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Kolkata, May 27: Rating Gautam Gambhir ahead of Mahendra Singh Dhoni as far as captaincy is concerned, former India skipper Sourav Ganguly on Saturday put his money on Kolkata Knight Riders to win the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League. The Indian selectors might have lost faith in Gambhir who was removed from vice-captaincy ahead of the Asia Cup, but Ganguly named the Delhi opener as the

Chennai, May 27: Gautam Gambhir's dazzling form and the aggressive streak in his captaincy has helped KKR make it to their maiden IPL final and the skipper warned his opposition on the eve of the final that he and his wards won't be there "to just compete but to get results." "When you go on to the field, you do not go there to make friends but you are there to get results in your team's favour

Amidst the Indian Premier League's mixed bag of last over finishes and the insinuations about spot-fixing and slanderous nights, irony too has found a place to flourish. Royal Challengers Bangalore was expected to saunter into the play-offs, however, the men in red and golden shades imploded at Hyderabad. Now the aggrieved team-members, perhaps with a wry smile, will watch their home-turf —

Pune: When Delhi Daredevils took on Kolkata Knight Riders in the Qualifier in Pune, the difference in the teams' mindset was evident. Delhi stuck to their pace-heavy plan, while Kolkata picked three frontline spinners. And that did make a difference. Kolkata's batsmen scored heavily off the Delhi pacers to set things up nicely for their bowlers. In the end, they won by 18 runs to enter the final

The Rajasthan Police today served summons on superstar Shah Rukh Khan to appear in a Jaipur court on a complaint that he was seen smoking in public. SRK was seen on camera smoking during an IPL match at Jaipur's Sawai Man Singh stadium in April this year. Just last week, the popular Bollywood actor was issued a five-year ban from entering Mumbai's Wankhede stadium after an alleged scuffle and

Batsmen of today are unable to play quality seam and spin. It's the delivery that moves late that asks questions of them. They have no answers. Most seaming tracks or pitches with vicious turn have bounce and this makes the good length move closer to the batsmen. This shift in good length and late movement foxes most players of today. Why? The game has changed in many ways. Batsmen now use heavier

On a day when the IPL sank further into a morass of scandals, Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken revealed that his ministry had asked the finance ministry to probe allegations of the cricket league franchises using black money to regain or lure players from other teams. Maken told the Lok Sabha on Monday that on May 18, sports secretary P?K?Deb wrote to his counterpart in the revenue department of

New Delhi, May 21: India and Pune Warriors player Rahul Sharma today said he will stop playing cricket if his blood test returns positive for drugs after the leg-spinner was detained from a rave party in Mumbai. Sharma along with Pune Warriors team-mate Wayne Parnell were among the 94 people detained by the police after a raid at Hotel Oakwoods in Juhu, Mumbai. "I know I am innocent, if the

Mumbai, May 21: Two Indian Premier League (IPL) players were questioned after Mumbai Police busted a rave party here and detained about 100 people, officials said Monday. Youngsters who were detained by the police during a raid at a rave party, being taken away in a van after a check-up at a hospital in Mumbai on Sunday evening. PTI Rahul Sharma of India and Wayne Parnell of South Africa, who play

New Delhi, May 21: In a fresh twist to the alleged molestation of an American national at an IPL party on Friday, an Indian member of IPL's Team Bangalore allegedly helped accused cricketer Luke Pomersbach, first when the Australian tried to enter the victim's room a second time and again by warning her to drop the case. The victim, Zohal Hamid, told TOI that a "skinny Indian guy" had tried to get