Chasing a target of 166, Royal Challengers Bangalore managed to defeat the deccan Chargers by 5 wickets. For the Bangalore side, Misbah-ul-Haq (34), Jacques Kallis (31), Dravid (31), Cameron White (31 not out), and B Akhil (27 not out) made useful contributions with the bat. Akhil ...

The Delhi Daredevils clinched a much needed victory on Saturday, May 24, 2008 at the Feroz Shah Kotla grounds in Delhi against Mumbai Indians. It was a keenly contested match between the two sides, in which Delhi Daredevils defeated Mumbai Indians by five wickets. For once, the Delhi Daredevils ...

Kings XI Punjab gave a thorough professional performance in the match against Deccan Chargers. The sensational one run victory over Mumbai did not drain their enthusiasm, nor did they allow complacency to creep in, even though they were assured of a semi-final berth. They got down to business in ...

A black British cheerleader has alleged that she was prevented by one of the organizer of the Indian Premier League tournament to perform at the IPL match, owing to her dark skin color. One of the two Black women performing at the IPL matches claimed that they were stopped from going on stage by ...

The Indian Premier League match between Delhi Daredevils and the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Ferozeshah Kotla was abandoned due to rain, on Thursday. As a result of this, both the teams were awarded one point each. This also left more than 20,000 spectators who thronged the stadium to watch the ...

Bollywood heartthrob and Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shahrukh Khan announced on Thursday, May 22, 2008 that he will boycott the remaining Indian Premier League matches, till the time the code of conduct is explained and clarified by the IPL and cricketing authorities. The actor had been cautioned ...

After a string of losses, Bangalore Royal Challengers defeated Chennai Super Kings by 14 runs at the MA Chidambaram stadium on May 21, 2008, to register their third victory in the IPL. Batting first, the top order of the Bangalore team failed once again to give their team a solid start. None of the ...

Kings XI Punjab defeated Mumbai Indians by 1 run in a last ball thriller at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on May 21, 2008 to register their eight win in the IPL. With this win Punjab have almost claimed a semi final berth along with Rajasthan Royals. It all came down to the last over when Mumbai ...

The Kolkata Knight Riders were beaten by the Rajasthan Royals by six wickets, on Tuesday at Eden Gardens in their Indian Premier League match. With this win, Rajasthan has won 9 matches out of 11, next to Kolkata and have made sure that they stay very well in the tournament.
 
The Rajasthan ...

The Indian Premier League has plans to bring in two more cities to the Twenty20 cricket by the year 2010. The higher officials of BCCI are in discussions to increase the franchisee to 10, from the present 8. In all likelihood, the two cities which would be brought in are going to be Ahmedabad and ...

The Delhi Daredevils beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by five wickets in their match at the Indian Premier League match on Monday, May 19, 2008 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. With this win, the Delhi team has now won six matches in their 12 matches and has kept alive their chances of reaching the last ...

The ICC Anti Corruption Unit has barred Bollywood superstar and Kolkata Knight Riders owner from visiting his team’s dressing room in the remaining Indian Premier League (IPL) matches. The actor has however expressed his disappointment over the decision on Sunday evening. Earlier in the day, ...

The Chennai Super Kings inched closer to their semi final space with a two-run victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders, according to the Duckworth Lewis method in the Indian Premier League match in Kolkata on Sunday, May 18, 2008.
Because of the hat-trick of pace bowler Makhaya Ntini, the Kolkata ...

The Mumbai Indians registered their sixth consecutive win by beating the Deccan Chargers by 25 runs in the Indian Premier League on Sunday, May 18, 2008. Batting first, the Mumbai Indians scored a competitive 178 runs for the loss of seven wickets, all because of some sensible batting by Abhishek ...

Something that can cause much embarrassment to the organizers of the cash-rich Indian Premier League, a few Australian cricketers have complained about non-payment of their match fee. Some Australian players who participated in the immensely popular Indian Premier League have claimed that they have ...

Kings XI Punjab defeated Delhi Daredevils by 6 runs on the D/L method at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi to register their seventh win in the IPL. Chasing a revised target of 123 in 11 overs, Punjab were 94 for three in eight overs when the heavens opened up and play was suspended. ...

Rajasthan Royals continued their dream run in the IPL and registered their eighth win in the tournament when they defeated Bangalore Royal Chellengers by 65 runs at the Sawai Mansingh stadium in Jaipur on May 17, 2008. Batting first, Rajasthan put up a formidable total of 197 runs in 20 overs. ...

Mumbai Indians demolished Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on May 16, 2008 to register their fifth win in the IPL. Batting first, the Knight Riders were dismissed for a paltry total of 67 runs in 15.2 overs which the Mumbai team overhauled in 5.3 overs. This is ...

After a string of losses Delhi Daredevils beat Deccan Chargers by 12 runs at the Feroz Shah Kotla statdium on Thursday, May 15, 2008, to register their fifth win in the IPL. Batting first, the Daredevils put up a formidable total of 194 runs in 20 overs. Gautam Gambhir (79 runs, 7X4, 3 X6) and ...

IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi on Thursday, May 15, 2008 rubbished the reports that Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne and other team mates Shane Watson and Graeme Smith are planning to back out from the tournament owing to the series of blasts that rocked Jaipur. Mr. Modi said that the trio is ...

A swashbuckling knock by Sanath Jayasuriya (114 runs, 9X4, 11 X6) helped Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 9 wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on May 14, 2008. Jayasuriya plundered the Chennai bowling all round the park scoring his century in just 45 balls. Chennai bowlers lost ...

Sudhir Nanavati has submitted his report to the BCCI regarding the salpgate incident between Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth. Nanvati has submitted his 14 page report but said that he cannot recommend punishment. Nanavati said that since he had been appointed by the BCCI to inquire about the ...

Kings XI Punjab defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers by 9 wickets at the PCA stadium in Mohali on May 12, 2008, to register their sixth win in the IPL. Batting first, the Royal Challengers put up a modest total of 143 runs in 20 overs, which the hosts managed to overcome quite easily. The ...

Rajasthan Royals made the Delhi Daredevils taste successive defeat on Sunday, May 11, 2008 at the Sawai Man Singh stadium in Jaipur. Rajasthan Royals ace cricketer Shane Watson made a magnanimous 74 run score in 40 balls to give the Rajasthan Royals a three wicket victory over Delhi Daredevils. A ...

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Deccan Chargers by 23 runs on Sunday, May 11, to stay in contention for the top 4 berths in IPL.  Deccan Chargers, on the other hand, slumped to their seventh successive defeat, going down to Kolkata Knight Riders despite Venugopal Rao's valiant 42-ball 71 ...

Lakshmipathy Balaji became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the Indian Premier League (IPL) when he removed Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla and VRV Singh in successive deliveries. Balaji claimed 5 wickets in the match for just 24 runs. Balaji\'s performance helped Chennai to defeat Kings XI ...

Lakshmipathy Balaji became the first bowler in the IPL to claim a hat-trick as Chennai Super Kings defeated Kings XI Punjab by 18 runs at MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai to register their sixth win in the IPL. 

Batting first, the Chennai team put up a formidable total of 181 runs in the ...

Rajasthan Royals defeated Deccan Chargers by 8 wickets at the Sawai Mansingh stadium in Jaipur to register their sixth win in the IPL. Batting first the Deccan chargers got off to a blistering start with Gilchrist hitting the Rajasthan bowlers all over the park. Gilly along with Gibbs put on 61 ...

Finally, Kolkata Knight Riders tasted success after 4 straight losses, when they beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by 5 runs at the Eden Gardens on Thursday, May 08, 2008. The match was reduced to 16 overs due to rain. 

Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders put up 129 runs on the board. ...

Perhaps the most nail biting match of the IPL was witnessed on Thursday, May 08, 2008, at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium. In a last ball thriller Chennai Super Kings defeated Delhi Daredevils by 4 wickets to register their fifth win in the IPL. Chasing a formidable target of 188 runs it all came down ...