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TwitterDespite the Kolkata Knight Riders saying that Gautam Gambhir will be looking to take his own decision on the participation in the CLT20, it is a surprise that it is not the BCCI who is getting involved in the decision-making of the injury problems around Gambhir. Gambhir’s concussion was a serious enough injury and it [...]
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The board needs to think about how to handle injured players
September 11th, 2011 
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Posted in Articles, CLT20 
Tags: Champions League T20, clt20, clt20 schedule, Kolkata Knight Riders 
No Comments »Harbhajan shouldn’t be allowed to play CLT20
September 9th, 2011 admin The Champions League T20 is only around a week away and the sides are beginning to form units in the preparation. The big news comes from the Mumbai Indians camp as Harbhajan Singh has declared himself fit for the tournament, which is no surprise given that the format is hardly difficult, physically speaking, on the [...]
Somerset to go for CLT20 with depleted side
September 7th, 2011 admin Somerset will find it difficult to play in the Champions League T20 with their full squad after the side would have to miss out on many of their star players in the tournament. Amongst the others, there will be no place for Marcus Trescothick, Joss Buttler, Craig Kieswetter and Kieron Pollard, all of whom had [...]
Posted in Articles, CLT20 Tags: Adam Dibble, Alex Barrow, Alfonso Thomas, Arul Suppiah, Champions League T20, Craig Kieswetter, Craig Meschede, Gemaal Hussain Murali Kartik, George Dockrell, James Hildreth, Jos Buttler, Joss Buttler, Kieron Pollard, Marcus Trescothick, Nick Compton, Peter Trego, Roelof van der Merwe., Steven Kirby No Comments »New South Wales are my favourites, who are yours?
September 6th, 2011 admin While the fans concentrate on the Indian teams in the Champions League T20, it will be interesting to see how the other, non-IPL sides perform in the tournament. Apart from three teams who have made it directly to the final round and one in Kolkata Knight Riders, who are a part of the qualifiers, there [...]
Can the Mumbai Indians win the CLT20 with all their injury issues?
September 5th, 2011 admin The Mumbai Indians side could be bereft of some of their star cricketers with the kind of injuries that they have been suffering. For starters, there is a foot issue with their captain Sachin Tendulkar and if he is declared unfit for the rest of the series against England, it will be interesting to see [...]
Posted in Articles, CLT20 Tags: clt20, Harbhajan singh, Mumbai Indians, Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar No Comments »Should Gautam Gambhir give Champions League T20 a miss?
September 2nd, 2011 admin It will be interesting to see whether Gautam Gambhir does play for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Champions League T20 qualifiers. Gambhir had come back from the tour of England after he hurt his head while trying to catch Kevin Pietersen out and since then has been struggling with concussion. However, given that the [...]
Posted in Articles, CLT20 Tags: Champions League T20, clt20, clt20 schedule, clt20 schedule 2011 No Comments »Champions League T20 to start from September 19
September 2nd, 2011 admin The third edition of the Champions League T20 will be played from September 19 this year. The main tournament will still have 10 teams, but seven of them have got a direct entry into the tournament, while the remaining three will be decided from a six-team qualifying tournament that will be held before the start [...]
Bell run-out sparks controversy
August 3rd, 2011 admin The Ian Bell run-out controversy will be one that will be remembered for time to come and the reason for it is simple. For long, the Indians have been expected to accept decisions on the grounds of sportsmanship even as the team at the other end, has made merry. It had happened on the tour [...]
Why did India lose to England at Lord’s?
July 30th, 2011 admin There are many reasons for the loss, one can argue but to me, the biggest one is that what Nasser Hussain says it is. He has said that the Indians do not respect the number one position as much as they should and there cannot be anything farther from the truth. India were under-prepared for [...]
Well done BCCI!
December 22nd, 2010 admin The BCCI has informed the franchises that they cannot sign up the domestic players for now. The reasons are said to be varied. However, one gets the sense that inadvertently or otherwise, the BCCI has done a good job by having limits associated with the amount of money paid to the domestic players. It is [...]