The Highveld Lions will meet the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Match No. 18 of the Airtel Champions League at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. The game is a virtual quarterfinal and the winner will join the South Australia Redbacks in the semi finals. The Lions are in second s

The selection of Saurabh Tiwary in the side may not have come as a surprise to many who saw him bat at the IPL. He almost looked like a younger version of Yuvraj Singh, and smashed the ball to all parts of the ground to get to three half centuries. So, it was quite ironical when Tiwary took

India's loss to Sri Lanka in the last Super Eight stage game meant that they had to return back to the country without any win to their name in the second round. This has brought out many cricketers to criticise the Indian team's performance in the tournament so far, with the likes of Anil Kumbl

The third place play-off of the third edition of the IPL will be played on Saturday between Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Dr DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The Chennai Super Kings had beaten the Deccan side, whereas Mumbai Indians easily got the better of Bangalore t

Royal Challengers Bangalore will host the Mumbai Indians in the 52nd game of the IPL at Bangalore. While the Mumbai Indians have already qualified for the semi-finals with their nine wins from 12 games, the Royal Challengers Bangalore have yet to do so, and given that this is their last match,

Jaipur will host the Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 49th game of the IPL this edition, and with only seven more matches to go in the league stage after this match, the competition for places in the semi-finals would have heated up to the extreme. Bangalore, by the virt

The seventh match of the third edition of the IPL will be played on Tuesday, the 16th of March and it will be between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab. The match will be played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Anil Kumble will lead the Royal Challengers Bangalore in th

The fourth match of the Indian Premier League this year will see Kolkata Knight Riders play their game against the Bangalore Royal Challengers. While Kolkata would have already played their first game against the Deccan Chargers, this will be the first game for the Royal Challengers. The Kolka

Former Indian spin bowler and captain, Anil Kumble has come down heavily on the Australians for instigating on-field and then getting away with minor punishments. He was alluding to the on-field incident in the Perth test match where the Aussies seemed to have got under West Indian spin bowler

This is the biggest game of the Champions League T20. Royal Challengers Bangalore will face the Delhi Daredevils in the second match of the 17th of October at the M.Chinnaswamy, with a lot hinging on the result of the first game. Because, if the first game sees the Cobras beat Victoria, then B

The first game of the League stage of the Champions League T20 - the second round - will have the Bangalore Royal Challengers face the Victorian Bushrangers. Bangalore will be going into the game carrying forward no points, whereas Victoria has two points to their name. The Royal Challenge

Current India vice-captain, Virender Sehwag has asked the selectors to not consider him for the captaincy of the Indian side. He has also requested them to discontinue with him as the deputy skipper to M.S.Dhoni, and get in a vice-captain who could probably be groomed into the role of a captai

Zaheer Khan is in for another long break from international cricket, as he goes into rehabilitation to recover from the shoulder injury he is currently suffering from. Zaheer has undergone a major shoulder surgery in South Africa, but it isn't sure as to what the recovery period for the same i

One of the major problem areas for teams last year was the fact that some key foreign players were forced to quit the IPL midway and attend to national duties. A team like the Chennai Super Kings was especially affected as their four-match winning streak at the beginning of the compe

After a barnstorming victory at Mohali, the Indian cricket team will be hoping to get the job done when they host Australia for the third and probably the most decisive test match of the four match India Australia cricket test series. India have played out of their skin thus yet and using our

Gautam Gambhir's unbeaten 53 helped India race to 104 for one wicket at lunch on the opening day of the second cricket Test against Australia here today. Gambhir had Rahul Dravid (11) for company at the break after the Indians thorougly dominated the first session. Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Australia had the edge in Bangalore while the brownie points belonged to India but both the bitter rivals would seek something more tangible, an outright win to be precise, when they collide head-on in the second Test here tomorrow. If the see-saw first Test, spiced up by some on-field ban

After a month long break, international cricket gets underway when India host Australia in the first of the four match test series this coming Thursday in Bangalore. Both these sides are right atop the test cricket ratings and with all the rivalry and past history coming into the fra

Virender Sehwag does not hanker after Test captaincy and the swashbuckling opener says as a senior member of the squad, he would keep giving his inputs to whoever leads the side. While ODI and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the overwhelming favourite to take over the Test reins fr

The Indian cricket team has landed in Sri Lanka for a series of matches that promise to be a cricketing extravaganza for all lovers of the game. After the recent loss that the Indian One Day International team suffered at the hands of the Sri Lankan team, there is much excitement abo

The art of spin bowling has fascinated millions of cricket lovers all throughout the world for many a year. The 90's saw the focus shift from pace bowling to spin bowling in international cricket as the likes of Anil Kumble, Shane Warne, Saqlain Mustaq and Muttiah Muralitharan engineered

The Wankhade stadium in Mumbai will play host to two teams who are playing for nothing but pride when Mumbai Indians come up against the Bangalore Royal Challengers. Both these sides were the only cricket outfits in the Indian Premier League to cost over $100 million each and after a hug

The DLF Indian Premier League has thrown up quite a large number of surprises and on the biggest ones will be the failure of two highly hyped up sides in Deccan Chargers and Bangalore Royal Challengers. Both these outfits have not been at their efficient best and as a result are complete

India suffered a day of toil and hard work as an under strength Indian attack found it tough to dislodge two batsmen in the peak of their form in the fourth day of the fourth India Australia test match in Adelaide. A fine 210 run partnership between Pointing and Clarke has almost ent

India pulled themselves back into reckoning with a sublime bowling performance in the second day of the third test match in the India Australia cricket test series. The Indian bowlers especially RP Singh were bang on target from ball one and the substantial lead of 118 given to team India by t

The Indian cricket team has dropped the charges of misconduct and foul language against Brad Hogg barely a week after the most infamous test in recent years between India and Australia. Anil Kumble reportedly held a long meeting with Australian skipper Ricky Pointing and he later r

After the despairing loss in the second test match played at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the Indian cricket team is out to salvage their pride. Amidst the various controversies, which surrounded the match, there was some great cricket that was played by both the teams. The Australians lea

Hailing Anil Kumble as a bowler with "outstanding intuition," former Australian captain Steve Waugh said one should never underestimate the veteran leg-spinner. Impressed with Kumble's performance on the opening day of the first cricket Test here, Waugh said Kumble was a cl

In a veiled warning to Anil Kumble and his teammates, Australia's middle order bulwark Michael Hussey said every home batsman will be armed with separate strategy for each Indian bowler when they walk out to bat in the forthcoming Test series. Hussey said the hosts had not left any stone u

Unperturbed at being identified by Indian skipper Anil Kumble as a weak link in the Australian team, spinner Brad Hogg is confident of his success in the Test series. Hogg hopes Melbourne's drop-in pitch will help earn him a Test recall after a four-year absence. The condition of the