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Match winners for IPL

Posted on Mar 01, 2008 at 16:10 Comment Comments Email Email Print Print
Tags: cricket, ipl,

		Chris Gayle A very temperamental left-handed batsmen who punches awesome power behind his shots. With very little footwork to boost, Gayle is some sort of an enigma as he has got runs consistently against every top teams in the world in all forms of cricket.

		Sachin Tendulkar Considered as world’s best batsman in both Test and ODIs, is yet to make a name for himself in the Twenty20 tournaments at any level.

		Harbhajan Singh Considered as the bad boy of Indian cricket with a knack of getting involved in controversies some instigated by himself and some by others like the spat he got into with Andrew Symonds during the recent Test series.

		Brett Lee One of the fastest bowlers in the world, who has tasted success in both Test and ODI format, the ever-smiling Brett Lee is considered as the prime attraction in the Mohali team who will be paying him 900,000 US Dollars per year.

		Andrew Symonds Controversies seem to follow this talented all-rounder from Queensland. A hard-hitting batsman and an useful bowler, Symonds, made his ODI debut in 1998.

		Adam Gilchrist Considered as the best wicketkeeper-batsman in the world, Adam Gilchrist is an ideal Twenty20 player even though he has not done full justice to his batting in this form of cricket.

		Sanath Jayasuriya One of the most explosive batsmen in the world, Jayasuriya made his Test debut against New Zealand at Hamilton in February, 1991.

		Sourav Ganguly One of the mainstays of Indian batting in both Test and One-Day cricket for the past decade, Ganguly made his Test debut against England in July 1996.

		Yuvraj Singh The swashbuckling batsman from Punjab, Yuvraj Singh, is expected to be a big hit in the IPL Twenty20 tournament as he was in the World Cup, which Indians won in South Africa last year.

		Mahendra Singh Dhoni Another hard hitting batsman to have come up in the recent times, Dhoni made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in Chennai in December 2005 and has since cemented his place in the Test squad after improving his wicket-keeping tremendously.

		Irfan Khan Pathan Considered as one of the best all-rounders, Irfan Pathan, made his Test debut in 2003 and lived up to his reputation bagging a fine 1041 runs from 28 Tests and 100 wickets conceding 3141 runs.