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For Chennai Super Kings, this IPL is almost over

If the teams play out to their form and ability they have shown in the last five weeks or so, and Deccan Chargers and Pune Warriors seem determined to stick to their role of punching bags, the chances CSK can make the playoff stage are pretty remote.

Here's why CSK and RCB are stuck in neutral

Two Franchises, Chennai Super Kings and the Royal Challengers Bangalore, finalists from IPL 4, loaded with talent are but stuck in neutral. In fact they are regressing.

Can IPL help India win the T20 World Cup?

With a few IPL-style minor tweaks to the rules, the T20 World Cup will be, without a doubt, in Mahendra Singh Dhoni's hands come October.

Is Sangakkara too cerebral for the world of IPL?

Sangakkara is the most articulate cricketer there is in world cricket, now that Rahul Dravid has retired. Does that make him a good captain too?

For the Mumbai Indians, Harbhajan has been a disaster

He is poor in his primary role as bowler, poor as a captain and absolutely terrible in his conduct on the field.

IPL: The best team, not the best individual, will win

And at the moment, even without Shane Watson, the Rajasthan Royals have managed to punch above their weight.

Let's hope Pune Warriors' good start isn't a false dawn

With a great fan following, the Sourav Ganguly-led players will find it hard to not turn up and deliver the goods on match-days.

Mumbai Indians have men and means to win IPL

MI Paltan is a team with great potential and could go all the way if they manage to play consistent cricket.

Deccan Chargers’ imbalance as a team is already showing

The fixture list looks daunting now. It seems unlikely that the team will ever get into any kind of decent rhythm if it has to play once in a week, and will continue to rely on Steyn as a force of nature.

One classic match that made us believe in the IPL again

Stephen Flemings twitches, Virat Kohli’s horror and the weird thing Jadeja did when he hit the winning boundary -- it was all real, unadulterated by the stink of money and glitz.