Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Eliminator is on today

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Wasn't the 1st qualifier a pure nail biter? Yes it was! The way CSK changed gears after 10 overs to clinch a surprising win against RCB was just astonishing. CSK has already earned a place in the finals and proved their worth of being the defending champions. RCB isn't eliminated yet as they will now play the winner of today's eliminator MI Vs KKR. The team that loses today will be eliminated from IPL 2011.

These two teams last met just couple of days ago when things were pretty much in KKR's pockets. But unfortunately Balaji leaked too many runs in the last over to give away the match to MI. A brave effort from MI to win that one. Tonight MI plays in their home ground with a huge fan support coming along their way. A win here in a sort of virtual quarter final would bring a festive mood in Mumbai.

MI had completely dominated the first half of this year's IPL with 8 wins from their first 10 matches. In the later stages they lost three matches due to which they lost the top position in the points tally. A win against KKR in the last round robin match took them to the 3rd position. For Mumbai Indians, the batting responsibility depends a lot on Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Ambati Rayudu. Power hitters like Pollard and Symonds haven't impressed much with their batting. Bowling looks very good with Malinga, Harbhajan and Munaf in good form.

KKR could have easily made to the first qualifier toppling CSK if they would have just managed a win against MI in their last match. Overall, this team has performed better than expectations. Gambhir being the new captain for this side, has led from the front. Kallis, Tiwary and Pathan has played a vital role too. Bowling needs to improve a bit in crunch times.

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Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals - A farewell to Shane Warne

Mumbai Indians take on Rajasthan Royals at Wankhede Stadium tonight. The biggest highlight of this match would be Shane Warne. The reason being this is the last match of Rajasthan Royals in this edition of IPL and hence the last match of Shane Warne from all forms of cricket. He has already declared his retirement and would be featuring on the cricketing scene for the last time as a player. Undoubtedly one of the best bowlers of all time.

The other highlight of this match would certainly be Sachin Tendulkar Vs Shane Warne. If Sachin stays long enough till the time Warne bowls, we all would be able to see the face-off. Infact Sachin would be eager to play a vital role today and take his team home.

As far as points tally is concerned, Mumbai is placed on 4th position. A win here will ensure their place in the play offs. If they lose here they will have to face a formidable KKR which would also be the last round robin match in IPL 2011. RR is already eliminated from IPL 2011 and outcome of this match doesn't actually matter to their standings.

A lot depends upon Watson, Dravid and Taylor apart from the spin headed bowling attack of RR. For Mumbai things look fine in both bowling and batting. Munaf and Malinga are doing a superb job in bowling. Tendulkar,. Rayudu, Sharma, Pollard have to play their part. Symonds form this year has been a worry for MI.

Will it be RR who would repeat the Jaipur performance and beat MI again? Or will it be MI who would reverse the result this time? Lets wait and watch.

Kings Eleven Punjab seeks a win against Royal Challengers Bangalore

Kings Eleven Punjab are badly looking for a win to keep their hopes alive in this edition of IPL. After a brilliant start to their IPL campaign they lost their way with few defeats. But before it was too late they were on track with three wins. The highlight of Punjab's batting line up has been Valthaty who is currently holding the orange cap. Shaun Marsh has been outstanding with his batting too.

When it comes to orange cup, we can't forget Chris Gayle. The man who joined IPL too late and climbed up the race of highest runs scorer with a brilliant average of 87 and astonishing strike rate of above 200! He is just two runs behind Valthaty in the race of the Orange cap. He is the man who demolished Punjab's bowling attack when they met last time. Punjab would be weary of Chris Gayle.

Adam Gilchrist would be eager to fix Gayle if they have to win here. He is confident of his players including Marsh, Valthaty and Piyush Chawla. Venue for this match is Dharamsala.

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IPL 2011 Tickets Online

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IPL 2011 kicks off from 8th April just few days after the World Cup 2011 final which is to be played at Mumbai. IPL franchise owners are now busy finalising their plans to sell online tickets for IPL 2011.

Chennai Super Kings have already started online ticket sales through their official website. They are selling only the matches that are to be played in Chennai. Similarly Pune Warriors and Kochi IPL team have tied up with KyaZoonga.com for IPL 2011 tickets online sale. Meanwhile Rajasthan Royals has tied up with Bookmyshow.com for online tickets sale.

About 80 percent of the total IPL tickets are with the IPL franchise owners. Remaining quota of tickets stays with IPL organisers.

Hardly few days are left for this exciting tournament to begin. Stay online for IPL live cricket streaming 2011.

Kings Eleven Punjab annouces final squad for IPL 2011

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Kings XI Punjab has announced their 23 member final squad which will feature in the IPL 2011. The team will be lead by Adam Gilchrist and Michael Bevan would be the coach of the team. Both of them are from Australia.

Kings XI Punjab COO Col Arvinder Singh said that all the players selected for Kings XI Punjab have distinctive qualities which will bring a new vigour and perspective to the game. This variety will promise the fans an enthralling and full of action season of IPL 2011.

Squad of Kings XI Punjab is as follows:
Overseas players: Adam Gilchrist (captain), Shaun Marsh , David Hussey, Ryan Harris, Nathan Rimmington (all Australia), Dmitri Mascarenhas, Stuart Broad (both England).

Indian international players: Dinesh Karthik, Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Abhishek Nayar.

Domestic players: Amit Yadav, Paras Dogra, Shalabh Srivastava, Bhargav Bhatt, Sunny Singh, Nitin Saini, Bipul Sharma, Love Ablish, Vikaramjeet Malik, Siddarth Chitnis, Paul Valthaty, Mandeep Singh.

Taibu learnt a lot from Ganguly and Ponting during his IPL days

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Just after scoring a 90 plus score against Canada in ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 group match, Zimbabwean batsman Tatenda Taibu said that he has learnt a lot from Kolkata Knight Rider players such as Ganguly and Ponting.

He said that he isn't disappointed that he won't be a part of IPL 2011 but he has fond memories of playing for KKR. He still remembers the good time he spent in the dressing room with the likes of Ganguly and Ponting.

He added that he would love to meet Sourav Ganguly whenever he is in Kolkata.