As things currently stand in the Indian Premier League, the top six sides are in realistic contention to achieve the final four spot for the playoffs. The top four sides at the end of the league will participate in the playoffs, where the number one placed side will take on the second placed t

The governing body of Indian Premier League (IPL) will meet on Wednesday, January 5 in order to converse on the IPL player auctions which will be held on January 8 and 9 in Bangalore. An official in BCCI confirmed that IPL Governing Council will meet on January 5 at Bandra Kurla Complex wh

The fourth edition of IPL will have a new franchise in it. According to reports the team would be from Northern India. The news means that Kochi fate is sealed now. IPL management representative said that the differences in Kochi franchises are very likely to stay until the deadline of 27th

IPL mess' dust doesn't seem to settle down, Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) should be given credit for administrating a strict policy to make IPL as undisputed as possible. Discipline and principals over money is not something you see very often in today's world of cricket. BCCI h

Indian Premier League (IPL) has terminated the agreements with Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals will immediate effect. Kochi have been told off with a serious warning, ordering them to straighten their affairs and resolve internal problems otherwise face the same fate as Punjab and Rajas

Another British newspaper has revealed another blow to Cricket's integrity following the News of the World's report of the spot fixing allegations on the Pakistan players. This time it was the Sunday Times which revealed that the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption and Security Uni

According to a report on a popular cricket website, many of the IPL franchises have expressed their thoughts about what they want from the IPL before the forthcoming auctions. After Lalit Modi was suspended as the IPL chairman, two more franchises have been added to the already existing ei

The meeting of the Governing Council ended today at the BCCI office in Mumbai and a decision was taken to appoint Chirayu Amin as the new chairman of the interim Governing Council. This interim committee will meet again in a time span of around one month to decide on the course of action for

After months of speculation of the change in captaincy in the Kings XI Punjab side, the same has been confirmed. Kumar Sangakkara has been named as the skipper of the Kings XI Punjab team for the third season of the IPL. He takes over from Yuvraj Singh as this was confirmed by Anil Srivatsa,

The BCCI chief, Shashank Manohar has warned the IPL franchises which sent a letter expressing dissatisfaction on the sacking of IMG from being the sports management company handling the IPL. Manohar has said that the franchise had no right to meddle with the internal affairs of the IPL and tha

That the English side was on the back-foot in the first T20I at Manchester can be established without too much doubt. That the rain-gods saved the English side from a major embarrassment can also be seen very evidently. However, the format of the game is such, that England will know

The dates for the third edition of the Indian Premier League have been announced by the IPL working committee along with four new venues which will host a few of the games. The tournament will be a 60-match series which will begin from the 12th of March and will be continue till the 25th of Ap

In an interesting development, the four Pakistani players who were suspended from participating in this year's IPL have planned to travel to South Africa to meet the tournament commissioner, Lalit Modi. The statement came from last year's purple cap holder Sohail Tanvir that the players would

Most people are of the opinion that to say the schedule of the Indian cricket team is hectic would be stating the very obvious and an understatement actually. This story was in fact supported yesterday by the statements of national coach Gary Kirsten when he said that 'mental fatigue' wo

One of the major worries that has been bothering most teams so far in the IPL has been the "tactical time-outs". Most players and officials including Tom Moody, VB Chandrasekhar and even Sachin Tendulkar have been pretty vocal about the fact that its something that the game can

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 months legal wrangle with the Indian Cricket League, senior Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf may finally end up joining the rebel Twenty20 series, thus ending his international career. Sources close to the batsman have confirmed to PTI that Yousuf has conveyed to the ICL organisers th

Pakistan will be hoping to register a strong victory over Bangladesh that would all but secure them a place in the finals of the 2008 Asia Cup. Pakistan has been among the most competitive sides in recent years and based on their strong performance against India last time around, Pakistan are

The West Indies cricket team will be hoping to keep their chances of a shock series triumph over Australia alive in the 2nd One Dayer of the five match West Indies- Australia test series starting this coming Friday 27th June 2008 in St. George's Park. West Indies are already 1-0 down

India will be hoping to come flying out of the blocks when they clash up against Hong Kong in their first encounter of the 2008 Asia Cup played in Pakistan. India saw their winning streak halted by Pakistan last time around in the tri-nations tournament in Bangladesh and skipper Mahe

After fifty nine long games and with over a five hundred sixes and three times that number fours hit, the Indian premier League heads towards its climax this coming Sunday at the Dr. Y Patel stadium in Mumbai. Taking the centre stage will be Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Superkings and

The Delhi Daredevils get set to take on the Rajasthan Royals in the first Indian Premier League semifinal this coming Friday in Mumbai. Both these sides have performed admirably in the group stages and the onus will be on Shane Warne and Virender Sehwag as they aim to be the first team t

Kings XI Punjab will be looking to edge one over their next biggest rivals the Rajasthan Royals in the last match of the round robin matches of the Indian Premier League this coming Wednesday. Both these sides have done exceedingly well in the tournament thus yet and although this match

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

Mumbai Indians get set to take on the IPL league leaders in their home turf with the knowledge that anything but a win could spell doom for the costliest franchise of the tournament. The Mumbai Indians have won six out of their twelve matches so far and will need a positive result in thi

It will be a do or die affair for the Daredevils when they come up against the Mumbai Indians at the Feroz Saha Kotla this coming Saturday. The Delhi Daredevils have it all to do after rain disrupted their previous clash against the Mumbai Indians and are now in a precarious situation. E

Languishing at the bottom of the points table and with no hopes to make it to the semis, Adam Gilchrist today admitted that his team Deccan Chargers had been "outplayed" and they would be playing to get "some momentum going" in their remaining IPL games. "We have be

Surprised at two London-based cheergirls' allegations of racial abuse a month after they claimed the incident took place, a senior BCCI official today said the Board was ready to probe if a formal complaint was lodged with the IPL. "I am surprised why these cheergirls have taken over a m

It will be a match of immense consequences of the IPL league table when Delhi Daredevils come up against the Kolkata Knightriders in the league meeting between these two sides at Delhi this coming Thursday. Both these sides are still in with a chance of cracking through to the semi finals and

It will be the challenge of North vs South when Bangalore Royal Challengers take on Delhi Daredevils in the Monday match of the Indian premier League. Both these sides are currently not within the semifinal qualification zone and will be going gung ho this Monday for different reasons