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Kiwis reel despite Astle's steel

Kiwis reel despite Astle's steel

Rediff.com10 Oct 2003

The Wal-Mart story

The Wal-Mart story

Rediff.com29 Nov 2006

What is Wal-Mart? When was it set up? Who owns it? Read on to find out.

IPL auction: The players, their price

IPL auction: The players, their price

Rediff.com7 Jan 2011

As many as 350 leading cricketers from India and abroad will go under the auctioneer's hammer in Bangalore on January 8 and 9 when Indian Premier League franchises bidding for their services in the fourth season of the lucrative Twenty20 League. Here's the list of those to be auctioned with their base prise.

CWG update: Men's hockey team wins

CWG update: Men's hockey team wins

Rediff.com5 Oct 2010

Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi had things their way as India ruled the tennis courts at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday.

Jayawardene is World T20's Most Valuable player

Jayawardene is World T20's Most Valuable player

Rediff.com19 May 2010

Mahela Jayawardene managed to stay ahead of Kevin Pietersen and the Hussey brothers to become the most valuable player (MVP) in the ICC World Twenty20.

Afridi emerges the Most Valuable Player

Afridi emerges the Most Valuable Player

Rediff.com23 Jun 2009

It was always going to be a toss-up between Tillakaratne Dilshan and Shahid Afridi. Dilshan's duck, and another brilliant all-round performance by Afridi, tilted the scales in favour of the phenomenally talented player from Pakistan.

WT20 MVP: Indians just not there

WT20 MVP: Indians just not there

Rediff.com16 Jun 2009

You have to search really hard to find names of Indian players in the list of the "most valuable players" so far in the ICC World Twenty20. Yuvraj Singh is at the sixth position... but then there's practically no one else! After you run your finger down the list for quite a while you'll run into Pragyan Ojha at No. 22, Yusuf Pathan at No. 24 and Rohit Sharma at No. 25.

Gilchrist is IPL's most valuable player

Gilchrist is IPL's most valuable player

Rediff.com25 May 2009

Adam Gilchrist is IPL 2009's most valuable player. If his batting, bowling and fielding performance is expressed only in terms of 'runs', he is seen to have scored a staggering 753 runs. And we haven't taken into account his phenomenal captaincy skills!

IPL's leading <i>paisa vasool</i> players

IPL's leading paisa vasool players

Rediff.com9 May 2009

The most valuable player index (MVPI) is computed by adding up every player's batting, bowling and fielding points -- expressed as a run equivalent.

IPL: Who did well, and who didn't

IPL: Who did well, and who didn't

Rediff.com31 May 2008

The IPL league games threw up many surprises. Very few expected Rajasthan Royals to be the best team (and now a finalist); nobody expected the Deccan Chargers to do so badly. We'll discuss each team's performance, and identify the five best and three most disappointing players. While doing so we shall italicize what appear to be key pointers.

PVI and MVPI after the IPL league matches

PVI and MVPI after the IPL league matches

Rediff.com31 May 2008

PVI and MVPI after the IPL league matches.

PVI 43: Eight lessons from the IPL auction

PVI 43: Eight lessons from the IPL auction

Rediff.com20 May 2008

It's interesting to look back at the IPL player auction in February 2008 and see if there are some lessons to learn from an event that shook the cricketing fraternity. These are random thoughts, and appearing in a random order, but influenced by our paisa vasool analysis.

IPL: How are the countries faring?

IPL: How are the countries faring?

Rediff.com13 May 2008

After the first week of the DLF IPL, the Australians appeared to be dominating. From the second week onwards, especially after Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Brett Lee and Andrew Symonds left, the Indians seemed to be gaining ascendancy with fine performances from Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, the Pathan brothers and M S Dhoni.

Younger is better

Younger is better

Rediff.com12 May 2008

The T20 is often described as a young man's game; if you cross 30 you are supposed to be too old Is this hypothesis true? Is younger indeed better?

IPL Auction: Players' worth

IPL Auction: Players' worth

Rediff.com20 Feb 2008

A summary of the eight rounds in the IPL Players' Auction, held in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Paisa Vasool Index: Captains check

Paisa Vasool Index: Captains check

Rediff.com6 May 2008

Virender Sehwag of Delhi Daredevils is currently the best performing captain. Shane Warne of Rajasthan Royals and V V S Laxman of Deccan Chargers offer the next best value for money, partly because they carry smaller price tags than the other captains.

The rich and the successful

The rich and the successful

Rediff.com5 May 2008

If franchise owners like Mukesh Ambani, Vijay Mallya or Shahrukh Khan want real numbers to tell them which of their players have really been paisa vasool (good value for money) this index below provides the answers.

Al Gore's amazing $100 million makeover!

Al Gore's amazing $100 million makeover!

Rediff.com4 Jul 2007

The untold story of how an epic loser engineered what may be the greatest brand makeover ever.

Inside Sun Micro's secret black box!

Inside Sun Micro's secret black box!

Rediff.com20 Jun 2007

Once one of the hottest companies in Silicon Valley, Sun Microsystems crashed with the dotcoms, but it kept pouring money into R&D. Now there are signs of a revival.

Building next-generation computers

Building next-generation computers

Rediff.com27 Dec 2005

'Michael should just keep racing'

'Michael should just keep racing'

Rediff.com2 Aug 2006

All the action from the rediff Formula One chat after the German GP.

The 23-man team lists for the 2006 World Cup

The 23-man team lists for the 2006 World Cup

Rediff.com16 May 2006

e 23-man lists of the 32 teams for the 2006 football World Cup after the May 15 deadline to confirm squads ended on Monday.

'Kimi should leave McLaren'

'Kimi should leave McLaren'

Rediff.com3 Apr 2006

Rediff's Formula One fanatics in a chat after the Melbourne Grand Prix.

It's 'The Wall' again!

It's 'The Wall' again!

Rediff.com8 Oct 2003

Four share lead in Indian Open golf

Four share lead in Indian Open golf

Rediff.com26 Mar 2004

Mexico's Pablo del Olmo jointed overnight leader Keith Horne of South Africa, Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand and Mardan Mamat of Singapore in the lead.\n\n\n\n

Kiwis lose a thriller

Kiwis lose a thriller

Rediff.com3 Nov 2003

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