Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, has said Shashank Manohar and N Srinivasan, the Indian board’s president and secretary, took the call – backed by other members of the league’s governing council – to shelve the tender process for the two new franchises at Sunday’s meeting in Mumbai. Modi’s…

Australian cricketers have been advised as a security measure not to venture out of their hotels alone or wear national uniforms and other clothing identifying their nationality during this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL).
The same advice has been given to the Australian hockey team for the World Cup starting F…

Ninety-seven players, including 26 from Pakistan and several latterly with the ICL, have registered for the third IPL auction, which will be held on January 19. The list also includes four players from Associate countries – Rizwan Cheema and Khurram Chohan (Canada), (Netherlands), Niall O’Brien (Ireland) – …

The Indian Premier League will return to India and feature four new venues when the third edition is held next year.
The third season of the prestigious Twenty20 tournament will be held from March 12 to April 25 and will feature an extra match to decide the third-place finisher, according to Lalit Modi, the chairman of …

The IPL and its commissioner, Lalit Modi, have come under heavy criticism from the Gauteng Cricket Board (GCB), which manages the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, over issues surrounding the hosting of matches at the ground during the second season of the Twenty20 league in South Africa early this year.
In a strongly-…

India 159 for 1 (Rohit 80, Gambhir 52*) beat Pakistan 158 for 6 (Misbah 37*, Younis 32, Ishant 1-11) by nine wickets…
India underlined their status as ICC World Twenty20 favourites with a crushing nine-wicket win over Pakistan at The Oval.
A ruthless performance with the bat allowed India to cruise to their …

Many see power-hitting as the key to Twenty20 success but Indian batsman Anjum Chopra has said that technically sound batsmen will do well in the game’s shortest format.
Citing the example of this season’s IPL finalists Royal Challengers Bangalore, who were derided as a Test team last year, Chopra said: R…

The IPL final could have gone either way but Andrew Symonds’ back-to-back strikes tilted the balance in favour of Deccan Chargers, according to captain Adam Gilchrist and his Bangalore counterpart Anil Kumble.
Chasing a modest 144, Bangalore looked on course for victory until Symonds struck twice in the 15th over,…

Deccan Chargers 143 for 6 (Gibbs 53*, Kumble 4-16) beat Bangalore Royal Challengers 137 for 9 (Ojha 3-28, Symonds 2-18) by six runs…
Deccan Chargers took the bull in their emblem too seriously, as they came out charging to defend a modest total. They bowled with fire, they fielded aggressively, they sledged with v…

A brilliant four wicket haul by Bangalore captain Anil Kumble restricted Hyderabad to a modest 143 for six from their 20 overs in the final of the Indian Premier League…
A double blow by Anil Kumble in his final over helped Bangalore send Rohit Sharma and Venugopal Rao back to the hut.
Sharma tried to turn […