Dharamsala: Coming to form during the later half of the tournament, Punjab posted a a stiff total of 184 that eventually turned out to be too much for the visitors, Mumbai Indians. Mumbai went in with the same side as in the game against Rajasthan Royals. Sachin Tendulkar once again missed the fixture to rest his injured hand, which meant Mumbai's opening combination remain unchanged. However, it did not work out according to plans as Praveen Kumar picked up Glenn Maxwell with the third ball of the innings.
Man of the Match in the previous game, Aditya Tare once again looked in good touch before he was castled by Sandeep Sharma for 22. At 27 for two, skipper Rohit Sharma and Ambati Rayudu tried to fight back with a 35-run partnership but the asking rate proved to be too much for both of them. Rayadu top-scored for Mumbai with 26 runs which included three boundaries. Skipper Rohit Sharma was striking the ball nicely before he was done in by a beautiful googly from Piyush Chawla for 25. The rest of the batsmen struggled to get runs as Pollard (22), Rishi Dhawan (14) and Dinesh Karthik (0) could not accelerate when it was required.
With 51 needed off the last over, the Dharamsala crowd came in for a pleasant surprise when skipper Adam Gilchrist bowled the last over and to many people's delight, picked up his first IPL wicket. With a little bit of "Gillinam" style of celebration, the
07:39 PM, May 18, 2013
Live updates from Game 69 between Punjab and Mumbai at Dharamsala Against the spectre of spot-fixing, the Indian Premier League will continue on its road to the play-offs as Mumbai Indian and Kings XI Punjab play their last league fixture here on Saturday. While Punjab's outside chance of reaching the top-four has already been blown away by Sunrisers Hyderabad who beat Rajasthan Royals on Friday to register their ninth win,...
03:00 PM, May 18, 2013
Dharamsala: An unprecedented rain that lashed the hill town and its surroundings might have left the organisers of the IPL worried with matches scheduled on May 16 and 18 but the ground-in-charge expressed confidence of getting the field ready even an hour after the rain stoppage. However, the ground in charge at the HPCA Cricket Stadium said that the field is totally covered and even if the rains continue till...
04:13 PM, May 12, 2013
Dharamsala: God of cricket Sachin Tendulkar's imminent knock in the land of gods has sent the excitement quotient soaring across the boundary. His fans are desperately awaiting his first ever match at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association's (HPCA) sole venue, located at an altitude of 4,000 feet above sea level here, May 18 when Mumbai Indians take on Kings XI Punjab. "Most of the tickets for the second IPL match...
08:31 PM, May 07, 2013
The 28-year-old skipper was full of praise for centurion Ian Bell, who scored an unbeaten 113. ...
08:58 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Dhoni said, India were 30-35 runs short of the target that they would have liked to set before England. ...
07:26 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Bell remained unbeaten on 113 as England chased down the target of 227 with 16 balls to spare. But India clinch the ODI series 3-2. ...
01:44 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Ian Bell remained unbeaten on 113 off 143 balls and Eoin Morgan not out on 40 as England overhauled the target of 227 with 16 balls to spare. ...
07:55 AM, Jan 27, 2013
3-1 scoreline is the perfect opportunity to blood Pujara. ...
06:18 PM, Jan 26, 2013
Raina won't mind batting higher up the order as he believes it would give him a chance to make a comeback in the Indian Test fold. ...
03:26 PM, Jan 26, 2013
The decision was taken after an inspection of the pitch by the two captains and the match refereee and keeping in mind the weather conditions. ...
12:50 PM, Jan 26, 2013
India will be out to finish the series 4-1 as the contest shifts northward to the hill station of Dharamsala, making its international debut. ...
08:04 AM, Jan 26, 2013
HPCA secretary said that the organisers were "hopeful" of getting a full 50-over contest in the first ODI in the state. ...
09:41 PM, Jan 23, 2013
Fast bowlers are likely to get assistance in the last two ODIs between India and England at Mohali and Dharamsala. ...
07:44 PM, Jan 20, 2013
India will face England in the fifth and the final ODI on January 27 at this ground. ...
04:13 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Dharamshala will host its first international match when India play England on January 27. ...
09:06 PM, Oct 28, 2012
While Mohali, which was slated to hold the fifth ODI, will now host the fourth ODI on January 23, a BCCI release informed. ...
04:39 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Dharamsala: Fifty-three years after he made India his second home, the Dalai Lama has developed a taste for 'dal-roti' and has imbibed the virtues of secularism. Recalling his stay here ever since fleeing his homeland in 1959, the Tibetan spiritual leader said the "biggest thing" that he had learnt after coming to India was "how not to be a hypocrite". The Nobel prize winner said he used to be an...
10:06 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Dharamsala: The Tibetan government-in-exile on Tuesday condemned the incident in which a Tibetan was allegedly killed and several others injured in clashes with police in China's southwest Sichuan province. "The Tibetan parliament is deeply aggrieved by the incident and condemn the Chinese authorities for resorting to such drastic act of force and repression," a spokesperson of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala said in a statement on Tuesday. "We call on...
04:55 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: A chargesheet was filed against spiritual leader Karmapa Lama and nine others in the case pertaining of recovery of foreign currency from the Karmapa monastery. The monastery in Dharamshala was in news when police recovered foreign currency worth Rs 7 crore during a raid at Karmapa's office. Himachal Pradesh government has also attached the property of Gyuto monastery of the 17th Karmapa Lama, Ugyen Trinley Dorje, at Sidhbari....
08:33 PM, Dec 07, 2011
