After the second-match defeat, Royal Challengers would focus to strive up the ladder with points, while Deccan Chargers would strive to keep their redemption journey on when the two teams lock horns in their Indian Premier League match here on Wednesday. The Bangalore team started their journey in the second edition of the Twenty20...
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Cape Town awaits IPL Celebrities
Cape Town is getting ready for the biggest celebrity invasion of the year as the off-field stars of the Indian Premier League (IPL) converge on the Mother City. As a popular holiday destination and film-shoot location, Cape Town is no stranger to the rich and famous, but with the glamorous Twenty20 tournament due to...
Smith to return for the fifth ODI
South Africa skipper Graeme Smith has recovered from the injury and is likely to return for the five-match one-day series against Australia, starting in Durban on Friday. Smith had sustained a fracture to the little finger of his right hand when he was struck by a delivery from Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson during the...
Laxman, Gambir on top 20
Indian batsman VVS Laxman returned to the top-20 of the ICC Rankings, up six places to 15th in the latest list, after playing on the match-saving hundred against the Kiwis in second test at Napier. In the rankings for Test bowlers, Indian pacer Ishant Sharma’s 3-95 in the drawn match helped him leapfrog Jacques...
South African players have advantage of IPL venue
IPL teams that have more South African players in their side, especially Bangalore, have a clear home advantage now that the tournament has been relocated to that country, coaches and players from the league have said. Ray Jennings, the coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore, which has five South Africans in the team, the maximum...
Pietersen to Captain Royal Challengers
Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen has been named as the captain of his new Indian Premier League side, the Bangalore Royal Challengers. Owner Vijay Mallya confirmed the decision over the weekend, despite Pietersen only being available for three of the IPL’s six weeks. Bangalore finished last season’s IPL seventh out of eight teams, with...
