Matthew Hayden has been cleared by Cricket Australia to play for Chennai Super Kings in the Champions League Twenty20.
Australia coach Tim Nielsen said Hayden would be available for the MS Dhoni led side for the tournament starting December 3.
Hayden, who will be playing his 100th Test in the second match against New Zealand at the […]
Chennai Super Kings, who will appear in the CL T20, became the first team in the cricketing world to have their own fan club.
Taking their cue from ‘fan clubs’ in the United Kingdom and other European countries and also the USA, the CSK launched its fan club here today, offering unique benefits including a host […]
Middle order batsman AB de Villiers and fast bowler Dale Steyn will appear for the Titans in the Champions League T20.
Titans, also with Test left-arm spinner Paul Harris and pace bowler Morne Morkel in their ranks, will start their campaign with a match against Middlesex, the England Twenty20 domestic champions, in Chennai on December 5. […]
Michael Hussey has opted to play for his IPL team Chennai Super Kings instead of Australian state side Western Australia in the upcoming Champions Twenty20 League in December.
Hussey’s name was missing from Western Australia’s 15-man squad which will be led by Marcus North and includes other IPL participants Shaun Marsh, Luke Pomersbach and Luke Ronchi, […]
Shane Warne’s Rajasthan Royals beat the Chennai Super Kings by three wickets in a thrilling inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) final in Mumbai.
Pakistan’s Sohail Tanvir hit the winning run from the final ball of the innings to seal the victory.
Eight city-based franchises took part in the Twenty20 series, with the world’s top players joining home-grown […]
It was a cat-and-mouse battle at the DY Patil Stadium. Unlike in the two semi-finals, neither team held a clear advantage at the end of the first innings. The Chennai Super Kings paced their innings well, not trying anything too rash, and a collective effort took them to a fighting 163.
Rajasthan Royals, who chose to […]
Rajasthan Royals won their 11th toss of the IPL and expectedly chose to field at the DY Patil Stadium on a surface that is expected to favour the bowlers first-up. Shane Warne said his side were accustomed to chasing targets though the pitch could deteriorate as the game goes on. Read more
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Match facts
Sunday, June 1
Start time 20.00 (local), 14.30 (GMT)
The Big Picture
As the summer blockbuster comes to an end, two of its biggest superstars clash in the finale in Mumbai. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, captain of the Chennai Super Kings, is the highest-paid player in this league but his counterpart in the Rajasthan Royals, Shane Warne, has […]
An inspired Chennai Super Kings shrugged off the underdogs’ tag with a comprehensive display to thrash Kings XI Punjab by nine wickets and join Rajasthan Royals in the IPL final. Punjab’s batting had been in superb form through most of the tournament, but they came unstuck in the face of some accurate and relentless seam […]
Mahendra Singh Dhoni lost the toss but everything else went right for his team, beginning with some tight bowling, as the Chennai Super Kings won the match against the Deccan Chargers and a spot in the semi-finals at the expense of the Mumbai Indians. Chennai will face Kings XI Punjab, whom they have defeated twice, […]
11th Over: WICKET! Murali has broken through. Stryris tried to blast him out of the park, missed the line and had his timber rattled. Teja is the new batsman atthe cerase. He is off the mark. Hyd are 59-2
10th Over: Balaji into the attack. FOUR! Styris picks it off the pads and plays it fine. […]
Graeme Smith, the Rajasthan Royals’ opener, is likely to miss their next match against the Mumbai Indians on Monday after pulling a hamstring during the Chennai game, said captain Shane Warne.
“We have good depth and we can make it up for Smith’s loss and send [Kamran] Akmal up the order,” Warne said. “We will continue […]