Chaminda Vaas (3/21) ripped apart the Chennai Super Kings' top-order after Andrew Symonds and Herschelle Gibbs sparkled with the bat as Deccan Chargers beat the hosts by 31 runs to score their first win in the Indian Premier League in Chennai, reports Nikhilesh Bhattacharya.
England put themselves on course for victory in the first Test against Bangladesh on Sunday after building a huge 434-run lead on the third day despite losing five wickets in quick succession.
The IPL is creating its dedicated set of followers and this doesn't include teenagers only. For proof, one had to be at the Eden Gardens on Sunday afternoon. The number of women was far more than what is seen during Tests or ODIs, reports Atreyo Mukhopadhyay.
Angelo Mathews returned with a four-wicket haul as a disciplined Kolkata Knight Riders notched up their second successive win, beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets in the third Indian Premier League in Kolkata, reports Atreyo Mukhopadhyay.
For all those advocating that Twenty20 is about innovation and experimentation, Yusuf Pathan has just one answer — keep it simple, reports Abhijeet Kulkarni.
PCB officials will have to explain the basis on which they took disciplinary action against seven players when they appear before the Senate standing committee on sports at the national cricket academy in Lahore on Monday.
England were poised to gain a huge first-innings lead after grabbing two early wickets on the third day of the opening Test against Bangladesh today.
The third Indian Premier League saw a sudden spurt in slow over rate cases with Mumbai Indian captain Sachin Tendulkar and his Delhi and Mohali counterparts Gautam Gambhir and Kumar Sangakkara incurring $20,000 fines each.
Australia middle-order batsman Michael Hussey has given a thumbs up to the security measures put in place for the Indian Premier League III, saying the water-tight arrangements has made it easier for him to decide his participation in the Twenty20 event.
Skipper Gautam Gambhir led the batting charge with a brilliant 54-ball 72 as Delhi Daredevils opened their Indian Premier League campaign on a winning note snatching a five-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab in a thrilling encounter in Mohali, reports
Subhash Rajta.
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Mumbai Indians survived a brutal assault by Yusuf Pathan, who struck a belligerent 37-ball century, to record a thrilling four-run victory over Rajasthan Royals in their opening match of the Indian Premier League in Mumbai, reports Amol Karhadkar.
Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings will be happy to know that it is a stuttering Deccan Chargers line-up that will face them at the Chepauk on Sunday and not the marauding one that was on display in the initial overs of the opener, reports Nikhilesh Bhattacharya.
What’s certain is that after Friday’s hard fought win of the Kolkata Knight Riders, Eden Gardens will be brimming to capacity on Sunday when they take on Bangalore Royal Challengers, reports Atreyo Mukhopadhyay.
The Kolkata Knight Riders’s plans of setting up a super hospitality enclosure at Eden Gardens has run into rough waters a day before the team’s first home match, reports HT Correspondent.
Do not expect fireworks or a lot of celebrities at Chepauk on Sunday. This venue of the IPL is far removed from the glitz of the opening ceremony at Mumbai. However, there will be Dil se re singer Anuradha Sriram performing before the toss and, of course, there will be Sivamani on the drums, reports Nikhilesh Bhattacharya.