IPL 2012

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Adam Gilchrist will double up as coach-cum-captain at Kings XI Punjab starting this season. The franchise has appointed Gilchrist, the former Australia wicketkeeper, as head coach for the next three years.

Gilchrist will find ample Australian support on the coaching bench: Joe Dawes, the newly-appointed India bowling coach, and Mike Young, fielding consultant previously with Cricket Australia, would serve as Kings XI bowling and fielding coaches respectively.

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Pune Warriors have suffered a setback to their IPL preparations with a knee injury ruling out the Australian allrounder James Hopes.

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Australia Test and one-day captain Michael Clarke has agreed to play in this year's version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with the Sourav Ganguly-led Pune Warriors.

Great idea...resist for so long, become injury prone recently and then join up

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[Rik E Boy]

Australia Test and one-day captain Michael Clarke has agreed to play in this year's version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with the Sourav Ganguly-led Pune Warriors.

Great idea...resist for so long, become injury prone recently and then join up

THIS IS ******!

[scoob]

Australia Test and one-day captain Michael Clarke has agreed to play in this year's version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with the Sourav Ganguly-led Pune Warriors.

Great idea...resist for so long, become injury prone recently and then join up

THIS IS ******!

Regards,

REB

[Johno6]

you know reb is angry because he didnt even put the regards at the end.

till scoob wrote it i had no idea who posted it....

[scoob]

you know reb is angry because he didnt even put the regards at the end.

till scoob wrote it i had no idea who posted it....

Premature Enter-action...

[Gozu]

Supposedly Pune gave Pup $1 million too

[Media Park]

So he's gone to India in search of greater opportunities and financial security, but who says he has to like it?

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Will be another non-event here in Australia with no TV coverage

Bot of a joke it cant be seen in Australia or NZ but can be watch throughout the Middle East and Africa

[The Dark Knight]

Australia Test and one-day captain Michael Clarke has agreed to play in this year's version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with the Sourav Ganguly-led Pune Warriors.

Great idea...resist for so long, become injury prone recently and then join up

FFS Pup!!!

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Jesse Ryder, the New Zealand batsman who had taken an indefinite break from cricket to resolve personal issues, will play for his IPL franchise Pune Warriors in the fifth season of the league, beginning on April 4. Ryder will be supported in India by his manager Aaron Klee and clinical psychologist Karen Nimmo.

Really Jesse??

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Chennai v Mumbai
Match 1

MUMBAI WON BY 8 WICKETS (with 19 balls remaining)

Chennai 112 (19.5 overs)
SK Raina 36 (26)
DE Bollinger 3 (5)
KA Pollard 2/15 (4)
SL Malinga 2/16 (3.5)
PP Ojha 2/17 (4)
Mumbai 2/115 (16.5 overs)
RE Levi 50 (35) MOM
JEC Franklin 25* (30)
DE Bollinger 1/34 (3.5)

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Kolkata v Delhi
Match 2

DELHI DAREDEVLIS WON BY 8 WICKETS (with 5 balls remaining)

Kolkata 9/97 (12 overs max)
LR Shukla 26 (17)
M Morkel 3/18 (3)
GJ Maxwell 0/12 (1)
Delhi 2/100 (11.1 overs)
IK Pathan 42* (20) MOM
AJ Finch 30 (27)
GJ Maxwell 3* (7)

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Mumbai v Pune

PUNE WARRIORS WON BY 28 RUNS

Pune 9/129
SPD Smith 39 (32) MOM
RV Uthappa 36 (33)
SL Malinga 2/16 (4)
MM Patel 2/26 (4)
Mumbai 9/101
KD Karthik 32 (32)
JEC Franklin 32 (42)
AB Dinda 4/18 (4)

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Rajasthan v Kings XI
Match Four

RAJASTHAN ROYALS WON BY 31 RUNS

Rajasthan 4/191
AB Rahane 98 (66)
BJ Hodge 21 (16)
JP Faulkner 2/41 (4)
Kings XI 9/160
Mandeep Singh 34 (25)
AC Gilchrist 27 (18)
JP Faulkner 11* (9)
SE Marsh 7 (6)
K Cooper 4/26 (4)
BJ Hodge 0/8 (1)

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Chennai needing 43 or 12 balls to win

win

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The IPL's fifth season has registered a fall in total viewership and television ratings for the opening six games in comparison to the 2011 season. This includes a decline in cumulative viewership for the first time in the IPL's five-year history.

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Kings XI Punjab have included the seamers Kyle Abbott and Ben Cutting to their squad for the ongoing fifth season of the IPL, as replacements for the injured duo of R Sathish and Stuart Broad.