Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh is an exciting prospect for Indian cricket

Yo Mahesh is a classy bowler , ideally suited for Twenty20 and one day international cricket

Today, in the Delhi Daredevils Vs Mumbai Indians IPL Twenty20 cricket match,Yo Mahesh proved that he has nerves of steel. After being taken for 15 runs from his first over by a rampaging Sanath Jayasurya,Yo Mahesh then came back really well to take 4 wickets.

Yo Mahesh is another of those great finds of the Indian Premier League IPL Twenty20 cricket tournament

Yo Mahesh , along with Piyush Chawla, Mishra and definitely Gony, is one of the great finds of the Indian Premier League (IPL)

To restate the obvious,Yo Mahesh is going through a short learning curve.Bowling to the likes of Jayasurya,Graeme Smith and Dhoni is definitely done wonders for Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh

Yo Mahesh has done well in the IPL Twenty20 cricket competition, but given the competition , may find it difficult to break into the Indian cricket team soon

Yo Mahesh still has some time to get into the Indian cricket team , given the competition for medium fast bowlers , but is definitely an exciting prospect

Sanath Jayasurya is the most devastating opening batsman of world cricket

Sanath Jayasurya is currently decimating the Delhi Daredevils bowlers in the crucial Mumbai Indians Vs Delhi Daredevils IPL cricket match

Watching Sanath Jayasurya bat is like watching a machine gun assault.

Sanath Jayasurya obviously believes in the policy of “Take no prisoners, and show no mercy”. Sanath Jayasurya treats every bowler as if the bowler was a green novice making his debut in cricket

Amazingly,Sanath Jayasurya has been dropped so frequently by the Sri Lankan cricket team

Sanath Jayasurya of the Sri Lankan cricket team and Virendra Sehwag of the Indian cricket team are simply once in a lifetime talents. When Sanath Jayasurya and Sehwag fail, their national cricket selectors probably feel that they dont deserve to have a place in the cricket team, due to a lack of technique

But its simply stupid to ever drop Jayasurya or Sehwag since they are such talented blokes and technique really does not matter when you have people with such talent who can create such fear among the opposition team ’s bowlers by their mere presence

I hope to see more of the classy Sanath Jayasurya , at least in the Indian Premier League

Anil Kumble once again demonstrated that age is no bar for Twenty20 cricket, as he led the Bangalore Royal Chellengers to an amazing win over the famed Chennai SuperKings

Anil Kumble has an important Bangalore junction, named after him- the Anil Kumble Circle.

Anil Kumbledemonstrated his gratitude towards his home city, by helping the Bangalore Royal Challengers win an amazing cricket match against the Chennai SuperKings, led by Dhoni

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In a classic display of spin bowling, Anil Kumble demonstrated his never-say-die attitude again as the Bangalore Royal Challengers surprised the Chennai SuperKings by 14 runs

Anil Kumble had an amazing spell of 14 runs for 3 wickets in the Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Chennai SuperKings IPL cricket match

The Bangalore Royal Challengers are playing only for pride, and Anil Kumble epitomized that attitude by getting 3 wickets for just 14 runs in 4 overs. When Kumble came in to bowl, the Chennai SuperKings were 60 without loss, chasing a meagre score of 127 runs

Anil Kumble then seemed to be unplayable, as he spun out both openers, Fleming and Parthiv Patel, and then got rid of Badrinath, the best batsman in the Chennai SuperKings IPL cricket team

With Anil Kumble in form, the Bangalore Royal Challengers are capable of creating some more upsets in their last two games of the Indian Premier League

Mahendra Singh Dhoni stars in this incredibly hilarious Pepsi TV advertisement. Anyone with a South Indian connection will not fail to appreciate the sheer audacity and the humor in this Mahendra Singh Dhoni Advertisement, touting his current links to Chennai

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is no doubt a cool dude, and this Pepsi TV advertisement, further underscores Dhoni ’s mass appeal

Meanwhile,check out Mahendra Singh Dhoni ’s cool video and have fun

Shaun Pollock is the hero of the Mumbai Indians cricket team in the IPL

Shaun Pollock is an unassuming, almost shy,unpolitical guy who always lets his cricket do the talking- a personality similar to that of Sachin Tendulkar

Shaun Pollock is probably one of the best allrounders ever in international cricket

Shaun Pollock is almost never spoken about in the same hushed tones as the great allrounders such as Ian Botham, Imran Khan, Kapil Dev or even Jaques Kallis,, who is regarded as the best allrounder of the current generation

Shaun Pollock is very easily the better bowler compared to Kallis and probably deserved a better batting position than the number four he batted in test matches

Shaun Pollock : South African cricket team’s loss is Mumbai Indians’ gain

Shaun Pollock retired early, tired of the selection policies of the South African cricket selectors, and the Mumbai Indians stood to gain by his retirement, as Shaun Pollock is now available for the entire IPL cricket series for the Mumbai Indians

Shaun Pollock, the unsung hero of South African cricket, is now the hero of the teeming Mumbai metropolis

Sachin Tendulkar is set to make his Twenty20 debut for the Mumbai Indians today

Sachin Tendulkar is set to debut for the Mumbai Indians today against the Chennai SuperKings in a cracking encounter.

Could Sachin Tendulkar’s entry make the Mumbai Indians into a champion cricket team?

Already Sachin Tendulkar ’s Mumbai Indians are showing signs of coming to terms with the Twenty20 format and getting their combination right.

Sachin Tendulkar ’s debut for the Mumbai Indians could provide them the spark needed to take the team to the next level in the Indian Premier League ( IPL )

With Sachin Tendulkar in the team,Jayasurya and Bravo could now play more freely for the Mumbai Indians cricket team in the Indian Premier League

Jayasurya and Bravo seem to have been holding themselves back in the recent matches for the Mumbai Indians, for fear that the team would fold up badly

With Sachin Tendulkar in the side, Jayasurya and Bravo can now play more freely and possibly provide the Mumbai Indians the firepower needed to supplement the recent good form of Ashish Nehra

It remains to be seen if Sachin Tendulkar ’s entry into the Mumbai Indians cricket team will them a champion side but Modi ’s Indian Premier League (IPL) now has another reason to celebrate.

Lakshmipathy Balaji has proved once again that there is more to Balaji than his sparkling smile that lighted up the entire Pakistan nation during the India Vs Pakistan cricket tour

Balaji breaks out of the wilderness by his incredible hattrick against the Kings X1 Punjab cricket team in the IPL

Balaji ’s hattrick was the final chapter of his bowling spell in the Indian Premier League match for the Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings X1 Punjab, but even earlier, Balaji showed that he is wily as ever , by bowling a series of disguised slower balls that often had the batsmen as perplexed as a penguin in the Sahara desert (sounds like a Siddhuism, doesnt it? )

Balaji hattrick video – the first hattrick of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament

This cool cricket video includes the Balaji ’s last over in the Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings X1 Punjab IPL cricket match- Balaji’s hattrick was of course the highlight of the entire Twenty20 cricket match

Shane Warne is the IPL ’s best captain

After the first couple of matches in the IPL, Shane Warne ’s Rajasthan Royals seemed like a cricket team that has already thrown in the towel.

Munaf Patel , the leading bowler of the Rajasthan Royals, criticized his team ’s composition and seemed to suggest that he was prepared to go back on his traditional injury leave again and leave his captain Shane Warne in the lurch

But Shane Warne , the Rajasthan Royals captain, had other plans- and the Rajasthan Royals are now the leading team in the IPL (Indian Premier League)

Shane Warne, the best captain the Australian cricket team never had

Shane Warne would have probably extended his career if he had been appointed Australian cricket captain, instead of Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting ’s appointment as Australian cricket captain in place of Shane Warne was the biggest blunder the Australian Cricket Board has made yet

Not only is the Australian cricket team looking more and more vulnerable in the absence of Shane Warne and Mcgrath, but Ricky Ponting is also leading a “pack of wild dogs” instead of professional cricketers

Shane Warne is the IPL ’s best captain and the best advertisement of the Indian Premier League’s success

Bangalore Royal Challengers seem to have lost faith in themselves, especially their captain,Rahul Dravid

The Bangalore Royal Challengers were supposed to be one of the best teams of the Indian Premier League,but the team is getting unstuck due to some rather insipid performances from the so called star players such as Dravid & Chanderpaul and some really weird captaincy decisions by Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid seems to want the Bangalore Royal Challengers to lose

Rahul Dravid has been scheming rather well to ensure that the Bangalore Royal Challengers do not win a single cricket match again in the Indian Premier League ( IPL )

You can forgive Rahul Dravid ’s insipid and slow batting in the recent IPL match between Bangalore Royal Challengers and the Kolkata KnightRiders, for Rahul Dravid is after all the “Wall that will not budge”.

But, to treat the gentle off cutters of Saurav Ganguly with as much fear as one would treat a Wes Hall beamer, was simply inexcusable and unfair to his Bangalore Royal Challengers team.

Rahul Dravid has been careful to ensure that the matchwinners of the Bangalore Royal Challengers are either left out or do not get to bat enough

Whats the point of having match winners in the Bangalore Royal Challengers team such as Misbah Ul Haq or Cameron White , if they are either not selected or allowed to come in to bat after the damage has been done by Rahul Dravid’s slow and laborious batting

Bangalore Royal Challengers still have a good team and if handled well, can do well in the IPL, but Rahul Dravid would probably have to step down

As the GreatBong points out in his hilarious blog, the Bangalore Royal Challengers seem to be royally challenged

Rahul Dravid has his head in hands, but the Bangalore Royal Challengers would do better in the IPL if his head on the block

Sourav Ganguly ’s Kolkata Knight Riders take on the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the Indian Premier League cricket tournament

In the next couple of hours, the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be underway and Sourav Ganguly ’s Kolkata Knight Riders will play against the Bangalore Royal Challengers.

I have always been a great fan of Sourav Ganguly ’s captaincy and this will be a great opportunity to watch Sourav ’s captaincy against his “good friend” Rahul Dravid ’s Royal Challengers

Sourav Ganguly has been India’s best captain ever, but handling the diverse dressing room of the Kolkata Knight Riders will not be easy

Sourav Ganguly is a masterly leader and the way he handled the batting greats of Indian cricket, namely Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman suggest that he will be equal to handling Ricky Ponting,Hussey and Chris Gayle

Sourav Ganguly brings to the table his own brand of no-nonsense die-hard captaincy, along with his incredible people handling skills. One would have to watch how his Kolkata Knight Riders team fares especially against the pace bowling of Dale Steyn

Will Sourav Ganguly be late for IPL ’s inaugural toss and will Rahul Dravid be subjected to the Steve Waugh treatment? Probably Not!

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