IPL 2017 Full List

The IPL 2017 tournament has been started on 5th April in Hyderabad, while the final will be Palyed in the Hyderabad on 21st May.

► Here is the full list of matches of IPL 2017:



 Match 1: SRH vs RCB, April 5 2017, 8 PM

 Match 2: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Mumbai Indians, April 6 2017, 8 PM

 Match 3: Gujarat Lions vs KKR, April 7 2017, 8 PM

 Match 4: Kings XI Punjab vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 8 2017, 4 PM

 Match 5: RCB vs Delhi Daredevils, April 8 2017, 8 PM

 Match 6: SRH vs Gujarat Lions, April 9 2017, 4 PM

 Match 7: Mumbai Indians vs KKR, April 9 2017, 8 PM

 Match 8: Kings XI Punjab vs RCB, April 10 2017, 8 PM

 Match 9: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Delhi Daredevils, April 11 2017, 8 PM

 Match 10: Mumbai Indians vs SRH, April 12 2017, 8 PM

 Match 11: KKR vs Kings XI Punjab, April 13 2017, 8 PM

 Match 12: RCB vs Mumbai Indians, April 14 2017, 4 PM

 Match 13: Gujarat Lions vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 14 2017, 8 PM

 Match 14: KKR vs SRH, April 15 2017, 4 PM

 Match 15: Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab, April 15 2017, 8 PM

 Match 16: Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Lions, April 16 2017, 4 PM

 Match 17: RCB vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 16 2017, 8 PM

 Match 18: Delhi Daredevils vs KKR, April 17 2017, 4 PM

 Match 19: SRH vs Kings XI Punjab, April 17 2017, 8 PM

 Match 20: Gujarat Lions vs RCB, April 18 2017, 8 PM

 Match 21: SRH vs Delhi Daredevils, April 19 2017, 8 PM

 Match 22: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians, April 20 2017, 8 PM

 Match 23: KKR vs Gujarat Lions, April 21 2017, 8 PM

 Match 24: Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians, April 22 2017, 4 PM

 Match 25: Rising Pune Supergiant vs SRH, April 22 2017, 8 PM

 Match 26: Gujarat Lions vs Kings XI Punjab, April 23 2017, 4 PM

 Match 27: KKR vs RCB, April 23 2017, 8 PM

 Match 28: Mumbai Indians vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 24 2017, 8 PM

 Match 29: RCB vs SRH, April 25 2017, 8 PM

 Match 30: Rising Pune Supergiant vs KKR, April 26 2017, 8 PM

 Match 31: RCB vs Gujarat Lions, April 27 2017, 8 PM

 Match 32: KKR vs Delhi Daredevils, April 28 2017, 4 PM

 Match 33: Kings XI Punjab vs SRH, April 28 2017, 8 PM

 Match 34: Rising Pune Supergiant vs RCB, April 29 2017, 4 PM

 Match 35: Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians, April 29 2017, 8 PM

 Match 36: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils, April 30 2017, 4 PM

 Match 37: SRH vs KKR, April 30 2017, 8 PM

 Match 38: Mumbia Indians vs RCB, May 1 2017, 4 PM

 Match 39: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Gujarat Lion, May 1 2017, 8 PM

 Match 40: Delhi Daredevils vs SRH, May 2 2017, 8 PM

 Match 41: KKR vs Rising Pune Supergiant, May 3 2017, 8 PM

 Match 42: Delhi Daredevils vs Gujarat Lions, May 4 2017, 8 PM

 Match 43: RCB vs Kings XI Punjab, May 5 2017, 8 PM

 Match 44: SRH vs Rising Pune Supergiant, May 6 2017, 4 PM

 Match 45: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils, May 6 2017, 8 PM

 Match 46: RCB vs KKR, May 7 2017, 4 PM

 Match 47: Kings XI Punjab vs Gujarat Lions, May 7 2017, 8 PM

 Match 48: SRH vs Mumbai Indians, May 8 2017, 8 PM

 Match 49: Kings XI Punjab vs KKR, May 9 2017, 8 PM

 Match 50: Gujarat Lions vs Delhi Daredevils, May 10 2017, 8 PM

 Match 51: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab, May 11 2017, 8 PM

 Match 52: Delhi Daredevlis vs Rising Pune Super Giant, May 12 2017, 8 PM

 Match 53: Gujarat Lions vs SRH, May 13 2017, 4 PM

 Match 54: KKR vs Mumbai Indians, May 13 2017, 8 PM

 Match 55: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Kings XI Punjab, May 14 2017, 4 PM

 Match 56: Delhi Daredevils vs RCB, May 15 2017, 8 PM

 1st Qualifier: May 16 2017, 8 PM

 Eliminator: May 17 2017, 8 PM

 2nd Qualifier: May 19 2017, 8 PM


 Final: May 21 2017, 8 PM

Photo-op of Captains before kicking off IPL 2017 Edition

The 2017 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is going to kick off with the first game between Defending Champions Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore today.
The Title sponsor for this year is VIVO.

The captains, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith, Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir, and Rohit Sharma pose with the trophy during the Vivo IPL 2017 Captain’s Meeting.

▶ Changes in captaincy -
Pune : S Smith
Punjab : G Maxwell

Scroll Down for the pictures:

India Clinched Australia & Reclaimed ICC Test Mace

Team India ended their home season with a eight wicket series win over Australia at Dharamsala. Virat Kohli-led side beat New Zealand, England and Bangladesh before hosting Australia.

Team India with Border-Gavaskar Trophy 

 The Aussies are formidable opponents. They are proud and professional and they play hard. For the Aussies, only winning matters. Everything else is a waste of time. But this series saw a dramatic role reversal, with India trumping the Aussies. It’s been a fiery month, both on and off the field, it was produced riveting cricket, with players pushing the boundaries to get ahead of each other. In this tussle, harsh words were exchanged, allegations and accusations were hurled and charges were made, starting with the infamous Aussie Sikkper Smith's "Brain Fade" moment when he was seeking clue for DRS.

    Kohli’s Indian team is more settled, sorted and successful than teams before it. The core group has excellent work ethic and on the bench sits genuine quality, ready to step in if an opportunity was to present itself. 

India retained the ICC Test Championship mace and also won a cash award of USD one million for holding on to the top position in the Test Team rankings on the annual April 1 cut-off date.

S Gavaskar presenting ICC test mace to V Kohli

      At the end of what has been a gruelling season, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that Umesh Yadav has mastered the difficult skill of picking up wickets on sub-continent pitches.

Series Result: 

                              1. Ind v Aus, Pune 

                                   - Aus won by 333 runs.

                              2. Ind v Aus, Bengaluru

                                   - Ind won by 75 runs.

                              3. Ind v Aus, Ranchi

                                   - Match Drawn.

                              4. Ind v Aus,  Dharamshala

                                   - Ind won by 8 wickets. 

Photos: 

Ashwin won the ICC Cricketer of the Year & Test Cricketer of the year award

Indian Players with trophies

Indian Captains v/s all other opponents

Jadeja with Man of the Match & Series awards

  Stats:

            - Jadeja has hit 21 sixes, most by anyone in 2016-17. Bhajji hit 17 sixes 2010-11. 

            - Jadeja became the third player to take 50+ wickets & 500+ runs in a season.                                    Kapil Dev and Mitchell Johnson are the other two to achieve the feat.

            - Jadeja is now the 24th player to score 3000 runs and pick 300 wickets in international                  cricket. He is the fourth Indian to do so. 

            - India became the third nation to win Test series against all their opponents at the same                point of time. Others are Aus(2004-05 & 2006-07), S Africa(2012-13). 

            - Since 2008, India now have been won 4 consecutive test series vs Aus, a rare                              disntiction. 

            - For the first time, India have won seven consecutive Test series – from 2015 till date. 

            - It was Pujara's first duck at home, 3rd over all.

            - It's the fourth time India have come back to win the series after losing the first Test.

            - Pujara, 32nd player who faced 525 or more balls in an innings. 

On a funny note, Virender Sehwag, who is also known for witty side, gave out the #ViruGhareluAwards. In his ‘awards’, he awarded following 'titles’ to players from both the Indian and Australian teams :

        Viart Kohli -Holder, 

        Steven Smith -Tubelight, 

        Pujara -Inverter, 

       Jadeja -TulluPump, 

       KL Rahul -Stabilizer,

       Ashwin, Rahane- Desert Coolers.

Indian test Squad against England announced

The Board of Control for Cricket in India announced the 15-member squad in Mumbai for the first two test matches in a 5- matches Test series at home against England as the tour is beginning from November 9.

MSK Prasad, the chief of selectors, addressed a press conference in Mumbai and mentioned that they Preferred Hardik Pandya over anyone else even though he is not played that much FC cricket.

Stating Further he reckoned, "at one point of time we all have to agree that we need to identify good all-rounders. After the Australia A tour, his pace has increased, he's able to move the ball and his batsmanship has improved. Rahul Dravid has worked on his mind and techniques and now Anil kumble is guiding him which made me ahead of other contenders."

Delhi's Ranji team skipper Gautam Gambhir retained his spot in the squad as an opener after KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan failed to recover from their injuries. Karun Nayar has been taken in for Rohit sharma who is struggling from a hamstring problem. Pacer Ishant sharma also gets succeeded to make his comeback after an injury.
India are currently ranked No.1 in after thrashing New Zealand 3-0 at home last month. This series though is expected to be a stiffer test for the home side after England beat them 2-1 in 2012 on their previous tour.

India squad (for first two Tests): Virat Kohli (C), Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Karun Nair, Gautam Gambhir, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jayant Yadav.

India vs England 2016: Fixtures, schedule & More

India and England are going to play a crucial Test series beginning from November 9 in India which can prove to be another tough tour of the sub-continent for the English team. The english side is touring India after levelling the series by 1-1 against Bangladesh which they might soon want to be forgotten as their performance was proved disaster as they had too many loopholes in that series and now seeking to exhibit their winning-will.

Whilst India, which has been blanked New Zealand 3-0 in a three-match Test series last month at their own soil, will be felt high on confidence and will look to continue their series winning form against a struggling England side to improve their points in the points table as currently INDIA are the No.1 test side.

Players to be watched out:

1.Kohli - Anderson:
Kohli , who is now leading Indian test side , has been become the backbone of the side for last 3-4 years no matter whether that is a test, ODI or T-20. There is no doubt that he is among the top five batsmen like Williamson (NZ), Joe Root(Eng), Hashim Amla(SA) and Smith(Aus) of the cricket world at the current time while Anderson has been established himself as a first key of the english pace attack over the years. So it will interesting to see them playing against each-other.

2. Ashwin - Root:
When Joe Root, who is currently the best batsman in the english side, will face the Indian spin attack warrior Ashwin who is recently completed his 200 test wickets then that will be a perfect moment to see the battle between the ball and bat.

"The Indian team is to be picked in Mumbai tomorrow," BCCI sources told PTI on Tuesday.

The forthcoming tour will start from November 9 at Rajkot and will end at Chennai. That will be a 5-matches test series and 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is later in the year.

Fixtures:
 Test:-
1st Test: November 9-13
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot (Play starts 0930 hrs IST)

2nd Test: November 17-21
Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Vizag (Play start 0930 hrs IST)

3rd Test: November 26-30
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali (Play starts 0930 hrs IST)

4th Test: December 8-12
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (Play starts 0930 hrs IST)

5th Test: December 16-20
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai (Play starts 0930 IST)

One-Day:-
1st ODI: January 15 – Pune
2nd ODI: January 19 – Cuttack
3rd ODI: January 22 – Kolkata

T-20I:-
1st T20I: January 26 – Kanpur
2nd T20I: January 29 – Nagpur
3rd T20I: February 1 – Bengaluru

India scavenged NZ in PayTm ODI series

When team India was playing its final ODI match of the Ind-NZ series on the eve of the biggest festival of Hindu nation, Deepawali, then everyone wanted that let India win this match and save its fortress against New Zealand at home. And happened the very same as India won the final ODI by 190 runs.

Summary of Vizag ODI:
After being reached on 2-2, the series now focused on FINAL ODI which had to play at the Eastern part of India, Vizag. Indian skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first with a change in his side as spinner Jayant Yadav made his  debut after receiving his ODI cap from Virender Sehwag.

Indian team made an steady start but Rahane again failed to capitalize his innings. Well, Rohit who was looking just ordinary with the bat till now, was in different league today and scored 70 runs before getting caught out. Dhoni (41) joined Kohli to keep the momentum going on, later Kedar Jadhav,  a golden-hand player of the series joined  Kohli to drive India's score further. Playing a big shot , kohli caught out at covers on his personal score of 65. Axar patel and Jadhav ensured to reach at 269/6 after 50 overs. In reply to 270, NZ's counter attack packed by India's spinners. With the ball turning and gripping, India's spinners had a better day at vizag. Mishra ripped through the batting with a 5-fer as the Kiwis had no idea to counter his spin variations. In the end, it was a no-contest. And India won the match by a huge margin of 190 runs  TO SEAL THE SERIES 3-2.
Leg spinner Amit Mishra awarded as Man of the match and Man of the Series for giving his fittest match winning performance throughout the series. He says that he is happy to contribute to the team's victory. 
Indian cricketers wore jerseys bearing their mother's names instead of their own in the final ODI against New Zealand at the ACA-VDCA Stadium, Vizag here on Saturday.

"Nayi Soch",  the first-of-its-kind initiative is part of a new campaign started by Star India in collaboration with BCCI to highlight the importance of mothers in our lives.

Paytm ODI series result:
Dharmshala ODI- Ind won by 6 wickets
Delhi ODI-     NZ won by 6 runs
Mohali ODI- Ind won by 7 wickets
Ranchi ODI- NZ won by 19 runs
Vizag ODI-    Ind won by 190 runs.

Stats:
 • Amit Mishra completed 50 wickets.
 • 15 Wickets taken by Amit Mishra in this series - the most by any bowler in a five-match ODI series.
 • India have been played 904 ODI so far, registered 457 wins.
 • VK completed 7500+ runs
 • MS Dhoni became the third wicketkeeper to score 9000 ODI runs.
 • Most 100s while chasing in ODI-
 - 17 Sachin (232 innings)
 - 16 Kohli (94 inn)

 • Most ODI 100s-
 - 49  Sachin
 - 30 Ponting
 - 28 Jayasuriya
 - 26 Kohli

 • Highest scores by Indians in odi chases
 - 183* MSD vs SL, 2005
 - 183 Kohli vs Pak, 2012
 - 175 Sachin vs Aus, 2009
 - 154 Kohli vs NZ , 2016

 • 23.1 Overs in which New Zealand were bowled out. It was their shortest ODI innings .

 • 4 Number of bilateral ODI series in which Kohli has scored 300 or more runs, which includes this series. It is the joint-most by any batsman. Rahul Dravid and Quinton de Kock have also amassed 300-plus runs in four bilateral series each.
 • Kohli's 358 runs in this series are the third-most by any batsman in a bilateral series against New Zealand and the best for India against New Zealand.

  The Kiwis have entertained for sure but India proved too good in the end.

Gambhir & Team India eye to make it large

Gautam Gambhir, the left-hand opener is all set to return in white jersey for the Indian side after a gap of two years who is now replacing KL Rahul for the remaining two tests.

Kohli and Gambhir during Net practice at Eden Gardens

KL Rahul has been ruled out from the current ongoing series after getting injured his hamstring during Kanpur test. Later, Gambhir, who has been in good form at the domestic level as he made four consecutive fifties in the Duleep Trophy with an average more than 70,  but he was ignored and is now prompted to represent the national side again.

Currently, India , which have been won its Kanpur test by 197 runs , which was also the 500th test for India, is now looking to have unassailable lead by winning the forthcoming test at Eden gardens, Kolkata. Apart from Gautam Gambhir, the 26-year-old Haryana off spinner-batsman Jayant Yadav is included in 15-members squad , who is in for unfit Ishant Sharma.

If talk about the pitch of Eden gardens,   Pacers may enjoy a good outing at there especially on the first two days as there is cover of green grass on it. Spinners may come into play on the third day.