Sahara bagged Pune while little known Rendezvous Sports World Limited clinched Kochi as the Indian Premier League, on Sunday, unveiled two new teams joining the cash-awash Twenty20 league. IPL commissioner Lalit Modi said that Sahara Adventure Sports Group made an identical $370 million bid for three cities, Ahmedabad, Nagpur…

Royal Challengers Bangalore 155 for 3 (Kallis 66*, Pandey 40) beat Mumbai Indians 151 for 9 (Vinay 3-25, Steyn 3-26) by seven wickets… R Vinay Kumar removed Sachin Tendulkar, Dwayne Bravo and Ambati Rayudu in one over to turn what had been a cat-and-mouse game until then, unmistakably Royal Challengers’ way, also …

Rajasthan Royals 168 for 7 (Jhunjhunwala 45) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 134 for 5 (Hidge 36, Yusuf 2-23) by 34 runs… Rajasthan Royals dished out an all-round performance to defeat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 34 runs and register their first win in the third edition of the Indian Premier League here on Saturday. Batte…

Deccan Chargers 170 for 7 (Symonds 53, Yuvraj 2-21) beat Kings XI Punjab 164 for 8 (Irfan 60, Vaas 2-27) by 6 runs… Late hitting by all-rounder Irfan Pathan (60 off 29 balls) failed to avoid Kings XI Punjab from a narrow 6-run defeat in the hands of Deccan Chargers in the 12th match of [...]

Chennai Super Kings 190 for 5 (Hayden 93, Raina 49*) beat Delhi Daredevils 185 for 6 (Sehwag 74, Manhas 32*, Murali 2-25) by five wickets… Matthew Hayden butchered Delhi Daredevils bowlers with a breathtaking 43-ball 93 to power Chennai Super Kings to a thrilling five-wicket win in their Indian Premier League match on F…

Royal Challengers Bangalore 93 for 0 (Kallis 44*, Pandey 42*) beat Rajasthan Royals 92 (Kumble 3-9, Praveen 3-18) by 10 wickets… A superlative bowling performance by Royal Challengers Bangalore, including a hat-trick by Praveen Kumar, decimated Rajasthan Royals to a paltry 92 and set up a huge win. The match lasted just…

Mumbai Indians 218 for 7 (Tendulkar 62, Tiwary 61) beat Delhi Daredevils 120 for 9 (Bravo 2-11, Jayasuriya 2-17) by 98 runs… Fifties by Sachin Tendulkar and Saurabh Tiwary set up a 98-run win for Mumbai Indians against Delhi Daredevils at the Ferozshah Kotla on Wednesday. Delhi Daredevils all out for 120 (Gambhir did no…

Chennai Super Kings 164 for 3 (Dhoni 66*, Badrinath 43*) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 109 (Kemp 3-12) by 55 runs… MS Dhoni and S Badrinath added an unbroken 109-run stand from 65 deliveries to push Chennai Super Kings to a competitive total before their bowlers turned in an inspired performance to bowl them to a [...]

Bangalore Royal Challengers 204 for 2 (Kallis 89*, Uthappa 51) beat Kings XI Punjab 203 for 3 (Bopara 77, Bisla 73) by eight wickets… At the halfway mark it seemed as if Kings XI Punjab had scored enough to record their first victory of the tournament, but Royal Challengers Bangalore went after the target with [...]

Delhi Daredevils 142 for 4 (Sehwag 75) beat Rajasthan Royals 141 for 6 (Jhunjhunwala 53*) by six wickets… A disciplined performance by the Delhi Daredevils bowlers and a blistering innings from Virender Sehwag inflicted a dispiriting defeat on Rajasthan Royals, their second in as many games, in Ahmedabad. The only highl…