Floodlit Test matches could become a reality within two years if another 12 months of trials in first-class cricket are successful. The ICC Cricket Committee, which held a two-day meeting at Lord's, recommended that the pink ball should be used in Intercontinental Cup matches and domestic...

Mumbai had won six out of their seven previous games, but were bundled out for 87 in 12.5 overs on Tuesday chasing 163. Praveen Kumar's two for 19 and Bhargav Bhatt's four for 22 engineered the collapse that saw six batsmen out for single figures. Earlier, Shaun Marsh (43 off 34) and...

Chasing 147 for victory, Bangalore cruised to victory with three overs left as Tillakaratne Dilshan (38 off 24 balls) and Virat Kohli (39 not out off 34) hung around with the former West Indies captain. The victory also came on the back of a superb performance from Bangalore paceman...

South African cheerleader Gabriella Pasqualotto has become an internet sensation and a mini-celebrity back home after being kicked out of the IPL for secretly blogging on player behavior in post-match parties. The 22-year-old Gabriella, from Pietermaritzburg, was one of the 40 South African...

Gabriella Pasqualotto, a native of South Africa, said it was no longer a member of the cheerleading team Mumbai Indians after authorities discovered he was the anonymous blogger.

Chennai Super Kings 176 for 4 (Dhoni 63*, Badri 55) beat Delhi Daredevils 158 for 6 (Irfan 46*, Ashwin 2-19) by 18 runs Chennai Super Kings all but ensured qualification for the playoffs, and took an important step towards ending in the crucial top two, with a win that withstood the odd scare...

India team: Gautam Gambir (captain), Suresh Raina (Vice-Captain), Parthiv Patel (Wicketkeeper), Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, S Badrinath, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, Vinay Kumar, Yusuf Pathan, Amit Mishra and Wriddhiman Saha. The team will...

Punjab overhauled Kochi's 178 for seven in 18.5 overs and in the process kept their semi-final ambitions alive. Kochi captain Mahela Jayawardene's blazing half-century and a four-wicket burst from RP Singh were in vain as the new entrants crashed out of the tournament with just five...

Chris Gayle plundered 38 runs in a 12-ball blitzkrieg. Gayle continued with his batting pyrotechnics in IPL 4 as he hit six fours and two sixes to score all but two runs of his 38 from boundaries to send the packed home crowd at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium into a frenzy. With the towering...

Deccan Chargers beat Mumbai Indians by 10 runs on Saturday. Mumbai batsmen struggled to negotiate the likes of Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha and Jean-Paul Duminy, all of whom got huge help from the wicket. "The ball was gripping quite a bit. I think the wicket could have been better. This was...