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Bangalore, May 14: For Captain Virat Kohli, watching Yuvraj Singh torment the bowlers was a pleasing sight as he lashed out at detractors of his RCB teammate, saying that people should refrain from writing off cricketers who are class apart. The flamboyant southpaw struck form with two consecutive half-centuries in the last two IPL matches after being criticised for a prolonged lean patch. He was

Bangalore, May 14: Star batsman Yuvraj Singh smashed a magnificient 68 not out in a stunning six-hitting exhibition to power Royal Challengers Bangalore to a 16-run victory over Delhi Daredevils in an IPL match here today. The in-form Yuvraj, who had scored a brilliant 83 of just 38 balls against Rajasthan Royals in his side`s last game here, set the Chinnaswamy Stadium on fire as he hit nine

Mumbai, May 13: Top Mumbai Cricket Association officials, including president Sharad Pawar and vice-president Ravi Savant, have spoken to BCCI’s interim president, Sunil Gavaskar, with regard to the league’s governing council’s decision to shift the June 1 final from Mumbai to Bangalore. According to Nitin Dalal, MCA joint secretary, Gavaskar assured the officials that a reply would be given on

Mumbai, May 13: Lendl Simmons and Ambati Rayudu‘s sparkling 130-run partnership helped Mumbai Indians power to a seven-wicket victory in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2014 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. With this win, Mumbai go above the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2014 Points Table and moved into sixth place. It was easily Mumbai’s most

Bangalore, May 12: Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Watson today said having former India skipper Rahul Dravid as team mentor has helped him develop as a cricketer quickly. "To have Rahul as a mentor is unbelievable. My development is certainly continuing to evolve very quickly because of having him there. For me personally, I am extremely lucky to have him around," Watson told reporters here. "It

Mumbai, May 11: In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2014 game played between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings at Mumbai, the match had its fair share of spills and thrills, before Chennai won it by four wickets. It was MS Dhoni, who provided the finishing touches by smashing a sixoff Kieron Pollard in the last over of the game. The track that was holding up a little bit made sure that Chennai

Bangalore, May 10: In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2014 game played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab, Bangalore were outplayed by Punjab and eventually, they lost the game by a huge margin of 32 runs. None of Bangalore’s batsmen were able to get going. Only Parthiv Patel and AB de Villiers looked in fine touch for them. de Villiers, who played a fabulous innings against

New Delhi, May 9: The secretary of the unrecognised Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) Aditya Verma has shot off another letter to the International Cricket Council (ICC), urging the highest cricket body to take instant action against the suspended Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president. The Supreme Court had forced Srinivasan to be sidelined from BCCI affairs but did not stop him

Ahmedabad, May 9: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) defied all odds to beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2014 on May 8. Hyderabad produced a joke of a batting display against a good bowling. But somehow managed to comprehensively beat Rajasthan in the end. Shrikant Shankar writes Sunrisers’ victory provides the rest an opportunity to catch up with the leaders. How Sunrisers

New Delhi, May 8: The turf war between the suspended Rajasthan Cricket Association and the BCCI escalated today with RCA Deputy President Mehmood Abdi accusing the Board of acting in the most unfair manner to satisfy the "vengeance, hate and prejudicial grudge" carried by N Srinivasan against Lalit Modi. A day after BCCI claimed that it acted as per rules in suspending RCA after the Modi was