Defending champions Mumbai Indians pulled off a sensational five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals to make the play-offs of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Wankhede Stadium here Sunday. Set a target of 190, Mumbai Indians made 195 for five in 14.4 overs and pipped Rajasthan Royals for the fourth berth in the play-offs on the basis of a......
Mumbai Indians made it to the play-offs of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a sensational five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals, thanks to a match-winning unbeaten 95 by Corey Anderson at the Wankhede Stadium here Sunday. Coming into the match, Rajasthan Royals had a better chance of making it to the play-offs and their batsmen did well to......
MICHAEL Hussey’s Mumbai Indians will take on Shane Watson’s Rajasthan Royals in a direct shootout for fourth place. Read the entire article....
A Yusuf Pathan blitzkrieg of 22-ball 72 powered Kolkata Knight Riders to the first qualifier of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as they humbled Sunrisers Hyderabad by four wickets at the Eden Gardens here Saturday. Needing to wrap up the game in 15.2 overs to finish second in the league stage over Chennai Super Kings after Sunrisers posted a......
The following is the scoreboard in the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad here Saturday. Sunrisers Hyderabad DA Warner b Morkel 4 S Dhawan run out (Pandey/Uthappa) 29 V Ojha c & b ten Doeschate 26 Y Venugopal Rao run out (Pandey/Uthappa) 27 DJG Sammy c Shakib Al Hasan b Vinay Kumar 29 S Anirudha......
Often criticised for his failure to live up to the reputation of a big hitter, Kolkata Knight Riders' batsman Yusuf Pathan Saturday hit back at his critics after scoring the fastest fifty in the Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens here. Pathan, who scored a 50 of 15 balls to break Adam Gilchrist's record of 17 balls, powered KKR to the......
Having watched with awe Yusuf Pathan's fireworks that enabled his side finish second in the round robin stage of the Indian Premier League, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir Saturday admitted he had not see such an innings before. Pathan (72 of 22 balls) plundered seven massive sixes and five fours as he slammed the fastest IPL fifty to......
Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody Saturday blamed his fielders for their loss to Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens here and attributed inconsistencies behind his team's failure to secure a berth into the playoffs of the Indian Premier League. Hyderabad dropped KKR batsman Yusuf Pathan twice in the match as he went on to hit a 22 ball 72......
India's basketball coach Scott Flemming lays great store by the proposed professional league on the lines of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and feels it can do wonders to the sport in the country - but not overnight. "The professional basketball is a great idea and the the country badly needs it," Flemming who has also served as the......
Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here Saturday. Squads: Royal Challengers: Vijay Zol, Yogesh Takawale, Virat Kohli (captain), Yuvraj Singh, AB de Villiers, Rilee Rossouw, Mitchell Starc,......
A captain's knock by Virat Kohli (73) helped Royal Challengers Bangalore score 154 for six in 20 overs against Chennai Super Kings in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here Saturday. Put into bat, the Bangalore top order once again failed to fire putting the onus on the middle-order. A 55-run partnership between......
Probing betting, match and spot-fixing in cricket is turning out to be a mirage like bringing back black money stashed abroad. The Supreme Court has asked the Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee to probe all the nefarious activities in the last edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), just as it also gave the government a week's time Friday to form......
Chennai Super Kings returned to winning ways with a convincing seven-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here Saturday. Coming into the match, Super Kings were on a three-match losing streak and in danger of relinquishing their second spot to Kolkata Knight Riders,......
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to field first against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Eden Gardens here Saturday. While the Knight Riders fielded an unchanged side, Sunrisers brought in Jason Holder and Anirudh Srikanth in place of Aaron Finch and Irfan......
Thousands of frenzied fans Saturday bid adieu to their home team Royal Challengers Bangalore, which again lost its last league tie in the IPL-7 by eight wickets to title contenders Chennai Super Kings at the Chinnaswamy stadium here. In spite of knowing well that the hosts were out of the tournament's play-offs this year too, about 25,000 fans......
A late charge by skipper Darren Sammy allowed Sunrisers Hyderabad to overcome initial hiccups and post a challenging 160/7 against Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League encounter at the Eden Gardens here Saturday. Sammy slammed 29 off 19 balls to follow up on Shikhar Dhawan's 31-ball 29 for the visitors, who now need to restrict......
DAVID Warner will carry the hopes of Hyderabad into their final IPL preliminary fixture tonight against the Kolkata Knight Riders — watch live here. Read the entire article....
FORMER New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns is travelling to London to continue his interview with London’s Metropolitan Police. Read the entire article....
Mumbai Indians handed Delhi Daredevils their eighth straight loss, beating them by 15 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Wankhede Stadium here Friday. Mumbai's third win on the trot kept them in the hunt for a playoff spot -- all be it the smallest of chances. Mumbai Indians have 12 points, the same as Sunrisers Hyderabad and......
Out of play-offs for the second consecutive year, Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on Chennai Super Kings Saturday in their last IPL-7 league tie at the Chinnaswamy stadium here, more for pride than to prove anything to its frenzied fans, who feel let down by their poor show in this tournament. With 10 points from eight losses and only five......