Tag: Ipl

  New Delhi: Gautam Gambhir today stepped down as captain of  IPL team Delhi Daredevils, saying he just wasn’t good enough for the job. India batsman Shreyas Iyer was announced as the new skipper at the franchise’s press conference which was also attended by coach Ricky Ponting and team CEO Hemant Dua. The 36-year-old batsman, […]

New Delhi: Kings XI Punjab emerged winner by four runs as embattled Delhi Daredevils’ woeful run of form in the Indian Premier League continued despite a change in venue and many changes in the team here on Monday. A heavily-rejigged Daredevils produced a much-improved bowling performance to restrict Kings XI Punjab to 143 for eight […]

Pune: Seasoned all-rounder Shane Watson smashed his third IPL century as Chennai Super Kings moved to their new ‘home’ in style by producing a comprehensive 64-run win over Rajasthan Royals, here on Friday night. CSK, forced out of Chennai due to the Cauvery dispute, were shepherded by the 36-year-old Australian, who hammered 106 from 57 […]

Mumbai: The BCCI has decided that the six captains of IPL franchises barring Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, won’t need to attend the opening ceremony scheduled on April 7. It is learnt that all eight captains will do a special video shoot on April 6 and leave for their respective cities that very evening […]

Pune: The mega auctions of the Indian Premier League’s 11th edition will be held in Bengaluru on January 27 and 28, 2018. The news was confirmed by a senior BCCI official on Tuesday. “Since most of the capped players will be back in auction, it will be a mega auction that will be held in […]

  Hyderabad: Rising Pune Supergiant chief coach Stephen Fleming has described their outing in IPL 10 as a grand finish to a good competition. Chasing 130, Pune fell short by one run, courtesy some brilliant death bowling by Mumbai Indians’ — Jasprit Bumrah (2/26), Mitchell Johnson (3/26) and Lasith Malinga (0/21). Despite ending up on […]

New Delhi: Enduring an embarrassing run so far, Delhi Daredevils face the enormous task of presenting a decent challenge when they take on defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL encounter, here tomorrow. It will be extremely difficult for Daredevils to pick up the pieces from their 10-wicket drubbing against Kings XI Punjab after being […]

New Delhi: Skipper Shane Watson today blamed himself for Royal Challenger Bangalore’s humiliating defeat against King XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League at Holkar Cricket Stadium here. “I didn’t start well with the bat and I”m certainly to blame, getting out in the first over,” Watson said after Punjab overhauled the 149-run target in […]

Shah Rukh Khan was delayed by two hours but that did not take any sheen off the felicitation of IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the presence of about one lakh spectators and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Eden Gardens here on Tuesday

Manish Pandey played an absolute blinder as Kolkata Knight Riders held their nerves to beat a spirited Kings XI Punjab by three wickets in an exhilarting summit clash to win the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League here on Sunday

Buoyed by a record-levelling sixth win on the trot and the confirmation of their place in the playoffs, Kolkata Knight Riders will now gun for a top-two finish when they take on a resurgent Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL fixture here tomorrow

Their campaign back on track after tasting five successive losses in the UAE, defending champions Mumbai Indians will now face two-time title winners Chennai Super Kings in a potentially explosive no-holds-barred contest at the Wankhede Stadium here on Saturday

It has been a breakthrough season for Ajinkya Rahane as 2013-14 has seen him cement his spot in India's Test side but the talented Rajasthan Royals batsman wants to "keep his feet" grounded and says every day is a "learning experience" for him

Revenge would be on top of Chennai Super Kings' mind when they lock horns with a dominant Kings XI Punjab in what promises to be a mouth-watering clash of the seventh Indian Premier League at the Barabati Stadium, here today

Delhi Daredevils face an uphill task of stopping a rampaging Chennai Super Kings as the two sides gear up to lock horns in an Indian Premier League match at Feroz Shah Kotla ground, here on Monday