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Indian Premier League - IPL

IPL Betting: Who's in, out, in-form, flopped and which fans are going to have something to shout about?

5 May 2008 | About Andrew Hughes

Andrew Hughes tells us which players have left the IPL due to international commitments, which have come in and which teams are real contenders to win the inaugural version of the contest... Read more | Comment now

Tags: cricket betting, Ganguly, IPL betting, Rajasthan Royals

IPL Betting: It pays to back the team batting second

28 April 2008 | About Ed Hawkins

After 14 matches, four centuries and just short of 10,000 runs, Ed Hawkins think it's time to start finding some patterns in the IPL matches to help us with our betting... Read more | Comment now

Tags: cricket betting, IPL betting, Rajasthan Royals, Shane Warne

Does the IPL represent the future of cricket or is it a flash in the pan?

28 April 2008 | About Andrew Hughes

Andrew Hughes is impressed with the all-action entertainment of the IPL so far but wonders whether it will ever hold the long-term global appeal that some think it will... Read more | Comments (2)

Tags: Allen Stanford, international cricket, IPL, Twenty20 cricket

The story of the IPL so far - brilliant Hussey hundred puts Chennai in good position

21 April 2008 | About Andrew Hughes

Cheerleaders, Bollywood stars, record-breaking knocks and a power cut, but it's so far so good in the Indian Premier League, says Andrew Hughes... Read more | Comment now

Tags: Chennai, Deccan Chargers, Indian Premier League, Mike Hussey

The IPL is here: First up Kolkata take on Bangalore

17 April 2008 | About Andrew Hughes

The in-form man of Indian cricket Sourav Ganguly leads his Kolkata team out against Dravid's Bangalore in the opener of the IPL but who should your money be on?... Read more | Comments (2)

Tags: cricket betting, IPL, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly

Chris Gayle, Afridi, Warne, Akhtar and Yuvraj Singh are five to watch in the IPL

18 March 2008 | About Andrew Hughes

Andrew Hughes handpicks five world superstars to watch out for when the much-awaited Indian Premier League launches in a few weeks time and picks the best bets on offer... Read more | Comments (3)

Tags: cricket bettting, Indian Premier league, Shahid Afridi, Yuvraj Singh

Will the birth of the Indian Premier League signal the death of international cricket?

5 March 2008 | About Paul Moon

Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo considers whether the riches of the Indian Premier League allied with the Kolpak ruling may rob International Cricket of it's star performers... Read more | Comment now

Tags: Ganguly, Indian Premier League, Kolpak ruling, Sachin Tendulkar

The Indian Premier League is here - but who will win it?

26 February 2008 | About Andrew Hughes

Andrew Hughes gives us the Indian Premier League: auctions, the world's best players, franchises owned by Bollywood stars and all-action Twenty20 cricket. But who is the best bet to win it?... Read more | Comment now

Tags: Andrew Symonds, cricket betting, Indian Premier League, Mahendra Singh Dhoni