Friday, October 16, 2009

How Good is Uppal Rajiv Gandhi Stadium

Deccan Chargers is the team representing Hyderabad city in the Indian Premier League and the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium is the team's home ground. Since most of the Indian Premier League games are played in day/night format, the stadium has been installed with flood lights.

The Hyderabadis just love their Cricket

Anyway the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium is located in Uppal, roughly one and half kilometers from Tarnaka. It’s definitely not located in the heart of the city as the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium which is in Basheerbagh. But that doesn’t deter the crazy Hyderabadi fans who flocked in huge numbers (20,000 every day) to witness a first class match. Hyderabadis give huge support to sports whether it is Sania Mirza or the Indian Cricket team. The L.B.Stadium which used to previously host International Cricket Matches is not owned by H.C.A but belongs to the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh. One thing I always wanted to share this point about Hyderabadis is that they are too much into cricket that they behave exactly like a cricket fan does but not just in a Cricket Stadium but also in a Tennis Stadium. The fans who just love Sania went on with their ‘plastic bottles music’ hitting the chairs and the chanting of their favourite’s names during volleys of the game. So much so that the great Martina Navratilova stated that she would never ever come back to play tennis in Hyderabad. Little do the innocent fans know that noise isn’t supposed to be a part of a Tennis Match and to be fair to Hyderabadis they are only new to Tennis and they only know to create electric atmosphere in a stadium after having got used to the sixy hitting from the Sachins, Sehwags, Gangulys, Dravids, Yuvrajs in Hyderabad before.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Airtel Champions League 2009 Full Schedule

GROUP STAGE:

Group A Group B Group C Group D
Deccan Chargers [ Images ] (Ind) New South Wales (Aus) Royal Challengers (Ind) Delhi Daredevils (Ind)
Somerset CCC (Eng) Diamond Eagles (SA) Cape Cobras (SA) Victoria (Aus)
Trinidad & Tobago (WI) Sussex Sharks (Eng) Otago Volts (NZ) Wayamba (SL)

Date Venue Teams Time (IST)
Thu Oct 8 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Cape Cobras 20:00
Fri Oct 9 Delhi New South Wales vs Diamond Eagles 16:00
Fri Oct 9 Delhi Delhi Daredevils vs Victoria 20:00
Sat Oct 10 Hyderabad Cape Cobras vs Otago Volts 16:00
Sat Oct 10 Hyderabad Deccan Chargers vs Somerset CCC 20:00
Sun Oct 11 Delhi New South Wales vs Sussex Sharks 16:00
Sun Oct 11 Delhi Delhi Daredevils vs Wayamba 20:00
Mon Oct 12 Bangalore Somerset CCC vs Trinidad & Tobago 16:00
Mon Oct 12 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Otago Volts 20:00
Tue Oct 13 Delhi Victoria vs Wayamba 16:00
Tue Oct 13 Delhi Diamond Eagles vs Sussex 20:00
Wed Oct 14 Hyderabad Deccan Chargers vs Trinidad & Tobago 20:00

LEAGUE STAGE:

LEAGUE A LEAGUE B
A1 C1
A2 C2
B1 D1
B2 D2

Date Venue League Teams Time
Thu, Oct 15 Bangalore B C1 v D2 20:00
Fri Oct 16 Hyderabad A A2 v B2 16:00
Fri Oct 16 Hyderabad A A1 v B1 20:00
Sat Oct 17 Bangalore B C2 v D2 16:00
Sat Oct 17 Bangalore B C1 v D1 20:00
Sun Oct 18 Hyderabad A A2 v B1 16:00
Sun Oct 18 Hyderabad A A1 v B2 20:00
Mon Oct 19 Delhi B C2 v D1 20:00

SEMI-FINALS:

Date Venue Teams Time
Wed Oct 21 Delhi Winner League B vs Runner-Up League A 20:00
Thu Oct 22 Hyderabad Winner League A vs Runner-Up League B 20:00

FINAL:

Date Venue Time
Fri Oct 23 Hyderabad 20:00

ScoreCard Deccan Chargers (Ind) Vs Somerset (Eng)










Deccan Chargers innings (20 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal AC Gilchrist*† c Trescothick b Thomas 18 8 2 1 225.00
View dismissal VVS Laxman b Trego 46 35 7 0 131.42
View dismissal TL Suman c Trescothick b Phillips 6 6 1 0 100.00
View dismissal A Symonds c Hildreth b Trego 8 9 1 0 88.88
View dismissal RG Sharma c Thomas b de Bruyn 24 21 3 0 114.28
View dismissal SB Styris lbw b Thomas 13 17 0 1 76.47
View dismissal Y Venugopal Rao c Hildreth b Phillips 22 12 1 2 183.33
View dismissal RP Singh b Phillips 2 4 0 0 50.00

FH Edwards not out 8 7 1 0 114.28
View dismissal PP Ojha run out (†Kieswetter/Thomas) 1 1 0 0 100.00

Harmeet Singh not out 0 0 0 0 -

Extras (w 5) 5











Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 153 (7.65 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-35 (Gilchrist, 3.2 ov), 2-59 (Suman, 5.5 ov), 3-78 (Symonds, 8.5 ov), 4-88 (Laxman, 10.4 ov), 5-118 (Sharma, 15.5 ov), 6-121 (Styris, 16.4 ov), 7-143 (Singh, 18.3 ov), 8-144 (Venugopal Rao, 18.5 ov), 9-152 (Ojha, 19.5 ov)










Bowling O M R W Econ


CM Willoughby 4 0 44 0 11.00 (1w)
View wickets AC Thomas 4 0 25 2 6.25 (4w)
View wickets BJ Phillips 4 0 31 3 7.75

View wickets PD Trego 4 0 19 2 4.75

View wicket Z de Bruyn 4 0 34 1 8.50










Somerset innings (target: 154 runs from 20 overs) R B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal ME Trescothick c †Gilchrist b Singh 14 12 3 0 116.66
View dismissal JL Langer* c Venugopal Rao b Singh 15 9 3 0 166.66
View dismissal Z de Bruyn c †Gilchrist b Singh 19 15 4 0 126.66
View dismissal C Kieswetter c Harmeet Singh b Ojha 5 9 0 0 55.55
View dismissal AV Suppiah c Styris b Ojha 19 19 1 1 100.00
View dismissal PD Trego c Singh b Suman 12 11 0 1 109.09
View dismissal JC Hildreth b Styris 25 24 1 1 104.16
View dismissal BJ Phillips c Symonds b Suman 5 4 1 0 125.00

AC Thomas not out 30 17 4 1 176.47
View dismissal MTC Waller c & b Styris 0 2 0 0 0.00

CM Willoughby not out 0 0 0 0 -

Extras (b 1, lb 7, w 2, nb 3) 13











Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 157 (7.85 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-16 (Trescothick, 1.6 ov), 2-50 (de Bruyn, 5.4 ov), 3-51 (Langer, 5.6 ov), 4-59 (Kieswetter, 8.2 ov), 5-84 (Trego, 11.3 ov), 6-93 (Suppiah, 12.5 ov), 7-99 (Phillips, 13.5 ov), 8-149 (Hildreth, 19.1 ov), 9-149 (Waller, 19.3 ov)










Bowling O M R W Econ


FH Edwards 2 0 23 0 11.50 (2nb, 1w)
View wickets RP Singh 4 0 23 3 5.75


Harmeet Singh 1 0 13 0 13.00

View wickets PP Ojha 4 0 20 2 5.00


RG Sharma 2 0 13 0 6.50

View wickets SB Styris 3 0 24 2 8.00

View wickets TL Suman 2 0 15 2 7.50 (1w)

Y Venugopal Rao 1 0 9 0 9.00


A Symonds 1 0 9 0 9.00

Match details
Toss Somerset, who chose to field
Points Somerset 2, Deccan Chargers 0
Player of the match AC Thomas (Somerset)
Umpires DJ Harper (Australia) and RE Koertzen (South Africa)
TV umpire AM Saheba
Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire S Ravi