Rajasthan Royals chairman Manoj Badale on Tuesday said that there was no hidden stake in the franchise in which Lalit Modi’s brother-in-law has significant share of the ownership.
Amid allegation that Modi apparently has some stakes in RR made through his brother-in-law Suresh Chellaram, Royals’ chairman and co-owner Manoj Badale said, “There are no hidden stakes [...]
Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowlers knocked out Rajasthan Royals and kept their semi-final hopes alive by setting up a comprehensive eight-wicket win. They limited Rajasthan to a below-par score on a slowish pitch, and Sourav Ganguly backed them up with another significant contribution to push Kolkata to 12 points.
The effort overcame an intimidating start from Shane [...]
Kolkata captain Sourav Ganguly refused to get carried away by his side’s eight-wicket win over Jaipur.
Jaipur won the toss and chose to bat first, but could only post a total of 132 for nine from their 20 overs.
Two early wickets in Kolkata’s reply gave Shane Warne’s side hope of defending that meagre total, but Ganguly [...]
Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowlers knocked out Rajasthan Royals and kept their semi-final hopes alive by setting up a comprehensive eight-wicket win. They limited Rajasthan to a below-par score on a slowish pitch, and Sourav Ganguly backed them up with another significant contribution to push Kolkata to 12 points.
The effort overcame an intimidating start from Shane [...]
On the face of it a Kolkata-Jaipur encounter might look like a stalemate but its result will have an immense bearing on the fortunes of not only these two teams but also other sides.
By Kashinath Bhattacharjee
On paper, Kolkata were a good side, capable of going to the last. On paper, they still have a chance [...]
On a slow pitch that lacked bounce, Royal Challengers Bangalore restricted Rajasthan Royals to 130 before they knocked it off without much fuss to win a crucial encounter in Jaipur. With this crushing win, Bangalore now move to second position in the points table.
It was a disciplined performance from Bangalore who kept things simple and [...]
Kevin Pietersen smashed a half-century to power Bangalore to a comfortable five-wicket away win over Jaipur in the IPL in Jaipur.
Bangalore’s bowlers wrested the initiative early on and found regular success thereafter as Jaipur were restricted to a paltry 130 for six.
Pietersen then clobbered 62 off 29 deliveries as Bangalore overhauled the target with 26 [...]
Match facts
Wednesday, April 14
Start time 2000 (1430 GMT)
Big picture
A win on Wednesday, for either side, will be a huge step towards a spot in the final four. Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore are coming off painful losses, during which they failed to grab key opportunities, and are tied on 12 points with three [...]
Match facts
Rajasthan v Mumbai, Jaipur
Sunday, April 11
Start time 2000 (1430 GMT)
Big Picture
Mumbai Indians have lost two in a row but there’s no need for them to hit the panic button yet. They are still top of the table, and reaching the semi-finals should not be too tough. What will worry them is the [...]
Sreesanth, the Kings XI Punjab bowler, has been fined 20% of his match fee for showing dissent towards the umpire during the nine-wicket defeat to Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur.
The incident occurred in the third over of the chase after Sreesanth was no-balled off successive deliveries for overstepping. The free-hit that followed was slashed over point [...]
Shane Warne, the Rajasthan Royals captain, has said the momentum is now with his team as it remains a strong contender in its attempt to reach the semi-finals of the third IPL after a thumping win over Kings XI Punjab in Jaipur. Punjab were steam-rolled by nine wickets and Rajasthan surged to third place in [...]
Michael Lumb smashed a superb half-century as Jaipur handed Mohali a humiliating nine-wicket defeat in the IPL in Jaipur.
Mahela Jayawardene again emerged top-scorer for Mohali, but his knock of 44 lacked the intensity which had characterised his amazing century in the previous game as the visitors finished with a below-par 153 for six.
Lumb then clobbered [...]