IPL poing table

The IPL point table can be found here:

http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ipl/engine/series/313494.html?view=pointstable

Australia in West Indies 08 : Fixture

Source: http://icc-cricket.yahoo.com/scorecards/schedule1.html

1st Test: West Indies v Australia at Sabina Park, Kingston - Jamaica	May 22 - May 26 15:00 GMT
2nd Test: West Indies v Australia at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, St Peter's, Antigua	May 30 - Jun 3 14:00 GMT
3rd Test: West Indies v Australia at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown - Barbados	Jun 12 - Jun 16 14:00 GMT
Twenty20 International: West Indies v Australia at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown - Barbados	Jun 20 18:00 GMT
1st ODI: West Indies v Australia at Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown - St Vincent	Jun 24 13:30 GMT
2nd ODI: West Indies v Australia at National Cricket Stadium, St George's - Grenada	Jun 27 13:30 GMT
3rd ODI: West Indies v Australia at National Cricket Stadium, St George's - Grenada	Jun 29 13:30 GMT
4th ODI: West Indies v Australia at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts	Jul 4 13:30 GMT
5th ODI: West Indies v Australia at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts	Jul 6 13:30 GMT

New Zealand tour of England and Scotland, 2008 fixture

May, Thu 15 - Mon 19 10:00 GMT	1st Test - England v New Zealand	Lord's, London
May, Fri 23 - Tue 27 10:00 GMT	2nd Test - England v New Zealand	Old Trafford, Manchester
June, Thu 5 - Mon 9 10:00 GMT	3rd Test - England v New Zealand	Trent Bridge, Nottingham
June, Fri 13 16:30 GMT	Only Twenty20 International - England v New Zealand	Old Trafford, Manchester
June, Sun 15 09:45 GMT	1st ODI - England v New Zealand	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
June, Wed 18 09:45 GMT	2nd ODI - England v New Zealand	Edgbaston, Birmingham
June, Sat 21 09:45 GMT	3rd ODI - England v New Zealand	County Ground, Bristol
June, Wed 25 09:45 GMT	4th ODI - England v New Zealand	Kennington Oval, London
June, Sat 28 09:45 GMT	5th ODI - England v New Zealand	Lord's, London
July, Tue 1 09:45 GMT	Ireland v New Zealand	Mannofield Park, Aberdeen
July, Thu 3 09:45 GMT	Scotland v New Zealand	Mannofield Park, Aberdeen

Symonds quick 100 went in vain as Royals ruled at end

IPL - 9th match : Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals

Played at: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad, on 24 April 2008 - day/night (20-over match)

Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)

Scorecard:
Imgae taken from iplt20.com

Andrew Symonds hit the fastest century in the IPL from 47 balls in his total 117* (53 balls,11x4,7x6), helped the Chargers to reach a very competitive total of 214/5.

This was not enough as Royal number 3 batsman Yusuf Pathan struck the fastest IPL half-century - from 21 balls - in his score of 61(28 balls, 4x4,6x6), IPL debuter Graeme Smith s useful 71 from 45 balls, Mohammad Kaif 34 (16 balls) and end quick blast of 22 from 9 balls by Royal captain Shane Warne helped Royals to reach the target with 1 ball left. It was Warne who ruled the last over from Symonds hitting successive sixes off the last two balls of the innings.

Shahid Afridi was the most successful bowler for the Chargers with 3 for 28 runs.

Its Chennai upperhand over Mumbai in thriller

IPL Match 8 : Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians

Played at: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, on 23 April 2008 - day/night (20-over match)

Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 6 runs

Scorecard


Image Taken from: www.iplt20.com

Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians by just six runs to secure a second straight win in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday. It was Mumbai's second successive defeat.

Matthew Hayden smashed 81(46 balls,12x4,2x6), 21 years old Suresh Raina's 53 came from 36 balls (3x4,3x6) and skipper MS Dhoni's quick 16 balls 30 helped the Chennai Super Kings to reach 208/5 in their 20 overs.

Robin Uthappa's initial blast of 43 and a late burst from Abhishek Nayar (45 not out from 20) took the Mumbai Indians close to the total , but ultimately its the Supers King side who took the victory honor.

Splendid Sehwag Hammers Deccan Chargers

IPL - 7th match : Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils

Played at: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad, on 22 April 2008 - day/night (20-over match)

Result: Delhi Daredevils won by 9 wickets (with 42 balls remaining) scorecard

Deccan Chargers were struggling for 60/5 (with stars like Gilchrist, Symonds, Shahid Afridi already way to pavilion), then Rohit Sharma blasted 66 of 36 balls(6x4,4x6) to help the team to reach a compitive total of 142 for 8 in their alloted 20 overs.

But this total was not enough for Virender Sehwag as he smashed unbeaten 94 from just 41 balls to guide Delhi to its second nine-wicket win to start its Indian Premier League campaign. The match ended in just 13 overs. Sehwag smashed 10 fours and six sixes in his innings, highlighted by 30 from one over from Symonds.

**Image Source: Time of India e-paper

Watson leads Royals to triumph

IPL 6th match : Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab

Played at: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, on 21 April 2008 - day/night (20-over match)

Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining) scorecard

A tranquil batting performance from Aussie Allrounder Shane Watson led the Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over the Kings XI Punjab - their first win in the Indian Premier League after being hammered by the Delhi Daredevils in their opening fixture. And for the Kings its second serial defeat in IPL.

Skipper Shane Warne took 3 for 19 in his 4 overs,Siddharth Trivedi spent only 25 runs for 2 wickets in his 4 over spell and "Ravindra Jadeja"(36 from 25 balls) unbroken partnership of 69 with Watson helped Roylas to reach the target with 11 balls to spare.

Watson's Innings was composed of 5x4 and 5x6

Image Source: Times of India e paper

Shane Warne express grief for English IPL absence

"It is a real shame that players like (Kevin) Pietersen or Andrew Flintoff are not in the IPL," Warne said. "The ICC will have to show some common sense. The league should not be restricted to a 90-day wonder," Warne told the Asian Age.

Shane Warne says the absence of England's top cricketers from the Indian Premier League (IPL) is a "real shame" and has challenged ICC to find a permanent place for the Twenty20 event in the international calendar.

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Boucher guides Bangalore to seal win over Mumbai

IPL Match 5 : Mumbai Indians v Bangalore Royal Challengers

Played at: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, on 20 April 2008 - day/night (20-over match)

Result: Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

A 55-run fifth wicket partnership between South Africans Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher led Bangalore Royal Challengers to a five-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.

scorecard

Hussey heroics help Kolkata

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IPL Match 4 : Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers

Played at: Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on 20 April 2008 - day/night (20-over match)

Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

It was a low scoring game, culprit being the dusty Eden Garden pitch, still we had a great match between the Knights and the Chargers.

Australia's David Hussey produced a match-highest score of 38 to help Kolkata for a great win.

David Hussey : 38 (43 Balls, 1x6,3x4)

Scorecard

Easy Win for Delhi Daredevils

IPL match 3: Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals
Played at: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, on 19 April 2008 - day/night (20-over match)
Result: Delhi Daredevils won by 9 wickets (with 29 balls remaining)



Gautam Gambhir(58*) and Shikhar Dhawan(52*) helped Delhi Daredevils a 9 wicket easy win over Shane Warne's Rajasthan Royals.

The scorecard

Michael Hussey hammers ton as Super Kings beat King XI

IPL Match 2: Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings

Played at" Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh, on 19 April 2008 - day/night (20-over match)

Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 33 runs scorecard


Image Source: Times of India e paper

A brilliant unbeaten century from Australian Michael Hussey has motorized Chennai Super Kings to a 33-run victory in their Indian Premier League opener against Kings XI Punjab.

MEK Hussey : 116* (54 Balls,8x4,9x6)

Man in Form - Salman Butt

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Great series for Salman Butt.

Series: Bangladesh in Pakistan 2008

1st ODI - Gaddafi,Lahore: 33(57 Balls, 4x4)
2nd ODI - Faisalabad: 76 (72 Balls, 9x4,1x6)
3rd ODI - Lahore,Lohore: 132 (127 Balls, 15x4)
4th ODI - Multan: 74 (84 Balls, 8x4)
5th ODI - Karachi, 136 (124 Balls, 14x4, 1x6)

Brendon McCullum's innings : IPL first match

Match1, IPL : Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders
Played at: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, on 18 April 2008 - day/night (20-over match)
Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 140 runs. Scorecard

Solid Performance: BB McCullum(Kolkata) 158 (73 balls,10x4,13x6)
This is the present highest individual score in T20. Previous highest Cameron White 141* (vs Worcs). Also the 13 sixes blasted by McCullum became the highest number of sixes in T20 match (previous 10 sixes by Chris Gayle against South Africa in T20 WC first match)


Image Source: Times of India e paper



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Note: I am lucky enough to witness this match in Bangalore yesterday night.

England's New kit for 2008 season

Source: cricinfo.com
England launched their new kit for the 2008 season at Lord's on Thursday

Likely team for IPL inauguration match

Match1: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders at Bangalore - Apr 18, 2008

Bangalore (likely) 1 Praveen Kumar, 2 Wasim Jaffer, 3 Jacques Kallis, 4 Rahul Dravid (capt), 5 Virat Kohli, 6 Cameron White, 7 B Akhil, 8 Mark Boucher (wk), 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Ashley Noffke, 11 R Vinay Kumar

Kolkata (likely) 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Sourav Ganguly (capt), 3 Ricky Ponting, 4 Brendon McCullum (wk), 5 David Hussey, 6 Debabrata Das, 7 Laxmi Ratan Shukla, 8 Ajit Agarkar, 9 Murali Kartik, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashok Dinda.

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Solid performance - Shakib Al Hasan

Bangladesh in Pakistan ODI Series - 4th ODI
Played at: Multan Cricket Stadium on 16 April 2008 - day/night (50-over match)
Result: Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 33 balls remaining)

Bangaladesh were 8-109 (28.2 ov). The final score 210(49.1).
Brilliant innings from Shakib Al Hasan : 108 (8x4)

Image Source: Cricinfo.com

Solid Performance - Chamara Kapugedera

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Match: Sri Lanka in West Indies ODI Series - 1st ODI
Played at: Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad, on 10 April 2008
Result: West Indies won by 1 wicket as Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit a six off the last ball of the game.
Solid Innings by: Chamara Kapugedera
95(117 balls, 7 fours and 3 sixes)

He came to bat when his team were 49-5 once(with top order Tharanga,Sangakkara,Jayawardene,Dilshan already got out). Kapugedera put on 159 for the sixth wicket with Chamara Silva (67) to help Sri Lanka post a competitive total(235-7). Definitely a solid performance from Kapugedera.

ICL World Series 2008 - India Vs Pakistan Vs World

This will be worth watching, ICL World Series 2008 - India Vs Pakistan Vs World (9th to 15th April, Lal Bahadur Stadium, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad , India.






Match begins at 19:00 hrs

09 April, Wed ICL India vs ICL World

10 April, Thurs ICL Pakistan vs ICL World

11 April, Fri ICL India vs ICL Pakistan

12 April, Sat ICL India vs ICL World

13 April, Sun ICL India vs ICL Pakistan

14 April, Mon ICL Pakistan vs ICL World

15 April, Tues FINAL

Source: http://www.indiancricketleague.in/

Tied test matches - Do you know?

Do you know that in Test cricket history, there are only two matches tied?

1) Australia vs West Indies(Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane,9 Dec 1960) Score
2) India vs Australia(MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai,18 Sep 1986) Score

Street cricket, great innovation

The quantum mechanics of cricket

A must read for all cricket lovers with science background :-).
A good article from Joe Wolfe (School of Physics, University of New South Wales)

On 23 October, 1999, Australian captain Steve ('Tugga') Waugh, perhaps because of his intuitive knowledge of quantum mechanics, appears to have set the field read more...

Dravid joins 10,000-run club

Rahul Dravid on Saturday (South Africa in India Test Series - 1st Test,Chepauk, Chennai, Day4-March 29) became third Indian and only the sixth batsman in Test to complete 10,000 runs in test career.

10,000 run-club members

Batsman	Mts	Inns	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50
BC Lara (WI)	131	232	11953	400*	52.88	34	48
SR Tendulkar (Ind)	147	238	11782	248*	55.31	39	49
AR Border (Aus)	156	265	11174	205	50.56	27	63
SR Waugh (Aus)	168	260	10927	200	51.06	32	50
SM Gavaskar (Ind)	125	214	10122	236*	51.12	34	45
R Dravid (Ind)	120	206	10031	270	55.41	25	51

Fastest to reach 10,000 runs

Batsman	Tests
Lara	111
Dravid	120
Tendulkar	122
Gavaskar	124
Border	136
Waugh	156

Source: http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2008/mar/29stats.htm

IPL’s complete schedule

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IPL’s complete schedule:
April, Fri 18 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 1st match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sat 19 17:00 local, 11:30 GMT 2nd match - Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
April, Sat 19 20:30 local, 15:00 GMT 3rd match - Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
April, Sun 20 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 4th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers Eden Gardens, Kolkata
April, Sun 20 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 5th match - Mumbai Indians v Bangalore Royal Challengers Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
April, Mon 21 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 6th match - Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
April, Tue 22 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 7th match - Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
April, Wed 23 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 8th match - Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
April, Thu 24 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 9th match - Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
April, Fri 25 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 10th match - Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
April, Sat 26 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 11th match - Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
April, Sat 26 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 12th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
April, Sun 27 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 13th match - Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
April, Sun 27 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 14th match - Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
April, Mon 28 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 15th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Chennai Super Kings M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
April, Tue 29 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 16th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians Eden Gardens, Kolkata
April, Wed 30 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 17th match - Delhi Daredevils v Bangalore Royal Challengers Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
May, Thu 1 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 18th match - Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
May, Thu 1 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 19th match - Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
May, Fri 2 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 20th match - Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
May, Sat 3 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 21st match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Deccan Chargers M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
May, Sat 3 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 22nd match - Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
May, Sun 4 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 23rd match - Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
May, Sun 4 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 24th match - Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
May, Mon 5 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 25th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kings XI Punjab M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
May, Tue 6 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 26th match - Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
May, Wed 7 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 27th match - Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
May, Thu 8 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 28th match - Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
May, Thu 8 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 29th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Bangalore Royal Challengers Eden Gardens, Kolkata
May, Fri 9 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 30th match - Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
May, Sat 10 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 31st match - Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
May, Sun 11 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 32nd match - Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
May, Sun 11 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 33rd match - Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
May, Mon 12 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 34th match - Kings XI Punjab v Bangalore Royal Challengers Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
May, Tue 13 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 35th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils Eden Gardens, Kolkata
May, Wed 14 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 36th match - Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
May, Thu 15 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 37th match - Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
May, Fri 16 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 38th match - Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
May, Sat 17 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 39th match - Rajasthan Royals v Bangalore Royal Challengers Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
May, Sat 17 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 40th match - Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
May, Sun 18 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 41st match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings Eden Gardens, Kolkata
May, Sun 18 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 42nd match - Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
May, Mon 19 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 43rd match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
May, Tue 20 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 44th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals Eden Gardens, Kolkata
May, Wed 21 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 45th match - Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
May, Wed 21 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 46th match - Chennai Super Kings v Bangalore Royal Challengers MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
May, Thu 22 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 47th match - Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
May, Fri 23 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 48th match - Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
May, Sat 24 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 49th match - Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
May, Sat 24 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 50th match - Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
May, Sun 25 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 52nd match - Deccan Chargers v Bangalore Royal Challengers Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
May, Sun 25 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 51st match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab Eden Gardens, Kolkata
May, Mon 26 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 53rd match - Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
May, Tue 27 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 54th match - Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
May, Wed 28 16:00 local, 10:30 GMT 55th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
May, Wed 28 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 56th match - Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
May, Fri 30 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
May, Sat 31 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
June, Sun 1 20:00 local, 14:30 GMT Final - TBC v TBC Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai