Caribbean flair knocks out Pak star power in IPL auctions

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Mumbai: The explosive Caribbean all-rounder Kieron Pollard and New Zealand paceman Shane Bond emerged as the most expensive players, being sold for a whopping $750,000 (app Rs 3.42 crore) at the auction for the third edition of the Indian Premier League here on Tuesday.

West Indies paceman Kemar Roach was the second costliest player sold to Deccan Chargers for $720,000.

Live TV: IPL auction: Cricketers go under the hammer

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There are a total of 66 players from the different cricket playing nations.

Live IPL auction: No buyers for Shahid Afridi

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It's that time of the year again when purse string are loosened and the rich and the beautiful go shopping for cricketers. This time around, the men in green are expected to provide the sparks and the talking point. As T20 world champions, they should sell like hot cakes, but the question is will they?

Drop Sachin or keep Sourav? cricket selector's job

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Their decisions are more closely scrutinised than the PM’s cabinet picks. Kiran More, former chairperson of India’s cricket selection committee, gives us a peek behind the scenes.

Forbes India: How strong is the pressure to prop the region from which the selector comes?

Major sporting events to look out for in 2010

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New Delhi: It is a big year ahead for sports with many power packed tournaments lined up throughout 2010.

Will India keep ruling?

DDCA meet turns ugly, Kirti Azad alleges insult

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New Delhi: Delhi and District Cricket Association's (DDCA) Annual General Meeting on Tuesday in Delhi over the Kotla pitch fiasco turned out to be a messy and ugly affair with members trading charges and former Indian player Kirti Azad claiming that he was abused and insulted during the meeting.

"I was insulted at the DDCA meeting. Many players had complained about the pitch including Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Ricky Ponting. All those who can do good with DDCA are out. Are we going to beg to DDCA to involve us in their work? Why can't they take our help?" asked Azad.

Azad, Sunil Dev exchange barbs after Kotla fallout

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Kirti Azad, Sunil Dev and Pradeep Magazine discuss the fallout of the Kotla mess on CNN-IBN's India At 9.

Fifth ODI abandoned due to poor pitch at the Kotla

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Kumar Sangakkara intervened in the 24th over to stop the game immediately.

Floodlight goes off at Eden, stalls India-SL ODI

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Kolkata: In a major embarrassment for the organisers, the Eden Gardens which is hosting the fourth One-Day International (ODI) between India and Sri Lanka was left with inadequate lights when one of the four flood light towers went off, delaying the proceedings by 23 minutes.

Memories of the Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders match in IPL 2008 came to mind when the tower light just behind the big scoreboard near D Block near the High Court end fazed out.

Forbes India: 5 sporting moments to wait for in 2010

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Bahrain Grand Prix

A rare instance of the original following the clone. Two years after Vijay Mallya’s Force India began zooming on Formula One tracks, Richard Branson’s Virgin Racing will join him at the inaugural Bahrain Grand Prix. The 61st season of F1 will also see Campos Meta 1, the US F1 Team and Lotus F1 Racing hitting the circuits. Year 2009 was a bad one for the sport with the hugely publicised fall-out between the team owners and the F1 management, the Renault controversy following the Piquet crash and the withdrawal of Japanese giant Toyota. Here’s to a new season that focuses on the drivers and the cars, rather than the squabbles outside. March 14, Bahrain, UAE.