The unthinkable before the tournament, desirable before the finals and the wow moment after it has had the Pakistani team overcome all odds to win the ICC World T20, after beating Sri Lanka in a rather lop-sided final at Lord’s. No IPL, no problems! There had been a lot ...

Nottingham, June 16 (IANS) India's cricket coach Gary Kirsten has squarely blamed the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the team's early exit from the World Twenty20, saying that a lot of players were carrying niggles into the tournament. "The one thing that did not play into our hands here is ...

Sydney, June 7 (IANS) Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds may find a safe haven in Indian Premier League's (IPL) Deccan Chargers team to continue playing cricket, even as serious doubts remain over his international career. Symonds has been assured he still has a home at Hyderabad, as he touched down in Brisbane ...

London, June 4 (IANS) After filling their pockets with Indian Premier League (IPL) riches, international cricket stars are now all set to battle it out for the national pride at the Twenty20 World Cup, starting here Friday. The inaugural World Championship in South Africa in 2007 was a runaway success ...

Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar described the maiden edition of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) as better than the second in terms of public enthusiasm and said given a choice he would always want the event to be staged in India. "The ...

London, May 30 (IANS) With just five days left for the start of the Twenty20 World Cup, Indian Premier League's (IPL) most expensive player and former England captain Kevin Pietersen admitted that he is not a good at Twenty20 cricket. In an interview to British tabloid Mirror, Pietersen said: "I'm ...

London, May 30 (IANS) Australia captain Riicky Ponting made a virtue of his decision to skip the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) in South Africa, saying he is "relaxed and rejuvenated" by forgoing the rewards to be picked from the Twenty20 tournament ahead of the long Ashes summer. Ponting, however, ...