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New Delhi: Under fire over allegations of foreign exchange violations in IPL, BCCI`s top officials on Wednesday blamed sacked Commissioner Lalit Modi for "mistakes" as they told a Parliamentary panel that they had given approvals at his behest in "good faith". BCCI President Shashank Manohar, Secretary N Srinivasan and IPL Chairman Chirayu Amin were quizzed […]

New Delhi: The top brass of the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI), including President Shashank Manohar, on Wednesday appeared before a Parliamentary panel to answer queries related to the organisation of the cash-awash Indian Premier League. Apart from Manohar, BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan and IPL Chairman Chirayu Amin were grilled over Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) […]

Karachi: Amidst debate that who should lead Pakistan in the upcoming World Cup, flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi showed keenness for the job, saying the team has seen improvement under him. Afridi while speaking at a reception held in his honour in the city yesterday said he was not giving much attention to the ongoing debate […]

New Delhi: Kings XI Punjab on Tuesday named former Australian wicket-keeper bastman Adam Gilchrist as the team`s captain for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League starting April 8. The hard-hitting left-hander was the skipper of Deccan Chargers in the first three editions of the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament and even led the Hyderabad outfit […]

Karachi: Holding the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) responsible for Australian cricket`s decline, former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad said the Aussie players got distracted by the big cash thrown at them by the Twenty20 league. "I believe Australia`s slump has a lot to do with their players` association with the IPL," Miandad was quoted as […]

Durban: Injury-hit but on a roll after drawing an engrossing Test series and winning the only Twenty20 match of the tour, India now get a chance to try different combination before next month`s World Cup when they take on South Africa in a five-match one-day series starting here Wednesday. Dubbed challenging to start with, the […]

New Delhi: The snub to Sourav Ganguly in the IPL players auction shocked his former team Kolkata Knight Riders` bowling coach Wasim Akram, who said he expected any of the other franchise to pick the ex-India captain for his "experience and leadership qualities". In a major embarrassment for Ganguly, he was not picked by his […]

Melbourne: West Indies opener Chris Gayle is surprised and disappointed after being snubbed by the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises during the players’ auction for the event’s fourth edition. “I’m sure all those IPL franchises, everyone will know what I’m capable of. I didn’t have anything to prove. It’s unfortunate things didn’t come off in […]

Zurich: Argentina and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi won FIFA’s Ballon d’Or award on Monday as the world’s best player of 2010. Messi won the trophy for a second straight year, finishing ahead of Barcelona teammates Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez. “It’s a very special day for me,” Messi said through a translator on receiving the […]

Durban: Sachin Tendulkar has for the first time admitted that the match-fixing episodes in 1999-2000 had initially affected his game and the Indian team had to go through a difficult and painful phase as "spectators looked at us with suspicion". Tendulkar said he was not in the right frame of mind during India`s disastrous tour […]

Melbourne: The Australian pace veteran Brett Lee on Monday hinted that an end to his cricketing future could be anytime near if he was overlooked by the selectors for the upcoming cricket World Cup in the sub-continent. Lee while expressing his desire to lead the Australian bowling attack during the mega event said, “I hope […]

Durban: Kolkata Knight Riders’ owner and Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan on Monday said he would try and find a role for Sourav Ganguly in his IPL team after the former India skipper remained unsold. Ganguly, who led KKR in the last edition, was left red-faced as none of the 10 franchisees showed interest in […]

New Delhi: All the 10 IPL teams will play a total of 14 games in the preliminary stage of the fourth edition, twice against five outfits but only once against the four other Franchisees. The Twenty20 extravaganza will begin on April 8 and conclude in May 28. “During the IPL 2011 Season, each team will […]

Durban: An injury-hit India produced a disciplined all round performance to notch up an emphatic 21-run victory over South Africa in the only twenty20 international here on Sunday. Playing without key openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag, India rode on a brilliant half-century by Rohit Sharma (53 off 34 balls) and Suresh Raina`s racy 23-ball […]

Bangalore: The ambiguity over payment for player-retention was the main reason why most of the IPL franchises could not retain the players, who played for them in the earlier IPL editions, RCB owner Vijay Mallya said on Sunday. "Most of the Franchisees wanted to retain four domestic and four international players but IPL Governing Council […]