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Kolkata Knight Riders put one foot in IPL 5 playoffs with a 32-run win over Mumbai Indians at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday. It was their ninth win in 15 matches and took them to the second spot in the table ahead of Mumbai, who despite the loss can advance to the next stage if they win their last game against Rajasthan Royals on May 20. Chasing 141 to win, Mumbai openers Herschelle Gibbs and

New Delhi, May 16: The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to restrain Sachin Tendulkar from taking oath as Rajya Sabha member and sought the central government's response on a petition challenging the cricketer's nomination to the upper house. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw was hearing a petition by Ram Gopal Singh Sisodia, who contended that

Kolkata, May 16: A visibly annoyed Shah Rukh Khan today sought to put an end to his comparison with KKR's former captain Sourav Ganguly and asked the fans to "grow up" and stop correlating the two. "Grow up please. This is sport. Let's play it like a sport. We keep on talking about Kings and Khans... This is crap to be honest. I say this with love and respect to all of you," SRK said on the

New Delhi, May 15: Both Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab have three matches left in the league stage and two of them are against each other. Daredevils, who have risen to the top of the table on the back of glittering individual performances, will be the favourites. Kings XI, however, have stayed in contention for the playoffs by playing efficiently as a team. They have consistently won away

New Delhi: Spot-fixing and underhand financial dealings seem to be rampant in the world's richest, glitziest T20 competition, the Indian Premier League, if a sting operation by India TV is to be believed. The TV channel showed five domestic-level players, representing various IPL franchises, apparently succumbing to the lure of fixing. It showed these players discussing the alleged involvement of

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.