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Lucknow: Hasin Jahan, estranged wife of cricketer Mohd Shami, was taken into custody by police in Amroha in Uttar Pradesh after she reached her husbands house and created a ruckus. She was later released on bail. Hasin Jahan reached her husband’s house in Sahaspur Ali Nagar village late on Sunday night. When her in-laws asked her […]

New Delhi: After Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Delhi Capitals have become the second team to secure a berth in the playoffs in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Delhi-based franchise had last reached the playoffs seven years ago. But after that there was a steep decline in their performance for the next […]

New Delhi: Six punishing years and a name change later, Delhi Capitals have finally qualified for the playoffs in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Their 16-run win over Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday sealed their place in the knockout stages of the tournament in the 12th edition of the IPL. Delhi last made it to […]

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians’ Australia pacer Jason Behrendorff left for Australia to join the national camp for ICC World Cup in England next month. For skipper Steven Smith and opener David Warner will play one match before leaving while Marcus Stoinis will also be heading home to join the camp starting May 2. Twenty nine-year-old Behrendorff, […]

Hyderabad: David Warner notched up his eighth half century of the season to help Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Kings XI Punjab by 45 runs in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Rajiv Gandhi International stadium here on Monday. Warner, who is the tournament’s highest scorer, smashed a typically belligerent 81 off 56 balls. His innings […]

Bangalore: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) last hope of making it to the Indian Premier League (IPL) play-offs finally ended on Tuesday after their contest with Rajasthan Royals was abandoned at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, here due to continous rain. With the result, both the teams were awarded a point each. Chasing a 63-run target in […]

Chennai: All-round Chennai Super Kings (CSK) rode M.S. Dhoni’s brilliance to get back to the top of the table with a commanding 80-run victory over Delhi Capitals (DC) in a top-of-the-table Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Wednesday. Asked to bat first, Dhoni first helped CSK recover from a […]

Navi Mumbai: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar foresees Mahendra Singh Dhoni making a “massive” contribution in India’s World Cup campaign and he feels it will not be limited to the talismanic player’s much-admired instinctive reading of the game. Dhoni has been in superb form in the ongoing Indian Premier League and has so far amassed […]

New Delhi: The Indian Premier League (IPL) is considered one of the most lucrative tournaments in the world. But even the premier T20 league needs to be promoted and advertised. And the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) kept aside Rs 50 crore for advertisement and promotion of the 12th edition of the […]

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals (DC) ended their group stage campaign in the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Saturday. The win ensured that they finish with 18 points from 14 games with 9 wins. Unless Mumbai Indians win their […]

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians spinner Rahul Chahar on Saturday said that among the current bowlers he looks at Imran Tahir for inspiration. “When I was little I used to watch Shane Warne a lot,” he said at a press conference prior to MI’s IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders. “Now I watch Imran Tahir. He has […]

Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar’s son — Arjun Tendulkar — was picked for Rs 5 lakh by Aakash Tigers Mumbai Western Suburb, a franchise of the T20 Mumbai League, here on Saturday. The 19-year-old budding left-arm pacer triggered a bidding war at the auction for the second season of the league. Arjun had a base price of […]

Bengaluru: Hard-hitting West Indies batsman Shimron Hetmyer played a brilliant innings to help the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) end their IPL 2019 campaign on a winning note as they defeated the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their last group stage game of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Chasing 176 at the M. […]

New Delhi: Dwayne Bravo isn’t the one to shy away from an opportunity to have fun with his team-mates. He is known to be a livewire in the Chennai Super Kings dressing room. In a latest video, tweeted by the defending IPL champions, Bravo can be seen giving his team-mate Monu Singh a haircut. Monu […]

Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bangalore tweeted a video of captain Virat Kohli and star batsman AB de Villiers in which the pair thanked fans of the franchise for their support and apologised for the team’s dismal performance this season. RCB lost their first six matches on the trot and were the first team to go out […]