David Warner smashed the second century of the Indian Premier League III as Delhi Daredevils crushed a hapless Kolkata Knight Riders by 40 runs in New Delhi, reports
Khurram Habib.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni will have only seven foreign players to choose from when his team takes on the Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai on Wednesday, reports
Nikhilesh Bhattacharya.
The Mumbai Indians’ decision to hand over the ‘keeping gloves to Ambati Rayudu against Deccan Chargers on Sunday surprised many. Not because the batsman was recovering from an elbow injury but due to the fact that Rayudu has hardly kept wickets even on the domestic circuit.
If Virat Kohli was distraught about not being picked in the Indian team for the Twenty20 World Cup, he’s not showing it. He’s only 21, but the Delhi top-order batsman has already gone through plenty in his life in cricket.
Don’t be surprised if you soon see Chennai Super Kings requesting Matthew Hayden to put away his Mongoose bat and get hold of the ones he played with in the first two seasons of the IPL.
Harbhajan Singh was no doubt the star of Sunday night as his 18-ball 49 not out helped the Mumbai Indians stage a remarkable comeback against the Deccan Chargers and maintain their top spot on the table.
Kumar Sangakkara had little to do other than kill time at the team hotel on Monday evening. It wasn’t as if the Kings XI skipper was done with his training. It was because he had been suspended for Tuesday’s match against the Mumbai Indians.
Sekar said his team respected the IPL and the fine would be paid but he was not clear whether the franchise would pick up the tab or the errant player for the breach.
The Punjab outfit, which has managed to win only one match out of six and that too via a tie-break against Chennai Super Kings would be without regular captain Kumar Sangakkara against the marauding Mumbai team spearheaded by Sachin Tendulkar.
Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings by 17 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Lashing out at Indian Premier League for using "cricket as an instrument of business", Sports Minister M S Gill has accused the BCCI of changing the rules of the game to allow the cash-awash Twenty20 league run a commercial venture.
The Kolkata Knight Riders beat the Kings XI Punjab by 39 runs in Chandigarh on Saturday. This is the first win for Knight Riders after 3 defeats.
Bollinger, who is presently playing for Australia in the second and final Test against New Zealand, will join th Chennai Super Kings on April 5.
IPL'S CEO Sundar Raman said the committee chairman and eminent lawyer Arun Jaitley rejected Jadeja's appeal and also reprimanded Mumbai Indians for showing interest in signing the all-rounder midway through his contract with Rajasthan Royals.
Kolkata Knight Riders might have suffered their fourth consecutive loss in the Indian Premier League (IPL) but skipper Sovrav Ganguly still seems to enjoy a great fan following in the hometown of Kings XI Punjab.
