Champions League T20 2013: Point Table, Batmen-Bowler Ranking

Craze of cricket is again in the air, as the most popular cricket series Champions League T20 2013 has started. Here cricket fans can see the fabulous games are played among the different players of the different countries as one team, in order to defeat the rival team. It would not be wrong to address this cricket season as Cricket Mania. The Champions League T20 is enjoying its fifth season. Ten teams will play against each others. The fifth edition CLT20 has hit the pitch on 17th September 2013. The ten teams are divided into two groups named as A and B. Some of you would really enjoy this favorite game of yours but some of you might not be able to see the matches due to tight schedule. Here you don’t have to worry as the given below is the Point Table of your favorite teams with the batsman and bowler ranking. So, do you get updated score of your favorite team?

Champions League T20 Records: Top batmen, Bowlers, Most Sixes & More

The Champions League Twenty20, also called CLT20 is held in the month of September and October for a period of 2-3 weeks either in India or South Africa. CLT20 is mutually owned by the BCCI, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa. This annual international Twenty20 cricket competition is played among the top domestic teams from main cricketing nations. The first edition of the tournament was held in October 2009, in which New South Wales won against Trinidad and Tobago. Cricket fans are always interested in knowing the highest and lowest totals, top batsmen and bowlers, largest victories, most consecutive sixes, and many more. If you are one of the die-hard fans of cricket particularly Champions League T20, then you are at the right place now as here take a look at the CLT20 records and statistics.

India Tour of New Zealand: Timetable of ODI & Test

India’s much-anticipated tour of New Zealand has finally been confirmed. The New Zealand Cricket Board has officially announced the schedule for its home series against India, which will take place in the months of January and February, 2014. According to NZC, the Men in Blue will play 5 ODIs and 2 Tests against the Black Caps, starting from 19th January and ending on 18th February. The tour will also include a 2-day warm-up match before the Test series.

Previously, the tour was supposed to include five ODIs, three Tests, and one Twenty20 International in February-March months of next year. However, Indian Cricket Board was very keen to shorten the New Zealand tour so as to participate in the Asia Cup, starting in late February. Consequently, New Zealand agreed to shorten India’s visit and the tour was trimmed to five ODIs and just two Tests. Now, given below is the complete schedule of India tour of New Zealand 2014. The venues for all the matches have not been declared yet, but they are expected to announce very soon.

India tour of New Zealand 2014 Schedule:

Match	Date
1st ODI	January 19 (Sun)
2nd ODI	January 22 (Wed)
3rd ODI	January 25 (Sat)
4th ODI	January 28 (Tue)
5th ODI	January 31 (Fri)
Warm-up Match	February 2 (Sun) - February 3 (Mon)
1st Test	February 6 (Thu) - February10 (Mon)
2nd Test	February 14 (Fri) - February 18 (Tue)

2013 CLT20 Timetable & Teams

Champions League T20 will start on September 17, 2013 and the final match will be held on October 6, 2013. Teams of IPL and other teams of same type of tournament from different countries will take part in the Champions League T20. The 2013 CLT20 is great platform for youngsters to boost their cricket careers in short period of time. In CLT20, all franchises will be divided into different groups.

Teams of CLT20 and their groups are stated below:

India in Zimbabwe 2013: Series Preview

The selector of Zimbabwe has not given any chance to Mpofu, Rainsford & Panyangara to play against India on their home ground! Zero experience in the attack! Indians' batting averages will soar! I knew employing a reject school coach as Head Coach & Selector of the national team was going to be a disaster. This is by far the worst side ever selected by Zimbabwe since the unavoidable lean years.

Dropped Shingi! Again! Seriously? Is this a way to retain in the XI, the worst frontline seamer to ever represent Zimbabwe in red colours(untouchable Jarvis), through citing a lack of experience on the part of Chinouya?

Cricket Players with Same Actions

In the most amazing and thrilling world of Cricket, many legends have marked their presence with their unique style of playing cricket. Some legends like Sir Vivian Richard, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, Muttiah muralitharan etc. have an amazing and unique style of playing cricket and their style becomes so much popular that many other younger cricketers adapt their style to grab a success. Whenever you see them playing, you feel like you have already seen that style of playing before! Have a look on some of the players having similar style of playing cricket.

Brian Lara is a well known former batsman from the West Indies. He was really stylish with his footwork while playing by self-assured tap of the willow between the knees followed by the subtle bend with the bat. His head stay still and body stay behind the ball plus, he put the front foot forward in the direction of pitch of the ball. One another batsman Darren Bravo plays in the same style like Brian Lara but he does not do bending and back lift like Brian Lara.

India in Zimbabwe Series Schedule for 2013

Now two cricket loving countries, India and Zimbabwe, will experience more cricket action... as 5 ODI matches will be played between these countries. India tour to Zimbabwe is a part of Future Cricket Tour Programs (FTP), which is prepared by ICC. India will play five matches on the land of Zimbabwe which is starting from July 24, 2013 at the ground of Harare Sports Club, Harare. It will be India’s next international tour after their tri-series in the West-Indies. The tour consists of 5 ODI matches. This bilateral series will come to end on August 3, 2013. The first three matches will be played in Harare and two other in Bulawayo. Now, plan yourself according to the following schedule and enjoy all thrilling matches.

India in Zimbabwe Series Schedule for 2013:

July 24, 2013 GMT 07:30
Zimbabwe vs. India
1st ODI at Harare Sports Club, Harare

India, Sri Lanka West Indies Tri Series Schedule 2013

Cricket fans, now get set ready for more funs and records as the West Indies tri series will be going to start from 28 June between the three countries India, Sri Lanka and West Indies. It is an international tournament which is planned by West Indies. In this tournament, seven matches will be going to take place. The West Indies Tri Series 2013 Tournament is prepared by International Cricket Council (ICC) and it is a part of Future Cricket Tour Programs (FTP). The first match will be played between West Indies - India on Jun 28, 2013 at Sabina Park, Kingston at 9:30 local time. Here is the schedule of the match and plan your schedule accordingly to enjoy each historic moments. The final match will be held between the finalist countries on July 11, 2013 at Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain.

Schedule of the matches:

June 28, 2013 GMT: 14:30
West Indies vs. Sri Lanka
1st Match Sabina Park ground

IPL 2013 Teams and Players List

During the time when any IPL season is on for all common people in India, it becomes the usual part of their lives to cherish their favorite players or team in every match of the season. This is the main reason for massive popularity of IPL in last five seasons... and for sure it will increase by all means with IPL 6. The IPL 2013 schedule has been cautiously planned to ensure optimum crowd turnout, meanwhile, April and May are considered as the best months of the year when cricket is played at its best on Indian cricket ground.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013 is sponsored by PepsiCo as the title sponsor. In 2007, The Indian Premier League was established by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). DLF Ltd is replaced by PepsiCo in the 6th season of IPL, shortened as IPL 6 or IPL 2013. DLF had not renewed their initial 5 year contract which was completed with the last season. The new Sponsor PepsiCo has its contract for 5 years of 396.8 crore which will end with the 2017 season. IPL 6 or IPL 2013 will start on 3rd of April and final match of this season will be held on 26 May 2013. Opening ceremony tickets of IPL 6 are assumed to be outlay around Rs. style="font-size: 13px;">1800 to Rs. 10,000, as per the type of tickets.

This year IPL 6 or the Cricket Carnival is back with total 9 TEAMS in the subcontinent with lots of new exciting surprises keeping viewers hooked to their TV sets. So let’s have a quick view for all teams and players of IPL season 6.

Mumbai Indians (MI):
Captain: Ricky Ponting
Coach: John Geoffrey Wright
Owner: IndiaWin Sports Pvt. Ltd. Subsidiary of Relaince Industries
Chief Mentor: Anil Kumble

• Sachin Tendulkar
• Suryakumar Yadav
• Sushant Marathe
• Y Singh Chahal
• Harbhajan Singh
• Jalaj Saxena
• Dhawal Kulkarni
• Dinesh Karthik
• Abu Nechim Ahmed
• Aditya Tare
• Munaf Patel
• Pawan Suyal
• Rishi Dhawan
• Lasith Malinga
• Pragyan Ojha
• Rohit Sharma
• Aiden Blizzard
• Ambati Rayudu
• Amitoze Singh
• Dwayne Smith
• James Franklin
• Kieron Pollard
• Mitchell Johnson

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB):
Captain: Virat Kohli
Coach: Ray Jennings
Owner: Vijay Mallya

• Zaheer Khan
• Chris Gayle
• Cheteshwar Pujara
• Karun Nair
• Mayank Agarwal
• Vijay Zol
• Virat Kohli
• Harshal Patel
• K P Appanna
• Muttiah Muralitharan
• P Parameswaran
• Sandeep Warrier
• Saurabh Tiwary
• R Vinay Kumar
• Daniel Vettori
• S Aravind
• Sunny Sohal
• Syed Mohammad
• Tillakaratne Dilshan
• AB de Villiers
• Abhimanyu Mithun
• Abhinav Mukund
• Andrew McDonald
• Arun Karthik

Chennai Super Kings (CSK):
Captain: MS Dhoni
Coach: Stephen Fleming (New Zealand)
Owner: India Cements Ltd.

• Suresh Raina
• MS Dhoni
• Murali Vijay
• Srikkanth Anirudha
• Ravichandran Ashwin
• Ravindra Jadeja
• Shadab Jakati
• S Badrinath
• Wriddhiman Saha
• B Aparajith
• Vijay Shankar
• Nuwan Kulasekara
• Albie Morkel
• Ben Hilfenhaus
• Dwayne Bravo
• Francois Du Plessis
• Michael Hussey

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):
Captain: Gautam Gambhir
Coach: Trevor Bayliss
Owner: Shahrukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment) and Jai Mehta, Juhi Chawla (MehtaGroup)

• Lakshmipathy Balaji
• Gautam Gambhir
• Yusuf Pathan
• Manoj Tiwary
• Rajat Bhatia
• Manvinder Bisla
• Brad Haddin
• Sunil Narine
• Brendon McCullum
• Brett Lee
• Debabrata Das
• Eoin Morgan
• Iqbal Abdulla
• Jacques Kallis
• Sarabjit Singh Ladda
• Shakib Al Hasan
• James Pattinson
• Laxmi Ratan Shukla
• Pradeep Sangwan
• Ryan ten Doeschate
• Shami Ahmed

Delhi Daredevils (DD):
Captain: Mahela Jayawardene
Coach: Eric Simons
Owner: GMR group

• Ajit Agarkar
• Yogesh Nagar
• Irfan Pathan
• Kedar Jadhav
• Siddharth Kaul
• Andre Russell
• Virender Sehwag
• Mahela Jayawardene
• Manpreet Juneja
• David Warner
• Kevin Pietersen
• Morne Morkel
• Shahbaz Nadeem
• Varun Aaron
• Gulam Bodi
• Umesh Yadav
• Naman Ohja
• Pawan Negi
• R van der Merwe
• Ross Taylor
• Unmukt Chand
• Sujit Nayak
• Venugopal Rao

Rajasthan Royals (RR):
Captain: Rahul Dravid
Coach: Monty Desai
Owner: Shilpa Shetty, Lachlan Murdoch, Raj Kundra

• Rahul Dravid
• S Sreesanth
• Shreevats Goswami
• Siddharth Trivedi
• Stuart Binny
• Dishant Yagnik
• Ajinkya Rahane
• Ashok Menaria
• Brad Hodge
• Harmeet Singh
• Owais Shah
• Brad Hogg
• Kevon Cooper
• Shane Watson
• Shaun Tait
• Samuel Badree
• Ajit Chandila
• Ankeet Chavan

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP):
Captain: Adam Gilchrist
Coach: Darren Lehmann
Owner: Ness Wadia

• Praveen Kumar
• R Sathish
• Adam Gilchrist
• Gurkeerat Singh
• Harmeet Singh Bansal
• Azhar Mahmood
• Bhargav Bhatt
• Ryan Harris
• Mandeep Singh
• Bipul Sharma
• David Hussey
• Paul Valthaty
• David Miller
• Siddharth Chitnis
• Dimitri Mascarenhas
• Nitin Saini
• Parvinder Awana
• Piyush Chawla
• Shaun Marsh
• Sunny Singh
• Manan Vohra

Pune Warriors (PWI):
Captain: Michael Clarke
Coach: Pravin Amre
Owner: Sahara India Pariwar

• Murali Kartik
• Rahul Sharma
• Alfonso Thomas
• Yuvraj Singh
• Marlon Samuels
• Ali Murtaza
• Ishwar Pandey
• Steve Smith
• Angelo Mathews
• Ashish Nehra
• Ashok Dinda
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar
• Manish Pandey
• Dheeraj Jadhav
• Eklavya Dwivedi
• Harpreet Singh
• K Upadhyay
• Luke Wright
• Anustup Majumdar
• Udit Birla
• Mahesh Rawat
• Mithun Manhas
• Raiphi Gomez
• Robin Uthappa
• Shrikant Wagh
• Mitchell Marsh
• Wayne Parnell
• T Suman
• Tamim Iqbal

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SH):
Captain: Kumar Sangakkara
Coach: Tom Moody
Owner: Kalanidhi Maran, (Chairman & MD - Sun Network)
Mentor: Kris Srikkanth
Mentor-Ambassador: VVS Laxman

• Kumar Sangakkara
• Parthiv Patel
• Chris Lynn
• A Jhunjhunwala
• Akash Bhandari
• Ashish Reddy
• Dale Steyn
• D Ravi Teja
• Ishant Sharma
• Akshath Reddy
• Anand Rajan
• Ankit Sharma
• Bharat Chipli
• Biplab Samantray
• Cameron White
• Amit Mishra
• Jean-Paul Duminy
• Juan Theron
• Shikhar Dhawan
• Veer Pratap Singh

Unsold Players of IPL 2013 Auction

The entire world is eagerly waiting for the sixth season of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013. The tournament will commence from 3rd April 2013 and it will end on 26th May 2013. The IPL was instituted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in the year 2007. The Indian Premier League 6 is sponsored by PepsiCo. The IPL 6 is expected to cover the whole nation for spreading the cricket fever. The tournament will run for almost two months and definitely entertain the fans. IPL 6 will be more entertaining as it will have new addition of players to spice up the competition. The recently held IPL 6 Auction, which went on for about 5 hours on 3rd February 2013, announced the sold and unsold players of IPL 6. Check out the list of Unsold players of IPL 2013 given below.

India Vs Australia Test Series 2013 Schedule

India and Australia will be facing each other soon in the Test Series, which is a month long championship beginning from February 22 to March 26, 2013. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has organized the India versus Australia series 2013. This Test Series is a part of the Future Cricket Tour Programs (FTP). Australia, who defeated India in the last Test Series in their own country, will play the test matches this year in India. The match will be played in India across all the major Indian Cricket stadiums. The bilateral Test series will comprise of four test matches.