Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli was fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining a slow-over rate during Saturday's Indian Premier League match against Kings XI Punjab, in Mohali.
Triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt will switch his running spikes for cricket pads on Sunday when he takes part in a tournament in Jamaica. Bolt will play in a mini-tournament in Discovery Bay organised by West Indies captain Chris Gayle and featuring current and former players from the region.
Chris Gayle is happy to take on the West Indies captain's role again following an end to the bitter dispute between the players and the West Indies Cricket Board, the opening batsman has said.
The best and worst of the tournament, thus far.
The West Indies players have taken the T20 tournament by storm, the likes of Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine proving their worth, and the young Kevon Cooper is making a big impact for Rajasthan Royals.
The raging 'Club versus Country' debate again came to the forefront as ace spinner Sunil Narine faces a possible exclusion from the Test team, if he plays the IPL final for KKR thereby failing to meet the deadline joining the West Indies camp latest by June 1.
Azhar Mahmood (3/20) registered his best bowling performance for Kings XI Punjab in the present edition of the IPL.
Images from Thursday's IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata.
Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders
The young Nepal leg-spinner picked 3/40 including the wickets of Kings XI Punjab's dangerous opening duo of Chris Gayle and K L Rahul.
Images from Tuesday's IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers at the Wankhede Stadium.
Kings XI Punjab young medium pacer Sandeep Sharma has credited Virender Sehwag for helping him become a better cricketer, and described him as a "gem of a person".
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab in Dubai, on Monday.
Left in disarray after consecutive losses, Royal Challengers Bangalore face the arduous task of taming the yet-to-be-beaten table-toppers Kings XI Punjab when the two sides clash in an IPL match on Monday.
Joe Root's classy unbeaten century led England to a comprehensive eight-wicket win over West Indies in a one-sided World Cup match in Southampton.
Images from the second match of the T20 World Cup between West Indies and Ireland, in Guyana on Friday.
Unbeaten so far, Royal Challengers Bangalore would be eyeing a hat-trick of wins to go to the top of points table even as Kolkata Knight Riders look to shake off their last match's disappointment when the two sides clash against each other in an IPL match in Sharjah on Thursday.
Captain Chris Gayle led West Indies to a crushing eight-wicket victory as the hosts matched England's feeble total of 117 in fewer than 15 overs in a rain-affected third one-dayer in Barbados on Friday. Gayle smashed eight sixes and five fours as he scored 80 in 43 balls to put his team 2-1 up in the five-match series.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting wants size limits on bats because he believes batsmen are enjoying an unfair advantage, especially in Test cricket, and said he would raise his concerns at the MCC World Cricket Committee meeting on Monday.
India's Suresh Raina says that most of the top-order West Indies batsmen prefer playing big shots rather than rotating strike against spinners, an area which he feels can be exploited by Amit Mishra and Co when the two teams square off in the ICC World T20 on Sunday.
Chris Gayle blasted a quickfire century to power West Indies to a comfortable six-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the opening match of the tri-nation series in Jamaica, on Friday.
Facts and figures for the World Twenty20 final between England and West Indies at Eden Gardens on Sunday: World T20 head-to-head: Played: 4 - West Indies wins 4, England wins 0 All T20 head-to-head: Played: 13 - West Indies wins 9; England wins 4
The Uttaranchal High Court has rejected former cricketer Manoj Prabhakar's plea for quashing of an FIR lodged against him in a chit-fund case in which he was arrested in 2001.
Ahead of the play-offs, Harish Kotian takes a look at the top 10 innings of this year's Indian Premier League.
KXIP's chances of a top four finish took a serious hit after Rajasthan Royals handed them a seven-wicket loss,
In a major blow to the Ruhuna Royals, Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has withdrawn from the Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL) to attend to his ailing wife back home.
Considered a Test batsman of impeccable technique, Cheteshwar Pujara says he has made some adjustments in his game to adapt to the fast-paced Twenty20 format in the ongoing Pepsi IPL where he shares the dressing room with destructive batsmen like Chris Gayle.
Royal Challengers Bangalore scored an easy seven-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals in their Pepsi IPL match in Bangalore, on Saturday.
West Indies captain Chris Gayle top-scored with a swashbuckling 110 not out to lead his team to a seven-wicket victory over the host nation in the Canada Cup Tri-Series final in King City, Ontario on Sunday. The left-hander struck 14 fours and six sixes in only 77 balls as the title favourites cruised to 181 for three in reply to Canada's 179 all out in 46.5 overs.
Images from the Indian Premier League (IPL VI) match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Thursday.
Chennai Super Kings's dashing batsman Suresh Raina leads the batting charts in the Indian Premier League with a tally of 2254 runs in 81 matches, while Kolkata Knight Riders' captain Gautam Gambhir follows him closely with 2065 runs.
Images from Day 2 in the second Test between India and West Indies at the Wankhede stadium, on Friday.
Five cricketers, including India's World Cup winning skipper M S Dhoni, were on Thursday shortlisted for the second edition of ICC's 'People's Choice Awards'.
Regarded as the most dangerous batsman Chris Gayle said while he wished a great farewell for legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar, his side will be out there to 'spoil the fun' when they take on India in the Two-Test series.
Adam Voges scored his maiden One-Day International century as a depleted Australia secured a 5-0 series whitewash by beating West Indies by 17 runs in the final match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Curtly Ambrose, the West Indies pace legend and the team's bowling consultant, backed it to win the ICC World Twenty20 2016. The squad, he said, had numerous match-winners suited for the format. The West Indies is currently ranked No. 3 in the ICC rankings for T20s and won the ICC World T20 2012 in Sri Lanka. It is placed in Group 1 for the 2016 editionalong with Sri Lanka, England, South Africa and the top team from Group B. "Look at the team that we have, half of the team are in demand across the world for different T20 leagues," Ambrose was quoted as saying by the Antigua Observer. "So you may find one guy here, maybe two in this league and two in another league, but we have all at once so we have a great chance of winning this T20 tournament, just look at our squad." Ambrose, who picked up 630 international wickets, called on the West Indies' senior players to raise their games and guide the juniors. The West Indies will be without Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine but has enough experience and firepower in Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle and Darren Sammy.
