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Kolkata: With Chennai Super Kings needing five runs to win off the final delivery, Rajat Bhatia, who had bowled MS Dhoni and conceded only four from the previous five balls, bowled a full toss. Dwayne Bravo, who had missed a heave off the fifth ball, heaved again, and this time he hit the ball high into the night sky. Kolkata Knight Riders' captain Gautam Gambhir, fielding in the circle, kept his

Bangalore, May 14: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s campaign in the IPL?V?has been on an upswing after three successive victories, pushing them close to a berth in the play-offs. They would, however, have to guard against complacency and hope the Law-of-Averages does not catch up with them when they run into an on-song Mumbai Indians at the M?Chinnaswamy stadium here on Monday. The Harbhajan Singh

Jaipur, May 14: Ajit Chandila claimed four wickets, including the first hat-trick of the season, in a sensational spin-bowling spell as Rajasthan Royals crushed Pune Warriors by 45 runs in a lop-sided Indian Premier League match here today. Little-known Chandila claimed his four wickets for just 13 runs from four overs as he single-handedly demolished Pune, who were already out of play-offs

Mohali: Team Punjab literally dug a hole for themselves after conceding 190 runs to Team Hyderabad before coming up with an edge-of-the-seat chase to win the IPL tie by four wickets in Mohali on Sunday. Skipper David Hussey's gritty knock of 65 runs and some late hitting by the lower order ensured that the hosts stay alive in the league. Just when the hopes of Punjab chasing down the total began

Kolkata, May 13: Cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar should not be honoured with the Bharat Ratna as the demand to give the award to filmstars and cricket players spoke of 'the low cultural level', Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju said on Monday. "Somebody says the award should go to Tendulkar or to Sourav Ganguly. I say it should be given to none of them," Katju said.

London, May 13: British Prime Minister David Cameron, who considered a bat signed by Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar as one of his 'most valuable possessions', has donated it to raise money for a cricket stadium in Rwanda. The bat fetched 3,400 pounds (approx Rs 3 lakh) at an auction at the Lord's to raise funds for the stadium project, the Daily Telegraph reported. Some days ago, at an event

A new phase of thaw in Indo-Pak ties that had begun since Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s travel to India last month appears to have made a positive bearing on the bilateral cricketing front, which is in a frozen state for almost four years. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced its decision to make way for Pakistan’s representation in the fourth edition of

Chennai Super Kings bowlers exposed the vulnerability of the Delhi Daredevils' top-order as the defending champions thrashed the current table toppers by nine wickets in an Indian Premier League match, here on Saturday. With this Chennai moved to fourth on the points table of the IPL. Chasing 115-run target, Chennai Super Kings lost Michael Hussey (38) after he put on a 75-run opening stand with

Kolkata, May 12: Thirty-eight days and 57 games into IPL 5, Kolkata and Mumbai finally get to spar with each other for the first time this season. For a change, it's Kolkata who have their noses in front. In fact, they even have one foot in the play-offs, thanks to a bouquet of six straight victories. Mumbai are within sniffing distance as well, and their priority at the Eden Gardens on Saturday

Pune: Chris Gayle might have hogged the limelight for Bangalore this season but on Friday, Zaheer Khan struck telling blows to steal the show in his team's 35-run win over Pune at the Subrata Roy Sahara stadium. After Gayle and his opening partner Tillakaratne Dilshan laid the foundation for a challenging total of 173 for three, Zaheer produced a typical Test match opening spell to break the back