Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle present the most valuable and paisa vasool players of IPL5.
Kings XI Punjab are likely to continue with the captain and coach combine of K L Rahul and Anil Kumble for next year despite finishing sixth in the 2020 Indian Premier League.
Having registered a comprehensive win in their World Twenty20 opener, Australia would aim to seal a Super Eight berth when they take on the flamboyant West Indies in a Group B encounter at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Saturday.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
On Friday, it was Shane Watson's turn to make the most of the reprieves he got.
# With just five points in 11 matches, Deccan Chargers are placed at the bottom of the points table.
Upcoming batsman Richard Levi winning the ICC's Twenty20 International Performance of the Year augurs well for the Proteas ahead of the World Twenty20 starting in Sri Lanka on Tuesday, feels Cricket South Africa.
The fit-again Yuvraj Singh broke into the top-20 while Suresh Raina got a major confidence booster ahead of the World T20 in Sri Lanka, emerging as the highest-placed Indian batsmen at number three, in the latest ICC Player Rankings for the shortest format.
Disappointed that his team lost despite putting up an improved performance, Kings XI Punjab spinner Piyush Chawla said explosive batsman Chris Gayle was the decisive difference between the hosts and the visiting Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL match in Mohali.
Royal Challengers Bangalore are feeling the pinch of lacking a fifth bowler and looking at Chris Gayle to fill the gap and avoid another thrashing like the one against Chennai Super Kings in their last match.
Former West Indies captain Chris Gayle, involved in a protracted dispute with his national board, will play in Zimbabwe's domestic T20 competition at the end of November, officials said, on Monday.
Their confidence boosted by a dominating win in the lung-opener, Delhi Daredevils face a tough test when they take on last year's runners-up Royal Challengers Bangalore in their second IPL match in Bangalore on Saturday.
Now, there is another similarity added to the resume of both batsmen. February 24 will be remembered in history as the day when the Indian icon and Gayle hit ODI double tons.
Sophie Devine becomes first cricketer to register 5 consecutive fifty plus score in T20I
Chris Gayle has signed an agreement with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) but there is still no clarity on the explosive opener's return to the national side. The agreement was brokered by CARICOM. Apart from the agreement, Gayle has written a 'side-letter' to the WICB, the contents of which were not disclosed.
Three consecutive defeats have more or less sealed their fate and for things to turn around for the Royals, every aspect of their game needs to improve and click for them.
The pace of Kemar Roach and the confidence of Chris Gayle led West Indies to a nine-wicket victory in the first of their two-Test series against struggling New Zealand on Sunday in Antigua.
An outstanding opening stand of 254 from Chris Gayle (150) and Kieran Powell (134) helped the West Indies build a 91-run lead with four first innings wickets remaining after the third day of play in the first Test against New Zealand in Antigua on Friday. The Caribbean side was 442 for six at the close and while New Zealand will take some comfort from a good effort in the evening session, West Indies are well in charge.
As many as 12 Indian cricketers, including the likes of Munaf Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin, are expected to feature in the first edition of the Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL) scheduled to commence from July 19.
Chris Gayle marked his return to Test cricket with an imposing unbeaten 85 as he led West Indies to 145 without loss, chasing New Zealand's 351 all out on the second day of the first Test at North Sound, Antigua.
Swashbuckling West Indies opener Chris Gayle smashed a blistering half-century before Yuzvendra Chahal returned with a three-wicket haul as Royal Challengers Bangalore outclassed Gujarat Lions by 21 runs in their Indian Premier League match in Bengaluru, on Tuesday.
Days after former West Indies captain Chris Gayle alleged that he was being disrespected by the board, Shivnarine Chanderpaul has questioned WICB CEO Ernest Hilaire's comments about the lack of discipline and application in the Windies team over the last decade.
West Indies T20 skipper Darren Sammy has excluded from the list of central contract for the 2015-16 international cricket season.
Chris Gayle and Dwayne Smith registered half centuries as the West Indies coasted to a nine-wicket victory over New Zealand in a rain-shortened first One-Day International at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica, on Thursday.
Images from the second match of the T20 World Cup between West Indies and Ireland, in Guyana on Friday.
Punjab, who are on eight points from 11 games, need to win the match to keep their play-offs hopes alive, while KKR (10 points from 11 games) also need a victory to boost their hopes.
Alex Hales fell one short of becoming the first England player to score a century in a Twenty20 international on Sunday as England beat West Indies by seven wickets on his home ground of Trent Bridge in Nottingham.
Rashid Khan and Khaeel Ahmed ensured KXIP could never find any kind of momentum in a steep chase.
Faf du Plessis blasted the second fastest century in Twenty20 internationals but it was not enough for South Africa as West Indies produced a record chase in a run-fest to win by four wickets at The Wanderers on Sunday.
West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell became only the second player to hit 50 sixes in an Indian Premier League season, matching the achievement of compatriot Chris Gayle.
Pakistan players did not find any spot in ICC Team of the Decade across all formats
Defending champions Mumbai Indians will need their famed top-order batting to fire and turn things around when they take on Punjab Kings in the IPL in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
The West Indies have recalled Chris Gayle. The flamboyant left-hander was included in the 15-man one-day squad to face England. He will don West Indies colours for the first time since the 2011 World Cup in the three-game one-day international series, which starts on June 16.
'If I played that 5 balls in the end in the 20th over, we could've scored 20 runs more which would have been a tight game I guess'
'You can never prepare for Super Overs. No team does. So, you have to trust your bowler's gut. You trust your bowler, and let them believe their instinct and gut'
Images from the IPL match between Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad, in Chennai, on Wednesday.
A marauding Chris Gayle, who fashioned Royal Challengers Bangalore to a thumping 21-run win over Delhi Daredevils in an IPL match on Thursday, said that it was the body balance which was important in his six-hitting exhibition at the Ferozshah Kotla.
Almost out of reckoning for a place in the play-offs, bottom-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to play party-poopers when they take on an equally struggling Punjab Kings in the battle of laggards in the IPL in Sharjah on Saturday.
Earlier in the tournament, Punjab got off to a similar situation in their first game against Delhi Capitals where they failed to score a single run in the last ball and the match went to Super Over where Punjab lost the game.
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli is all set to give up his opening slot and will bat at No 3, a position he has made his own in the national team.
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