A bird’s eye-view of the M. Chinnaswamy stadium of the Karnataka state cricket association on the night of the first home-match of the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Royal Challengers Bangalore beat King’s XI Punjab by eight wickets after having lost their first two matches.
Photograph: Karnataka Photo News
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Tags: Churumuri, Indian Premier League, IPL, Karnataka Photo News, KPL, KPN, KSCA, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Sans Serif

16 March 2010 at 11:05 pm
We have lost only one match so far,against KKR!! pls rectify.
17 March 2010 at 10:38 am
It looked the leather had come off the ball after the hurricane belting Kallis ,Pandey and Uthappa gave to the Kings XI Bowlers!
18 March 2010 at 1:40 pm
What a waste of Electricity! especially when the state is reeling under power shortage. And the added pollution of fire crackers as though the usual air & sound pollution was not enough. This picture dosent convey anything else & neither is the value of this tamasha called IPL any better.