Rajat Bhatia has done this many a time for Delhi. Far away from home at the Kingsmead, he did it once again with his ‘innocuous’ inswingers to help Team Delhi snatch an unlikely 12-run win over Team Hyderabad. Delhi now are virtually assured of a semifinal spot.
Andrew Symonds (41) and Adam Gilchrist (64 off 33 [...]

They made their mark in the inaugural Indian Premier League.
And the impact they had on the competition was something that couldn’t be ignored.
So while Shaun Marsh (Kings XI Punjab), Gautam Gambhir (Delhi Daredevils) and Sanath Jayasuriya (Mumbai Indians) finished as the top three scorers in season one with 616, 534 and 514 runs respectively, Graeme [...]

The Indian Premier League’s refusal to take the ICC’s help in dealing with the threat of match fixing is not much of a concern for the governing body but it has warned that the cash-rich Twenty20 event remains very vulnerable to corruption.
“The board has consistently said it cannot afford to be complacent (about the [...]

India’s inability to host the IPL this year may have caused widespread disappointment on the streets of Mumbai and Kolkata, but India’s loss is South Africa’s gain and this year’s hosts are making the most of an incredible opportunity to popularise the game in Africa.
Twenty20 cricket has been embraced by South Africa.
They’ve been playing it [...]

The Indian Premier League is struggling to match the immense interest of last year’s inaugural season after organizers were forced to shift the 37-day Twenty20 tournament to South Africa.
The inaugural IPL’s TV rating attracted top-spending advertisers last year, but viewers’ attention now seems to be wavering.
The IPL is being played April 18-May 24 across eight [...]