Indian Cricket Team Updates

In IPL 2013, the Purple Cap is changing heads more frequently than Chris Gayle is despatching the ball into the crowd. There is a difference of mere four wickets between the man at the top and the 10th position on the highest wicket-takers list. In the gap of a day, the Purple Cap has left the Sunrisers Hyderabad’s hat-trick hero, Amit Mishra and has moved to Bangalore to adorn the head of Royal Challengers’ Vinay Kumar. In what came as a double bonanza for the Karnataka medium pacer, his ascend to the top of the chart came by way of a match-winning 4-0-18-3 spell, against Rajasthan Royals . In a chat with iplt20.com after receiving his Man of the Match trophy, Vinay spoke of the excitement that this contest of winning the Purple Cap has brought in among bowlers. He also dwelled into his journey so far in the IPL and how it has contributed to his growth as a bowler. The purple cap is changing heads so often. Is it fun to have such stiff competition for it? It is f...

By beating star-studded teams like the Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils this season, Rajasthan Royals have taught us that a team as a whole matters more than the sum of its parts.  On Saturday evening, however, a team that is known to punch above their weight succumbed to a sorry batting collapse and hence, a seven-wicket defeat at the hands of Royal Challengers Bangalore. For RR skipper, Rahul Dravid, an evening that began with an overwhelming welcome from his fellow Bangaloreans, ended on a sour note. (Also Read:  RCB vs RR - M27 Report & Stats: IPL 2013 ) There was another man in the Royals’ line-up for whom it was a homecoming. Stuart Binny, like Dravid, has played all his cricket at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium and is currently the vice-captain of Karnataka’s state side, captained by RCB’s bowler Vinay Kumar who, incidentally dismissed Binny in the match.  After the heavy loss, Binny spoke to iplt20.com about the disappoin...