Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan praised rookie opener Venkatesh Iyer for batting fearlessly in only his second game.
A livid Kolkata Knight Riders coach Brendon McCullum came down heavily on his team's top-order batsmen for not showing enough intent and aggression in the ongoing IPL after demanding 'loyalty' from him during team selection.
In the event of Narine missing out again, Mumbai will fancy their chances even more at the Sheikh Zayed stadium, where skipper Rohit Sharma has scored both his half-centuries this season.
Courtesy of a clinical performance by their bowlers, Kolkata Knight Riders outclassed Punjab Kings by six wickets in the IPL match, in Ahmedabad, on Monday.
The victory would not have been possible without the effort of the bowlers, who did extremely well to restrict the power-packed England batting line-up to a manageable 164/6 in their 20 overs.
Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma said one doesn't get to see matches as tantalisingly close often after his team beat Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL match in Chennai on Tuesday.
England trail India 0-2 in the five-match One-Day International series, but coach Peter Moores is still confident of a turnaround in his team's fortunes.
Images from Wednesday's IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders, in Abu Dhabi.
For skipper Virat Kohli, the primary aim will be to get an idea of his core group of players going into the ICC T20 World Cup in October.
Punjab's bowlers didn't allow the KKR batters to come back into the contest, turning the innnngs and eventually the match in their favour.
Kolkata Knight Riders triumphed in a tense run-chase to outclass Delhi Capitals by three wickets and stay in the hunt for a place in the IPL play-offs.
England captain Eoin Morgan is optimistic quick Jofra Archer will continue to play through a side strain.
Dawid Malan returned to his home town on Sunday to steer England to a four-wicket win over South Africa in their second Twenty20 international in Paarl as they clinched the three-match series.
174 was always a below par score as Delhi walked away with the match without breaking much sweat.
The 2015 World Cup so far has been treat for batsmen and spectators alike. Big scores have become synonymous with this edition of the mega event. So, while some shots sailed over the boundary line, others were opportunities, disguised as catches for fielders. Fielders had to lunge, go full stretch and focus to pocket those catches. Rediff.com presents you a chance to treat your eyes to those beautiful catches that made for plain, super cricket moments.
Images from Day 3 of the second Ashes between England and Australia at Lord's.
'I know that the current captain would love to have me in the England team'
England have by far been the best team in the tournament.
Former England cricket team skipper Andrew Strauss has slammed the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for their handling of Alastair Cook's dismissal as the squad's ODI captain.
Mercurial Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has been named as captain of Kings XI Punjab for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), beginning April 5.
Expressing disappointment over his team's second consecutive loss in the Indian Premier League on Saturday, Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody said they would reflect on the performance and try to turn around the fortunes quickly.
'But there are no real shock defeats in this competition. They're a strong squad'
Alex Hales scored an excellent 109 to lead England to an emphatic 95-run victory over Pakistan in the second One-day international in Abu Dhabi on Friday that levelled the series at 1-1.
Roy, who smashed 153 against Bangladesh earlier in the tournament, was injured in the win over West Indies 10 days ago
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.
One of the most exciting players of his era, Ben Stokes has battled a spate of injuries in recent times and took a break from the game last year to focus on his mental well-being.
India fast bowler Jaydev Unadkat claimed a Rs 11.5 crore deal with the usually thrifty Rajasthan Royals even as South African pace ace Dale Steyn went unsold on the second day of the Indian Premier players' auction in Bengaluru, on Sunday.
Ian Pont, a former Essex player and fast bowling coach, now at the Ultimate Pace Foundation in Bengaluru, analyses England's disastrous World Cup campaign in an exclusive conversation with Manu Shankar/Rediff.com.
India now are the only team to have chased 350-plus thrice and in each of them Kohli has been the backbone with centuries in each.
Failure to secure a suitable broadcast package and a title sponsor meant Cricket South Africa stood to lose about $25 million, representing roughly half of the organisation's cash reserves.
Pakistan recovered from a dreadful start, thanks to a century by Sarfraz Ahmed, to post a respectable total of 251 before Root and captain Eoin Morgan shared a third-wicket stand of 112 to lay the platform for the hosts to go 2-0 up in the series.
Thirty years after Imran Khan's Pakistan claimed the 1992 World Cup, Babar Azam's team may feel it is their destiny to deliver trophy.
While Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood had played down the idea that sharing the same flight would be uncomfortable, his English counterpart Mark Wood was nervous with the prospect of flying with an Australian side which has just won its first-ever T20 World Cup just ahead of the Ashes.
English all-rounder Ben Stokes was given a royal honour at the Buckingham Palace after he guided his side to the ICC World Cup triumph last year. Along with Stokes, Jos Buttler, Eoin Morgan, coach Trevor Bayliss, and Joe Root also received the honours as part of the New Year's Honours List.
Images from Wednesday's IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore, in Abu Dhabi.
Following is a list of the highest totals in one-day international cricket after England amassed 444 for three against Pakistan in Nottingham.
For all ten franchises, the amounts for retaining either three, two, or one player are the same. If they decide to retain three players then the slabs are -- Rs 15 crore, Rs 11 crore, and Rs 7 crore, and the total will equal to 33 crore.
CSK is placed on the bottom of the points table with just 6 points from 10 games
Former England Test cricketer Steve Harmison has claimed that sacked batsman Kevin Pietersen 'does not have a cat in hell's chance' of a recall to the national squad.
Pakistan's poor fielding was a major talking point in the final ODI but they turned up on the night, taking difficult catches in the deep and even inflicting a run out with a direct hit.
