Cricket

Indian Premier League (IPL) fans can say goodbye to their TV sets as Indiatimes partners with Google’s Youtube to telecast all 74 matches of IPL 4 on web. Users would be to catch all the action and highlight clips of all games at ipl.indiatimes.com.
 
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Brushing aside all rumours that he will not play ODI cricket for England once World Cup 2011 gets over, Kevin Pietersen posted that he has no such ideas. Earlier, it was widely believed that KP might retire once WC 2011 gets over in Asia.
 
Writing that he will continue playing in the ...

For ICC cricket World Cup 2011, Indian captain MS Dhoni says that cricketers are not that mentally prepared for the tournament. The tightly scheduled time table which Indian team has to follow has come under several beating from the captain.
 
Dhoni said that there should have been more ...

England’s middle order batsman Kevin Pietersen is likely to retire from ODI cricket soon. Pietersen would like to concentrate more on Test and T20 matches henceforth.
 
Kevin is right now the most brilliant player in ODI as far as England is concerned. He wants to spend more time with ...

Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, who remained unsold in the recently held Indian Premier League auctions, has earned the sympathy of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) owner Shah Rukh Khan. Khan has expressed his pity for the Prince of Kolkata hinting that he might take Ganguly into his ...

Sachin Tendulkar’s initial IAF (Indian Air Force) flight ride will most probably take place in Pune. Even though Sachin has been triumphant in the cricketing world so far , this will be first flight of him in a Sukhoi fighter jet.
 
IAF Commander S K Mehta said, "A proposal to fly ...

Beverage Company coca cola is trying to rope in master blaster Sachin for their 2011 World Cup endorsement, as India’s cricket captain Dhoni is with Pepsi. It might create a stint of war between these two, as the world cup will begin by February.
 
But till now no deal has been signed ...

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, who has hit more than 80 centuries, has turned down a mega offer through which he would have had to endorse a liquor brand. This deal, which was throttled in the end, would have been the highest money grossing deal ever in India’s cricket history, surpassing ...

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrated the win over Australia by spending time with wife Sakshi on Goa beaches. Just days before, India swept the Tests 2-0  and ODI series 1-0. Two one-day matches were called off due to rain.
 
India were the favourites in the series if we see ...

The next cricket World Cup’s mascot ‘Stumpy’ was introduced at an impressive ceremony at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium in Sri Lanka on Monday. The final test will be held here between India and Sri Lanka from Tuesday.
 
The mascot, an elephant, was named ...

India skipper Mahender Singh Dhoni  who is being highly criticized for T20 debacle has garnered support of Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan. Big B said that he is "appalled" at the way the cricketers are being targeted.
 
After the Indian team's early exit from the ...

Former Miss World Pakistan Ayesha Gilani supporting Shoaib-Sania marriage has said that both the sport stars suit each other. The ex-beauty queen addressing Sania as her bhabhi said both the stars make a great couple. She furthur said that both of them had a similar cultural background as Shoaib ...

The mascot for 2011 Cricket World Cup was unveiled at a function in Colombo, on April 2. The 1982 Asian games had “Appu”, the elephant as mascot and after three decades the pachyderm has been again chosen to represent a grand event.
 
The 2011 Cricket World Cup will be jointly ...

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) co-owner Shah Rukh Khan has said that lack of cohesiveness was the key factor behind the teams poor performance in the first and second edition of IPL. Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Monday hoped that his side will be able to reverse its fortunes this time with a ...

England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff says he is recovering well from his knee operation and is well on course for a comeback. But he is unlikely to make it to England's tour to Bangladesh early next year.
 
Flintoff, 31, said, "My recovery is still on track. But I must admit that saying ...

Sachin Tendulkar completed 20 years in international cricket on Sunday. He spent the day with his family and teammates in Ahmedabad.
 
Tendulkar's wife Anjali came from Mumbai to be with him on this significant occasion. The master made his debut in international cricket against Pakistan at ...

Irfan Pathan has been dropped out of the Indian squad for the Sri Lanka tri-series and the Champions Trophy. The Baroda pacer has taken up this challenge to lift his performance and force a recall into the national side.
 
Pathan in a media interview said, “I never run away from ...

Shane Bond has been included in the New Zealand A squad which will participate in the Buchi Babu All India Invitation Tournament next month. The team also comprises of Neil Broom, Nathan McCullum and Kyle Mills. This will be a warm up game for four of them before Black Cap's upcoming limited over ...

Ponting broke  Allan Border's former record of 11,174 runs ,during the first innings in the third Test against England at Edgbaston .He is now third on the all time Test run scorer list behind Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, with 12,773 and 11,953 Test runs, respectively.
 
The ...

Kevin Pietersen has denied the speculations that he would ignore central contracts and go freelance to lap up the riches of Twenty20 cricket.
 
Pietersen, who is not included in the ongoing Ashes because of achilles injury, dismissed speculation that leading cricketers, including himself, ...

Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer have decided to guide struggling youngster Phil Hughes and help him return back to a good form, as the selectors’ decision to sack the struggling Hughes ahead of the third Test at Edgbaston in the ongoing Ashes series drew flak. 
 
Hughes scored ...

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's fleet of vehicles and bikes has now the Hummer; a sports utility vehicle (SUV). He enjoyed riding the Hummer as he drove from New Delhi to his home town Ranchi.
 
Dhoni was accompanied by fast bowler R.P. Singh. Both the players arrived at Ranchi on Thursday ...

Irfan Pathan is not in the list of 30 probables for the Champions trophy to be played in South Africa in September. All-rounder Yusuf Pathan on Wednesday denied commenting on the omission of his younger brother Irfan Pathan.
 
On Tuesday, Yusuf was quoted as saying that Irfan "has not ...

Shahid Afridi, the Pakistani all-rounder, has been chosen as the captain for Pakistan’s Twenty20 International match against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
 
Afridi takes over Younis Khan as the captain from Twenty20. Despite the expectation of Afridi's appointment as Twenty20 captain it has ...

International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan on Tuesday met Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt to resolve the dispute between the two sides over the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
 
The meeting was part of an ongoing process to resolve the disagreement over the location ...

Undaunted by comments that he is a spent force, fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is eyeing a successful comeback during Pakistan's tours of New Zealand and Australia starting in November this year.
 
Sources close to Akhtar told on Tuesday that the fast bowler is planning to follow a strict ...

Pakistan's star all-rounder Shahid Afridi says he is proud that the shirt he wore in the World Twenty20 final against Sri Lanka last month will be preserved in the world-famed cricket museum at Lord's.
 
"It is a very proud moment for me," said Afridi, who played a pivotal role in ...

Fast bowler Stuart Clark insists he can intimidate England just the way Andrew Flintoff has Australia.
 
Clark went on to say that he believes he is closer to a Test recall after being Australia's best bowler during the second day of a three-day tour match against Northampton on ...

Struggling Australian spearhead Mitchell Johnson has been backed by team coach Tim Nielsen despite another terrible game in a three-day match against Northampton.
 
The Australians won by 135 runs on Sunday but the left-arm pace-man is now in danger of losing his place for the third Test, ...

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting feels England's star batsman Kevin Pietersen's absence will add more pressure on the Lord's Test hero Andrew Flintoff.
 
Ponting believes his team had Pietersen's measure during the first two Tests of the ongoing Ashes series but wonders how England will cope ...