Kolkata: Following an inconsistent start to the season, Chennai Super Kings finally found some decent form thanks to a thumping win over Delhi Daredevils on Thursday, and the two-time winners will next face current champions Kolkata Knight Riders in game 26 of IPL 6 on Saturday. Pushed to the bottom half of the table after another away defeat, KKR will look to bounce back in the tournament in front of...
04:06 PM, Apr 19, 2013
New Delhi: Mahendra Singh Dhoni's presence in the middle order makes it easier for him to nudge around singles and play his natural game, feels Aussie veteran Michael Hussey. "Obviously, when you have someone like MS (Dhoni), you tend to bat more freely. You can just take your singles and rotate the strike. It's really an enjoyable experience batting with guys like MS and Suresh (Raina) who are boundary hitters,"...
02:10 PM, Apr 19, 2013
New Delhi: Virender Sehwag making a comeback from injury has not helped Delhi Daredevils one bit in their disastrous IPL campaign and skipper Mahela Jayawardene feels that having the senior opener back in the side does not put an end to all their problems. "It's not just about Viru. Just having Viru does not really solve our problem. As a batting unit, we need to score runs and be more...
12:28 PM, Apr 19, 2013
New Delhi: Coming off an upset defeat to Pune Warriors at home, two-time IPL winners Chennai Super Kings got back to winning ways against the poorest team in the league, Delhi Daredevils. Those who came to the Feroz Shah Kotla on Thursday witnessed an utter mismatch, with CSK drubbing this season's laughing stock by 86 runs to move up to fourth on the IPL 6 leaderboard. The tactic of keeping...
11:15 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Live updates from Game 24 of IPL season 6 between Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings at Feroz shah Kotla. Battered and bruised after five consecutive losses, Delhi Daredevils will look to finally get a win under their belt when they take on the inconsistent Chennai Super Kings in game 24 of IPL 6 at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi on Thursday. Looking at the points table, curtains...
07:15 PM, Apr 18, 2013
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...
08:25 AM, Apr 18, 2013
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
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
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
