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New Delhi, May 18: Royal Challengers Bangalore's resurgence continued as they beat table-toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad by 14 runs in their must-win Indian Premier League match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday. The victory kept RCB's playoffs hopes alive as they jumped to fifth in the standings with 12 points from 13 games. Kane Williamson (81 off 42 balls) and Manish Pandey (62*

New Delhi, May 17 (PTI) The BCCI may have created extremely popular and successful Indian Premier League (IPL) but the Indian board has not done "enough" to market Test cricket, revered by the purists, says former India opener Gautam Gambhir. Known for his straight talking, the two-time World Cup winner put forth his point in presence of CoA chief Vinod Rai and CEO Rahul Johri. "I don't think BCCI

May 17: Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the two teams in the one-off Women’s T20 Challenge on May 22 ahead of the IPL Qualifier 1 in Mumbai. The women’s game has seen a wave of popularity in the country following the national team’s run to the final of World Cup last year. With an eye on growing this wave, the BCCI is hosting the T20 Challenge to provide the women’s game a platform

Gurugram, May 17: Star cricketer Suresh Raina has quashed talks about Chennai Super Kings (CSK) being an 'aged team' in Indian Premier League, as he on Thursday said experience is also an equally important characteristic and cited team's performance in the league, wherein they qualified for playoffs for the record ninth time on Tuesday. "People have been saying that our team is quite aged, but you

Kolkata, May 16: Kolkata Knight Riders are now just one win away from qualifying for Indian Premier League's playoffs after they defeated Rajasthan Royals by six wickets, at Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata on Tuesday. The KKR chased down the target of 143 with two overs to spare and six wickets in hand. Dinesh Karthik-led team started off brilliantly as their opener Sunil Narine (21) hammered 20

Mumbai, May 14: Rajasthan Royals captain Ajinkya Rahane has been penalised Rs 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over-rate during his side's Indian Premier League (IPL) clash against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium. Yesterday, Rajasthan Royals thumped the defending champions Mumbai Indians by seven wickets, thanks to England batsman Jos Buttler (unbeaten at 94) for his fifth consecutive half

Melbourne, May 14: Former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne seems to be highly impressed by Sanju Samson's impressive show in the ongoing 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as he said that Rajasthan Royals">Rajasthan Royals' wicketkeeper-batsman will be the next superstar of the Indian cricket. The 23-year-old amassed a total of 379 runs in 12 games he has played so far for Rajasthan

Donghae City, May 13: Indian women's hockey forward Navneet Kaur's hat-trick of goals helped defending champions India got off to a flying start as they beat Japan 4-1 in their opening match at the 5th Women's Asian Champions Trophy at the Sunrise Stadium on Sunday. Besides Navneet (7', 25' and 55'), centre forward Anupa Barla (53') was the other goal-scorer for India. India was in the dominating

Indore, May 13: Having found some light at the end of the tunnel, Royal Challengers Bangalore will be keen to expose the chinks in Kings XI Punjab's armoury during their must-win IPL encounter here tomorrow. RCB got some breathing space after their five-wicket victory against Delhi Daredevils while Kings XI Punjab, after a brilliant run at the initial stages, are currently struggling with back to

Jaipur, May 12: Jos Buttler anchored a tricky chase to perfection as Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by four wickets in a thrilling encounter to keep their play-off hopes alive in the Indian Premier League on Friday night. Chasing a target of 177, Buttler struck his fourth successive half-century, a 60 ball 95 studded with 11 fours and two sixes as Rajasthan reached the target in 19.5