Winning a Test against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka is one of the toughest tasks going around, but beating them in a home venue after losing the toss is perhaps the toughest task in international cricket

From two spin partners who are now IPL adversaries to two long-time openers who’ll be pitted against each other

Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh have been on the same side for years; this time they'll be adversaries, each trying to take his team to the IPL final

A stats analysis of the two leading run-scorers in IPL 2010

Kolkata’s heavy defeat against Chennai have considerably set back their chances of a semi-final berth, but all isn’t yet lost for Sourav Ganguly and Co

The success of Bangalore’s top order has been one of the key reasons for their good performance this season, but while Jacques Kallis has been amazingly consistent, Manish Pandey, his opening partner in most matches, has struggled every time

A look at the fours and sixes struck at each venue in IPL 2010

Kings XI Punjab sunk to another low in their most recent game against Rajasthan Royals : their IPL campaign is already going horribly wrong, and they didn’t help matters by making a meal of their last five overs with the bat

A look at the performances of fast bowlers and spinners at each venue in IPL 2010

Tuesday's match will be between the team which has hit the most sixes and the one that has the most fours

Deccan Chargers have been terrible with both bat and ball in the last six overs in IPL 2010

Deccan Chargers hit 99 sixes in IPL 2, and this year they're on course to become the first team to hit 100 sixes in a tournament

The biggest difference between the Bangalore teams of the first seasons and the 2010 version so far has been the quality of their opening batsmen

Sreesanth has been very impressive in Tests, but ODIs clearly isn't the format for him

Shane Bond only played 18 Tests, but he still managed to conjure several matchwinning moments for New Zealand

Tony Lewis, one half of the Duckworth-Lewis team who've come up with the D/L method, says the system itself isn't so difficult to understand, but few are interested to know more about it.

Chris Martin further enhanced his already considerable reputation as the classic tailender with a near-perfect game at the Wanderers: played eight balls (which, some might argue, was six more than necessary), scored 0 runs, out twice

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Neil Manthorp, in Karachi for the Pakistan-South Africa Test and writing for the Supercricket website , finds the people friendly, but also notices the security officers with their machine guns lurking everywhere

The Wanderers is buzzing well before the start of play