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There have been a lot of entertaining teams in the Indian Premier League, but, the Chennai Super Kings is different from all the others.

They are such a ruthless team and they are probably the only ones who are not afraid of losing at all.

The way they play their Cricket, it makes everybody like them. You might not be from Chennai, but, still, you would praise those guys when you see them go about their business.

It all starts right from the very top, the Smith and McCullum pair, the two devastators and they both fire simultaneously.

Brian Lara played against quite a few lethal bowlers during his career, but, he reckons the one who troubled him the most was the Pakistani legend Wasim Akram.

According to Lara, Akram had a lot of things in his repertoire. He could swing the ball if the conditions were overcast and there was a bit of zip in the wicket, but, at the same time, he also knew how to bowl on flat and slow surfaces.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar appeared in international cricket after a while today as he was included in the playing XI of India for the Sydney test match.

He bowled quite a few overs, but, the lack of match practice was clear there. He was not being able to run in hard and make the ball zip through and that made people question if it was the right decision to pick him.

Bhuvi was seen spending a bit of time with the team doctor as well on the sidelines. He was holding his ankle.

Ricky Ponting has said that Phillip Hughes was all set to make big strides in international cricket, but, unfortunately, the world will now not be able to see what he was capable of as a batsman.

Ponting compared Hughes to Graeme Smith, the previous captain of the South Africa test team.

According to Ponting, Graeme Smith also did not have the technique that was ideally needed for a guy to become a good test player, but, he still achieved a lot of success because he knew making runs with his limitations. Hughes was quite similar.

There is a very high possibility of the first match of the One Day International series between India and England getting called off due to rain. The weather department of UK has forecasted that there will be persistent rain in Bristol on the match day.
That’s not good news especially for the Indian Cricket fans who were hoping to see some good cricket from their team in the shorter formats.

Sachin Tendulkar might have announced his retirement from all kind of cricket, but, that touch in his batting still seems to be there. Playing for the MCC against the Rest of the World XI a few days back, he played a wonderful knock.

During that knock, he hit almost all the shots that he is known for. The straight drive off the fast bowler, the cover drive, the late cut off the spinner and then, the inside out drive through extra cover, every shot was there in that innings. It was a fantastic exhibition of batting by the master blaster.

Ravi Bopara has put up another great performance for his county Essex in the ongoing Natwest T20 blast competition. He played a brilliant inning of 66 against Gloucestershire in a South Division match yesterday and guided his team to an easy victory.

Winning the toss, the Essex captain, Ryan Ten Doeschate, elected to field first as most captains like to do these days in the shortest form.

Doeschate’s decision was backed by his bowlers who showed exit door to the three opposition players inside the first seven overs.

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir is extremely disappointed about the way the team’s victory celebration at the Eden Gardens was marred by chaos this past week. Hundreds of fans suffered minor injuries after they were charged at by the police with their batons as they tried to make their way into the fabled stadium to catch a glimpse of their cricketing heroes as well as the team’s star co-owner, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan.

Ireland are close to securing their place in the 2015 world cup. The ICC Chief Executives’ Committee has recommended that there should be a qualification process for the event in Australia and New Zealand.

A final decision will be taken by the ICC Executive Board in Hong Kong in the next two days.

There was an outcry in April when the ICC decided to restrict the 2015 competition to the 10 full members.

IPL organisers have said that the senior cricketers will be playing even after the IPL. Refuting media reports that cricketers are looking for rest after the IPL, the cricket board said on Monday that all senior players are available for the tour of the West Indies and England. The BCCI’s chief administrative officer, Ratnakar Shetty, said the board had no knowledge of players opting out of the series citing heavy schedule.