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.
God of cricket Sachin Tendulkar's imminent knock in the land of gods has sent the excitement quotient soaring across the boundary.
The IPL fever seems to have gripped the Indian parliamentarians as well and they are all set to play a friendly Twenty20 match against the Mumbai Heroes, the cricket team of Bollywood, on May 20 at the picturesque HPCA stadium in Dharamsala.
In a major setback to Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA), Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Saturday, said the association would no longer be provided security for IPL matches free of cost as HPCA was a commercial organisation.
India take on England in the fifth and final One-Day International at the HPCA Stadium at Dharamsala today.
With host India having taken an unassailable 3-1 lead in Mohali, the game at Dharamsala is a dead rubber but the chief curator Sunil Chauhan is optimistic of a high-scoring match Having clinched the five-match series already, India would have arrived at the nippy Dharamsala buoyed by the warmth of finally having something to hit...
The fifth and final cricket one-dayer between India and England here tomorrow will start half-an-hour later than the scheduled start due to inclement weather conditions in the hill town, the BCCI announced today.
Having clinched the five-match series already, India would have arrived at the nippy Dharamsala buoyed by the warmth of finally having something to hit back at critics with.
England batsman Kevin Pietersen visited the Dalai Lama's residence at Dharamsala on Friday but did not get to meet the Tibetan spiritual leader.
The atmosphere in Dharamsala is nothing short of festive as the hill town gears up to host its first ever international cricket match with India taking on England in the inconsequential fifth and final ODI of a series that has been pocketed by the home nation.