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...

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been selected by Peter Roebuck in his squad of 12 players, which also has Sachin Tendulkar. Apart from Dhoni and Tendulkar, Man-of-the-tournament Yuvraj Singh and joint highest-wicket taker Zaheer Khan are the two other Indians in Roebuck's World Cup squad. The...

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...

Sachin Tendulkar, the controller, and Ambati Rayudu, the enforcer, made short work of the below-par target set by Bangalore to give Mumbai their second successive win of the tournament. However, it was with the bat that Bangalore lost the game tonight. It was a strange innings as Bangalore were...

Mumbai Indians' skipper Sachin Tendulkar on Friday batted through the innings against Kochi Tuskers Kerala to register his maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) century. Tendulkar's brilliant knock, 100 not out of 66 balls, saw Mumbai reach 182-2 from their 20 overs. During the innings, the...

Sachin Tendulkar hit an unbeaten century but his effort went in vain as Ravindra Jadeja held his nerve to conclude a superb chase of Mumbai's 182 for two and complete an eight-wicket victory with one over remaining. The pendulum swung back and forth despite Brendan McCullum, with 81 off...

The Pakistan Cricket Board is reportedly keen to host India at a neutral venue in lieu of the canceled 2009 series. The Pakistan Cricket Board's Chief Operating Officer Subhan Ahmed told PTI that modalities of the short series would hopefully be worked out in a meeting with BCCI officials...

Chasing Pune's meagre tally of 118, Mumbai Indians completed the job only on the last ball of the innings with Rohit Sharma hitting a six off Murali Kartik. "A win is a win. We chased 120 runs and managed to win the game. You have to look at the circumstances. Hopefully, we will show...

The legendary Australian spinner was seen gauging the strength of his knees during Saturday's practice session. "Yes it is still swollen. Cartilage of my left knee is inflamed. There is swelling and I will have another look at it in the morning," Warne said. Warne hurt his knee...

Former India captain and coach Kapil Dev said an Indian should have been chosen as the coach of the national team. Speaking to the Hindustan Times newspaper, Kapil said: "Who is Duncan Fletcher? I would like to see Venkatesh Prasad and Robin Singh as coaches of the Indian team. Not because...