There has been a long standing demand to unveil the statue of the renowned Tamil poet Tiruvalluvar in Bengaluru. The Karnataka government agreed to go ahead with the univeling of the statue after their counterparts in Chennai agreed to unveil the statue of renowned Kannada poet Sarvangnya. Tamil Nadu has scheduled the unveiling of the statue in Chennai on August 13.
The 46-year-old Brad Hodge had played 14 games for KTK, scoring 285 runs at an average of 35.63. He was bought by Kochi Tuskers for $US425,000 at the 2010 auction.
While T20 is primarily a batsmen-dominated format, the bowlers have evolved over the years and left a mark with their clever innovations.
Star wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat's request to train in Kyrgyzstan and Poland respectively was approved by TOPS.
The tenth team in the next IPL season could well be from Gujarat. Right now there are nine teams in the fray after the BCCI suspended Kochi Tuskers Kerala (KTK) from the IPL over non-payment of dues. A franchisee from Gujarat may take replace KTK.
The Kochi Tuskers Kerala (KTK) team is all set to play most of their Indian Premier League (IPL) matches of the fourth edition at their home venue, said the co-owners of the franchise.
Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming on Saturday exuded confidence that the defending champions have enough firepower in their batting to take on Deccan Chargers pace attack which played havoc against Kochi Tuskers Kerala in their last IPL match.
A solid all-round performance by Kochi Tuskers Kerala helped the IPL debutants comfortably beat defending champions Chennai Super Kings by seven wickets with two overs to spare in an IPL match in Kochi on Monday.
Kochi Tuskers Kerala, which is making its debut in the 2011 edition of the Indian Premier League, on Wednesday introduced its players and launched its promotional logo for the Twenty20 tournament starting on Friday.
Kochi Tuskers Kerala rode on a rollicking opening stand between Brendon McCullum and VVS Laxman as they scored a challenging 161 for five against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their debut Indian Premier League match in Kochi on Saturday.
All the figures from the previous editions of the Indian Premier League.
Shabaz, representing Petroleum Sports Promotion Board, trounced Shravan of Maharashtra 82-38 54-67 54-20 65-26 while Andhra Pradesh's K Someswara Rao thrashed Druv Sitwala of PSPB 58-1 49-27 61-73 39-58 43-34 in the Senior Snooker draw of the ongoing National Billiards and Snooker Championship in Hyderabad.
Rajneesh Gupta presents a complete statistical IPL dossier.
The cricketing world is all set for another feast with the Indian Premier League.
590 cricketers -- including 370 Indian players and 220 overseas players -- will go under the hammer during the two-day mega auction in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13.
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