The BCCI on Monday (May 4) announced a 15-member squad for the next month's Twenty20 World Cup which includes pacer RP Singh. However, the selectors dropped Munaf Patel from the T20 world cup squad. RP Singh has been performing consistently at the on-going IPL in South Africa and his hard labour ...

Watching the massive success of the second edition of cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL), the South African cricket authorities have decided to launch Southern Premier League (SPL) by 2011. The proposed league will be feature South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. According to media reports, ...

Paul Collingwood has been appointed as the captain of England cricket team for the forth-coming Twenty20 World Cup. The 32-year-old English all-rounder relinquished the post of one-day captaincy in August last year. Commenting on his new assignment, Collingwood said that he will make good use of ...

Mumbai Indians outclassed SRK-owned Kolkata Knight Riders by nine runs in an IPL match held at East London on Friday (May 1). Electing to bat first, Mumbai Indians got to a shaky start by losing quick wickets at the top. But South African batsman J.P. Duminy held the innings together by scoring 52 ...

Former Pakistani cricket captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has signed a deal with an American entrepreneur to play in an international Twenty20 tournament in New York. Apart from Inzamam, six other Pakistani players have also been roped in for the tournament scheduled to be launched later this year. Other ...

Chennai Super Kings defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers by 92 runs in an IPL match held at St. George’s Park in Port Elizabeth on Monday (April 20). Batting first on a good wicket, Super Kings reached a challenging total of 179 for five in their allotted 20 overs. Hard hitting Australian ...

Beating all odds, IPL 2009 - the cricket’s biggest extravaganza - has started and has caught the imagination of the entire cricketing world. Even though the event is being organized in South Africa this time, it has not lost any of its glamour and sheen. We will keep you updated with the ...

Deccan Chargers defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets in an IPL T20 match played at Newlands on Sunday (April 19). The star performer of the match was fast bowler RP Singh of Deccan Chargers who took four wickets by conceding only 22 runs. Electing to bat first after winning the toss, ...

Virender Sehwag-led IPL team Delhi Daredevils registered a 10-wicket victory against Kings XI Punjab in a rain reduced T20 match at Cape Town on Sunday (April 19). Kings XI Punjab scored 104 for seven wickets after being sent to bat first by Daredevils skipper Sehwag. The match was initially ...

Seeking to settle down the recent controversy on the multiple skipper issue Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team management on Tuesday (31st March) announced that the team would opt for a single captain. However, the management would announce the skipper in South Africa. The second edition of the ...

Lalit Modi IPL Chairman today announced that two new venues — Ahmedabad and Vishakhapatnam — have been added to the eight cities which hosted IPL matches last year. There are chances that Dharamshala might also stage some games. The IPL -2 tournament will be played ...

New Zealand won the second and final Twenty20 international by beating India by 5 wickets in a nail-biting encounter at Wellington on Friday (February 27). The Kiwis were able to win the match especially because of Brendon McCullum's unbeaten knock of 69 runs. The match reached a thrilling ...

New Zealand defeated India by seven wickets in the first Twenty20 cricket international held at Christchurch. Chasing a victory target of 163, the Kiwis got the runs in 19th over. Wicket-keeper batsman Brendon McCullum played a vital inning of 56 runs to ensure that New Zealand wins comfortably. ...

India on Tuesday (February 10) defeated Sri Lanka in the Twenty20 match with the help of some incredible batting by Irfan and Yusuf Pathan down the order. Chasing a challenging total of 172 runs to win in stipulated 20 overs, India lost both the openers very cheaply. After that, Yuvraj Singh and ...

The Sri Lankan selectors have picked up Tillekeratne Dilshan to lead the side in the forth-coming Twenty20 International against host India. The solitary T20 match will be played at the R. Premadasa Stadium on February 10. The on-going dismal performance of Sri Lanka against India has forced the ...

The inaugural Twenty20 Champions League which was scheduled for Dec 3-10 this year will now held on October 2009.  The league was called off owing to security factors after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. The governing council of the league took the decision after considering all aspects, ...

The terror attack in Mumbai has forced the organisers of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament to postpone it. According to a statement released to media, the current step to postpone the tournament was taken due to security fears following the terror attack. The Champions League Twenty20 ...

Here is a good news for all the cricket lovers. The London Assembly has voted for Twenty20 cricket in 2012 Olympic Games. The members of the London Assembly strongly supported the inclusion of Twenty20 cricket as a showcase sport in the 2012 Olympic Games. The members urged the London Organising ...

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to remove Clive Lloyd, the West Indian legend, from his post as chairman of the ICC's Cricket Committee following his remarks that “Indian Premier League and the Indian Cricket League could ...

The ESPN Star Sports (ESS) that was awarded the contract for the long-term global television production partner for the Champions League T20, starting next month will telecast all the matches in High Definition Format with Highest ever Camera Set-up. This is a “never-before” stunt ...

Champions League Twenty20 sponsor NRI industrialist Vikas Rambal is to buy IPL side Deccan Charger. Perth-based Vikas Rambal who is chairing the North West Chemicals and Fertilizers firm has become a tycoon in cricket business after sponsoring cricket matches. Last year he signed a three-year ...

Owing to the great success of Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 championship, Australia has decided to launch a same kind of tournament in its country. The newly planned Twenty20 cricket championship will have franchises from South Africa and New Zealand. Australia's shorter-version cricket ...

The inaugural Champions League Twenty20 tournament will now be held in early December. The tournament was earlier scheduled in September-October.
 
A joint statement by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia (CA) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced that the ...

The Indian Premier League, which has always been related to sensational stories, is in the headlines again. This time, IPL has been rocked by scandal, in which one of the players has turned out to be positive in the doping test. The identity of the player has not been been revealed. The sample was ...

Rajasthan Royals pipped Chennai Super Kings by three wickets in an exciting final to win the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday. It was indeed a great finish to the completely entertaining event which lasted 44 days.
Putting the Chennai Super Kings to bat after winning the toss, the ...

The Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by nine wickets in Mumbai, on May 31, 2008 to reach the finals of the Indian Premier League 2008. Sunday's final will now be played between the Rajasthan Royals and the Chennai Super Kings.
 
Chennai won the match quite easily after they ...

Rajasthan Royals continue their ruthless march in the Indian Premier League. Helped by a magnificent all-round performance by Shane Watson, Rajasthan Royals vanquished Delhi Daredevils by 105 runs to storm into the final of the Indian Premier League on Friday in Mumbai.
Asked to bat first by ...

Kings XI Punjab defeated Rajasthan Royals in the last league match of the IPL. Batting first, the Punjab side scored 221 for the loss of 3 wickets. Shaun Marsh was the top scorer (115 runs) for Punjab. Hopes also made a strokeful 51 while Yuvraj Singh blasted 49 off just 15 deliveries, of ...

Chennai Super Kings entered in the semi final of Indian Premier League after beating Deccan Chargers by seven wickets in their last league match on Tuesday.
 
Earlier, Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat and scored 147/8  riding on the 76 run partnership between Venugopal ...

The Rajasthan Royals jarred the hopes of the Mumbai Indians to reach the semi-finals when it beat them in Jaipur on Monday, in their Indian Premier League match. The Rajasthan Royals won the match spectacularly by taking it till the last ball.
 
Playing on its home ground, the Rajasthan ...