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 [...]

Mumbai Indians won the match by eight wickets, thus climbing up the points table to share the fourth spot with Team Jaipur. Yuvraj Singh’s team, on the other hand, had only themselves to blame for a poor display batting first, going down to the sixth spot in the rankings.
Dwayne Bravo ensured the Mumbai Indians’ winning [...]

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 [...]