It is a team which decided against retaining him while he was a part of it but West Indian Chris Gayle, who is now flourishing playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore, says he has no hard feelings for Kolkata Knight Riders owners.
After winning three games in a row, last year's runners-up Royal Challengers Bangalore suffered a dip in form with back-to-back losses, pushing them down to sixth on the points table.
S Dipak Ragav reports.
Tillakaratne Dilshan and AB de Villiers produced their explosive best to resurrect the Royal Challengers Bangalore's campaign on Sunday, chasing down a huge target set by the struggling Deccan Chargers.
But for AB de Villiers' brilliance on Sunday, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) wouldn't have been in a position to overhaul the target set by the Deccan Chaargers, who had capitalised on some loose bowling to score a massive 181.
Anand Sachar reports.
Face off
James Franklin was out facing the gentle medium pace from Robin Singh and Aiden Blizzard. But all the hard work put in by the left-handed batsman was undone, an over into the game against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Wednesday.
Anand Sachar reports.
ScorecardTuesday's game between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore will mark the conclusion of three-fourths of the league stage of the IPL V. HT reports.
Of their four foreigners who played on Wednesday, Chris Gayle averaged 48.11, AB de Villiers' 48.66 and Tillakaratne Dilshan 50.66 going into the game.
Sanjjeev Karan Samyal reports.
Despite leading the Royal Challengers Bangalore’s bowling charts this season, birthday boy Muttiah Muralitharan received a cruel gift on Tuesday. Kaushik Chatterji writes.
After their fielding drills at the National Cricket Academy, the Pune Warriors' batsmen made their way to the Chinnaswamy Stadium. While Sourav Ganguly headed to the nets, Robin Uthappa preferred to have a chat with the groundsmen.
Skipper Daniel Vettori is at a loss to explain the failure of his bowling attack.
Amol Karhadkar reports.
Gautam Gambhir hit a strokeful half century while Lakshamipathy Balaji returned with a four-wicket haul as Kolkata Knight Riders brought their campaign back on track with a 42-run victory over Bangalore Royal Challengers in Bangalore.
Subhash Rajta reports.
Scorecard
Travel fatigue was going to keep both Chennai and Bangalore away from training anyway, the tsunami alert made sure nothing changed. Kaushik Chatterji reports.
There will be split loyalties when Dravid takes the field against the hosts. Amol Karhadkar reports.
RCB vs RR face off
Muttiah Muralitharan, Daniel Vettori and Anil Kumble — all in one team. There can't be a better spin to a cricketing tale.
Subhash Rajta writes.
