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Pune, May 12: Mumbai Indians inched closer to earning a play-off berth as they rode on a disciplined bowling performance to eke out a five-wicket win over Pune Warriors in a Pepsi Indian Premier League (IPL) match here today. Mitchell Johnson led the way with an economical figures of 2/8 off his four overs before skipper Rohit Sharma's patient knock of 37 off 41 balls guided Mumbai to a win with

Parvez Rasool Zargar's life has not been bed of roses. The terrorists have threatened to kill him for playing cricket, but nothing has stopped Rasool from playing the game he loves the most. Today he is the face of Jammu and Kashmir cricket. Sarang Bhalerao looks at Parvez Rasool’s career thus far. After warming the bench for 12 matches, a window of opportunity opened for Parvez Rasool on May 9

New Delhi, May 11: One just got the feeling that it was going to be Virat Kohli's night on Friday. There is a familiar swagger to the Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper's footsteps when he comes out to bat at the Feroz Shah Kotla. And why shouldn't it be like that? After all, Kohli has learnt most of his trade at this very ground. Kohli was almost 'Gaylesque' as he smashed his way to 99 off 58

Tributes poured in for Olympic medal-winning Briton Andrew “Bart” Simpson, who died when a Swedish catamaran capsized on Thursday while training for the upcoming America’s Cup races. Simpson, who was 36, won gold in the keelboat star class at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and a silver in the same category at last year’s London Games. He died when he got trapped underwater after the Artemis Racing

Pune, May 10: Parveez Rasool, who became the first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to play in the Indian Premier League, has called his debut for Pune Warriors the "proudest day" of his life even though the team ended up on the losing side. "This is the proudest day of my life. And the whole of Jammu and Kashmir was watching the match and I am proud of that. I feel really great. First of all

Pune, May 10: Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders scored a convincing 46-run win over an ever-struggling Pune Warriors here today, to keep alive their outside hopes of qualifying for the play-off stage of the ongoing Pepsi Indian Premier League. Opting to bat, KKR first rode on skipper Gautam Gambhir's 50 and a late surge by Ryan ten Doeschate (31 off 21) to post a challenging 152 for six

Hyderabad, May 9: Suresh Raina says he is not disappointed about missing a century in the IPL game against Sunrisers Hyderabad that his team Chennai Super Kings won by 77 runs on Wednesday. Raina remained unbeaten on 99 off 52 deliveries as CSK set a huge target of 224 for the home team. "To be honest, I am not disappointed. We won the game that is more important than anything. I have been hitting

Hyderabad, May 9: Title contenders Chennai Super Kings put up yet another comprehensive performance as they crushed Sunrisers Hyderabad by 77 runs to assert their supremacy in the Indian Premier League here on Wednesday. Riding on Suresh Raina’s blistering unbeaten 99 and Mike Hussey’s smashing 67, the Super Kings posted a massive 223 for three. The chase was out of question as Sunrisers lost

Mumbai, May 8: Mumbai Indians kept their enviable all-win record at home intact as they outclassed Kolkata Knight Riders by 65 runs here today to virtually eliminate the defending champions' hopes of making the Indian Premier League play-offs. Mumbai rode on their best opening stand of the season –- 93 runs -- provided by Sachin Tendulkar (48) and Dwayne Smith (47) and a quick-fire unbeaten 34 by

Mohali, May 7: Royal Challengers Bangalore stared in shock and disbelief. Anyone who saw David Miller bat on Monday night would have. Challengers had put up a dominant performance and were cruising before the South African left-hander produced the innings of his life, a 38-ball 101, as the Kings XI Punjab pulled off a memorable six-wicket victory at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium