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...

Australia paceman Shaun Tait has announced his retirement from one-day cricket. The 28-year-old, a 2007 World Cup winner and part of the squad knocked out of the tournament on the sub-continent last week, will quit both international and domestic 50-over cricket to focus on the Twenty20 format....

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...

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,...

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...

Taylor, who was dropped when on 31, smashed four boundaries and two sixes in his 35-ball unbeaten knock and shared 52 runs with Ajinkya Rahane (15 not out) for the unseparated fifth wicket to chase down the target of 144 with three balls to spare. At one stage, it looked like Pune would snap...

Chennai Super Kings 149 for 2 (Hussey 79*, Raina 61) beat Rajasthan Royals 147 for 6 (Dravid 66, Watson 32, Jakati 2-22) by eight wickets Chennai Super Kings continued their dominance at home and eased to a fourth-successive win in conditions where power play took a backseat to opportunistic...

Warne, currently playing for the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, confirmed via Twitter the current campaign will be his last. "Yes this is my last year playing IPL. It's 100 per cent my last four games of professional cricket unless we make (the) finals - maybe I have 5 or 6 left. Please...

Warne, currently playing for the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, confirmed via Twitter the current campaign will be his last. "Yes this is my last year playing IPL. It's 100 per cent my last four games of professional cricket unless we make (the) finals - maybe I have 5 or 6 left. Please...

Chennai Super Kings' powerful batting line-up spoiled Shane Warne's first game since announcing his retirement and left Rajasthan Royals needing at least two wins from their remaining matches to qualify for the play-offs. Chennai's top four all played their part to set up the win...