IPL8 2015 - The Official thread

[MickeyD]

JP won the toss and Daredevils will bowl first.

Daredevils: Agarwal, Gautam, Iyer, Duminy, Yuvraj, Morkel, Jadhav, Coulter-Nile, Mishra, Joseph, Tahir

Super Kings: McCullum, Smith, Raina, du Plessis, Bravo, Jadeja, Dhoni, Ashwin, Sharma, Pandey, Nehra

 

[Creag]

Miserable batting performance by DD

 

[Creag]

Albie has looked that solid with the bat and he has it all to do.

 

[Creag]

Chennai Super Kings 150/7 (20/20 ov)
Delhi Daredevils 149/9 (20/20 ov)

Chennai Super Kings won by 1 run

An exhausted Albie Morkel didn't have enough support at the other end. Amazing effort by him in the end with 73* (55)

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Shame, Morkel deserved an extra 2 runs.

 

[MickeyD]

Albie was moertoe!!

 

[Dan C]

Albie almost had 2 fours at the end.. good save by Raina.

 

[Creag]

Shame, Morkel deserved an extra 2 runs.

He came so close. Ouch.

Albie almost had 2 fours at the end.. good save by Raina.

He just doesn't look the part, but he is quite an accomplished fielder.

 

[Beavis]

It was very close, I am sure he would feel disappointed not getting the required runs... perhaps a wakeup call to work on his fitness if they stick with him on #3....

 

[Agent_Smith]

From Supersport.com

A Rajasthan Royals player in India's lucrative domestic cricket league was offered money to influence a game last month but reported the approach to the country's board, the team said on Friday.

The player, who was not named, was offered money by a state teammate if he followed a "pre-decided pattern of play", the Indian Express newspaper reported.

Confirming the approach, the Rajasthan franchise said the player immediately reported the incident to the Indian cricket board's (BCCI) Anti-Corruption and Security Unit.

"Over a month ago, a player from Rajasthan Royals was approached inappropriately by a player (who was not part of the IPL) in connection with the Indian Premier League 2015 matches," Rajasthan CEO Raghu Iyer said in a statement.

"Rajasthan Royals commends the player for having reported this incident immediately and for his honesty and uprightness.

"His dedication to maintain the highest standards of integrity needs to be lauded."

BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur confirmed that the player had informed the anti-corruption unit about the incident.

"A player was approached and he immediately intimated BCCI anti-corruption unit. Glad that BCCI education policy showing positive results," Thakur said on Twitter.

"Players are alert and they know what is to be done due to our regular education efforts."

Rajasthan are all too aware about the threat of match-fixing after former India paceman Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and two other cricketers from the team were arrested in 2013 on suspicion of taking money to concede a fixed number of runs.

Sreesanth, who denied any wrongdoing, was subsequently banned for life by the BCCI.

IPL 2015 isn't even a week old and this usual BS is resurfacing...

 

[MickeyD]

Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals

Kings XI Punjab

V Sehwag, M Vijay, GJ Maxwell, DA Miller, GJ Bailey*, WP Saha†, MG Johnson, AR Patel, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Karanveer Singh


Rajasthan Royals

AM Rahane, KK Nair, SV Samson†, DJ Hooda, SPD Smith*, STR Binny, JP Faulkner, TG Southee, DS Kulkarni, PV Tambe, CH Morris

 

[MickeyD]

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings

CSK XI: B McCullum, DR Smith, S Raina, F du Plessis, R Jadeja, MS Dhoni, DJ Bravo, R Ashwin, M Sharma, I Pandey, A Nehra

SRH XI: D Warner, S Dhawan, L Rahul, N Ojha, K Williamson, R Bopara, P Rasool, K Sharma, B Kumar, I Sharma, T Boult.

 

[Dan C]

Good game .. Gayle at his best again

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Damn you Gayle and your lousy sixes!

 

[Rubberpigg]

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I love Danny! Hehe

 

[Dan C]

I love Danny! Hehe

I actually think he is brilliant. Makes the rest of the commentators look boring in a 20/20 match. In a test match.. well then he will be very annoying.

 

[Wall]

I've lost complete interest in the IPL, it's the same rehashed **** from 5 years ago, maybe I'll pay attention when the knockout starts.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I've lost complete interest in the IPL, it's the same rehashed **** from 5 years ago, maybe I'll pay attention when the knockout starts.

You missed a great knock by Harbhajan Singh yesterday. They still lost, but it came a lot closer than it should have.

 

[MickeyD]

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Sunrisers Hyderabad


Royal Challengers Bangalore: CH Gayle, V Kohli*, KD Karthik†, AB de Villiers, Mandeep Singh, DJG Sammy, SA Abbott, HV Patel, YS Chahal, AN Ahmed, VR Aaron

Sunrisers Hyderabad: DA Warner*, S Dhawan, KL Rahul, NV Ojha†, RS Bopara, KS Williamson, A Ashish Reddy, KV Sharma, P Kumar, B Kumar, TA Boult