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The IPL Equation: What teams need to make the playoffs

May 14, 2013

The following scenarios are updated till the Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday - 13 May. The race for the IPL-6 playoffs is getting more and more interesting. Only 10 matches remain in the league stage and we still don’t have a single team in the playoffs — with as #Cricket #CSK #IPL 6 #IPL Playoffs #Kolkata Knight Riders #Royal Challengers Bangalore #Sports
IPL 6: The best bowlers so far

May 2, 2013

Sporting wickets has been the mantra of the IPL this season. While batsmen were known to hammer totals of 160-plus in previous years, 2013 has seen something for the bowlers too. It has become harder to bat, and we've seen some thrilling low-scoring finishes. The pacers have managed to bowl a #Dale Steyn #Indian Premier League #IPL 6 #IPL Stats #Sunil Narine
IPL 6: The best batsmen so far

May 2, 2013

It's been a well balanced IPL so far. It's not that the batsmen are hammering more than 180 runs every other innings, and there have been some excellent low-scoring games. While Chris Gayle, Shane Watson and Michael Hussey are certainly shining, Indians Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid have also #Chris Gayle #Cricket #Gautam Gambhir #IPL 6 #IPL Stats #Sports #Virat Kohli
IPL Stats: The patterns that are emerging

May 2, 2013

29 days and 44 matches in to the tournament and some definite patterns have started to emerge in the Indian Premier League 2013. Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore are on top of the ladder with some scintillating batting performances, whereas Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad find a place in #Chennai Super Kings #Chris Gayle #Cricket #Indian Premier League #IPL 6 #IPL Stats #Mumbai Indians #Sports
Incredible Gayle: How his 175* changed the record books

Apr 24, 2013

Opener Chris Gayle smashed a spectacular and record-breaking unbeaten 66-ball 175 (13x4, 17x6) as Royal Challengers Bangalore humbled Pune Warriors India by 130 runs for their sixth win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Tuesday. Courtesy Gayle storm, RCB, asked to bat first, piled up 263 for five, the highest #175 #Chris Gayle #Indian Premier League #IPL 6 #IPL Stats #NumbersGame
IPL Stats: The best starts and fiery finishes

Apr 19, 2013

Which team plays best during the death overs? Which team gives away the least runs in the first five overs? Or, which team is known to get the best start? The first table give you a comprehensive analysis of when teams are scoring runs — and possibly the reason why they #Indian Premier League #IPL 6 #IPL Stats #Kolkata Knight Riders #NumbersGame
IPL Stats: The most destructive batsmen so far

Apr 18, 2013

Just two weeks into IPL 6, and we have some incredible statistics. Yes, the batsmen have been curbed from scoring too many runs this time out, but that hasn't stopped the usual big-hitters stay off the stat-map. In our interactive statistics below, you'll observe how Rahul Dravid and Chris Gayle have #Chris Gayle #IPL 6 #IPL Stats #NumbersGame #Rahul Dravid #Stats
IPL 6 Numbers Game: The standout stats of week 2

Apr 18, 2013

Total matches - 23 Won by side batting first -12 (52.17%) Won by side batting second - 9 (39.13%) Tied - 2 ( 8.70%) Average first innings score – 149 Highest total : 209/5 by Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai WS, 09-04-2013 Lowest total : 92 by Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals, Jaipur, 17-04-2013 Fastest team #Indian Premier League #IPL 6 #IPL Stats #NumbersGame
IPL 6 Week One: The stats that matter

Apr 10, 2013

Total matches - 10 Won by side batting first – 6 (60.00%) Won by side batting second – 3 (30.00%) Tied - 1 (10.00%) The underdogs have outperformed the heavyweights in IPL 6 so far. As it stands, Mumbai Indians lead the table (but they've played three matches) followed by Rajasthan Royals, who have #IPL 6 #IPL Stats #NumberCruncher #NumbersGame
The hard stats: How India crushed the Aussies

Mar 26, 2013

The six-wicket win over Australia at Delhi gave India their first whitewash in a four-match Test series. Before this, India had never won four Tests in a series, leave aside winning four matches in a row. After winning the Border-Gavaskar trophy, a jubilant MS Dhoni said: "It is a big boost to #Australia in India 2013 #India vs Australia #MS Dhoni #NumbersGame #statistics

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Editor's picks

Movie Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' leaves you dissatisfied

If you forget the politics and just look at the film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist doesn’t fare much better. It’s a thriller that lacks tension and suspense.
Here's how the Delhi Police stumbled upon spot-fixing in IPL

After monitoring a phone call, the investigation had virtually turned pan-India with some of the bookies based in Gujarat and Mumbai.
Ex-Citi CEO Vikram Pandit, JM Financial join hands for banking foray in India

JM Financial will nominate Pandit as the non-executive chairman of the proposed bank. Pandit and Aiyar will have the right to purchase shares up to the amount prescribed by the RBI in this entity.
Movie Review: The Great Gatsby is the most Bollywood of Baz Luhrmann's films

The great American dream is an integral part of America. It’s ‘great’ in that it symbolises not truth, but hope when the truth is disillusioning; it symbolises not facts, but ideals when facts are unnerving; it symbolises not likelihood, but promise when likelihood is all but bleak.

Google I/O 2013 keynote: New Maps, Search, Plus, and S4 with 'pure' Android

We’re tracking the Google I/O conference 2013 live – what will be unveiled?
Hero worshipped in Kerala, Sreesanth still innocent in his state

The summary of the response in his Sreesanth’s home turf is that of incredulity. They are unwilling to believe that the pacer is guilty.
Why return of Dreamliners won't change Air India's fortunes

The original promise of the Dreamliner has failed to materiallise due to limitations in its flying range. Will Air India continue to pay a price for this?
Did Indira abolish bonded labour or Sonia? NREGA's tall claims

The UPA ads eulogising MGNREGA as a a huge success needs to be taken with bags of salt. The scheme did make a difference, but not as is claimed.

Angelina’s breast surgery possible in India, but there's a catch

So can we test in India and gain from the same treatment privilege that Jolie had? Yes, but there is a catch.
IPL 2013 KKR vs PWI Live: Yusuf kicks KKR out of the IPL

Live detailed updates as KKR take on Pune in a must-win game at Ranchi.
Wrong on Ghaziabad: The Kiran Bedi argument for moral policing

Bedi’s argument that we should focus on the legal wrong committed by the girl slapped by cops is technical, disingenuous and enabling.
Cloak but no dagger: The awfully mundane world of spies

There’s an endearing quality to reports that a CIA spy was arrested in Moscow: he comes across as a bumbling amateur who represents the lost Age of Innocence in the world of espionage.

From here on, Sonia-Manmohan dyarchy is a slow train wreck

The “two heads” power arrangement between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming apart at the seams.
Lessons from Karnataka: Cong must stop backing corrupt leaders in Andhra

The fact that it has allowed individuals named in chargesheets to continue as ministers is evidence that the Congress runs Andhra Pradesh as if it is its fiefdom, without a care for ethics in public life.
IPL 2013: How Isa Guha is changing perceptions about cricket presenters

Isa Guha is not your usual female cricket presenter. Apart from being an ex-player, she’s highly educated and injects a breath of fresh air on Indian screens.
Android and Chrome aren't merging for now, says Google's Sundar Pichai

Pichai has emphasised that Google is embracing both Chrome and Android is investing in both at least for now.

Ashwani to be shifted, Bansal to be booted? PM will decide

The fate of the two ministers is reportedly in the hands of the Prime Minister who has been told to take a final call.
How the Sarabjit-Sanaullah episode diminishes India

The Sarabjit-Sanaullah episode shows that for all of India’s attempts to project itself as an emerging global power, with a footprint larger than just the South Asian peninsula, it is unable to break out of its hyphenated relationship with Pakistan.
Changing dynamics: Is low-cost flying becoming really high cost?

Consumers may have to pay a high price for both the lower price and increased choice.
Star Trek Into Darkness is a perfectly adequate popcorn film

Star Trek Into Darkness is a perfectly adequate summer blockbuster film. It is impeccably tailored to please both the Trekkies and the non-geeks, genre lovers as well as the average moviegoer.

Coalgate scam: Careful, Mr PM, the fig leaves are falling off...

If there was no wrongdoing in the allocation of coal blocks, why did the Law Minister and officials from the Prime Minister’s Office go to such elaborate lengths to doctor the CBI’s draft report – and get top law officers to lie in court?
Who was Pak prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay? All you need to know

Some information about Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq who died this morning after being attacked by an Indian inmate in a Jammu prison.
Over 900 victims; Dhaka disaster world's worst in garments industry

The death toll from the collapse of a building housing five garment factories has climbed to nearly 900, officials said on Thursday, as authorities continue to search for more bodies two weeks after the worst garment manufacturing disaster in the world.
Sir Alex Ferguson: The greatest manager football will ever have

Ferguson showed that world-class man-management skills were more important than picking the perfect formation. It took something approaching genius qualities to get Eric Cantona, Roy Keane and Peter Schmeichel – all volatile personalities with exceptionally big egos – to pull together for the common cause.