Bangalore Royal Challengers

Prasad gets two IPL offers

Sri Lanka’s Dammika Prasad’s success in his Test debut has earned him a double offer from two Indian Premier League (IPL) teams, Hyderabad Deccan Chargers and Bangalore Royal Challengers, for the next season.
“I have been approached by Hyderabad and Bangalore and that is quite exciting,” Prasad has been quoted as saying on Saturday.
The new ball […]

Asif about to have sample B test

Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif and his lawyer have left for Geneva, on Friday night, where his “B” sample test would be conducted on Monday.
Asif tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug during the IPL will come to know whether he faces more disciplinary action or not only after the “B” sample test.
Asif’s lawyer Shahid Karim has […]

Steyn apologises for stupid comments

Dale Steyn has called himself an ‘idiot’ for the comments he made about the Indian Premier League a few days ago.
Steyn, after winning the South African cricketer of the year and other awards, had reportedly said that “the IPL was only four overs a game and it was like a paid holiday; you only had […]

Charu Sharma hits back

Former CEO of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Charu Sharma, during a book release, said he could not understand how his sacking benefitted the team. The sports presenter/commentator was sacked from the post midway through the Indian Premier League (IPL), when the Royal Challengers failed to mount a serious challenge to the title.
He was despondent that […]

Mumbai end IPL dreams with a win

Mumbai end IPL dreams with a win
The match between Mumbai Indians and Bangalore Royal Challengers today was not of much consequence except for self-price and having said that, the Mumbai Indians came out with a pretty strong statement by winning the game that they will get stronger and come back next year with a vengence.
The […]

Mumbai Indians vs Bangalore Royal Challengers

The two teams will face off today in Bangalore today in their last league match of the first edition of IPL. Both teams have been knocked out of the race for the semi-finals, however, Mumbai Indians were involved in a thrilling fight for the same.

Mumbai lost out as Chennai Super Kings beat Deccan Chargers […]

Who is in, who is out ? IPF semi-finals are all set

The IPL semi-final spots have been decided. Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings XI, Delhi Daredevils and the Chennai Super Kings have qualified for the final race while the Mumbai Indians, Kolkota Knight Riders, Bangalore Royal Challengers and Hyderabad Deccan Chargers have been sent home to remain spectators.
In a deciding match today, the Deccan Chargers beat […]

Bangalore win as Hyderabad jinx remains

It seemed that the jinx would be broken when the Deccan Chargers as their opening pair of Gilchrist and Gibbs scored 100 runs in 69 balls or when their scoreboard read 150 runs in 17 overs. The hosts seemed to be going strong and were on their way of scoring almost 180-200 runs until Vinay […]

Chennai stunned Royally

In the biggest upset of the season, Bangalore Royal Challengers defeated the Chennai Super Kings by 14 runs.

Rahul Dravid chose to bat first after winning the toss, but they were soon reduced to 41 for 4. Only the Wall stood tall as he scored a 39 ball 47. Albie Morkel was the wrecker in chief […]

Chennai Super Kings vs Bangalore Royal Challengers

With two of their remaining matches being against bottom of the table placed Bangalore Royal Challengers and Deccan Chargers, the Chennai Super Kings are sure to make it to the final four. However they will have to deal with complacency as other teams make a push for points, trying to take them over by run-rate.

One […]

Zaheer’s efforts acknowledged

Zaheer Khan has been felicitated for being named among one of the Five Cricketers of the Year 2007 by Wisden Cricketer’s Almanack.

In a short ceremony in Bangalore before their match with Delhi DareDevils, Rahul Dravid presented Zaheer with a leather-bound copy of the Wisden 2008. Zaheer was recognised by Wisden as “the Indian left-armer […]

Delhi win keeps them afloat

Delhi Dare Devils registered a five wicket win over the Bangalore Royal Challengers to keep their semi-final’s bid alive.

Sehwag won the toss and normal service resumed with the team electing to bowl first as the Royal Challenges tried another opening combination with Kallis and Chipli. However this didn’t pay off either, as Chipli fell cheaply […]

DareDevils look for crucial points

Delhi DareDevils will like their prospects of a win on Monday, when they take on bottom placed Bangalore Royal Challengers at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

The team from Delhi need these points desperately after they have been recently found wanting on form in their last few games. They have lost to Chennai in a nail […]

Pieterson in record IPL deal

The English Cricket Board has confirmed that England’s star batsman Kevin Pieterson has been offered a record deal by an un-named IPL Franchise.

The highest fee paid for any player is for India’s ODI captain, MS Dhoni, for whom India Cements owned Chennai Super Kings paid around 1.5 million USD. The second highest player was Andrew […]

Rajasthan win listless match

The Rajasthan Royals continued their unwarranted march towards the semi-finals with another win in the league phase of the IPL, defeating the Royal Challengers by a big margin of 65 runs.
Rahul Dravid put the Jaipur team into bat and was hoping for some early wickets under a scorching sun, but luck was with batsmen. They […]

A Royal Match

Today’s meeting will see two royal teams of the IPL clash with each other in the return leg of their encounter in the tournament. It is Rajasthan royals versus the Bangalore Royal Challengers, in a match which has gained significant proportions, not only because of cricketing reasons.

Jaipur city has been rocked with serial blast this […]

Royal Challenger’s request to host Jaipur match turned down

Lalit Modi, commissioner IPL, has turned down the Bangalore Franchise’s request to host the match against Rajasthan Royals on 17th May. This developed because of the eight serial blasts that rocked the Pink City last night.

The Bangalore team meanwhile will go back home after their stay-over in Delhi, returning from Mohali. This puts the […]

Bangalore offers to host Jaipur match after blasts

The bomb blasts in Jaipur have cast uncertainty over Saturday’s IPL match between the Rajasthan Royals and the Bangalore Royal Challengers to be held there. Bangalore have offered to host the game at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
A decision will be taken tomorrow.
At least 8 blasts killing over 60 people and injuring over 200 have been reported […]

Kings XI win by 9 wickets

Kings XI Punjab were comfortable winners against Bangalore Royal Challengers as the Mohali team routed their opposition by 9 wickets.

In what was supposed to be another test for Rahul Dravid’s men, they started well as Virat Kohli and Misbah gave them a decent start. But once Misbah was out hit-wicket, then the Royal Challengers lost […]

Kings XI Punjab takes on beleaguered Bangalore

In a vital match for the Bangalore Royal Challengers, they take on Kings XI Punjab in today’s match in the IPL at the PCA Stadium in Mohali. The second most expensive team of the tournament have failed to live upto the expectations of its owner, Vijay Mallya in the first season, and now face an […]