Images from the India and Ireland match, at Bangalore, on Sunday.
A team from Gujarat, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh is in Bangalore to join the probe by the city police into the recent blasts outside the Chinnaswamy stadium even as police chief Ajai Kumar Singh on Tuesday hinted at the involvement of both terror elements and the betting lobby.
International Cricket Council CEO Haroon Lorgat on Saturday criticised the police lathicharge on fans seeking tickets for the India-England World Cup clash in Bangalore, saying the fiasco was unfortunate and the governing body would not like to see such scenes again.
Piyush Chawla and Harbhajan Singh spun India to a thumping 38-run win over Australia in their first warm-up game of the Cricket World Cup in Bangalore on Sunday.
Jacques Kallis gave critics who didn't consider him a player good enough for the T20 format a fitting reply with a superlative unbeaten 89 in Royal Challengers Bangalore's emphatic eight-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday.
Everything you need to know about India's matches at the 2023 ODI World Cup.
"Surprisingly, not as popular as men's cricket but women's cricket is going to get very popular. The game has taken giant strides in the last two-three years. Hope a lot of people come to watch the tournament,"
Reader Girish sent us these pictures from Bangalore.
Veteran Sunil Joshi spun a web around Orissa batsmen, taking five for 35 to restrict the visitors to 191 on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Super League match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bangalore on Wednesday.
Images from Day 5 in the second Test between India and Australia in Bangalore.
Australia were 202 for 6 in their second innings, an overall lead of 185, at stumps on Day 4 in the second Test at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday.
India still have a lot of work to do if they are to stop Australia from taking a significant step to winning the second Test.
Australia were 285 for five at stumps, with Marcus North unbeaten on 43 and Tim Paine on eight, on the opening day of the second Test against India at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Saturday.
Following are the statistical highlights after the fifth and concluding day of the first Test between India and Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Bangalore on Monday.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat against India in the first Test at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore.
The Champions League Twenty20 match between Cape Cobras and Victoria in Bangalore on Saturday was pushed by back by an hour after an under-22 cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir was detained by the city police in Bangalore after explosive detectors found traces of RDX in his kit bag.
Trinidad and Tobago made a winning start to their campaign in the Champions League Twenty20, shocking Somerset by 44 runs at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Monday.
Sachin Tendulkar on Monday brushed aside security concerns ahead of the four-Test series against Australia, saying Indian players are confident that they will never be targeted at home. Tendulkar said he cannot comment on what Australians feel about the security situation but maintained that he does not definitely think anyone will look to harm Indian players.
J P Duminy's unbeaten 99 off 52 balls, that included eight fours and five sixes, helped Cape Cobras of South Africa beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets in the opening match of the Champions League T20.
'We've been playing aggressive cricket throughout since 2015 and done it quite well. Probably the lack of that way of cricket has cost us a little bit in this tournament.'
Reader Vinayak sent us this picture from Bangalore.
Delhi Daredevils beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by five wickets in their Indian Premier League match at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday.
India opener Murali Vijay was, on Saturday ruled out of the second cricket Test against Australia which begin at the Chinnaswamy stadium, due to a shoulder injury sustained in the first match at Pune.
Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 13 runs in an Indian Premier League match at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday.
The Bengaluru police are questioning four persons in connection with blasts that took place outside the Chinnaswamy stadium on Saturday. Sources told rediff.com that the police tracked down four men to Hubli in Karnataka on Tuesday and have detained them for questioning in connection with the case.
Even as the Bengaluru police maintain that the minor blasts in Chinnaswamy stadium on Saturday were an act of a mischief-monger, they are also not ruling out the possibility of a module of the Indian Mujahideen undertaking this operation.
'That was proper (batting) from those two, it set the tone for how we want to play our cricket, take the game on.'
Kedar Jadhav hit a half-century on debut to help Delhi Daredevils beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 17 runs in the Indian Premier League at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore, on Thursday. Leg-spinner Amit Mishra shone with the ball, claiming two for 23 in four overs as Bangalore finished on 166 for nine in their 20 overs.
Robin Uthappa's blazing half-century saw Royal Challengers Bangalore outclass Chennai Super Kings by 36 runs to storm to the top of the Indian Premier League, at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore, on Tuesday. Chasing a stiff 172 for victory, Chennai finished on 135 for seven in their 20 overs with all-rounder Vinay Kumar taking four for 40 in four overs.
Rain played spoilsport on the third day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Super League Group A encounter between Delhi and Karnataka at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Wednesday, as not even a single delivery was bowled.
Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman flopped with the bat but Team India discard Dinesh Karthik slammed a whirlwind 153 as South Zone posted 329 on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy match against Central Zone in Bangalore on Thursday. In reply, Central Zone were 30 for no loss at stumps, with Tanmay Srivastava (13) and Shivakant Shukla (11) in the middle, still 299 runs behind South's first innings' total.
Reader Girish sent us a picture of Rahul Dravid from Bengalooru.
Karnataka registered an emphatic innings and 126-run victory over Himachal Pradesh after dismissing the visitors for a paltry 147 in their second innings of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' match at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Saturday.
Michael Clarke's 130 saw Australia amass 307 for 7 before rain intervened and washed out the first ODI against India.
Australia's stand-in captain Adam Gilchrist won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India.
Sourav Ganguly on Saturday denied giving an interview wherein he had allegedly slammed his team mates and selectors. 'The reports of the interview from the Bengali daily published in various newspapers are false. I have not given an interview of that sort to anyone and, hopefully, also in the future,' the former India captain said in a statement on Saturday.
Statistical highlights of Day 2 in the first Test between India and Australia, at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Friday.
Australia's captain led from the front with a fighting knock of 123 that saw the team post a decent 254 for 4 on the opening day. He believes it is a good score, on a pitch that is getting slower by the hour.
Robin Uthappa hit an unbeaten 157 and Yuvraj Singh took three crucial wickets as Air India Red clinched the BCCI Corporate Trophy, beating Air India Blue by 93 runs at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday. Put into bat, Air India Red first posted a challenging 284 for eight, riding on Uthappa's blistering 148-ball innings, and then shot out Air India Blue for a meagre 191 in 41.5 overs.
