Delhi Dare Devils beat Kings XI Punjab in a rain curtailed match which was first reduced to 12 overs and then to 6 overs. They won the match by 10 wickets. Delhi won the toss and elected to field first. Openers Ravinder Bopara and Karan Goel walked out and blasted 67 runs for the first [...]
Indian Premier League, 2009 Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 4th match Newlands, Cape Town, April 19, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) & Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Third Umpire: Shashank Ranade (Ind) Match Referee: Yashpal Sharma (Ind) Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders (Elected to bat) Match Status: Deccan Chargers won by 8 wkts Man of [...]
Indian Premier League, 2009 Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab, 3rd match Newlands, Cape Town, April 19, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) & Shashank Ranade (Ind) Third Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Match Referee: Yashpal Sharma (Ind) Toss: Delhi Daredevils (Elected to field) Match Status: Delhi Daredevils won by 10 wkts Match State: Rain [...]
Hyderabad Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders will go head to head in the 4th match of the IPL on Sunday. Deccan Chargers had a horrible first season and finished eighth in the league table winning only two matches. But this time they have made many changes in the off season and they might just [...]
Bangalore Royal Challengers beat Rajasthan Royals by 75 runs as the defending champions were humiliated in their first game. Indian batting star Rahul Dravid made a fine 66 as Bangalore recovered from losing two wickets for no runs in the first three balls of their innings. Bangalore made 133 for eight, which hardly seemed likely [...]
Delhi Dare Devils and Kings XI Punjab will go head to head in the 3rd match of the IPL on Sunday. The match will be played in Cape Town. This will be the match between the semifinalists from last year and both teams will be looking to go one up on the other in order [...]
Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 19 runs in the first match of the second edition of the Indian Premier League at Cape Town in Newlands on Saturday. Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl first in overcast conditions. Tendulkar hit an unbeaten 59 to set a [...]
Indian Premier League, 2009 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Rajasthan Royals, 2nd match Newlands, Cape Town, April 18, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) & Russell Tiffin (Zim) Third Umpire: K Hariharan (Ind) Match Referee: Gundappa Viswanath (Ind) Toss: Bangalore Royal Challengers (Elected to bat) Match Status: Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 75 runs Man [...]
Indian Premier League, 2009 Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians, 1st match Match Information Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) & K Hariharan (Ind) Third Umpire: Russell Tiffin (Zim) Match Referee: Gundappa Viswanath (Ind) Toss: Chennai Super Kings (Elected to field) Match Status: Mumbai Indians win by 19 runs Man of the Match: Sachin Tendulkar Mumbai Indians [...]
The first match of the new season on day one will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians in Newlands, Cape Town. The match will be preceded by a gala opening ceremony as promised by IPL commissioner Lalit Modi. Mumbai Indians will be looking to get a winning start to their campaign and [...]
In the second match on day one, the Bangalore Royal Challengers will take on the Rajasthan Royals at Cape Town. Bangalore Royal Challengers finished seventh last season and will be hoping that the new season brings something new for them. They have a new captain in Kevin Pietersen and a new deputy in Jacques Kallis [...]
Shaun Tait has become the latest Australian to be withdrawn from the IPL after Cricket Australia were unwilling to gamble on his health ahead of the World Twenty20. His manager said the decision was “very disappointing” for Tait, who was expected to be part of the Rajasthan Royals campaign, which begins on Saturday. Tait hasn’t [...]
The Indian Premier League has come as a blessing in disguise not only for South African economy but also for the nation’s education system with the league organisers announcing a eight million rand scholarship programme for schools and individual learners. On the eve of the inaugural day of the second edition of the Twenty2 mega [...]
The second edition of Indian Premier League, beginning here Saturday, has been insured for USD 286 million, more than double the amount — USD 125 million — spent last season, owing to terror threats. Besides, the whopping sum for overall insurance for the tournament, India and Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has attracted [...]
Heavy fines ranging from $20,000 to $360,000 await captains and teams which fail to bowl their 20 overs inside the stipulated time during the Indian Premier League starting on Saturday. Each team will get 80 minutes to bowl its 20 overs with breaks of seven-and-a-half minutes each after every 10 overs in the matches that [...]
New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum has replaced Sourav Ganguly as skipper of the Kolkata Knight Riders for their first match. According to reports received here, McCullum will lead the side for the initial games. The Knight Riders team management, however, will make the news official later on Friday. Ganguly, who led the team in the [...]
South African economy will gain immensely by the oraganisation of the cash-rich Indian Premier League, its Chairman Lalit Modi said while also thanking the wholesome support they got from the hosts. Modi said they received tremendous support from the South African Government at national, provincial and local levels and also from Cricket SA for holding [...]
The second edition of the Indian Premier League kicked off with a spectacular parade here on Thursday with the world’s leading cricketers and Bollywood stars lending sheen to the gala event. Colourful tableaux of eight IPL franchisees passed the city centre with fans lining up either side of the roads to get a glimpse of [...]
A criminal case has been filed in Bihar’s Muzzaffarpur court against Indian cricket team skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. The case was filed after the duo missed the Padma awards ceremony in Delhi on Tuesday despite being present in the country. Senior lawyer Sudhir Ojha on Thursday filed the case against the [...]
Fans who have been watching the regular three hour-long Twenty20 matches are in for a surprise during the second season of the Indian Premier League in South Africa. Matches this season will now last 15 minutes more than the earlier scheduled three hours. But there will be no action during the added time. The IPL [...]