The business tycoon Nita andMukesh Ambani recently hosted a grand huge party to celebrate Sachin Tendulkars 100th century, at his residence on Monday. Lot of bollywood celebrities and leaders from various political parties was present at event.   Tendulkar’s contemporaries Sourav Ganguly and Anil Kumble were also present. Lot of former players and new faces [...]

  After suffering an agonizing two run loss against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on the opening day of the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 competition, the Auckland Aces will be looking to turn in a stellar performance in their second match in as many days when they clash with Somerset on Tuesday. Earlier on Monday, [...]

  What Cape Cobras take on Trinidad & Tobago in the penultimate Group A encounter of Nokia CLT20 2011. Both teams have played three matches so far; Cape Cobras’ last game, against Mumbai Indians, was rained out after the first innings. T&T, meanwhile, registered their first win of the group stage when they beat Chennai [...]

On a three-match winning streak, Chennai Super Kings will look to seal their play-off position when they take on Kings XI Punjab in a crucial preliminary match of the IPL, today. Almost reaching the end of the tournament, there is a mad scramble to bag the three available spots in the top-four to make the [...]

Chennai, Oct 4: New South Wales Blues opener, David Warner, single-handedly knocked out Chennai Super Kings on a ground which was once called their fortress. While the low-scoring matches have been absolute thrillers in Nokia CLT20 2011, the high scoring ones have been pretty much one-sided affairs. This game was no exception. After Warner’s unbeaten 135 [...]

Interesting Facts About T20 Cricket: Chris Gayle is first batsman to make century in T20, he scores 117 not out against South Africa in the first match of the World Twenty20 in 2007. Brett Lee was the first bowler to take hat-trick in T20 matche. First match of T20 was played between Australia and New [...]

  The 68th match of the DLF IPL 5 season will have the Deccan Chargers facing the Rajasthan Royals at Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad on the 18th of March 2012. Deccan Chargers are a bit troubled at the moment due to their loss and match fixing accusations and the only thing which could revive [...]

In a must win situation The Royal Challengers Bangalore arrived in New Delhi to take on the top-ranked team of IPL 2012. The Delhi Daredevils were not up against the whole team but just one man – Christopher Henry Gayle. And Gayle gave them a tough time hands down with his third IPL century and [...]

Harbhajan Singh smashed Shakib Al Hasan for a six in the last over of the match as Mumbai Indians won the IPL-4 Eliminator against Kolkata Knight Riders by four wickets at the Wankhede stadium on Wednesday. Mumbai will now lock horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday in qualifier-II, the winner of which will take [...]

The ICC Test Ranking is a complicated tool based on results, player performances and the strength of the opposition. If you’re struggling to sleep head over to their website for a full shake-down on the exact formula. The important part is the result. India sat pretty as the top ranked Test side on the planet [...]

Cricket Australia is in no hurry to  rush young pacers Pat Cummins,  James Pattinson and Josh Hazlewood  into international comeback.   Cummins still cannot put the weight  of his body through the foot he  injured in South Africa and is running  on a machine used by Sydney Swans  footballers to reduce the load as he [...]

Having conceded a 0-3 lead to Australia in the four-Test series so far, the Indian cricket team is all set to lose its second place in the ICC Test ranking to South Africa. Even the Indian batsmen have lost their ground after the third Test against Australia at Perth with Sachin Tendulkar losing three rating [...]

  Former India captain Anil Kumble will submit his analysis on the disastrous tour of England to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) during his visit here for the one-off Twenty20 International between India and England on October 29, it is learnt. India suffered a humiliating 0-4 whitewash in the Test series, [...]

Flashback: A lone fighter Yusuf Pathan 123* innings reborn! Here’s a quick review about the inings which took the game away from the black caps. We will bring some more articles regarding some more cricketing events which will never fade away from our minds. Brilliant all-round effort from Yusuf Pathan first with the ball (3 [...]

Virat Kohli at one point looked set to join the privileged group of double centurions in one-day cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. He accepted that the thought did cross his mind for once during his match against Pakistan in the Asia Cup on Sunday, where he scored his 11th century. “At one point, [...]

IPLCricketNews takes you to the flashbacks of World Cup 2011 matches which bought you at the edge of your seats. This article gives you the statistical highlights of the match between India Vs South Africa at Nagpur’s VCA stadium.India had won the toss against South Africa, and chose to bat. Piyush Chawla had been replaced [...]

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has scored his 100th century against Bangladesh in Asia cup. Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score a 100 international centuries, getting to the milestone against Bangladesh at the Shere Bangla stadium in Mirpur at 5:05pm local time on March 16, 2012. It ended a year-long wait for one of the [...]

  Though keen to take advantage of India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s absence from the team due to slow over-rate ban, Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene said his side would not take the opposition lightly in the triangular series match here on Tuesday. “Dhoni is in good form and he is a match winner. But [...]

    Australia’s series-levelling triumph over South Africa in Johannesburg has helped India rise a rung up to the second spot in ICC’s latest Test rankings. India, currently leading a three-Test home series against the West Indies 2-0, were pushed up the ladder by Australia’s thrilling two-wicket win in the Johannesburg Test on Monday. Michael [...]

A full-strength Indian cricket team on Friday underwent a strenuous training session under the watchful eyes of coach Duncan Fletcher ahead of their first cricket Test against the West Indies here on Sunday. All the 15 players, led by captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, hit the nets at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium after a light workout [...]

Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) newly appointed president N.Srinivasan said that the board will not be using the Decision Review System (DRS) and also terminated the contract of Kochi Tuskers for defaulting a payment.   “We were extremely reluctant to implement the DRS and had no belief in the ball-tracking system. BCCI is not averse totechnology and agreed to a minimum [...]

Kolkata looks strong in paper but Delhi is piped as team to surprise in this year IPL. So get ready for a ride to dare at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. The 51st match of KKR and DD is going to be very interesting, since Both the teams have the right ingredients, which are needed for [...]

  It won’t be right to say that Kolkata Knight Riders have revived their CLT20 campaign by beating Royal Challengers Bangalore convincingly on Thursday. It’s just that SRK’s team has kept its glimmer of hope alive while almost dousing Bangalore’s flame. Sitting at two points from three games, KKR is hardly the face of a [...]

  Ruhunu Eleven’s hopes of progressing to the Nokia CLT20 2011 stay alive after they beat the Leicestershire Foxes in a close contest at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here today. After posting a competitive 160 for six batting first, the Sri Lankan team restricted their opponents to 156 for eight in a topsy-turvy run-chase. [...]

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat the Mumbai Indians to move into fourth position in the league standings. Mumbai Indians scored a poor 141, after which  followed Chris Gayle’s unbeaten 82 off 59 deliveries powered RCB to a nine-wicket win. Sachin Tendulkar tried to bring MI back into the contest as he hit Vinay Kumar for three [...]

In the absence of some of their big-ticket players, Kieron Pollard was perhaps, Mumbai Indians’ biggest impact player. His contribution with bat, ball and in the field were vital in the team finally lifting a trophy. With 123 runs, including a half-century, Pollard was MI’s highest run-getter and also their most economical bowler with an [...]

Which will be the first team to book a place in the final? What Local favourites Royal Challengers Bangalore take on inaugural CLT20 champions, New South Wales Blues, in the first semi-final encounter of Nokia CLT20 2011. RCB are coming off a sensational last-ball victory against South Australian Redbacks to qualify for the semis while [...]

 The most awaited match  between the Mumbai Indians  and Chennai Super Kings will  be held at the Wankhede  stadium on the 6th of May,  2012. Mumbai Indians drew  first blood by beating the  defending champions in their  home ground during the  season opener match on April  4. The Super Kings would be thirsting for revenge [...]

  A last ball six by Arun Karthik off Daniel Christian helped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pull off a brilliant victory over South Australia Redbacks by two wickets as RCB chased down a mammoth target of 215 to beat South Australia Redbacks to book their place in the semifinals of the Champions League T20. Needing [...]

  IPL powerhouse Mumbai Indians ended their trophy draught in style here on Sunday as their bowlers rose to the occasion and defended a thin total to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final of the Champions League Twenty20. Spinners Harbhajan Singh (3/20) and Yuzvendra Chahal (2/9) not only strangled the RCB batsmen but also [...]

Pune Warriors will host 57th match of IPL at Sahara Stadium, Pune. This is second time Royal Challengers Bangalore and Pune Warriors India playing against each other in this season. PWI and RCB have played two matches so far. The first was in IPL 2011, where RCB won by 26 runs, and the second was [...]

Just like Group A, where the fate of the teams looking to qualify for the semifinals of the Champions League Twenty20 was decided only on the last day of the group’s round robin matches, Group B’s future will also be decided on Tuesday when the two other semifinalists will be confirmed. In day’s first match, [...]

The Star Group on Monday won the rights of broadcast and digital rights of India’s international cricket matches at home for a period of six years after bidding a whopping Rs 3851 crore (approx $750 million).   The Rupert-Murdoch-ownedcompany beat competition from Multi Screen Media (Sony) to bag rights for all international matches at home and domestic events like RanjiTrophy, Duleep Trophy [...]