Friday, March 12, 2010

Knight Riders takes on Chargers in IPL opener

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a stage for little-known Indians to showcase their skills in make-or-break situations before a world audience.

The sky is the limit for first-class cricketers adept in the T20 format, like wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha of the Kolkata Knight Riders, stylish strokeplayer Manish Pandey, pace bowler Vinay Kumar of Royal Challengers Bangalore, all-rounder Rajagopal Sathish of Mumbai Indians, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin of Chennai Super Kings and leg-spinner Piyush Chawla of Delhi Daredevils. Most of them are on the Indian probables list for the ICC World Twenty20.

Punjab medium-pacer Harmeet Singh used the opportunity to play under Adam Gilchrist in IPL 2009 and went on to become an integral part of Deccan Chargers' ride to victory.

Two wickets (Rahul Dravid, Mark Boucher) and one catch (Vinay Kumar) in the final catapulted him to the frontline.

Source : http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/12/stories/2010031265222100.htm

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