The much-awaited IPL (Indian Premier League) 20-20 cricket tournament had its huge opening on April 18th. With about 60 matches spread over a 1 1/2 month period, there is no dearth of exciting cricket lined up.
The IPL is similar to the National Basketball League (NBA) in the US. Each team is owned on a franchise basis by businessmen/ celebrities. The players can be traded and bought in an auction, and they will play for their cities.
The 8 teams and their franchisees in the league are:
Chennai Super Kings - by India Cements
Delhi Daredevils - by GMR Holdings
Mumbai Indians - by Reliance
Bangalore Royal Challengers - by Vijay Mallya
Deccan Chargers - Hyderabad - by Deccan Chronicle
Rajasthan Royals - By Emerging Media Group
Kolkata Knight Riders - by Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla
Kings XI Punjab - by Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia
You can access the IPL tournament schedule here. 
In a nail-biting match last night (as you can see in the picture above, the Mumbai Indians needed 8 runs in 2 balls!), Chennai Super Kings beat the Mumbai Indians in the last few balls of the match. It was nerve-racking to watch!! But we won! Go CSK!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Go Chennai SuperKings!!!
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4 comments:
Haha! GO CSK!!!
I'm supporting them too...and what super matches they've been playing!
Are you a cricket enthusiast too?
oh you have this going steady too!..great...I am not able to conc on my other blogs!..:(
@ Nandita - Yes! I'm a huge cricket fan! they've been playing superbly! Just keeping my fingers crossed! :)
@ Srivalli - I've been spending way too much time blogging - they only way I can keep both blogs up!
I am great fan of CSK too .. am glad that i came accross your blog ... nice to see someone who is very passionate about Chennai ...
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