Hyderabad: Curtains might have already fallen on Kolkata Knight Riders' title defence campaign in the IPL 6, but the Gautam Gambhir-led side would like to finish the tournament on a high when they play Sunrisers Hyderabad here on Sunday, said the team's coach Trevor Bayliss.
"It is a must-win game for us because we would like to finish with a win. We did not play the way we played last year. We would like to finish off on a positive note," Bayllis told reporters here on Saturday.
Asked if KKR has any special plans to take on Sunrisers who have done extremely well at home, Bayliss expressed confidence that his side can make things difficult for any team if it comes up with a competitive performance.
"I think early in this season, the batting held us back. We did not score enough runs at the top and also the guys in the middle of the order did not score runs as we would have liked. It was inconsistency. We bowled well early in the tournament and we have not bowled as well in the second half," he said....
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08:13 PM, May 18, 2013
London: Manchester United's outgoing manager Alex Ferguson has criticised neighbours Manchester City for sacking Roberto Mancini. The Italian boss was sacked on Monday having failed to retain the Premier League title he won last season and after losing the FA Cup final to Wigan Athletic. Mancini took out a full-page advertisement in the Manchester Evening News on Saturday, thanking fans for their support during his time in charge. The former...
07:47 PM, May 18, 2013
Royal Challengers Bangalore find themselves in a do-or-die situation after two back-to-back losses to Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab. Not only do they have to beat Chennai Super Kings handsomely on Saturday, but they need Sunrisers Hyderabad to lose their last match on Sunday. Follow the LIVE Blog from match 70 of IPL 6 here. ...
07:08 PM, May 18, 2013
Mumbai: A team of the Mumbai crime branch raided the Sofitel Hotel in Mumbai's Badra-Kurla Complex on Friday night in relation to the spot-fixing case, from where they have seized a laptop that possibly belongs to the arrested Rajasthan Royals' player Sreesanth. Though it's still not certain if the laptop is owned by Sreesanth, sources have told CNN-IBN that it is possible that Sreesanth may have contacted the bookies from...
03:14 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: BCCI President N Srinivasan came down hard on the players arrested in the spot-fixing case, telling CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar that those found guilty should be sent to jail, while vehemently denying that the Indian Premier League was fixed. "Every punishment is little for them. If these players are found guilty they should not be allowed to play cricket any more .... They should be sent to jail. This...
02:46 PM, May 18, 2013
Chennai: Jolted by the sensational IPL spot-fixing scandal, the BCCI's all-powerful working committee will hold an emergency meeting here on Sunday to discuss the fallout of the controversy and decide the future course of action against the three arrested cricketers. The BCCI is under intense pressure to take a tough stand as it is a second case of spot-fixing in the cash-rich IPL and indications are that they could even...
02:41 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: An international website based out of UK is being used by the bookies after the operation by Delhi Police on Thursday, say sources. Three Rajasthan Royals players and several bookies were arrested by the police, who have electronic evidence against the players and are interrogating them. Sources close to the bookies have told CNN-IBN that post crackdown, the bookies have fled the major cities like Delhi/NCR and are...
02:05 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Breaking his silence on the IPL spot-fixing scandal that has maligned Indian cricket, IPL chief Rajiv Shukla has said that he "was not hiding" and the BCCI will do everything it takes "to weed out" corruption. Here are the excerpts: CNN-IBN: Your first reaction, four cricketers in police custody, answering questions from police interrogators. There's s much alleged stories about them having nexus with the under-world, what is...
01:43 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Breaking his silence on the IPL spot-fixing scandal that has maligned Indian cricket, IPL chief Rajiv Shukla has said that he "was not hiding" and the BCCI will do everything it takes "to weed out" corruption. Here are the excerpts: CNN-IBN: Your first reaction, four cricketers in police custody, answering questions from police interrogators. There's s much alleged stories about them having nexus with the under-world, what is...
01:43 PM, May 18, 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
Hyderabad: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid is extremely content with the way his players performed against Sunrisers Hyderabad following the shock spot-fixing scandal that engulfed his team. Rajasthan took field a day after three of their players were arrested by Delhi police on the charges of spot-fixing. "There is no point brushing things under the carpet. Tough couple of days for everyone concerned. But, I was happy the way boys...
01:01 PM, May 18, 2013
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad chief coach Tom Moody said the team was constantly looking to improve in all three departments of the game. He feels it is continuing process and doesn't stop with the team qualifying for semi-finals or finals. "We can always improve with bat, ball or fielding. I constantly said to the team that they should look to develop skills individually and also as a team," he said after...
11:42 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: The Indian Premier League authorities have contacted all nine of its franchises and instructed them to speak to their players and reinforce the Code of Conduct, IPL sources told CNN-IBN on Saturday. The franchises have been asked to remind all the players that they have to abide by the Code of Conduct to prevent any unwanted incident from happening. The directive has come after three Rajasthan Royals' players...
10:51 AM, May 18, 2013
Bangalore: Royal Challengers Bangalore find themselves in a do-or-die situation after two back-to-back losses to Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab. Not only do they have to beat Chennai Super Kings handsomely on Saturday, but they need Sunrisers Hyderabad to lose their last match on Sunday. A seven-wicket loss to KXIP on Tuesday meant sure shot play-off berths for Chennai, Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians, leaving three teams fighting...
10:37 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Sources have told CNN-IBN that a Delhi Police team has been sent out to recover the money that two of three arrested Rajasthan Royals' players - Ajit Chandila and Sreesanth - had already received from the bookies in exchange for spot-fixing in IPL 6. Chandila, it is learned, got Rs. 20 lakh. Sreesanth also received some money, but the amount is unknown. Ankeet Chavan - the third Rajasthan...
09:43 AM, May 18, 2013
Miami: David Beckham could return to the United States as owner of a new club and his advisors have already held talks with Major League Soccer. Beckham announced his retirement from professional soccer on Thursday but has been tight-lipped about his future plans after ending the season with French club Paris St Germain. The former England captain's contract with MLS, signed when he joined the L.A. Galaxy in 2007, included...
08:56 AM, May 18, 2013
London: Stoke City opened an investigation on Friday after players reportedly left a pig's head in the locker of striker Kenwyne Jones at the Premier League club's training ground. Media reports said the angry Trinidad and Tobago international had retaliated by using a golf club to smash the windscreen of a car belonging to Ireland midfielder Glenn Whelan. "The club takes seriously reports of an incident at our training ground...
08:52 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: "The Indian Premier League is a smouldering cesspit ... the sunniest of places for the shadiest people." - Robert Craddock ripped the million-dollar league apart in his column for the Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph after the spot-fixing scandal that has once again put a serious question mark on the credibility of the IPL. Writing in his column, Craddock began by taking on the aftermatch IPL parties, saying...
08:16 AM, May 18, 2013
Melbourne: In the wake of the spot-fixing scandal, the Australian media has come down heavily on the Indian Premier League, terming it the "sunniest of places for the shadiest people". Errant Indian pacer Sreesanth and two other bowlers from Rajasthan Royals team were arrested in a post-midnight operation in Mumbai Thursday by Delhi Police for spot-fixing IPL matches for payments of up to Rs 60 lakhs just for giving away...
12:32 AM, May 18, 2013
