Powered by Ganapathi Vignesh's 53-ball 88, table toppers Chennai Superstars crushed Mumbai Champs by 75 runs in the Indian Cricket League's Twenty20 match in Panchkula on Sunday.
Indian Cricket League (ICL) on Tuesday unveiled its ninth city-based team, Dhaka Warriors, for its second season starting October 10, a move which would plunge Bangladesh cricket into crisis.
Despite the recessionary phase hitting the bottom-line of the country's IT sector, the northern region appeared to have remained insulated as total IT exports from this region grew by a whopping 30 per cent, with Infosys becoming the top exporter.
The winning team of the forthcoming Indian Cricket League Twenty20 tournament -- Edelweiss 20s Challenge -- will pocket a hefty prize money of Rs 2.50 crore while the runners up would pocket Rs 1.25 crore, the tournament organisers announced. The team finishing third in the tournament will get Rs 50 lakh, while the financial incentive for every win at the league stage will be Rs 25 lakh.
The two Haryana policemen accused of raping a woman from Rohtak, who committed suicide on Monday, are absconding and the case has been transferred to the Crime Branch for further investigation, the police said on Tuesday. The rape victim, who is survived by two daughters and her husband, had accused the Rohtak police of protecting the two cops, who had allegedly assaulted her on April 10.
Royal Bengal Tigers on Tuesday roared against Chennai Superstars by winning the 30th match with a margin of nine wickets in the ICL 20s Indian Championship in Panchkula.
A fine all-round performance by Naved-ul Hassan helped Lahore Badshahs score a seven-wicket victory over local favourites Chandigarh Lions in the ICL's T20 match played in Panchkula, Haryana, on Sunday night. Chasing a modest 137 by the Lions, who elected to bat after winning the toss, former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq-led Badshahs were powered by Naved's unbeaten half century and reached the target with four overs to spare.
This is the third city, after Bangalore and Hyderabad, where residential projects with reduced price tags have been announced in the last few weeks. Gurgaon, Panchkula and Kochi may also see similar project launches from DLF in the coming days, an executive of the company said. The decision is in line with the company's recent announcement, which said it was strengthening its focus on the 'affordable housing' segment in select cities.
Former India captain Kapil Dev hinted that the fourth estate should not cover the Board of Control for Cricket in India's multi-million dollar venture if curbs on accreditation norms for the media are not lifted.
Skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq struck an unbeaten half-century to guide Lahore Badshahs to a five-wicket win over defending champions Chennai Superstars in the second edition of the Indian Cricket League's Twenty20 tournament in Panchkula on Tuesday night.
Blazing knocks of 88 and 51 by Nicky Boje and Stuart Binny respectively helped Hyderabad Heroes inflict a crushing 79-run defeat over Mumbai Champs to ensure a semi-final berth for themselves at the ICL's Twenty20 championship match played in Panchkula on Thursday night.
In a thrilling end to a closely contested game, Delhi Giants defeated Chandigarh Lions through bowl out in the ICL's Twenty20 match played in Panchkula on Wednesday night.
Dhaka Warriors registered a 13-run victory over Ahmedabad Rockets and kept themselves in contention for a semi-final berth in the ICL Twenty20 league. Chasing 181, at Panchkula on Monday night, Rockets could score only 168 for 8.
Delhi Giants rode on a blazing 53 from Abbas Ali to snatch a nail-biting one-run win over fancied Hyderabad Heroes, who lost four batsmen to run-outs, in the ICL Twenty20 match at the Tau Devi Lal stadium in Panchkula, Haryana, on Saturday night. Chasing 145, Heroes needed 16 runs in the final over and six of the last ball, but despite Anirudh Singh scoring a six and boundary off the last two balls they could only muster 143 for 6.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the figures of the just-concluded inaugural Indian Cricket League Twenty20 tournament.
Former Pakistan opener Imran Farhat struck a brilliant unbeaten 74 to help Chandigarh Lions register six wicket victory over Hyderabad Heroes.
Why do you want a guy with no coaching experience at all and with a somewhat prejudiced mind against our country and our people, asks former India captain and coach Ajit Wadekar.
The Indian Cricket League (ICL) has roped in six former cricketers -- including Tony Greig and Dean Jones -- as commentators for the rebel Twenty20 tournament starting November 30 in Panchkula
The Indian Cricket League's inaugural Twenty20 championship will be held in Panchkula, Chandigarh, from November 30 to December 16.
A fine spell of swing bowling by New Zealand pacer Daryl Tuffey (3/15) helped Chandigarh Lions register a 34-run win over Delhi Giants in the sixth match of the ICL's Twenty20 tournament in Panchkula on Saturday. Chasing 154 for victory, Giants were bundled out for 119 in the penultimate over.
Hitting out at BCCI for ostracising those associated with the Indian Cricket League, former India captain Kapil Dev on Wednesday said if the Board had the good of the game at heart, it should stop branding them as "rebels."
To keep interest levels alive and compete with the star and money power of rival Indian Premier League (IPL), the Subhash Chandra-promoted Indian Cricket League (ICL) today matched the prize money of IPL for its next tournament. ICL will pay a prize money of $3.08 million (Rs 12.33 crore) for 'Edelweiss 20s Challenge', matching the $3 million (Rs 12 crore) offered by IPL. The second edition of the ICL tournament kicks-off on Tuesday at Panchkula, Hyderabad and Gurgaon.
Sabeer Bhatia, founder of hotmail, may give some concrete shape to his proposed Nano City project, to be set up near Panchkula in Haryana, on June 9, when he visits India to finalise equity structure with real-estate player Parsvnath Developers.
Chennai Superstars won the inaugural Indian Cricket League (ICL) 20:20 Indian Championships with a 12-run victory over Chandigarh Lions in the final at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula on Sunday.
Marvan Atapattu's captain's knock of 75 powered Delhi Jets to a five-wicket win over Kolkata Tigers in the third place playoff in the Indian Cricket League Twenty20 Championship in Panchkula (Haryana) on Sunday.
Delhi Jets entered the semifinals of the ICL Twenty20 tournament in Panchkula on Wednesday after skipper Marvan Atapattu led from the front, hitting an unbeaten 64, to guide them to a six-wicket win over Chennai Superstars.
Skipper Chris Cairns hit an explosive 70 as Chandigarh Lions scored a 38-run victory over Mumbai Champs.
Skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq struck an unbeaten 44 as Hyderabad Heroes halted the winning run of Chennai Superstars by registering a six wicket victory.
Craig Macmillan led from the front and blasted an unbeaten 31-ball blitzkrieg of 58 to guide Kolkata Tigers to a four-wicket win over Delhi Jets.
Former Australia all-rounder Ian Harvey scored a quickfire 48 to help Chennai Superstars beat Chandigarh Lions by four wickets and seal a semi-final berth in the Indian Cricket League's Twenty20 tournament in Panchkula, Chandigarh, on Saturday.
They lost by 38 runs to Chennai Superstars in the Indian Cricket League Twenty20 tournament on Monday night.
Chasing a modest target of 125, Chandigarh Lions surrendered meekly handing a 43-run win victory to Kolkata Tigers in the fifth match of the Indian Cricket League's Twenty20 tournament in Panchkula
Stage is set for the Indian Cricket League's (ICL) Twenty20 tournament to take off from November 30 in Chandigarh with a host of former international stars promising to add spice to the rebel series
The chief minister accused the media of "running a misleading and factless campaign" against him and shared on Twitter a full video of the event.
In a nail-biting finish, Hyderabad Heroes kept their nerves to snatch a six-run win in the first of the best-of-three finals of the ICL Twenty20 tournament played under floodlights in Panchkula on Friday night. Chasing 144, Badshahs needed 12 runs in the final over which was bowled by former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq, who bowled three wides.
A blistering 86 not out by Rajagopal Sathish helped Chennai Superstars beat Kolkata Tigers by 32 runs and finish third in the ICL's Twenty20 tournament in Panchkula, Haryana, on Friday. The 27-year-old right-hander scored his runs off just 42 balls.
Medium pacer Thiru Kumaran bagged four wickets to help Chennai Superstars crush Mumbai Champs by nine wickets in a Twenty20 match of the ICL in Panchkula on Sunday.
Former Pakistan batsman Hasan Raza hit an unbeaten 98 as Lahore Badshahs crushed Mumbai Champs by 50 runs in a Twenty20 match of the ICL played in Panchkula on Saturday night. The 26-six-year old right-hander's knock, which came off just 52 balls.
Former Pakistani opener Imran Farhat hit a blazing half-century to lead Lahore Badshahs to a 38-run win over local favourites Chandigarh Lions in an ICL Twenty20 match in Panchkula on Sunday night. Riding on Imran's quickfire 94, studded with eight sixes, Lahore Badshahs posted a challenging total of 187 and then restricted Lions to 149 for seven in their quota of 20 overs.
