Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf will not be officiating in the upcoming Champions Trophy in England after being withdrawn by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in wake of media reports that he was under investigation by Mumbai Police. “In the wake of reports that the Mumbai Police are conducting an investigation into Asad Rauf’s activities, we [...]
Mumbai Police plans to question BCCI president N Srinivasan’s son-in-law and CEO of Chennai Super Kings Gurunath Meiyappan in connection with the IPL betting scandal. A two-member team from Mumbai arrived in Chennai to question Meiyappan with whom arrested actor Vindu Randhawa was in touch, and CSK’s top executives, police said. According to police, the [...]
Brad Hodge proved his worth as one of the most sought after T20 cricketers in the world as he single-handedly guided Rajasthan Royals to a four-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in a thrilling low scoring ‘Eliminator’ of the Pepsi IPL. Chasing a target of 133, Hodge hit Darren Sammy for two consecutive sixes to finish [...]
Brad Hodge proved his worth as one of the most sought after T20 cricketers in the world as he single-handedly guided Rajasthan Royals to a four-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in a thrilling low scoring ‘Eliminator’ of the Pepsi Indian Premier League.
Vindu Dara Singh, son of late actor Dara Singh, was arrested by the Mumbai police for his alleged role in the recently held Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal. The small-time actor Vindu was seen flashing his teeth in an Indian Premier League as he was sitting beside Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s [...]
After Spot fixing, the IPL drama took another dramatic turn with Sahara Pune Warriors, the league’s costliest franchise at US$370m (approx Rs 1,700 crore), announcing its decision to pull out of the T20 extravaganza. Sahara announced that it would also withdraw from Indian cricket team sponsorship from January 2014. It clarified that its decision this [...]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stop all remaining matches of IPL in view of the spot-fixing scandal. The apex court directed the one-man inquiry committee appointed by BCCI to submit its report within 15 days on the spot-fixing scandal. The SC asked the BCCI to take action against accused cricketers. ”The problem is lackadaisical [...]
This was a tale of three innings. Michael Hussey (86 off 58 balls) and Suresh Raina (82 off 42) added 140 from just 76 balls to take Chennai Super Kings to a huge total of 192 for 1. Dwayne Smith responded with a breathtaking 68, but with no other batsman crossing 25, Chennai eased to [...]
CSK made their fourth consecutive final in the bargain, their fifth in six years of the tournament, with a resounding 48-run win in what was supposed to be a contest of equals but turned out to be anything but as Mumbai’s formidable bowling unit came a cropper. Their in-form batsmen too faltered under pressure of [...]
League matches of IPL season 6 are over and we finally have 4 teams to play in the playoffs and fight for the title. Here’s the points table after the league matches with CSK, MI, RR and SRH qualifying for the next round. RCB had a hard luck with leading the table during the early [...]
The Sunrisers Hyderabad survived a late attack of nerves and negotiated a tricky chase to storm into the IPL-6 play-offs with a thrilling five-wicket win against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Chasing 131, the Sunrisers hit the ground running as openers Parthiv Patel (47, 37b, 7×4) and Shikhar Dhawan (42, 35b, 3×4, 2×6) punished the Knight [...]
The Sunrisers Hyderabad survived a late attack of nerves and negotiated a tricky chase to storm into the IPL-6 play-offs with a thrilling five-wicket win against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Chasing 131, the Sunrisers hit the ground running as openers Parthiv Patel (47, 37b, 7×4) and Shikhar Dhawan (42, 35b, 3×4, 2×6) punished the Knight [...]
Almost all aspect of its game worked like a well-oiled machine as Pune Warriors India beat Delhi Daredevils by 38 runs to finish eighth in the Pepsi IPL6 tournament. It was the Warriors’ fourth win in 16 matches. There was a middle order wobble though after Robin Uthappa and Aaron Finch gave a decent start [...]
Finch struck 52 off 34 balls opening the batting for Pune Warriors, laying the platform for an impressive total of 172. In reply, Delhi Daredevils could only muster 134 with the bat, with Warner’s disappointing weekend completed by making two off five balls before being dismissed by South African Wayne Parnell.