CNN-IBN's panel of cricket experts talks about the highs and lows of IPL-4. ...
11:01 PM, Jan 30, 2008
Mumbai: Indian pace spearhead Zaheer Khan on Sunday said the upcoming tour to West Indies would be a good opportunity for the youngsters to cement their place in the national squad. "It is a very good opportunity for young players to showcase their talent. It's a big tour and if they perform well, they can cement their place in the team," he told reporters during a promotional event for Godrej...
10:21 PM, Jan 30, 2008
Chennai: Basking in the glory of Chennai Super Kings' second successive IPL triumph, the team's batting hero in the finals, Murali Vijay, said he would now aim to carry his fine form into India's Test series against the West Indies next month. Vijay's 52-ball 95 was the cornerstone of Chennai Super Kings' mammoth total of 205 in the IPL finals which the Royal Challengers Bangalore failed to chase and lost...
08:59 PM, Jan 30, 2008
Chennai: The IPL has a new chairman, the league has two new teams, but the champion is still the same. Guess, something's never change! What also does not change is the ability of a team to play as a unit and that was the key to Chennai's second straight IPL title as they comprehensively beat the Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday night at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here. And Man...
07:49 PM, Jan 30, 2008
New Delhi: The Test team for the West Indies tour saw a return of some old faces and the inclusion of some new ones as Sachin Tendulkar opted out and Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh were ruled out for the entire series due to injury and sickness. The BCCI selection committee that met in Chennai also appointed VVS Laxman as MS Dhoni's deputy for the Test series. Rahul Dravid too...
02:14 PM, Jan 30, 2008
New Delhi: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram says the Indians are playing too much of cricket and Gautam Gambhir's fitness issue is a case in point. As we come to the end of another gruelling IPL, I am not surprised that many players are nursing injuries. The hullabaloo about Gautam Gambhir's fitness is a case in point as injuries threaten a player's career and ultimately affect the country's fortunes in...
01:22 AM, Jan 30, 2008
Mumbai: After guiding defending champions Chennai Super Kings to their third IPL final in four seasons here on Tuesday night, Suresh Raina said his aim was to stay till the end and win the game against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the play-off qualifier. I knew it was important to stay till the end. Zaheer Khan was bowling well, but I had to play my shots. I stayed positive. It was...
03:33 PM, Jan 29, 2008
New Delhi: Suresh Raina smashed an unbeaten 73 off 50 just balls as defending champions Chennai Super Kings produced a stunning turn around to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets on Tuesday and storm into the Indian Premier League final for the third time out of four occasions. Chasing a daunting target, Chennai would have hoped for the openers to take the team off to a good start. However...
03:31 PM, Jan 29, 2008
New Delhi: The first play-off in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday was supposed to be between demolition man Chris Gayle and the Chennai Super Kings. But that contest came a cropper with R Ashwin getting rid of the Jamaican early in the innings. As soon as Gayle departed, there was a question mark on whether Bangalore, who have right through the...
03:29 PM, Jan 29, 2008
New Delhi: In a closely-fought first play-off in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League, defending champions Chennai Super Kings turned the tables on Royal Challengers Bangalore after the latter had beaten them in their last league game on Sunday to top the points table. After Virat Kohli smashed a wonderful unbeaten 70 to lift his team to 175/4, the Bangalore bowlers turned on the magic to send back...
03:25 PM, Jan 29, 2008
Colombo: Sri Lanka on Tuesday called up all-rounder Farveez Maharoof as a possible replacement for injured paceman Dilhara Fernando ahead of their first Test against England. Dilhara's got a nagging knee injury and the team has taken precautionary measures (by calling up Maharoof), Sri Lanka Cricket media manager Brian Thomas told AFP. Sri Lanka begin the first of three Tests against England in Cardiff on Thursday. Fernando, 31, has been...
07:31 AM, Jan 29, 2008
London: England fast bowler James Anderson has said his team's target of getting to the top of the Test rankings is a realistic one and they will stake their claim for it by beating Sri Lanka and India at home this summer. Anderson, who played a key role in England's Ashes triumph in Australia, said winning against the number one side and World Champion India and Sri Lanka will take...
09:37 PM, Jan 28, 2008
Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders' skipper Gautam Gambhir said they have positives to take away from their final round-robin game of the IPL that the home team lost to Mumbai Indians in an unlikely fashion at the Eden Gardens on Sunday. After setting Mumbai Indians a tall 177-run target, the Knight Riders lost the match in the last over when, needing 21 runs, Laxmipathy Balaji conceded 23 including four fours and...
08:34 PM, Jan 28, 2008
The all-rounder said the Kolkata-based team has the necessary fire power to challenge the Mumbai outfit. ...
05:17 PM, Jan 28, 2008
New Delhi: All the combinations and permutations surrounding who would sneak into the IPL play-off bracket came to a naught on Saturday with Kings XI Punjab's loss to Deccan Chargers, which cleared the walkway for Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians to stroll into the playoffs. The result brought much delight to Mumbai's floundering campaign, which got a new lease of life at the...
01:21 PM, Jan 28, 2008
New Delhi: Out of contention for the play-offs, Delhi Daredevils coach Greg Shipperd on Friday said they would look to finish the Indian Premier League on a winning note when the home team take on Pune Warriors in their last match of the tournament, here on Saturday. "We would like to finish on a winning note. We are keen to get off from the bottom of the points tables. We...
09:09 PM, Jan 27, 2008
Experts look ahead to the clash between Chennai Super Kings and Kochi Tuskers Kerala in IPL-4. ...
08:32 PM, Jan 26, 2008
Dharamsala: Their seven-match wining streak broke on Tuesday with a heavy 111-run defeat and Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli reckons that the jolt has come just at the right time. Bangalore slumped to second-largest defeat in IPL against Kings XI Punjab while chasing a mammoth 233 to win. Kohli said it was good that the defeat has come before the play-offs as it will give them a chance to...
02:02 PM, Jan 26, 2008
Mumbai: Deccan Chargers coach Darren Lehmann is of the opinion that Amit Mishra and Rahul Sharma are different types of leg spinners and can compliment each other well in the same team. I think Mishra is the best leg spinner in the country. He has a real strong mentality. We encourage him to go for wickets. We don't want him to bowl just tight. Rahul Sharma is more of the...
11:33 PM, Jan 25, 2008
Melbourne: Cricket Victoria are trying to rope in Australian spin wizard Shane Warne as the brand ambassador for the two Victoria-based teams of the Twenty20 Big Bash competition. Warne, who will be retiring from professional cricket after the ongoing fourth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), would be involved in creating the membership bases for the two new franchises, Melbourne Renegades, which will play out of Docklands, and the...
04:13 PM, Jan 25, 2008
