Kolkata Knight Riders are in no mood to retain controversial Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar for the Indian Premier League’s second season and today put him “up for trade” in the transfer window which is open till January 22. “Shoaib is up for trade… We cannot have room for two pacers (that includes Umar Gul),” KKR [...]
In what would have been a tight match, the Chennai Super Kings were lucky enough to easily gain two points thanks to the weather as a dust storm and subsequent showers cut down the match and Chennai won in the eighth over by three runs, thanks to Duckworth-Lewis method. Sourav Ganguly won the toss and [...]
The Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhtar finds himself in yet another controversy with reports emerging that around three dozen syringes were found in his bags when he left Lahore for Kolkata. Akhtar has previously been banned for taking drugs, albeit unknowingly, but he was banned juts before the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean. After these [...]
In what was supposed to be a clash of the titans, it turned out to be a pretty much one-sided match. The Knight Riders did not get anywhere close to the riding they are used to and the Mumbai Indians squashed them like a piece of lemon. The MIs started off pretty well by claiming [...]
The two titans of Indian cricket, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, clash today in a battle, which will go a long way in deciding which all teams qualify for the semi-finals. They have forged one of the most successful opening partnerships in cricket history, but tonite’s match will pit them on opposite sides, as both [...]
The Delhi Daredevils started off in a very good manner by restricting the Knight Riders to just 133 – the lowest IPL total. Yo Mahesh and Maharoof took 2 wickets and were supported by Sangwan who took 1 wicket. Not only did they do a brilliant job by taking wickets, but also their bowling was [...]
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Nasim Ashraf said Monday he had withdrawn a defamation lawsuit against Shoaib Akhtar after the banned fast bowler made a public apology. The 32-year-old paceman was banned for five years last month for breaching the players’ code of conduct by criticising the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) when it did not offer [...]