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....

New Zealand's Daniel Vettori will be the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League, starting April 8 in Chennai. Vettori, who led New Zealand to a record sixth semi-final apperance in the just-concluded World Cup, will replace spin legend...

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,...

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...

consecutive victory in the Indian Premier League with a comfortable four-wicket victory against Kochi Tuskers Kerala in a battle of debutants here on Wednesday. Chasing 149 to win set by the Tuskers, the Warriors were at a tricky 118 for six in the 16th over but Mohnish Mishra, who made an...

Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed TM Dilshan as the national captain in all three formats of the game for the tour of England in May 2011. "Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is proud to announce the appointment of T M Dilshan as the national captain in all three formats of the game for Sri Lanka's...

Royals were chasing 196 for win but all they could manage was 147 for seven in 20 overs as they suffered early setbacks. "We thought they could score 220-230, but in the end we did well to pull them back. But we had horror start," Warne said at the post-match press conference. Warne said it was...

Sixty-two-year-old Duncan Fletcher has been appointed as the coach of India ahead of the team's tour to the West Indies. The decision to appoint Fletcher, whose name was doing the rounds as a possible successor to Kirsten, was taken at the BCCI's working committee meeting. The...