New Delhi: Out of favour India opener Gautam Gambhir doesn't feel IPL's reputation has got a beating because of the spot-fixing and betting scandal, and said a "handful of wrong individuals doesn't carry the image of the entire sport".
"A handful of people who do something wrong doesn't carry the image of the entire sport. There are still millions of people who wants to go out there and play the game and represent the country," said Gambhir, who is also the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders.
"If some handful of people do something wrong that doesn't mean cricket is dirty. There are lot of people who wants to do well," he said.
For Gambhir, IPL is a serious business but feels steps like banning cheerleaders from the tournament is not the solution to erradicate corruption from the event....
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09:28 PM, Jun 11, 2013
Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shah Rukh Khan has broken his silence on the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal. While speaking to national daily Hindustan times, Shah Rukh said that it is undignified for owners to misuse rules. "I think as a team owner one should not indulge in all these practices even if you are a betting person by nature. If you're an owner, you're aware of all the...
11:16 AM, Jun 08, 2013
New Delhi: A recent IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore may also come under the scanner of Delhi Police for "match-fixing" after the interrogation of Rajasthan Royal's player Ajit Chandila and bookies who have been arrested on charges of spot-fixing, police sources said on Tuesday. However, Delhi Police said as such they have no evidence to corroborate the claims of Chandila and others made during questioning...
08:52 PM, May 28, 2013
After announcing his retirement from ODI cricket last year, Sachin Tendulkar has decided to bid adieu to the Indian Premier League. After serving Mumbai Indians for six years, Tendulkar had the most fitting end to his IPL stint with Mumbai lifting the trophy for the first time in the final on Sunday. Here, Cricketnext compiles some of his most defining IPL innings. 59* v Chennai Super Kings, 2009: Tendulkar had...
11:28 AM, May 27, 2013
Kolkata: Admitting that he takes Kolkata Knight Riders' defeats "personally", superstar Shahrukh Khan Sunday stressed that the Indian Premier League (IPL)matches have been a learning experience for him and his children. "I got to learn a lot (from IPL)...to learn how to lose but not become losers. My children have also learnt a lot. "They haven't learnt that much from my profession. But this completely uncontrolled, unbridled excitement,ups and downs...
10:35 AM, May 27, 2013
Hyderabad: Kris Srikkanth, mentor of the Sunrisers Hyderabad, has termed the franchise's qualifying for the play-off stage of IPL 6 as similar to when India made it to the knock-outs of the 1983 World Cup after entering the tournament as rank underdogs. Hyderabad entered the last match of the league stage needing a win to secure a spot in the final four and did so through a solid fielding performance...
02:48 PM, May 20, 2013
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad chief coach Tom Moody has said reaching play-offs of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was rewarding and satisfying for the team. "Lot of people at the beginning of the tournament gave us no hope whatsoever. So it is very rewarding and satisfying that we managed to work well as a team and jell well as a team and surprised few people," the Australian said after Sunrisers beat...
12:13 PM, May 20, 2013
Hyderabad: They stuttered a little at the end, but Sunrisers Hyderabad eventually defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets, thus ensuring them a play-off berth and knocking Royal Challengers Bangalore out of IPL 6. Chasing 131 could have been tricky on a slow Uppal wicket but Parthiv Patel (47) and Shikhar Dhawan (42) didn't give KKR much chance. The two left-handers kept up with the required rate. Parthiv was the...
11:33 PM, May 19, 2013
Live updates from game 72 of IPL 6 between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. The race for the fourth spot still hangs in the balance, and Sunrisers Hyderabad face the last obstacle in their path. After handing Rajasthan Royals one of their more comprehensive defeats this season, Hyderabad have taken out quite a few positives. Defending champions Kolkata Knight...
07:05 PM, May 19, 2013
Hyderabad: The race for the fourth spot still hangs in the balance, and Sunrisers Hyderabad face the last obstacle in their path. After handing Rajasthan Royals one of their more comprehensive defeats this season, Hyderabad have taken out quite a few positives. Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders are already out of the tournament after their "mathematical equation" was laid to rest by party poopers Pune Warriors but Gautam Gambhir and...
12:18 AM, May 19, 2013
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody says that beating Kolkata Knight Riders would not be a cakewalk when they clash with them to snatch the last-available play-offs berth on Sunday. Hyderabad must beat KKR to make it to the knockout stage. "We got a day to rest and recover. KKR are not going come here and lie down. We know that. They are a proud team. Obviously, running champions. They...
01:13 PM, May 18, 2013
Ranchi: Pune Warriors coach Allan Donald today said that Kolkata Knight Riders batsman Yusuf Pathan's dismissal in their IPL match here for obstructing the field should be a lesson for all cricketers. "I looked the replay (and) it was clearly (an attempt) to nudge the ball away. I think the intention of Yusuf Pathan was to drag the ball away," Donald told reporters after his side beat KKR by seven...
01:01 AM, May 16, 2013
Ranchi: India's Yusuf Pathan became the first batsman in the Twenty20 history, and sixth overall, to be ruled out for obstructing the field. Test cricket has seen only one batsman, Briton Len Hutton, getting out in that fashion while four players so far have been ruled out in the ODIs, the latest being Pakistan's Mohammed Hafeez against South Africa early this year. Pakistan's Rameez Raja (1987) and Inzamam ul haq...
09:06 PM, May 15, 2013
Ranchi: Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders came close to making it a hat-trick of unlike victories in their attempt to stay alive in IPL 6, but up against the team most likely to be beaten they ended up losing by seven runs. Chasing 171 to keep their flickering hopes of qualifying for the play-offs alive, KKR crashed from the favorable position of 127 for 3 in the 16th over to...
07:38 PM, May 15, 2013
CLICK HERE for live ball-by-ball updates of game 65 of IPL 6 between Kolkata Knighr Riders and Pune Warriors India played at Ranchi. Playing XIs: KKR: Manvinder Bisla (wk), Gautam Gambhir (capt), Jacques Kallis, Ryan ten Doeschate, Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, Debabrata Das, Rajat Bhatia, Sachithra Senanayake, Sunil Narine, Lakshmipathy Balaji PWI: Robin Uthappa (w), Aaron Finch (capt), Manish Pandey, Yuvraj Singh, Luke Wright, Angelo Mathews, Raiphi Gomez, Bhuvneshwar Kumar,...
03:13 PM, May 15, 2013
Ranchi: Lack of consistency has been Kolkata Knight Riders' biggest drawback in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League, feels skipper Gautam Gambhir. "If you play inconsistent cricket, the results will be before you. So this I think is the biggest drawback," Gambhir said on the eve of his team's match against Pune Warriors. The defending champions are placed seventh in the points table with six wins and eight...
11:29 PM, May 14, 2013
Ranchi: Royal Challengers Bangalore's loss to Kings XI Punjab on Tuesday has left Kolkata Knight Riders hoping that RCB lose their final match and Sunrisers Hyderabad end up on the wrong side of both their remaining matches, and then the 2012 winners need to win their last two. The first of those is against the ousted Pune Warriors at Ranchi on Wednesday, and KKR will hope for an encore of...
08:26 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore's seven-wicket loss to Kings XI Punjab in Bangalore on Tuesday has confirmed the progression of three teams into the IPL play-offs - Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. The three teams are tied on 20 point which leaves three teams chasing the final spot. Victory over RCB gave Punjab a total of 12 points and they are four behind RCB (16) and Sunrisers...
08:05 PM, May 14, 2013
Ranchi: Kolkata Knight Riders kept their slim IPL 6 play-off hopes alive beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets in a low-scorer at the JSCA International Cricket Stadium here on Sunday. Jacques Kallis, after picking up two wickets, made an important 41 as the hosts chased down 116 in 19.2 overs to register their sixth win in 14 matches. Bangalore, on the other hand, suffered their sixth defeat in 14...
07:09 PM, May 12, 2013
Live updates from game 60 of IPL 6 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore played at JSCA International Cricket Stadium in Chennai. KKR innings: End of over 19.2: Doeschate hits four runs off the second ball of the 20th over as Kolkata win the match by five wickets. End of over 19 - KKR 115 for 5: Unadkat starts the new over with two dot balls. Doeschate hits...
02:55 PM, May 12, 2013
