CSK win gives Mumbai favourites tag against T&T

The presence of Trinidad & Tobago is what makes the Champions League T20 a most unusual tournament.

For unlike the Mumbai Indians, their opponents on Monday, they are not a franchise. Nor are they a provincial side such as the Warriors or the South Australian Redbacks. They aren't a county team like Somerset.

T&T is a full-blown national side that happens to have won over other Caribbean nations such as Barbados and Jamaica to qualify for the CLT20.

In that sense, T&T have that much more to play for but as they showed in the inaugural edition of the tournament held in India in 2009, that fact doesn't play much on their mind. They simply go out there and enjoy themselves.

Gayle back to IPL with a Bang

Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle hammered a 55-ball century as Bangalore Royal Challengers snapped a three-game losing streak with a nine-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders.

Gayle, making his first appearance of the competition, hit 10 fours and seven sixes in his unbeaten 102 to see the Royal Challengers to a target of 172 with 11 deliveries to spare.

The West Indian, playing against his former franchise, dominated an opening stand of 123 with Tillakaratne Dilshan (38), who was bowled by Lakshimipathy Balaji (1-43) in the 13th over.

Canada will bat first against Australia today

According to the fresh reports from the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, the three time champion team, Australia, is all set to face Canada in today’s match Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore (neutral venue). 

Australia team

Meanwhile, the captain of Canada team, Ashish Bagai won the toss and Canada will have a bat.

MS Dhoni ready for the Big Fight against England

The latest news from the ICC Cricket World Cup matches, MS Dhoni, the captain of India team, said that we are ready to go out to play big innings against England at Bangalore today.

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While talking to media, “It is going to be a crucial game for both the sides. We are going all out to maintain the winning momentum that started against Bangladesh in Mirpur last week.”

Further talking to media, the Indian captain reveals that there is no injury issue with Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh, and they are fully fit to play the match today.

The Indian captain was at a pre-match media talks, “Except Ashish (Nehra), all other players are fully fit and will play to their potential. As every one-day game is new, we have to start in a big way whether batting or bowling and execute our plans accordingly to win.”

While answering to a question about England’s batting specilits, Kevin Pieterson, Dhoni said he is the man who can take the game away from any situation, and we are ready take charge of him soon in the innings.

He said, “Individuals do matter, but our approach will be against the entire team. We will adopt strategies as the game progresses to gain advantage. It is also an advantage to play in front of your own fans as their encouragement and support would help us in g our best.”