New Delhi: Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni skipped training as the Chennai Super Kings players had their customary net session on "really slow practice wickets" as some of the players found out. The CSK players practised in two batches and some of them weren't really amused to find that the practice wickets laid out for net sessions were really slow in nature. "This is not a conducive wicket for having a...
08:17 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Chennai: Customs officials arrested a man at the airport here with a suitcase containing five venomous snakes on Wednesday. Airport sources said the arrested Mohammed Azarudin, who arrived by a Thai Airways flight, told the Customs officials that one of his friends in Thaliand gave the suitcase to him with a request to handover it to a person in Chennai. He said he was given Rs 10,000 for carrying the...
12:20 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Pepsi roped in Priyanka Chopra for the second edition of their campaign, scheduled to go on-air on April 18. Chopra, a Chennai Super Kings (CSK) fan, plays an over-the-top spiritual diva in the commercial who leads her followers to pray for CSK win but ends up supporting RCB due to the Gayle-effect. ...
10:00 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Chennai: Chennai Super Kings openers' failure to provide the side starts consistently has irked batsman Subramaniam Badrinath, who says the "issue needs to be addressed" soon. Barring the 10-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab, the Chennai openers -- Murali Vijay and Michael Hussey have failed to live upto the expectations, though the Australian was not part of the XI that lost to Pune Warriors last night. "The openers are not...
04:07 PM, Apr 16, 2013
A look back at the first two weeks of the IPL and what has been notable about it, in particular the way teams have been dependent on certain individuals. Chris Gayle scoring = RCB winning Ravi Rampaul and R Vinay Kumar can say otherwise, but Royal Challengers Bangalore's success is interlinked with Chris Gayle. The big-hitting West Indian has clicked big time in two of RCB's four matches, and both...
01:14 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Chennai: Clutch innings from two Australian imports at either end of Pune Warriors 20 overs set up a match-winning total of 159 for 5, which was made to appear like a lot more for Chennai Super Kings against a superb catching performance. Aaron Finch took on a strong CSK bowling attack from the start, dominating an opening stand worth 96, and after a flurry of wickets it was Steven Smith's...
11:25 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Live updates from the Game 19 of the IPL 6 between Chennai Super Kings and Pune Warriors played at Chennai. Pune Warriors India are without their regular slipper Angelo Mathews who is sitting out due to political pressure in southern India in protest over the war crimes in Sri Lanka bars the islanders from playing in Chennai and Yuvraj is unlikely to take the field . CSK, though, are still...
07:20 PM, Apr 15, 2013
New Delhi: Petrol price were on Monday cut by Rs 1 per litre with effect from midnight, the third reduction in rates in the last four weeks. Earlier in April, the price was reduced by 85 paise per litre. The price cut, which was made possible because of fall in international oil prices, excludes local sales tax or VAT. However, there will be no change in diesel prices even though...
07:00 PM, Apr 15, 2013
She is clearly the lucky mascot of Chennai Super Kings. MS Dhoni's wife, a very stylish Sakshi Dhoni was seen rooting for her husband's team during a recent IPL match sporting bold red lips and geeky glasses. The look suited her to the core as Sakshi excitedly cheered on along with friend, designer Masaba Gupta. Needless to say, CSK won the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on that day. Sakshi...
10:58 AM, Apr 15, 2013
Chennai Super Kings' batsman Suresh Raina says his team couldn't believe their luck when a no-ball helped them beat RCB. ...
09:58 AM, Apr 15, 2013
Chennai: Pune Warriors India will need to make a forced captaincy change on Monday when their regular skipper Angelo Mathews sits out the tough encounter against Chennai Super Kings, who are coming off a surprise last-ball win against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Political pressure in southern India in protest over the war crimes in Sri Lanka bars the islanders from playing in Chennai, which will force the team management to pick...
08:13 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Mumbai: Suresh Raina has donned the role of a finisher to perfection in shorter formats and by his own admission he relishes batting at No 3 irrespective of whether he is playing for India or CSK. "I love batting at No 3 as I can be positive and play my shots. When I scored a hundred against South Africa in West Indies (in 2010 World T20), I batted at number...
06:55 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Chennai: Calling it a 'joke', Ravindra Jadeja says he has no problem with the prefix 'Sir' before his name as long as his Chennai Super Kings and India team-mates are enjoying the allrounder's 'knighthood'. "I think it is a joke and we are enjoying it. [There is] nothing serious in that matter. I don't think I am a great man. I just want to be what I am right now....
12:12 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Chennai: Ravindra Jadeja played an important hand as Chennai Super Kings took 16 runs off the last over to register a four-wicket win against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Chidambaram Stadium here on Saturday. It was Chennai's second IPL 6 win in three matches, while Bangalore suffered their second loss in five matches. In pursuit of 166, the hosts got off to a bad start when Murali Vijay was wrongly...
11:54 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Live updates from Game 16 of IPL 6 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Stopping maverick Chris Gayle will be on MS Dhoni's mind when his side Chennai Super Kings takes on Royal Challengers Bangalore. Chennai tasted victory after starting their campaign with a loss to Mumbai. The team's batting didn't click in the opening game, with only Dhoni making...
07:20 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Chennai: Stopping maverick Chris Gayle will be on MS Dhoni's mind when his side Chennai Super Kings takes on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 16th game of IPL 6 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday. Gayle has been instrumental in RCB's early rise in the league table. His two half-centuries - 92* against Mumbai Indians and 85 against Kolkata Knight Riders - did the demolishing act, giving...
10:42 PM, Apr 12, 2013
A masterful innings by Mike Hussey gave Chennai Super Kings their first victory of IPL 6 as they demolished Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Wednesday. Hussey, who made an unbeaten 86 off 54 balls, once again showed how useful a player he is for Chennai. First he held onto a tough catch of Adam Gilchrist in Punjab's innings and then he, along...
11:10 PM, Apr 10, 2013
New Delhi: Days after a Wikipedia entry described cricketer Ravindra Jadeja as a philanthropist and a Nobel laureate, his mates from the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings - Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ravichandran Ashwin - had a field day pulling his leg with their own versions of the viral 'Sir Ravindra Jadeja' jokes that have been doing the rounds of social networking sites for some time...
12:24 PM, Apr 10, 2013
