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VOL.31 :: NO.18 :: May. 03, 2008
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A man of miraclesMore than a year after he retired from international cricket, Shane Warne continues to show he has few equals in making things happen — in trapping lightning in a bottle, with a knowing smirk, writes S. Ram Mahesh.
Light-hearted and weightyIndian Premier League is a reminder that the game can take many forms without losing its spirit. Test cricket will survive for the same reason movies have survived so many supposed challengers, writes Peter Roebuck. IPL:CHENNAI SUPER KINGS V KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS Super Kings simply superb Kolkata was not the team it was in its earlier matches, while Chennai maintained its wonderful consistency. Nandita Sridhar reports. IPL: BANGALORE ROYAL CHALLENGERS V RAJASTHAN ROYALS 
A breeze for Rajasthan RoyalsNothing went right for Royal Challengers and the Bangalore team’s skipper admitted, “With just 135, we had our backs to the wall.” K. C. Vijaya Kumar reports. IPL: KINGS XI PUNJAB V MUMBAI INDIANS The class of Sangakkara Both the teams, Punjab and Mumbai, were without a win. The former played with greater intensity to post victory. Rakesh Rao reports. IPL:DECCAN CHARGERS V RAJASTHAN ROYALS 
It’s a Warne showWith 17 runs needed off the last over, Rajasthan Royals’ skipper Shane Warne pulled off one of the most remarkable feats seen at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. Abhijit Sen Gupta reports. IPL: CHENNAI SUPER KINGS V MUMBAI INDIANS 
Mumbai falters at the thresholdAbhishek Nayar’s rough-hewn attack kept Mumbai Indians in the game until he ran the single that exposed Ashish Nehra in the final over, writes S. Ram Mahesh. IPL:DECCAN CHARGERS V DELHI DAREDEVILS Sehwag cracks the whip The needlessly circumspect Deccan Chargers were steamrollered by the Delhi captain Virender Sehwag. Abhijit Sen Gupta reports. IPL: KINGS XI PUNJAB V RAJASTHAN ROYALS Shanes too good for the Kings It was a day when the Shanes from Australia, Warne and Watson, caused a lot of bother to the team from Punjab. G. Viswanath reports. IPL: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS V DECCAN CHARGERS 
Dicey pitch, lacklustre gameAn underprepared wicket took the fun out of the proceedings as the batsmen were not able to indulge in big-hitting, which is the very essence of T20 cricket. Over to S. Sabanayakan. IPL: MUMBAI INDIANS V BANGALORE CHALLENGERS 
Sluggish home team pays the priceMumbai Indians could never get its act right despite crowd support, while Bangalore Challengers was more professional in its approach. Over to Nandakumar Marar. IPL: RAJASTHAN ROYALS V DELHI DAREDEVILS 
Pretty one-sidedThis was stale entertainment and poor cricket, a most forgettable mix on a most forgettable night. Ferozeshah Kotla deserved better fare to herald a new era in cricket-watching, writes Vijay Lokapally. INTERVIEW/ADAM GILCHRIST 
He just loves to entertainThe concept of wicketkeeping, according to Adam Gilchrist, has changed both in Tests and one-dayers. “Very few can survive on a single facet of the game. You have to be good in many departments,” says the former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman in a chat with V. V. Subrahmanyam.
Rejected Stones This season’s highly successful Bayern Munich team has two foreign players, late developers, carrying all before them in attack. The big prolific centre forward Luca Tony spent years in obscurity before at last breaking through with a profusion of goals, many of them powerfully headed, writes Brian Glanville. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Riise’s calamity gives Chelsea the upper hand The Chelsea manager did have four men in attack towards the close but there appeared to be little logic to a plan that had seen the moderately effective Michael Ballack replaced. By Kevin McCarra. Ronaldo fluffs penalty If one factor explained why United are having a heady season while Barcelona are in a slump, it is the contrast between each club's back four. By Kevin McCarra. ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE 
Chelsea rises to the occasionThe title now comes down to whether United, comforted only by a superior goal difference, can extract a better set of results from West Ham and Wigan than Chelsea can inflict upon Newcastle and Bolton Wanderers. By Duncan Castles. SPANISH GRAND PRIX It’s Red-wash at Catalunya Kimi Raikkonen’s total assurance rang out another worrying message to the opposition throughout the 66-lap race, writes Alan Henry.
‘Have faith in us’The Santiago debacle is history. Joaquim Carvalho and his boys are now looking ahead with hope. The coach, however, cautions against expecting success overnight. “We need a lot of patience; we have to wait for the results,” he says in a chat with Kalyan Ashok.
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