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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

Cuttack, May 8: KXIP 231-4 in 20 overs: Glenn Maxwell peppered fours and sixes in a stupendous exhibition of stroke-play as his 90 off just 38 balls took Kings XI Punjab to a mammoth total and a fantastic win. The most prolific scorer this season continued his show of incredible batting prowess as he butchered Chennai's bowlers to submission and almost single-handedly took Punjab to the highest

New Delhi, May 7: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli takes the top spot as the most searched IPL player this season, closely followed by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Yuvraj Singh from Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captured the third position. With one of the most stunning catches taken in cricket history against Royal Challengers Bangalore to his

Mumbai, May 7: The IPL circus has exploded in a series of controversial incidents overnight with West Indian Kieron Pollard throwing a bat at Australia’s Starc. The pair had been at each others throats in the clash between the Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals but matters came to a head in the 17th over. Starc bowled a bouncer that narrowly missed Pollard’s helmet. The young Australian then

Jaipur, May 6: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday suspended the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) following the election of ousted Lalit Modi as the association president. Earlier, in a major embarrassment for the Board, Modi returned as the president of one of it`s associate member states, Rajasthan. Under the Supreme Court directive, the results of Rajasthan Cricket

New Delhi, May 6: Delhi 178-5 in 20 overs: Dinesh Karthik led a collective batting effort with a fighting fifty as Delhi put up a formidable total. Karthik (51 runs, 36b, 4x4, 3x6) combined well with former CSK player Murali Vijay (35 runs, 30b, 2x4, 1x6) for a splendid 71-run partnership for the third wicket after a shaky start. JP Duminy (28 no) and Kedar Jadhav (29 no) provided superb finishing

New Delhi, May 4: Young Karun Nair cracked a brilliant unbeaten half-century to guide Rajasthan Royals to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Delhi Daredevils in their IPL-7 match at the Ferozshah Kotla stadium here on Saturday. Nair anchored the Rajasthan’s run-chase with 50-ball 73-run innings which was laced with eight boundaries and two sixes. The 22-year-old added 51 runs off 43 balls for