Indian Premier League team Bangalore Royal Challengers owner Vijay Mallya feels buying star England batsman Kevin Pietersen for a whopping USD 1.55 million made both business and cricketing sense. Mallya said investing a huge sum on Pietersen was a calculated move as the former England captain would strengthen his IPL team’s batting besides its “brand [...]
Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen could lead the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after he was sounded out by the team’s coach Ray Jennings. The Royal Challengers finished second from bottom in the inaugural edition of the IPL under current skipper Rahul Dravid and owner Vijay Mallya, [...]
The second auction of IPL players will be held in Goa on February 6. While most teams already have the core of the squad in place the players available this time can provide them just that extra edge. Some people described the 2008 IPL auction as the most thrilling moment in cricket after the 1983 [...]
England captain Kevin Pietersen’s stance to show solidarity with India after the Mumbai terror attacks is likely to earn him a lucrative offer from a seemingly impressed business tycoon Vijay Mallya for his IPL franchise Bangalore Royal Challengers. “I have always been interested in English cricketers and nothing has changed on that front. The fact [...]
England skipper Kevin Pietersen on Wednesday said the visitors would go into the first Test against India with a two-pronged spin attack comprising Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann. “It’s a decision we have taken because we think that the wicket may spin. We had a look at the wicket and I think it would spin [...]
England captain Kevin Pietersen has raised concerns about the possibility of a similar problem in Guwahati, the venue for the sixth one-dayer on November 29. “The authorities will have to do something about Guwahati,” Pietersen said. “We are going to start there at 8.30 am but that will still not make too much of a [...]
India won the 3rd ODI against England by 16 runs on Duckworth Lewis method as bad light stopped play in Kanpur. This means India has won three out of three matches so far in the series. Scorecard – India win 3rd ODI Kevin Pieterson won the toss for England and chose to bat first on [...]
India and England go head to head in the 3rd ODI of the seven match RBS series at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. The first two matches of the series were played at Rajkot and Indore, and the home team won both and lead the series 2-0. India have been riding high after the [...]
Yuvraj Singh’s all round performance helped India beat England in the 2nd ODI of the seven match series and thus take a 2-0 series lead. Scorecard – India win 2nd ODI The left hander scored 118 runs off 122 balls with 15 fours and two sixes as India reached a safe target after initial hiccups. [...]
India beat England by 158 runs in the first ODI at Rajkot to take a 1-0 lead in the seven match series. Scorecard- India thrash England, 1st ODI England won the toss and chose to field first and they were made to regret this decision almost instantly. Sehwag and Gambhir made a great start bringing [...]
India takes on England in the second series at home this summer. The tour begins with a seven match one-day series and then there is a week’s break to allow for the Champions League T20 before the two test matches at Ahmedabad and Mumbai. The first ODI is to be played at Rajkot. The wicket [...]
IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi has said England captain Kevin Pietersen and star all-rounder Andrew Flintoff need to play “substantial number of IPL games” to make it viable for them to play in the next season of the Indian Premier League. In an interview to The Wisden Cricketer, Modi said that the players, who missed the [...]
Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, has said that only a no-objection certificate from the England board stands in the way of Kevin Pietersen participating in the Twenty20 tournament next season. “I am very keen for Kevin to take part in the IPL,” Modi said in an interview. “He has already agreed to be part of [...]