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The UnReal Times
Thu, June 20 2013
ICC Champions Trophy: Why MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Duncan Fletcher are feeling low in energy ahead of the semis!
For once, just for once, Indian cricket fans are hoping that rain washes out today’s semi-final clash in Cardiff so that viewers are spared the tedium of watching yet another India-Sri Lanka One-Day International (ODI) match — the two South Asian nations have played each other over 44 times in the last five years
Fri, June 07 2013
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.
Mon, June 03 2013
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.
Sat, June 01 2013
Breaking News: Wikileaks reveals huge list of bookie code words; Ashish Nehra is “Pepsodent”
As police investigators plough ahead with their investigations into the murky nexus between bookies, cricketers, businessmen and cricket enthusiasts, more details regarding the code words used by bookies in referring to cricketers have emerged, thanks to a Wikileaks expose.
Thu, May 23 2013
The Srinivasan, Meiyappan conversations!
All hell broke loose in the headquarters of world cricket, the N Srinivasan household in Chennai, after news leaked into the public domain that bookie and small fish in the spot-fixing scandal, Vindoo Dara Singh, had made several calls to a really big fish, Srini’s son-in-law and CSK co-owner, Gurunath Meiyappan.
Wed, May 22 2013
IPL 2013: Behind-the-scene reports of the CSK-Mumbai Indians match
With all the drama and action happening off-field, tuning into the match seemed rather difficult. It is a testament to our passion for cricket and relentless commitment towards reporting events as they take place that we sacrificed NewsHour, flushed every bit of doubt, cynicism and analytical thinking from our minds and hearts, and sat down to watch the first of the playoffs.
Sun, May 19 2013
IPL 2013: Virat Kohli sets up epic groveling session with Gautam Gambhir after masterminding RCB’s triumph over Chennai
If ever there was something that was just what the doctor ordered, it was Saturday’s match between Royal Challengers Bangalore against Chennai Super Kings. It had something for every type of cricket watcher — the hardcore cricket fan could hope for some high quality cricket to take his mind off the body blow dealt to his faith in cricket by Sreesanth and Company, while the hardcore cricket cynic could hope for further I-told-you-it-was-fixed exultations when the likes of RP Singh get tonked all over the park. The average Joe could watch the face-off because there wasn’t anything else playing in the bar he was getting drunk in.
Thu, May 16 2013
Sreesanth tries to clear the air on spot-fixing controversy
Just when viewers were close to asphyxiation, watching meaningless matches involving 'chillar’ teams like KKR and DD towards the business end of the league stage, Sreesanth’s arrest for spot-fixing has come like a breath of fresh-air, breathing life into what was, hitherto, a scandal free edition of the T20 extravaganza.
Tue, May 14 2013
Goldman Sachs offers to compensate Shahrukh Khan for making a bad investment in Yusuf Pathan!
Yusuf Pathan has been such a terrible disappointment for his franchise — he has averaged a measly 21.10 in 14 matches in IPL6, ensuring that Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) — that a consortium of I-banks led by Goldman Sachs have offered to compensate KKR owner Shahrukh Khan for the lousy investment that Pathan has turned out to be.
Fri, May 10 2013
IPL constitutes “Ashish Nehra black-blue” cap for most expensive bowling spell; Ishant Sharma first owner
After honoring the highest run-scorers and wicket-takers with orange and purple caps respectively, the Indian Premier League (IPL) committee has introduced another honour cap called the "Ashish Nehra black-blue" cap, which will be worn by the bowler with the most expensive four-over spell. After careful scrutiny of bowling statistics till Thursday, Sun Risers Hyderabad pacer Ishant Sharma was the first to be handed over the cap by IPL commissioner Rajeev Shukla.