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Hyderabad chase resurgence against rolling Mumbai Indians

Hyderabad: After two back-to-back losses, Sunrisers Hyderabad face another difficult task when they take on the in-form Mumbai Indians in game 43 of IPL 6 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. With two teams battling for the play-off spot expect it to be a thriller of a contest. Mumbai have 12 points from nine matches, while Hyderabad are on 10 from nine games. Batting is one of...  

At the half-way mark, a report card on IPL 6

Midway into the tournament, an assessment of how the nine franchises have done in season six of the IPL. CHENNAI SUPER KINGS The two-time IPL winners are currently top of the table with seven wins (the most for the season) from nine matches and look good for the play-offs. They lost their first match to Mumbai Indians narrowly and then ended up on the wrong side of an upset against...  

Sunrisers batsmen have to take responsibility: Cameron White

Jaipur: Sunrisers Hyderabad's stop-gap captain Cameron White feels that his batsmen need to step up and take responsibility as individuals with the bat and make sure that they put up some better scores for their bowlers to defend. Sunrisers suffered a batting collapse here Saturday as Rajasthan Royals won the match by eight wickets at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. Sunrisers were left reeling at 19/5 at one stage but they...  

Watson's blistering 98 sees Rajasthan home against Hyderabad

Rajasthan: Shane Watson scored a brilliant unbeaten 53-ball 98 as Rajasthan Royals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets with 13 balls to go at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Saturday. This was Rajasthan's fifth win in eight matches, while Hyderabad suffered their fourth defeat in nine matches. In pursuit of 145, Rajasthan lost Ajinkya Rahane to Dale Steyn in the third over for one. Watson then joined Rahul Dravid...  

As it happened: Rajasthan Royals v Sunrisers Hyderabad, Game 36

Live updates from Game 36 of IPL 6 between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Sawan Mansingh stadium in Jaipur on Saturday. Both the teams came into this game after losing their previous encounters. While Hyderabad were at No. 3 in the points table, Rajasthan were one place below them. Teams: Rajasthan: Shane Watson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Dravid(c), Stuart Binny, Brad Hodge, Dishant Yagnik(w), Sachin Baby, James Faulkner, Kevon...  

I prepare myself differently for a T20 game: Shikhar Dhawan

Chennai: Shikhar Dhawan was the toast of the town when he scored the fastest century on his debut Test against Australia last month. But the ecstasy turned into frustration soon as he was sidelined from the next Test due to an injury to his hand. The same injury forced him to sit out for the first seven matches for his IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad. But having completely recovered, Dhawan played...  

India, CSK very lucky to have MS Dhoni: Tom Moody

Chennai: Awestruck by MS Dhoni's swashbuckling knock against his side, former Australia all-rounder and Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody says India is "very lucky" to have the 31-year-old "special" cricketer as captain. "Dhoni is special. It is as simple as that. In any form of the game he performs remarkably. He is a very special cricketer and a very special leader. Chennai and India are very lucky to have him,"...  

Snapshot: Sakshi Dhoni, Shruti Haasan spotted at IPL match

Chennai Super Kings Skipper MS Dhoni's wife Sakshi was spotted during the IPL-6 match at MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday. Actor Kamal Haasan's daughter and actress Shruti Haasan and Sunrisers Hyderabad owner Kalanidhi Maran's wife Kavery Kalanidhi and daughter were also seen cheering for their teams. PTI Photo. ...  

Dhoni plays saviour where the rest finished with failure

This is not the first time that he has done it and surely not the last time as well. MS Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings to yet another close victory on Thursday. Although Cameron White, the Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper, might have helped him with his bizarre decision to give the last over to Ashish Reddy, who had not bowled previously in the innings, when 15 runs were needed. And Dhoni...  

Dhoni inspires CSK to last-over win against Hyderabad

Chennai: A solid unbeaten half-century by Chennai Super Kings' skipper MS Dhoni (67 off 37 balls) helped the two-time IPL champions register a five-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in another last-over finish this season at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Thursday. Chasing 160 to win, CSK reached the target with two balls to spare. With 15 required off the last over, Dhoni held his nerve and finished the game in...  

As it happened: Chennai Super Kings v Sunrisers Hyderabad, Game 34, IPL 6

Live updates from Game 34 of IPL 6 being played at Chennai's MA Chidamabaram Stadium between two time champions CSK and the debutants Sunrisers Hyderabad. Having won three matches back to back, a confident Chennai Super Kings' batting will be subjected to a test against the in-form bowling of Sunrisers Hyderabad. And with five victories out of seven matches played so far, both the teams are going strong with 10...  

Steyn among top three pacers of all time: Waqar Younis

Chennai: Former Pakistan skipper Waqar Younis says Dale Steyn is among the top three fast bowlers of all time and reckons the South African has it in him to "hit the top" if he keeps going for a another 2-3 seasons. "Dale Steyn is definitely in the top three for me. And if he keeps going like this for the next two-three seasons, he'll hit the top. Not many bowlers...  

CSK batsmen face stiff test against in-form Hyderabad

Chennai: After having won three matches back to back, a confident Chennai Super Kings' batting will be subjected to a tedious task of facing the in-form bowling of Sunrisers Hyderabad when the two teams lock horns for the first time this year in match 34 of IPL 6 on Thursday. Having won five out of their seven matches played so far, both teams are going strong with 10 points each....  

Revealed: India's rising sex tourism involving 'one month wives'

New Delhi: Contract marriages are on the rise in Hyderabad, claimed women's rights groups as a teenager blew the lid off India's underground culture of Islamic sex tourism involving men who paid for 'wives' for four weeks, according to a report in the daily 'Telegraph'. The paper claimed that minor escaped after her parents pressurised her to consummate a forced marriage to a middle aged Sudanese man who had paid...  

Hyderabad: Three picked up by the police for alleged bid to rape woman

Hyderabad: Four men allegedly attempted to a rape a married woman in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh, the police said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday night when the young woman, accompanied by her husband, was returning from Nereducherla town on a bike to Sonyapahad village after purchasing some groceries, the police said. The couple stopped their two-wheeler for the woman to answer nature's call, when four men, who...  

There is scope of improvement in our batting: White

Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad have been in a stupendous run in the IPL and their captain Cameron White Saturday said that they can do even better by improving on the batting front. "Our batting needs to improve. Bowling is outstanding. The bowlers led by these two gentlemen [Dale Steyn and Ishant Sharma, who were sitting beside him] are doing a great job. We need to lift our batting. If we make...  

Indian woman raped, enslaved in Britain for years

London: A 40-year-old woman, said to be an "illiterate" Indian, was beaten, raped and given out-of-date food and passed between three middle-class families as a slave for many years in Britain, a daily reported. The woman made desperate pleas for help to Hertfordshire Police as well as charities and other state agencies, but when police officers spoke to her, one of her "powerful and well-connected abusers" was used as an...