Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bowl against Chennai Super Kings in their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter at the JSCA Stadium here Thursday. Teams: Super Kings: Dwayne Smith, Suresh Raina, David Hussey, Faf du Plessis, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Mithun Manhas, Ravichandran Ashwin, John......
Claiming the current edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has outscored its predecessors in terms of popularity, its governing council Thursday said the television viewership, stadium attendance, as also social media were indicators of its soaring public appeal. IPL chief operating officer Sundar Raman said the tournament has grown manifold......
The following is the scoreboard in the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore here Thursday. Kolkata Knight Riders R.V. Uthappa not out 83 G. Gambhir c Takawale b Starc 4 M.K. Pandey c Starc b Dinda 13 Y.K. Pathan run out (Kohli/Takawale) 22 Shakib Al Hasan b Ahmed 60 R.N. ten Doeschate not out......
Refusing to take credit for turning around the fortunes of his team, captain Gautam Gambhir Thursday said he was satisfied but not surprised over his Kolkata Knight Riders' six-match winning streak which powered it to the playoffs of the Indian Premier League. Addressing the media after humbling Royal Challengers Bangalore by 30 runs at the Eden......
Comprehensively outplayed by the Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli Thursday regretted his side's lack of consistency and conceding the momentum after the first four overs of the rivals' innings in their Indian Premier League outing. "We have not been consistent in the crucial moments, I have said this......
An unbeaten 108-run stand between David Hussey (50 not out) and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (57 not out) helped Chennai Super Kings score 185 for three against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the JSCA International Stadium here Thursday. Super Kings smashed 68 runs off the last five overs with the Indian captain plundering South Africa's premier pacer......
David Warner's swashbuckling 90 off just 45 balls helped Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets at the JSCA International Stadium Complex here Thursday, giving them a mathematical chance of qualifying for the playoffs. The crucial win meant Sunrisers leapfrogged Mumbai Indians into fifth place on 12 points, two points behind......
With Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) only a victory away from securing a berth in the play-offs of the Indian Premier League, after winning five games on the trot, team assistant coach Vijay Dahiya Wednesday credited self belief and team environment for the turnaround. "It's the self belief and the fantastic team environment which has enabled us......
Panic griped the sea resorts of Puri and Digha as beds shook, water spilled onto tables and tourists rushed out to the streets from their hotels as a quake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck Wednesday night. Subrata Nath, a tourist at Digha in East Midnapore district, said power supply was disrupted for a few seconds as the tremors were......
Lendl Simmons struck the first century of the season that kept Mumbai Indians in the hunt for a play-off spot as they beat Kings XI Punjab by seven wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the PCA Stadium here Tuesday. Simmons struck a blistering 100 off 61 balls as Mumbai Indians while chasing a target of 157 made 159 with six balls to......
Royal Challengers Bangalore made 160 for six in 20 overs against Sunirsers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, at Uppal, here Tuesday. Skipper Virat Kohli was the top scorer with 67 while AB de Villiers made 29 off 17 balls. For Sunrisers, Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up two for 27....
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to field against Chennai Super Kings in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Eden Gardens here Tuesday. Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders: Robin Uthappa (wicketkeeper), Gautam Gambhir (captain), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Suryakumar......
Sunrisers Hyderabad spiced up the race for the Indian Premier League (IPL) play-offs with a thrilling seven-wicket win over Royal Challengers at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, at Uppal, here Tuesday. Sunrisers win has opened up an interesting race for the fourth place in the play-offs and also assured Super Kings' place in the last......
Riding on an enterprising half century by Suresh Raina, Chennai Super Kings posted a challenging 154/4 in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens here Tuesday. After starting off cautiously, Raina (65; 52b, 3x4, 5x6), played at his enterprising best and stitched two crucial half-century......
Following is the scoreboard in the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings here Tuesday: Chennai Super Kings D.R. Smith b Cummins 5 B. McCullum c S. Yadav b Narine 28 S.K. Raina c Ten Doeschate b Chawla 65 F. du Plessis run out (Chawla) 23 M.S. Dhoni not out 21 R. Jadeja not out 9 Extras (w 2, nb 1)......
Continuing their dream run, Kolkata Knight Riders moved closer to the knock-out round by galloping to a eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings as their batsmen led by Robin Uthappa put up a sparkling show in an Indian Premier League match here Tuesday. Playing their first match at the home ground Eden Gardens before a near capacity vociferous......
Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming Tuesday admitted his team played badly even as credited the Kolkata knight Riders for taking away the game during their Indian Premier League encounter at the Eden Gardens here. Speaking at the post match press conference Fleming rued the twin drop chances of KKR batsman Robin Uthappa who went on to score......
Kolkata Knight Riders' batsman Robin Uthappa who has been a revelation with the bat helping his side inch closer to a playoff berth in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Tuesday attributed his success to his ability to trying to be technically in shape. The dashing opener so far has scored 489 runs from 12 outings and was declared the man of the......
Delhi Daredevils captain Kevin Pietersen was Tuesday fined in view of his team's slow over-rate during their Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Kings XI Punjab at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Monday. Since it was his first offence of the season under the IPL's Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Pietersen was fined only......
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here Tuesday. Squads: Sunrisers Hyderabad: Shikhar Dhawan, Aaron Finch, Naman Ojha, David Warner, Venugopal Rao, Darren Sammy (captain), Irfan Pathan, Karn......