Cricketers and their price: -> 72 players are sold on Day 1 of the auction -> England batsman Paul Collingwood sold to Rajasthan Royals for $250,000 (Rs 1.15 crores) -> S Badrinath retained by CSK for $800,000 (Rs 3.68 crores) -> C Pujara grabbed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for $700,000 (Rs 3.2... [Read More]

IPL Anything that is associated with the Indian Premier League (IPL) needs a touch of intrigue and excitement else it would seem like it is against the grain of this tournament — one that has been mired in controversy over the past year. So even as players’ minds would have wandered, on the eve of... [Read More]

ipl auction Lalit Modi maybe somewhere far far away from the empire called the Indian Premier League (IPL) that he created three years ago. But the IPL bandwagon hasn’t stopped because of his absence. As many as 350 players will go under the hammer in the mega auction in Bangalore over the next... [Read More]

Airtel Champions League Twenty20 TV ratings have seen a 44 per cent increase over last year, as per TAM data released for the first three matches. The first three matches of the tournament generated an average rating of 2.6 this year as compared to 1.8 last year. The inaugural match between Mumbai Indians... [Read More]

WASHINGTON – First Lady Michelle Obama arrived on vacation in Spain on Wednesday just as the State Department ditched a travel advisory warning African-Americans to be careful about going there. The website of the Office of Consular Affairs erased the advisory saying, “Racist prejudices could... [Read More]

06spotted So cinema is on strike, and all we have to contend with is overcommercialised cricket. But, as evidenced from Shilpa Shetty shrieking in the stands and Shah Rukh Khan looking confused and cheerleaders being flung every which way, the worlds of cricket and cinema — our country’s... [Read More]

26sl1 Here’s what your favourite celebrities have been upto. Even though the BCCI top brass boycotted the inaugural IPL Awards Night held at a suburban hotel in Mumbai (in the wake of the spat with IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi), Bollywood stars more than made up for their absence.The awards night,... [Read More]

It is a young man’s sport, they said. The older players will struggle to make an impact, they predicted. The naysaysers had warned that the Twenty20 version in general, and the Indian Premier League in particular, will mark an end to the careers of veterans in the sport. Three years on, they... [Read More]

So often Paul Collingwood has proved to be the crisis man for England . Now he is doing the same for Delhi Daredevils . The England batsman was surplus to requirements for Delhi and didn’t feature in a single match in the last two IPL seasons. - Coverage: Indian Premier League But, this season,... [Read More]

- Scorecard Mahela Jayawardene scored his maiden century in the IPL to guide Kings XI Punjab  to a convincing eight-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League match, at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, on Sunday. Jayawardene, a last-minute inclusion in place of the... [Read More]

Scorecard:  Mumbai Indians thrashed defending champions Deccan Chargers by 63 runs in their Indian Premier League match at the Brabourne Stadium on Saturday to consolidate their place atop the table. Chasing a formidable 179 to win, the visitors managed only 115, getting dismissed with 10 balls... [Read More]

Scorecard: Chennai Super Kings  edged past Rajasthan Royals by 23 runs in a high-scoring affair in the Indian Premier League match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Saturday. Chasing a mammoth target (247) to win, the visitors eventually wound up at 223 for five in their stipulated 20 overs. It... [Read More]

No one, at the beginning of the day, would have thought he would win the man-of-the-match award. But Ambati Rayudu did it in style. His workman-like unbeaten 29-ball 55 helped Mumbai Indians recover from an early collapse and post a formidable 178 for five against holders Deccan Chargers in their... [Read More]

Murali Vijay won the man-of-the-match honours for the second match on the trot. And deservedly so. His impressive 56-ball 127 comprised 11 sixes and eight fours and coming off just 46 balls it was the fourth fastest hundred in the IPL.  The innings helped Chennai Super Kings post a record 246 for... [Read More]

- Scorecard Murali Vijay blasted a quickfire half-century to get Chennai Super Kings back to winning ways, with a five-wicket victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore, in the Indian Premier League in Chennai on Wednesday. Vijay smashed 78 from a mere 39 deliveries, hitting six sixes and... [Read More]

- Scorecard Dinesh Karthik smashed a blazing half-century and Amit Mishra claimed three wickets, as Delhi Daredevils scored a convincing 67-run victory over Rajasthan Royals  in the Indian Premier League match at the Ferozshah Kotla, in Delhi, on Wednesday. Mishra, who bagged the big wicket... [Read More]

Dinesh Karthik starred with the bat as Delhi Daredevils scored an emphatic 67-run victory over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League match at the Ferozshah Kotla, in Delhi, on Wednesday. But victory would not have been so convincing had Karthik not waged a solid fightback after Daredevils... [Read More]

It is a young man’s sport, they said. The older players will struggle to make an impact, they predicted. The naysaysers had warned that the Twenty20 version in general, and the Indian Premier League in particular, will mark an end to the careers of veterans in the sport. Three years on, they... [Read More]

Mumbai Indians’ skipper Sachin Tendulkar was on Wednesday fined US $40,000 for maintaining a slow over-rate in the IPL match against Kings XI Punjab, on Tuesday. Other members of the team were fined US $10,000. The fines were imposed after the match referee assessed that the Mumbai Indians... [Read More]

Yusuf Pathan has overtaken Jacques Kallis to become the most valuable player of IPL3 after the first 25 matches (i.e., as on the morning of March 29) with a MVPI of 447. - Indian Premier League The table below lists all IPL3 with a MVPI of at least 100. The MVPI expresses an IPL player’s batting,... [Read More]

- Scorecard David Warner smashed an unbeaten century as Delhi Daredevils crushed Kolkata Knight Riders by 40 runs in the Indian Premier League match at the Ferozshah Kotla, in Delhi, on Monday. Andrew McDonald claimed two for 37 and Umesh Yadav two for 27 as Kolkata were restricted to 137 for... [Read More]

Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne on Tuesday revealed that he is not scared of Sachin Tendulkar . During the famous Sharjah one-day series in 1998, Warne, speaking to journalists, had said he had nightmares of Tendulkar chipping down the track and hitting for a six. But Warne now insists that he... [Read More]

It is a young man’s sport, they said. The older players will struggle to make an impact, they predicted. The naysaysers had warned that the Twenty20 version in general, and the Indian Premier League in particular, will mark an end to the careers of veterans in the sport. Three years on, they... [Read More]

Buying the Kochi Indian Premier League (IPL) team was more about passion for the game than actual business, say the owners. Rendezvous Sports World Limited won the bid for the Kochi franchise for a whooping US $333 million (Rs 1533 crores), sending the state of Kerala on cloud nine. The Kochi... [Read More]