In a thrilling finish in Nagpur\'s Jamtha Stadium, South Africa beat India by three wickets with 2 balls remaining. Robin Peterson (18 off 7 balls) and Faf du Plessis (25 off 23 balls) put on a decisive 21-run eighth-wicket stand to get past India\'s score of 296. Amla (61),...

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,...

Deccan had crushed KTK by 55 runs in their last match with Ishant Sharma registering a five-for and his fast bowling colleague Dale Steyn bagging three wickets. Asked at the pre-match press conference how CSK would handle the Indo-South African pace attack, Fleming quipped, "The good...

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...

Batting first, the Chargers looked well on top with their imposing 175-run total, crafted largely by Sehwag's counterpart Kumar Sangakkara (44 off 36) and JP Duminy (55 off 31). However, despite his side being left reeling on 25 for three, Sehwag (119 off 56) ripped through Deccan's bowling -...

Sehwag whose Herculean 119 off only 56 balls saw Daredevils beat Deccan Chargers by four wickets in an IPL match on Thursday. "I knew we would win. I was always telling my boys that if a set batsman can bat for 15-16 overs, any target is achievable for players like myself, Sachin...

Shikhar Dhawan starred with 95 not out and put on 131 with Dwaraka Ravi Teja in Deccan's 198 for two. Amit Mishra then took centre stage with four for nine including a hat-trick as Kings XI were skittled for 116. Dhawan had a first-ball run-out escape as Ryan McLaren's diving throw...

Australia at one point looked like they would fall short of the lowest-ever Test total, held by New Zealand when they managed 26 against England in Auckland in 1954-55. They only avoided that unenviable record with their last pair at the crease, when Peter Siddle edged Vernon Philander to the...

Vernon Philander and Dale Steyn took three first-innings wickets apiece as South Africa seized control of the match after the tourists collapsed from 149-2 overnight. South Africa need only six more wickets to clinch the three-test series after forcing the visitors to follow on. At the close Sri...