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Ashok Dinda believes that had Kolkata Knight Riders played under the leadership of Sourav Ganguly in the Indian Premier League, they might have avoided the tag of tournament-laggards.

Johan Botha, the off-spinner and stand-in South Africa ODI captain, has had enough of the suspicion thrown at him for his bowling action. G Krishnan reports.

He may consider the IPL a joke but former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad feels there is a serious possibility of matches being fixed in the cash-rich Twenty20 event. "There is a definite smell of match-fixing coming from the IPL where strange things are happening," he said.

The winner of the Miss Bollywood IPL 2009 contest being run by the Indian Premier League will not get a movie role with Shah Rukh Khan or any other offer from Bollywood, say sources.

The IPL governing council is not happy with the standard of umpiring in the tournament. The feedback they have received from captains has been far from satisfactory so far, but the organisers can’t do much at the moment, reports G Krishnan.

Temperamental pacer S Sreesanth said he considers Matthew Hayden a genius and does not know what prompted the belligerent Australian to call him an 'over-rated bowler'.

Ex-Indian cricketer Ajay Jadeja alleged that a member of the KKR support staff spoke to player in discriminatory tones. Though KKR coach John Buchanan denied the whole incident, a source said it happened during KKR’s match against the Rajasthan Royals in Cape Town. While the source would not confirm which personnel were involved, reports have suggested that coaches Matthew Mott and Andy Bichel lost the plot when addressing Ajit Agarkar. Subhash Rajta reports.

Indian Premier League chiefs cancelled a mobile phone SMS contest following accusations from the government that it encouraged gambling and betting, HT reports.

A quarrel over an IPL match led to a father killing his 24-year-old son on Sunday night. The accused later surrendered to the police.

Concerned about the "commercial use of cricket for business gains", Sports Minister M S Gill criticised the BCCI for introducing an SMS game which requires fans to make ball by ball predictions for cash prizes in the ongoing IPL.

Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming has rejected John Buchanan's suggestion of increasing the number of overseas players in the playing eleven, saying the IPL is not a global competition and is meant to promote Indian players.

Rajasthan Royals medium pacer Amit Singh became the second cricketer in the on-going IPL to be reported for suspect bowling action after his match-winning effort of four for 19 against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday.

Intending to set at rest media speculation, the beleaguered Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) franchise outfit said neither the playing squad nor its support staff will be sacked.

Kamran Khan's bowling coach Obaid Kamal added fuel to the fire regarding the Rajasthan Royals bowler’s suspect action, saying, “Kamran's action was always doubtful during his five-month stint with me in Lucknow.” Sharad Deep examines...

Rajasthan Royals pacer Kamran Khan has been reported for suspect bowling action and the issue has been referred to the team management and the Technical Committee of the IPL.