Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir top scored with 38 not out as his side chased down the Daredevils’ target of 99 with ease. © BCCI Highlights Kolkata: A clinical Kolkata Knight Riders handed Delhi Daredevils a nine-wicket drubbing to begin their Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign in style in Kolkata on Sunday. (Gautam Gambhir Leads Hosts to Nine-Wicket Win) Knight Riders shot out a lacklustre Delhi for 98 before…
Indian Premier League 2016: Harsha Bhogle's Commentary Contract Terminated by BCCI
Harsha Bhogle’s commentary contract for the Indian Premier League has been terminated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. © AFP Highlights Harsha Bhogle, a prominent face in Indian Television cricket commentary, will not be on duty for the 2016 Indian Premier League after the Board of Control for Cricket in India terminated his commentary contract. (World T20: When Mahendra Singh Dhoni Lost His Cool) Bhogle, who has…
Win the toss and…actually don't bother
There wasn’t much of this on the opening day of the Championship season © PA Photos The English County Championship began in historic fashion as across the country the toss was ditched under new regulations which allow the visiting captain to decide whether he wants to bowl first. Four captains took up the option as Somerset, Warwickshire, Surrey and Sussex all opted to put the home side in the opening…
Indian Premier League: Harbhajan Singh Says Nothing Wrong in Wicket, Blames Batsmen for Poor Shots
Harbhajan Singh was the highest scorer for Mumbai Indians as they lost to Rising Pune Supergiants by nine wickets. © PTI Highlights Mumbai Indians batsmen need to stick around for a while before playing shots, said the team’s spin-bowling spearhead Harbhajan Singh after the defending champions slumped to a nine-wicket defeat against IPL debutants Rising Pune Supergiants in the season-opener in Mumbai on Saturday. (Dont’ Know Why Ashwin Got Only…
Indian Premier League: Don't Know Why R Ashwin Got only One Over, Says Ajinkya Rahane
Ajinkya Rahane’s unbeaten 66* helped Rising Pune Supergiants to a thumping nine-wicket win over Mumbai Indians. © BCCI Highlights The Wankhede track on which IPL debutants Rising Pune Supergiants outplayed Mumbai Indians in the season-opener was a slightly seamer-friendly wicket and that might have been the reason why premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was given just one over, said Ajinkya Rahane after his side’s win. (Rising Pune Supergiants Defeat Mumbai Indians)…
Garner questions proposed dissolution of WICB
Joel Garner (left) directed a rhetorical volley at the CARICOM panel © Getty Images Former West Indies fast bowler Joel Garner, who is also a director of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), has questioned the CARICOM cricket review panel’s suggestion of dissolving the board and asking all its members to resign. Garner, who is also president of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA), wondered how some members of the WICB…
My T20 bowling returns have been 'reasonable' – Steyn
‘If we look at the overall picture, at the average and at the economy rate, I think I am doing okay’ – Dale Steyn © BCCI South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn has said that the manner in which Twenty20 cricket has evolved means that even the best bowlers will be taken for runs, but he believed his bowling stats have been “reasonable” through his career. “I think it will…
Sachin Tendulkar Plays Cricket With Britain's Prince William and Kate
Sachin Tendulkar (far left) and Dilip Vengsarkar (far right) pose with Britain’s Prince William and Catherine (2nd left) at The Oval Maidan in Mumbai. © AFP Highlights Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar joined Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate as the duo played cricket with children and laid a wreath to victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks as they began their tour of India on Sunday. (Read more cricket stories here)…
Kevin Pietersen Open to International Return Via South Africa
Kevin Pietersen (R) scored an unbeaten 21 in Rising Pune Supergiants’ 9-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians in the IPL opener on Saturday © BCCI Highlights Mumbai: Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen is eyeing a return to international cricket by playing for his country of birth, South Africa, saying it is “definitely still an option”. (Yuvraj Singh, Shane Watson, Kevin Pietersen Among Hot Picks – Five Things to Know) The flamboyant…
Shifting Indian Premier League Matches Not Solution to Drought: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni led Rising Pune Supergiants won the IPL opener by nine wickets, beating Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday night. © PTI Highlights Mumbai: Amid the furore over holding Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in drought-hit Maharashtra, India’s limited over skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday said shifting matches will not resolve the perennial crisis as it requires a “long-term” solution. (Bombay High Court Tells BCCI…