There was no love lost between the rival captains as Kolkata Knight Riders' Gautam Gambhir and Royal Challengers Bangalore's Virat Kohli were involved in an ugly on-field spat after the latter was dismissed in the 10th over of the innings. It was an incident that took everyone by surprise as Gamb

BANGALORE: Chris Gayle returned to form as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) continued their rampaging run with an eight-wicket win over defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Thursday. Pacer RP Singh claimed his second straight three-wicket haul to restrict

  PUNE: Pune Warriors snapped their losing streak with a thumping seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals on Thursday. Australian Aaron Finch cracked a belligerent 64 and Robin Uthappa smashed a quick-silver 32 to help the Warriors get over their top-order woes and chase down Royals' c

MOHALI: After the reverse they suffered in the opening match, Chennai were bound to come hard at Punjab in the battle of Kings. And the pressure told on Punjab as batsman after batsman, in an attempt to post a big-enough total, perished playing over-ambitious strokes. The tone was set by t

Jaipur: On a pitch with a rare tinge of green, Rajasthan Royals, led by Rahul Dravid, opted to go in with an unprecedented all-pace attack comprising five fast bowlers, and defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 19 runs to register their second consecutive win in the Indian Premier League on Mond

  HYDERABAD: In a game which went down to the wire, and into the Super Over, the first in the sixth edition of the league, Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by five runs in the T20 league at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal. In the Super Over, Cameron Whi

Mumbai Indians' reluctance to give Kieron Pollard an opportunity to express himself higher up the batting order has been hard to fathom. But when the top order collapsed before the tenth over in Mumbai's Indian Premier League 6 clash against Chennai Super Kings on Saturday (April 6), Pollard had

Batting great Rahul Dravid received India's third highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan, from President Pranab Mukherjee during a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan's Darbar Hall Friday. Former boxer Ngangom Dingko Singh and rower Bajrang Lal Takhar received the country's fourth highest civilian

KOLKATA: With KKR registering a six wicket win against Delhi Daredevils in the inaugural match of IPL season 6, Kolkata on Wednesday erupted in joy with KKR fans celebrating the victory by dancing on the streets and cheering for the home team. The celebration was kicked off by KKR owner and Bolly

Dubai: The Meydan jinx was finally broken as America rightfully reclaimed the $10 million Dubai World Cup when 2011 Kentucky Derby (G1) sensation Animal Kingdom outclassed some of the best equine superstars from around the globe to win racing’s richest prize on Sataurday. Ridden confidently by 28

NEW DELHI: Former Sri Lankan captain  Arjuna Ranatunga on Wednesday slammed IPL governing council's decision to withdraw Sri Lankan cricketers from Chennai matches of the tournament and asked the players to opt out of the entire high-profile event beginning April 3. "... as far as cricketers

As protests in support of the Sri Lankan Tamils continued, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said IPL matches would be permitted in the state only if there were no Sri Lankan players, umpires, officials or support staff in these matches. "In view of the popular antipathy and anger in T

NEW DELHI: "Dhonee. Dhonee. Dhoneee." The chant reverberated around Feroze Shah Kotla as India closed in on victory within three days in the fourth Test against Australia. Scorecard | Match in Pics After a topsy-turvy day that saw 16 wickets tumble, leaving India 156 to win, it was fitting

NEW DELHI: Nathan Lyon scalped five wickets as Indian batsmen were tested for the first time in the series on a crumbling track but still managed to take a slender four-run first-innings lead in the fourth and final Test against Australia on Saturday.   At stumps after an intriguing second da

NEW DELHI: India's quest for a historic clean sweep started on a good note as the host spinners continued their dominance over Australia to take the honours on the opening day of the fourth and final Test on Friday. Australia, sans their injured skipper Michael Clarke, managed 231 for eight a

NEW DELHI: Australia skipper Shane Watson won the toss and elected to bat against India in the fourth and final Test at the Feroze Shah Kotla stadium on Friday. Ajinkya Rahane replaced injured Shikhar Dhawan in the Indian squad while Australia replaced Matthew Wade, Mitchell Starc and Xaier D

NEW DELHI: The fourth Test against Australia at the Ferozeshah Kotla could well be fans' last opportunity to see Sachin Tendulkar play an international match in India. India is scheduled to next play a Test series at home against the West Indies in October 2014, Tendulkar would be 41.5 years

Durban: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq led his side to a three-wicket win over South Africa in the fourth one-dayer on Thursday, setting up a series decider in the final match in Benoni on Sunday. Misbah made 80 and Imran Farhat scored 93 as Pakistan chased down South Africa's total of 234 fo