20 overs Chennai Super Kings 179 for 5 (Hayden 65) against Bangalore Royal Challengers After a weekend when the bowlers mostly held sway, the batsmen took over at Port Elizabeth. Led by Matthew Hayden’s blistering start, the Chennai Super Kings’ imposing batting machine piled on 179 in overcast conditions. Kevin P…

Cape Town, April 20 (IANS) Deccan Chargers, who finished at the bottom of the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL), began the second edition with a bang, scoring an emphatic eight-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the fourth match of the Twenty2O league at the Newlands here Sunday. It was an all-round show by the [...…

Delhi Daredevils 54 for 0 (Sehwag 38*) beat Kings XI Punjab 104 for 7 (Goel 38, Vettori 3-15) by ten wickets Frequent showers ruined the first match of Sunday’s double-header at Newlands, reducing the target required by Delhi Daredevils to only 54 in six overs, a goal they reached with all wickets intact. The victory, […

Anil Kumble destroyed the Rajasthan Royals as he bowled the Bangalore Royal Challengers to an emphatic 75-run win. The veteran Indian spinner claimed five wickets for just five runs as his side, who were defending a below-par 134, bowled the 2008 winners out for a paltry 58 in just 15.1 overs. Earlier, Kevin Pietersen, who [.…

Cape Town, Apr 18 (ANI): Sachin Tendulkar’s ‘Mumbai Indians’ outclassed ‘Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s ‘Chennai Super Kings’ by 19 runs on Saturday in the opening match of the Indian Premier League tournament which commenced here today in a gala fashion. Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra …

In the second match of the day, defending champions Rajasthan Royals will clash against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Cape Town. Led by the Australian spin legend Shane Warne, the Royals astonished everyone by winning the inaugural edition of the tournament with minimum experience in the squad. As far as Dr. Vijay MallyaR…

Cape Town: The time for talk is over and so is the wait for the action in the 2009 Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament that commences here on Saturday with the Chennai Super Kings opening the proceedings against the Mumbai Indians in the first game that will start at 4 pm IST. The Super Kings, [...]

Cape Town, April 17 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings will have plenty of depth and star power in reserve when they take on Mumbai Indians in the opening day’s double-header in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Saturday. Super Kings lived up to their pre-tournament favourite tag last year as they finished runners-up to Raja…

Spin legend Shane Warne said the Kolkata Knight Riders coach’s multiple-captain theory would only confuse the players. Never an admirer of John Buchanan’s style of functioning, Warne had a stormy relation with the coach during their days together with the Australian team. “He is always trying to reinvent som…

Dubai, April 15 (IANS) India rose to the second spot in International Cricket Council’s ODI rankings following Australia’s loss to South Africa in the fourth One-dayer at Port Elizabeth. South Africa beat Australia 4-1 in the away series and have taken an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series at home. The…