The Indian Premier League organisers were forced to tweak the event's schedule this year because of the upcoming assembly elections in five states. The league organisers, in a statement, said they have made some changes in the 2011 IPL original schedule taking into account the assembly elections...

BANGALORE ROYAL CHALLENGERS Key batsmen: AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, Tillakaratne Dilshan Key bowlers: Zaheer Khan, Dirk Nannes, Daniel Vettori Best: Runners-up, 2009 Last year: Third Chances: Any team with De Villiers and Dilshan, whose stock rose as he finished top runscorer in...

Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara will lead the Deccan Chargers in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League, it was announced in Hyderabad on Monday. Australian cricketer Cameron White will be Sangakkara's deputy in the Twenty20 tournament, beginning April 8. Former Australia...

South African spinner Johan Botha showed superb skills (0-31 and 67 not out) to guide Rajasthan Royals to an emphatic 8-wicket victory over Deccan Chargers. Rajasthan Royals scored� 141 for 2 (Botha 67*, Steyn 2-18) as they responded to Deccan Chargers underpar 137 for 8 (Ravi Teja 28,...

Kings XI Punjab captain Adam Gilchrist says someone in his former franchise Deccan Chargers has been making \"bad\" comments about him ever since he left. He captained the Hyderabad side for the first three seasons, guiding them to the IPL trophy in 2009 before being bought by...

With both sides searching for only their second win of the campaign, the Chargers prevailed as Sunny Sohal (62 runs off 41 balls) led the way in a total of 168 for four from their 20 overs, ably supported by skipper Kumar Sangakkara (49) and a 31-run salvo by Cameron White. In reply, David...

Batting first, Sharma (56 off 34) and Andrew Symonds (44 off 33) staged a 102-run fifth-wicket stand to fire Mumbai to 172, after four quick wickets had pegged back a solid start by openers Davy Jacobs (32) and birthday-boy Sachin Tendulkar (28). Paceman Malinga, who recently retired from Test...

The IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers in Hyderabad on Tuesday witnessed some sparks with Gautam Gambhir and Daniel Christian engaging themselves in a heated altercation during the KKR innings. Gambhir, who came at the fall of Eoin Morgan in the sixth over, collided...

Deccan Chargers dropped too many catches in the first half of the game to allow Kolkata Knight Riders to motor along to 169, and then dropped intensity alarmingly in the chase to succumb to their sixth defeat in nine games. Yusuf Pathan was the biggest beneficiary of Deccan's fielding...

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