marked a wonderfull opening ceremony for the Indian Premier League Season-4. And in the opening match the defending champions are fighting Kolkata Knight Riders. The IPL-4 has many attractions which include two new teams, Pune Warriors and Kochi Tuskers.Another significant change is the team structure eventhough the icon player stayed with the home teams, there are many new signings, a few noted ones are Gautam Gambhir joining KKR as captain leaving Delhi daredevils.

That’s the sheer magic of this great person, always makes his presence felt on the pitch. I don’t think it is necessary for me to go in to the details of the numerous records, his batting stats, etc as this has already been highlighted by the more well equipped cricket pundits around us. Also, by now, every Indian cricket fan would be well versed with most of them, as they are quite difficult to ignore, as the little master has a penchant for knocking and tumbling them down, as long as he is on the field.

The coming sunday will witness the climax of third edition of Indian Premier League(IPL-2010), where the Mumbai Indians will fight the Chennai SuperKings for the title. Mumbai is in the finals for the first time whereas this is Chennai’s second time. If you look at the teams; both are balanced, but mumbai will miss the master blaster due to an injury, on the other hand everything is working perfect for chennai, someone will come to rescue when there is need. A good eg was skipper Dhoni’s knock on the crucial match …

The IPL3 has moved into it’s half-way stage, and one can only say that the circus has been more successful than it’s previous two editions. There has been more and more money pouring in, to the extend that the revenue generated by the IPL is second only to the NBA league in the America. But, bear in mind that the NBA goes on for a good part of the year, whereas the IPL only has a two month window at the max.Talking about cricket, the action on the field has …