Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are gearing to play the Final match of IPL 2010 season 3. The final will be played at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai at 8PM on 25th April 2010.
This will definitely be a cracker of a match and you can expect a lot of fireworks with both the bat and the ball. Mumbai Indians could be in a bit of a trouble if Sachin Tendulkar hand injury keeps him out of the match. However, Mumbai Indians have been the only consistent team in IPL 2010 and there are several players who have contributed towards their success including Kevin Pollard.
Chennai Super Kings will definitely look to win their first IPL, since they were the losing finalists in the first edition of IPL. Dhoni might be pretty happy with their semi-final performance, however, there are some worries with the batting.
Though Mumbai are the clear favorites, only time will tell who will be the winner, and of course this is 20-20, the team which plays well on the given day will win on the day, so it is anyone’s game.
So who according to you will win between the Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings?
Deccan Chargers and Bangalore Royal Challengers are gearing to play the 3rd place for IPL 2010 and a chance to win a spot in the Champions League T20 tournament. There is lot at stake for both teams as they have been wounded in their semi-final encounter.
Bangalore Royal Challengers will definitely be dejected losing the IPL semi-final to Mumbai Indians by more than 30 runs and would want to gain some pride by winning the 3rd place and a spot in the Champions League T20 tournament in 2010.
Deccan Chargers on the other hand have would want to win the 3rd place to considering that they were champions last year. Expect Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds and Gilchrist to go out with a bang.
Bangalore Royal Challengers are the clear favorites, however, they have faced heartbreak last time around and Deccan Chargers will not make it easy for them. Only time will tell who will be the winner, and of course this is 20-20, the team which plays well on the given day will win on the day, so it is anyone’s game.
So who according to you will win between the Bangalore Royal Challengers and Deccan Chargers?
Chennai Super Kings and Deccan Chargers both made the semi-final lineup of IPL 3 in their last match, with Dhoni sealing the Super Kings position with a huge six and Deccan giving Delhi Daredevils a heartbreak.
Deccan Chargers also have an added advantage of having won 5 matches on the trot, however, don’t underestimate the batting power of the Chennai Super Kings, and with Hayden having a lull time through most of the IPL, he might just come out firing on all cylinders and take the game away from the Deccan Chargers.
On the other hand, even Gilchrist has had a lull period so you can definitely expect him to fire too. The match will definitely be a thriller with several batsmen of both the teams in form, it will be the best bowling team which will decide the winner.
Chennai Super Kings are the favorites, however, only time will tell who will be the winner, and of course this is 20-20, the team which plays well on the given day will win on the day, so it is anyone’s game.
So who according to you will win between the Chennai Super Kings and Deccan Chargers?
Mumbai Indians and Bangalore Royal Challengers are gearing to play the first semi-final of IPL 3 2010. This will definitely be a cracker of a match and you can expect a lot of fireworks with both the bat and the ball.
Bangalore Royal Challengers will definitely be dejected because of the moving of the IPL semi-final from their home ground to Mumbai. However, home advantage aside, they have also lost the last match to Mumbai Indians, which will play around on their mind.
Though Mumbai Indians lost the last match, they were without the key players, however, they will definitely play a full strength team in the semi-final, so expect some really good batting from Sachin Tendulkar and company.
So who according to you will win between the Bangalore Royal Challengers and Mumbai Indians?
The IPL frenzy is heading to the closing stages and looking at the points table it is difficult to judge which 4 teams will make it to the Semi-finals or finals. However, if you want to final matches irrespective of which team makes it to the semis and finals you can start booking the tickets online.
Ticket Genie has the IPL 2010 finals, semi-finals and 3rd place tickets put up for sale online. The IPL 2010 3rd place and IPL 2010 final match will be played at DY Patil Stadium – Navi Mumbai on April 24th and 25th respectively, whereas the Semi-finals will be played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on April 21st and 22nd respectively.
The tickets prices for the Final and 3rd place are affordable and range between Rs. 400 and Rs. 5000, whereas the cheapest ticket for the semi-finals is Rs 500 going up-to Rs 15,000. The tickets can be purchased by visiting iplt20.com and clicking on the tickets link or directly visiting this Ticket Genie link.
Make sure to click the By Date tab and select the dates for the semi-final, final or 3rd place to view the options to purchase the tickets.
Some of them are touting this as the catch of the IPL, however, it could possibly be much more than that. The catch taken by David Hussey to dismiss Paul Collingwood was superb at its best.
The ball first went beyond the boundary and was brought back into play by Hussey, after which he jumped back in to take a single handed catch, definitely one of the best pieces of fielding I have seen in a long time. Unfortunately for Kolkata the catch could not save the match and they lost with a huge margin.
Enjoy watching the David Hussey catch to dismiss Paul Collingwood from the KKR vs Delhi match in IPL 3 below through the YouTube video.
Facebook has started to show a growing inclination towards India, firstly by opening up an operations office in Hyderabad, and now by cozying up to Cricket and promoting the IPL 2010 extravaganza and cricket in general.
Meenal J. Balar, a manager at Facebook for International growth, recently wrote a blog post on the Facebook blog promoting the sport (cricket) people are crazy about in India and several other parts of the world.
Though Cricket is not as popular as Football (soccer), it definitely has a lot of fan following, and it being promoted on a social network which has more than 400 million users definitely shows where Facebook is heading in the future after it has almost become the number 1 site in US.
Though Meenal did promote several external sites, the main focus was on how users can use Facebook Connect to easily access the site by using their Facebook account.
India is no newcomer to the social networking scene and there are people who use a mix of Facebook, Twitter and Orkut to keep in touch with friends, but using a sport which is almost touted to be a religion in India is a good move by Facebook to connect with people and grow their user base in India and even around the Indian sub-continent.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has begun and the cricket craze has taken over the nation. However, one interesting statistics that is bound to turn some heads is that 7,00,000 IPL videos were watched by Indians on the mobile phones.
The videos which are accessible all across India and can be accessed by dialing the toll free number 08 123 123 123 or by visiting m.iplt20.com. Nokia users accounted for 65% of the videos watched, followed by Samsung, LG, BlackBerry and Sony Ericsson accounting for 30%.
July Systems introduced the exclusive IPL on March 12, 2010 across India where users can access live ball-by-ball updates, action replays, video scorecards, cheerleader videos and more.
The response from users in India has been astounding. The rate at which mobile phone owners in India are consuming the IPL on their phone is a testament to the value, simplicity and the premium content the service offers. Feedback from consumers has been positive and it is encouraging to know that users across the country from the smallest town to the biggest metro are all enjoying same experience on their mobile phones it is fair to say that the mobile internet has ARRIVED in India as one of the main sources of information and entertainment.
IPL Mobile can be accessed across all telecom operators in India on 6,852 different web enabled handsets, including those who do not have multimedia and video capabilities.
Bangalore Royal Challengers made up for their loss in the first match by beating Kings XL Punjab in the last match, thanks to Kallis and company. On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals have not had the best of starts in this year.
To top it Rajasthan has also lost 2 of its key players including Graeme Smith, who broke his finger in the Mumbai Indians match and they are also without star players like Shane Watson who is on national duty and will be back some time next month.
Yusuf Pathan is also doubtful for the match against Royal Challengers, so will this depleted team be able to pull of a win against a confident Royal Challengers? Only time will tell, and of course this is 20-20 the team which plays well wins on the day, so it is anyone’s game.
So who according to you will win between the Bangalore Royal Challengers and Rajasthan Royals?
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are off to a good start in the 3rd edition of IPL 2010, on the other hand 2008 runners up Chennai Super Kings (CSK) got off to a really bad start losing to Deccan Chargers in their opening match.
Suarav Ganguly must be on a high after 2 wins in a row and being the league leaders after some really bad performances in the earlier versions of IPL. and might look to keep up the momentum against CSK, however, the wounded Dhoni definitely knows how to make comebacks and may not give an easy win to KKR.
KKR have a home advantage in the match, considering that they are playing at their home ground at Eden Gardens Kolkata. However, this match should definitely be a interesting one and should see quite a few runs being scored and to top it Twenty20 cricket is really unpredictable, so there could be surprises coming up from anywhere.
So who do you think will win in the match between Kolkata Knight Rides and Chennai Super Kings? Who will you be rooting for?