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On the Time Machine with IPL, circa 2084

On the Time Machine with IPL, circa 2084

In 2084, with 76 teams from nations like Lesotho, Guatemala, Burkina Faso, Montenegro, Somalia, etc, we realise the mammoth development in cricket. In affectionate remembrance of Vijay Mallya, the beautiful trophy is now replaced by a one-day-and-11-nights free stay with the top 500 Kingfisher swimsuit suitless models.

Tanay Sukumar, Lalit Modi, Kingfisher swinsuit, IPL, BCCI, Ravi Shastri, Vijay Mallya, Pakistan, News That Matters Not, cricket humour

June 19 2013, 11:40 am

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ICC Champions Trophy: Dhoni, Misbah and other players from India and Pakistan discuss Saturdays match

ICC Champions Trophy: Dhoni, Misbah and other players from India and Pakistan discuss Saturday's match

Going into the dead rubber, Captain Cool was faced with a problem of plenty, and we are talking about the bowling. "Please MS bhai, let us have a go at the Pakistani batting line-up," pleaded bench-warmers, Irfan Pathan and Vinay Kumar, realizing such opportunities don’t come frequently.

UnReal Mama, cricket humour, ICC Champions Trophy 2013, MS Dhoni, Misbah-ul-Haq, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Irfan, Sania Mirza, Shoaib Malik, India vs Pakistan

June 17 2013, 7:27 pm

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Why match-fixing and betting should be made legal

Why match-fixing and betting should be made legal

Unfortunate has been the plight of the true Indian cricket lover, particularly for the follower of the IPL. In fact the plight is worse than those in the limelight, or lowlight! And the ridicule heaped on the fan by his/her non-cricket loving and/or IPL hating folks just adds to the misery.

Vincent Sunder, cricket humour, IPL, IPL 6, IPL 2013, India, IPL 2013 spot-fixing controversy, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ravi Shastri

June 9 2013, 11:40 am

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Manna from Heaven: Tainted cricketers around the world can now ply their trade fearlessly!

Manna from Heaven: Tainted cricketers around the world can now ply their trade fearlessly!

Tired of the relentless scrutiny by law-enforcing agencies and administrators hounding cricketers, a Dubai-based company called Betting & Fixing (B&F) Brothers has come to the rescue of cricketers accused of match-fixing and spot-fixing by announcing their own tournament in the form of Fixing Premier League (FPL).

Abhijit Banare, cricket humour, IPL, IPL 6, IPL 2013, Danish Kaneria, Kamran Akmal, Nadeem Ghauri, DRS, Fixing Premier League

June 8 2013, 1:55 am

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Now Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia, Kings XI Punjab co-owners, under Delhi Police scanner!

Now Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia, Kings XI Punjab co-owners, under Delhi Police scanner!

After Chennai Super Kings (CSK) enthusiast, Gurunath Meiyappan, and Rajasthan Royals co-owners Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty, it is the turn of Kings XI Punjab co-owners Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia to come under the scanner of law enforcement authorities for match-fixing, or rather, the lack thereof: the estranged couple have been summoned by the special cell of the Delhi police to answer questions over the precise reason for their break-up and the current status of their relationship.

UnReal Mama, The UnReal Times, cricket humour, Gurunath Meiyappan, Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra, Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Neeraj Kumar, IPL 2013 spot-fixing controversy

June 7 2013, 1:28 pm

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Wanted: Cricket enthusiast/Team Principal/Team Owner!

Wanted: Cricket enthusiast/Team Principal/Team Owner!

Governance Now, much like the famous Amul ads, have amalgamated national interest — the infamous spot-fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League (IPL) — and humour to conjure an out-of-the box ‘appointments ad’ to promote their website, Governance Now. The brain behind the idea is none other than the Editor of Governance Now, BV Rao.

BV Rao, cricket humour, IPL, IPL 6, IPL 2013, IPL 2013 spot-fixing controversy, BCCI, Chennai Super Kings, N Srinivasan, Gurunath Meiyappan

June 1 2013, 8:48 am

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Cricketing Rifts 5: 1950s - Many mutinies against the skippers

Cricketing Rifts 5: 1950s - Many mutinies against the skippers

The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series,Arunabha Senguptalooks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket.

Arunabha Sengupta, Serials, cricketing rifts, Len Hutton, Fred Trueman, Peter May, Jim Laker, Gerry Alexander, Roy Gilchrist, Gary Sobers, Rohan Kanhai

June 19 2013, 5:55 pm

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Arnab Goswami hospitalised — fallout of Chennai Working Committee happenings!

Arnab Goswami hospitalised — fallout of Chennai Working Committee happenings!

Popular news anchor Arnab Goswami was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital for high blood pressure (BP) after his outrage, always high to begin with, breached new levels, in the wake of N Srinivasan merely stepping aside and not resigning as President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

UnReal Mama, The UnReal Times, cricket humour, Arnab Goswami, N Srinivasan, Jagmohan Dalmiya, BCCI, IPL 2013 spot-fixing controversy, BCCI Working Committee, BCCI Working Committee meeting

June 3 2013, 9:11 pm

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