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We always had a sneaky suspicion that most of the celebrities involved in the IPL did not know too much about the game itself, but even we were taken aback when one of the news channels showed footage of Preity Zintage playing beach cricket with players from Kings XI Punjab. The lady may know how [...]

Kings XI Punjab edged out Mumbai Indians by three runs in arguably one of the best matches in IPL history. Not too many people had been giving the Kings XI a chance after it had been restricted to a mere 119-8 in its twenty overs, against a disciplined Mumbai attack, spearheaded by the brilliant Maling [...]

Can bowl, can field, cannot bat – that seems to best describe the Rajasthan Royals. The defending IPL champions have been bowling well enough and dazzling in the field but their batting, alas, has fluctuated between the adequate and the non-existent. Almost any other team in the IPL would have fancied its chances after having [...]

The news channels have been buzzing with news of Preity Zinta’s alleged break-up with Ness Wadia. The co-owners of the Kings XI Punjab seem to only have a professional working relationship. What is intriguing, however, is that Preity disclosed this information first to the Kings XI players through a memo or an e-mail (we have [...]

A fluent 84 from Ravi Bopara helped Kings XI Punjab overhaul what seemed to be a rather impressive 168 by the Bangalore Royal Challengers. Although he began relatively slowly, Bopara exploded with a series of sixes that effectively took the winds out of the sails of the Bangalore team. Sangakarra and Yuvraj essayed useful cameos [...]

Bangalore Royal Challengers rode on a magnificent 46-ball 62 from Jacques Kallis and a couple of handy thirties from Ross Taylor and Jesse Ryder to set Kings XI Punjab a reasonably challenging total of 169. A big total was not looking on the cards when the Kings had skittled out the first four wickets of [...]

It is turning out to be a really strange second season for the IPL. For the second time in three days, a match was decided by Messrs. Duckworth and Lewis as rain stopped play. Chasing a competitive 158-6 by Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders were going well at 79-1 in the tenth over [...]