The erratic behaviour of the pitch at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday during the Indian Premier League match between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Charges will be probed, Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Niranjan Shah said.
Shah said the IPL’s technical committee and the Cricket Association of Bengal would probe […]

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After the mauling they received from Kolkata IPL team in the opening match of the Indian Premier League, Bangalore IPL team would be eager to set things right when they take on hosts Mumbai Indians in their second clash at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
Bangalore captain Rahul Dravid, after a 140-run loss on […]

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The Mumbai Indian Premier League (IPL) team has a lot in common with the national cricket team. Apart from the name of the team, the colour of the team jersey (blue), poor media management, the Mumbai team is also suffering from injury woes, something that the Indian team faced during the recently-concluded Test series against […]

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Delhi Daredevils’s bowlers gave nothing away from the start and never allowed any batsmen of the Rajasthan Royals to settle.
Choosing to bat, Rajasthan Royals scored a low score of 129 for 8. The bowlers dominated the game for the first time in IPL.
Glenn McGrath bowled the first maiden over of the championship – a miracle […]

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Daredevils’ Gambhir and Royals’ Kaif appeared confident of their respective teams doing well in the opening match of the DLF Indian Premier League despite the absence of stars.
Delhi Daredevils batsman Gautam Gambhir claims that home advantage would give his team the edge in their high-profile DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) opening match against Rajasthan Royals […]

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NEW DELHI: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar signed on as the brand ambassador for Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Delhi Daredevils team here on Monday.
“I belong to Delhi and this my team. I always like cricket and I am a firm believer in sportsman spirit,” said Akhsay.
Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag and players Gautam Gambhir, Mohammed Asif […]

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In the end, not even a last minute change of venue for the launch could hold them back. The Mohali team of Indian Premier League (IPL), owned by Bollywood actress Preity Zinta and her industrialist boyfriend Ness Wadia, was launched at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium on Monday evening.
Icon player Yuvraj Singh walked on […]

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Professional Cricket Association chief executive Sean Morris has warned the England and Wales Cricket Board not to resist allowing English players to join the Indian Premier League.
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BANGALORE: Bangalore’s Royal Challengers expect to end the inaugural year of the Twenty20 Indian Premier League (IPL) with a deficit of about Rs 25-30 crore, its chief executive said. The sharing of tickets between the stakeholders has emerged as a bone of contention ahead of the first match on April 18. The UB Group, […]

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CHENNAI: In a glittering function that had loads of dance and music, the Chennai Super Kings cricket team was launched here on Saturday.
The team — none of the foreign players could make it due to “prior commitments” — was introduced to the gathering.
Chennai Super Kings assistant coach, V.B. Chandrasekhar, described the team as a group […]

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