Delhi police special cell arrested three cricketers of the Rajasthan Royals team, including test-discard Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, in a late night raid on Wednesday after surveillance confirmed telephonic talks between bookies in India and Pakistan over betting in the ongoing T20 tournament. In a swift follow-up, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) ordered suspension [...]
A case has been registered in a local court against Indian cricket and Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for allegedly “denigrating” a Hindu god and “hurting” the religious sentiments of the Hindus. The 6th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Choori Khan registered a case under section 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship [...]
Explosive opener Chris Gayle slammed the fastest century in cricket history, reaching the triple figure in just 30 balls during the Royal Challengers Bangalore-Pune Warriors IPL clash. Gayle pulverised Pune attack and scored 175 not out in just 66 balls and hit 17 sixes, most in a T20 innings, and 13 boundaries in the process, [...]
Beleaguered Delhi Daredevils outfit on Saturday a got a pep talk from legendary Sir Vivian Richards as the legendary West Indian batsman joined the franchise in the role of an ambassador as well as advisor. “I am looking forward to working with the Delhi Daredevils this season,” Richards said after his maiden interaction with the [...]
Sunrisers Hyderabad spinner Amit Mishra becomes the first bowler to claim three hat-tricks in IPL. The 3 hat-tricks also gave him a world record in the Twenty 20 format— he’s the only one to have claimed 3 hat-tricks. Interestingly, Mishra has now taken three hat-tricks for three different IPL teams, which is another unique record for [...]
Morne Morkel, who represents Delhi Daredevils, bowled a fairly quick delivery to Bangalore’s Chris Gayle in their encounter in Bangalore. Believe it or not, the speed gun reading showed 173.9 kph and that is 12.6 kph faster than the 161.3 kph that Pakistani thunderbolt Shoaib Akhtar bowled in Cape Town in the 2003 World Cup. Is [...]
As the competition for the sixth Twenty20 title heats up, Collectabillia.com has added to the excitement with a series of week-long auctions of T-20 merchandise. With new items being added to the list every day, the highlights of this week’s auction include a personally autographed jersey of Adam Gilchrist, a personally autographed ball by Dale [...]
Five years after the infamous ‘slapgate’, S Sreesanth, today made an explosive twitter claim, saying that the entire incident was planned and that his former India teammate Harbhajan Singh was a “backstabbing person”. The temperamental Sreesanth made a series of revelations on the 2008 incident from his twitter account, creating a fresh controversy in the [...]
Today we witnessed a verbal, unwanted spat between Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir both captains of their respective IPL teams. It was an incident that took everyone by surprise as Gambhir and Kohli have been not only played together for the country but also for their state side Delhi, North Zone and same office side [...]
Beginning matches played during this year’s IPL have attracted double the views they did last year on YouTube. Live streaming of the first three IPL matches was watched by 1.5 million viewers, according to data provided by Google India. The sixth season of the T20 cricket tournament started on 3 April at the Eden Gardens [...]
Former Pakistan captain and pace legend Wasim Akram has requested the Indian cricket board (BCCI) to allow Pakistani players to participate in the cash-rich Indian Premier League. Akram said Pakistani players would only help add colors to the T20 tournament. “I have always been a great believer that sports and politics should be kept apart and if our [...]
There is a historical relationship between Vodafone Zoozoos and IPL. Vodafone, as an official partner of IPL and on-air co-presenting sponsor released a zoozoo teaser with the iconic ads in the series went on television during the airing of the opening ceremony. The telecom company plans to air 9 different spots which will be unveiled [...]
A public interest litigation has urged the Bombay High Court to stop the public auction of players for Indian Premier League matches saying it violates their constitutional and human rights. The PIL filed by Aam Aadmi Lok Manch has said Board of Control for Cricket in India has allowed public auction of players from the [...]
Shahrukh Khan, who is now beginning to show his age, 47, was literally everywhere in the opening ceremony of 6th edition of Indian Premier League. Though he looked tired, his energy was unmatched, as it usually is when it comes to live performances. He recited Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Where the mind without fear’ and danced to [...]