IPL 2014 Season 7 Match Schedule and News

IPL 2014 Season 7 Match Schedule and News

Official IPL 7 Schedule

16 April-30 April in UAE
1 May-12 May in India or Bangladesh
13 May- 1 June in India
A detailed schedule of dates and venues is yet to be finalized for IPL 2014

IPL Top Performers So Far...

 IPL top performers so far....

Batsmen	Matches	Runs	Average	SR	100	50
Shaun Marsh	29	1267	52.79	140.93	1	11
Chris Gayle	28	1071	44.63	162.52	2	5
Shane Watson	32	987	39.48	145.57	0	7
MS Dhoni	59	1425	39.58	138.61	0	8
Mike Hussey	21	697	43.56	124.91	1	4
Suresh Raina	62	1813	36.26	140.32	0	13
Matthew Hayden	32	1107	36.90	137.51	0	8
Virender Sehwag	50	1384	29.44	169.60	1	9
Sachin Tendulkar	51	1723	40.06	120.15	1	10
Andrew Symonds	39	974	36.07	129.87	1	5

Bowlers	Matches	Wickets	Economy	SR
Lasith Malinga	42	61	6.38	15.80
Doug Bollinger	21	29	6.87	16.10
Amit Mishra	45	61	6.84	16.50
Farveez Maharoof	20	27	7.42	15.50
Ravichandran Ashwin	30	35	6.03	19.70
Munaf Patel	45	55	7.23	17.10
Rohit Sharma	20	21	6.22	20.10
Ashish Nehra	31	37	7.19	17.80
Pragyan Ojha	54	60	7.13	18.60
Harbhajan Singh	46	48	6.76	20.00

Look out for the changes in this performers list after IPL Season 5 in 2012.

Rahul Dravid - Second man to complete 13,000 test runs.

Indian batsman - "Pillar in Indian Middle order" Rahul Dravid crossed 13,000 runs mark on third test against West Indies. West Indies touring India for Test and ODI series in November 2011. In this series Little master Sachin Tendulkar crossed 15,000 runs as well. This series is a memorable one for Indian Cricket and the cricket lovers worldwide.

Only eight batsmen have recorded more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket and three of them are Indians. Playing in his 160th match, Dravid has smashed 36 centuries and 61 half-centuries so far. For the 1,000 runs he scored this year, Dravid has taken 11 Tests. 'The Wall' has scored five centuries in the current year thus far with two against West Indies and three against England apart from two half-centuries at an average of 59.50.

Quotes on Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar = Cricket !

Sachin is God, God is Tendulkar! The little master after scoring 200 in ODI- pyrotechnics holds the record for the highest ODI score. CONGRATULATIONS to him! "No record is unbreakable. Records are made to be broken and I would like to see an Indian breaking this record," Tendulkar said, dedicating the knock to all his fans. Tendulkar’s innings was a dreamy one, layered well with fours, sixes and smart running between the wickets. Here’s a tribute in quotes to the man from Mumbai, it only reinforces the fact that Mr. Sachin is indeed the ‘greatest player of the game’.

Mathew Hayden:

"I have seen God, he bats at no. 4 for India"

Peter Roebuck

"On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This Genius can stop time in India!!"

Dennis Lillee

If I've to bowl to Sachin, I'll bowl with my helmet                        on. He hits the ball so hard.

Glenn McGrath

I still think Tendulkar is the best batsmen in the world ahead of Steve Waugh and Lara.

Brian Lara

Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal.

Sir Don Bradman

I saw him (Sachin) playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as I used to play, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two...hi compactness, technique, stroke production... it all seemed to gel.

Andy Flower:

"There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others."

Allan Donald:
"Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has
many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the
world"

Sunil Gavaskar

India's fortune will depend on how many runs the little champion scores. There is no doubt Tendulkar is the real thing.

Richie Benaud
He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling.

Geoffrey Boycott

Technically, you can't fault Sachin. Seam or spin, fast or slow nothing is a problem.

Greg Chappell
He is a perfectly balanced batsman and knows perfectly well when to attack and when to play defensive cricket. He has developed the ability to treat bowlers all over the world with contempt and can destroy any attack with utmost ease.

Shane Warne

I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player.

Viv Richards on Sachin Tendulkar
I think he is marvellous. I think he will fit in whatever category of Cricket that has been played or will be played, from the first ball that has ever been bowled to the last ball that's going to be. He can play in any era and at any level. I would say he's 99.5% perfect.

BBC Sports, on Sachin Tendulkar

Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their television sets and switch off their lives.

Navjot Singh Sidhu
"India me aap Prime Minister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain..Par Sachin
Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte.."

Barry Richards
Sachin is cricket's God!

Ian Chappell
Harder he works, the luckier he gets.

Anil Kumble
"I am fortunate that I've to bowl at him only in the nets!"

Andrew Symonds
"To Sachin, the man we all want to be"
What Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin.

Mark Taylor
"We did not lose to a team called India...we lost to a man called Sachin" -Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997)