Cricket News

Chennai Super Kings soared to the top of the points table in dramatic fashion, recording their third consecutive win in a comprehensive defeat of Deccan Chargers at Buffalo Park

John Buchanan, the Kolkata Knight Riders coach, wants the IPL to allow more overseas players in a XI

Rajasthan Royals fast bowler Kamran Khan will undergo two weeks of rehabilitation for a suspect bowling action, the IPL's technical committee decided on Sunday

Monday's match at Buffalo Park in East London is between teams which had contrasting starts to the second season of the IPL but are now experiencing a change in form

After a thoroughly dominant performance against Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore are jostling for a share of the top spot

The IPL assumes significance to different parties in different ways, but for India's selectors it has provided a happy headache or three

Four dropped catches undid Brad Hodge's impressive half-century and took Kings XI Punjab back into the top four of the IPL after they chased down 154 to beat the Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets

Bangalore take on Mumbai in Johannesburg as the fight for places in the middle of the league heats up

Kings XI Punjab are the only team in the IPL to hold the distinction of having lost to the bottom-placed Kolkata Knight Riders, and come Sunday, they'll be keen to set the record straight and further consolidate their position within the top four

A superb bowling performance by left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati gave Chennai Super Kings their third win of the tournament and with it some momentum

Rajasthan Royals prevailed in a see-saw chase which included three wickets in two overs and 51 runs in seven

Delhi will play for a spot at the top of the table, and Chennai for redemption after conceding a century to AB de Villiers in their first match

No match-up illustrates the difference between last year's tournament and IPL 2009 better than the match between Deccan Charger and Rajasthan Royals

Having given up 14 runs in the 17th over, Praveen Kumar displayed awesome composure to bowl a four-run, double-wicket final over to seal an amazing eight-run win for Royal Challengers Bangalore

Kamran Khan, the 18-year old Rajasthan Royals rookie left-arm seamer, has been reported for a suspect action

Kolkata Knight Riders made a good attempt at causing the biggest surprise of the season so far, but came short despite smart bowling for most of Mumbai's innings, and a first fifty for them - by Brad Hodge who kept together a chase that fell away early

Chris Gayle, the West Indies captain, could delay his departure to England from South Africa by two days to take part in one more match for the struggling Kolkata Knight Riders

Kings XI Punjab are running hot. They have won their last three games and are favourites against Royal Challengers Bangalore

The Indian board's commitment to fight corruption in cricket has come under the scanner after it has emerged that it stayed silent for months on an ICC offer to provide full anti-corruption cover for the IPL this year, mainly because of the fee involved

Cricinfo previews the 23rd match of the IPL between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders