A Chris Gayle special, a record hat-trick, a criminal no-ball and more in Cricketnext's review of the second week of the sixth season of the IPL.
Innings of the week
Who else, but Chris Gayle? The West Indian blaster scored his second unbeaten half-century of IPL 6 to down defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in Bangalore last Thursday. It was pure belligerence from Gayle, who larruped nine sixes in an unbeaten 85 off 50 balls to hasten an eight-wicket win for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Few teams end up on the winning side after a Gayle special, and such was his touch on the day that what could have been a tricky chase ended up being a cakewalk. The early exit of Mayank Agarwal for 12 and a maiden third over from Jacques Kallis was smoothed over by some punchy shots from Gayle who kept the asking rate in control. Gayle's fifty came up off 32 balls with a single off Sunil Narine. Kallis was then savaged for two more sixes, one of which was a no-ball, and sixes No. 8 and 9 came off Balaji to clinch victory with 15 balls remaining. ...
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08:25 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Chennai: Royal Challengers Bangalore's medium pacer R Vinay Kumar has said that it was MS Dhoni's knock that took the game away from the visitors, paving the way for Chennai Super Kings' win in IPL 6 on Saturday. "Even though we bowled well, Dhoni's innings took the game away from us, especially those two sixes he hit and the boundaries took the game away from us," Vinay said. Chasing a...
04:34 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Inspired by Chris Gayle's 50-ball 85, Royal Challengers Bangalore recorded an eight-wicket win to move to No. 1 and handed Kolkata Knight Riders their second loss in a row in IPL 6. ...
08:11 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Bangalore: Inspired by their bowlers and boosted by a bullish innings from Chris Gayle, a clinical Royal Challengers Bangalore recorded an eight-wicket win to move to No. 1 and hand Kolkata Knight Riders their second loss in a row in IPL 6. The match was effectively decided by Gayle's 50-ball 85 after Kolkata managed an underwhelming total on an M Chinnaswamy Stadium surface and outfield aiding the batsmen after RCB...
07:19 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Bangalore: Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer R P Singh said that his side can win matches in the IPL even without contribution from explosive West Indian batsman Chris Gayle as shown by captain Virat Kohli who hit an unbeaten 93 against Sunrisers Hyderabad here on Tuesday. "Generally people talk about Gayle, but we have plenty of batsmen like Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers. So we can't say we are not able...
09:21 PM, Apr 09, 2013
A case was registered on Monday against BSP MP and party's zonal coordinator Jugal Kishore for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, a senior police official said in Gonda. ...
04:13 AM, Apr 02, 2013
The players' auction for IPL 6 saw 37 of 108 players getting sold to different franchises. Here we put together what some of them had to say on twitter after their selection or rejection. ...
09:45 AM, Feb 04, 2013
In what is likely to foment more trouble for the Congress-led UPA government, sources have said that former CAG official RP Singh has admitted before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) that he recommended the name of one of the officers involved in preparing the 2G report for foreign posting. ...
07:46 PM, Jan 29, 2013
New Delhi: In wake of former CAG official RP Singh claiming his comments on PAC chairman Murli Manohar Joshi on the 2G issue were misquoted, BJP on Monday asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi to retract her statement in which she had attacked the main Opposition party. "In light of what RP Singh has stated, the BJP would like to know from Sonia Gandhiji would she retract her comment almost condemning...
01:40 PM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: The UPA seems to have played the 2G card ahead of the all-party meet to resolve the parliament deadlock on FDI. Congress ally DMK has given a notice for a discussion under rule 193 on the CAG report on 2G Scam in the Lok Sabha. The notice comes after ex-CAG audit officer RP Singh claimed the report was influenced by BJP leader and Public Accounts Committee Chairman Murli...
10:23 AM, Nov 26, 2012
Former Director General of Audit, Post and Telecommunications, CAG, RP Singh on Saturday kept the controversy alive on his earlier claim that Public Accounts Committee Chairman and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi had influenced the 2G report that indicted the government. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, the ex-audit officer said that he had been misquoted by the newspaper which had initially carried the report. Below is the full...
08:40 PM, Nov 25, 2012
RP Singh has again shifted his stance on the 2G report suggesting it was PAC Chairman Manohar manohar Joshi who had interfered in the preparation of the report. ...
04:09 PM, Nov 25, 2012
Former Director General of Audit, Post and Telecommunications, CAG, RP Singh on Saturday made a U-turn on his earlier claim that Public Accounts Committee Chairman and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi had influenced the 2G report that indicted the government. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, the ex-audit officer said that he had been misquoted by the newspaper which had initially carried the report. Below is the transcript of...
07:18 AM, Nov 25, 2012
The UPA has launched a counter-attack on the CAG after one of its former officers claimed that the 2G loss figure was manipulated under the influence of PAC Chief and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi. ...
03:46 PM, Nov 24, 2012
The UPA has launched a counter-attack on the CAG after a former auditor claimed the 2G loss figures were manipulated under guidance from PAC chief and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi. ...
02:50 PM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: The ruling-coalition UPA's key constituent, the DMK will move a motion in Parliament for a discussion on the charges levelled by ex-CAG audit officer RP Singh against BJP leader and Public Accounts Committee Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi, government sources say. The government is understood to be in favour of a discussion over the charge by the former Director General, Post and Telecommunications, CAG, that Joshi had called audit...
09:13 AM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday rejected the allegations by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that the government was behind former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) official RP Singh's sensational claims about the audit of 2G spectrum, saying the government had nothing to do with him. Singh, who had led the CAG audit team that audited the sale of airwaves by then Telecom Minister A Raja, stated...
09:07 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: A seemingly calm and composed Murli Manohar Joshi, senior BJP leader and PAC Chairman, on Friday demanded that UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi apologise for her remark against his party over the latest row over the CAG's 2G report. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Joshi said that he would quit PAC if ex-CAG principal audit officer's charges against him, that he had influenced the 2G report, were proved. "I never influenced...
03:37 PM, Nov 23, 2012
