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Title sponsor ends IPL association

Aug 28, 2012: DLF Ltd, India's largest real estate firm, has decided not to renew its title sponsorship of the IPL, ending its five-year association with the tournament

Why pay lip service to Test cricket?

Jun 11, 2012: Everyone who says the five-day game can co-exist with the current overdose of T20 is living in a fool's paradise

Flatter, faster, weaker

Jun 6, 2012: Most Indian spinners today are content to bowl wicket to wicket rather than attack batsmen with turn and bounce. The IPL is to blame to a large extent

Time Out

'The IPL needs more professional governance'

Jun 5, 2012: Extracts from a discussion about the lessons from the fifth season of the IPL

Behind the scenes at the Knight Riders

Jun 3, 2012: After four years of hard work and heartbreak, those who toiled for Kolkata's franchise can finally celebrate

Don't blame the IPL for everything that's wrong

Jun 2, 2012: Sleaze in cricket? There was plenty of it before the IPL came along

Azhar Mahmood

'Playing cricket in India is always incredible'

Jun 2, 2012: The former Pakistan allrounder enjoyed his first taste of the IPL when he turned out for the Kings XI Punjab this year

IPL news

'Franchises, not BCCI, should control players'

Jun 1, 2012: Gautam Gambhir has urged franchises to do more to discipline players, saying the BCCI can't be held responsible for players' off-field behaviour during the IPL

The case for an IPL window

May 31, 2012: It's not impossible to set aside seven weeks a year for it; the global game would benefit

Bangladesh news

Shakib happy with IPL outcome

May 30, 2012: Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh allrounder, has had only one day at home to sleep off the delirium of the Kolkata Knight Riders' maiden IPL triumph - he will play club cricket in Dhaka from Thursday - but he is not complaining

IPL 2012

Kolkata celebrates KKR's victory

May 29, 2012: Tens of thousands of people turned out on the streets of Kolkata on Tuesday to receive the Kolkata Knight Riders team, returning home as IPL winners

IPL 2012

Small guys, big stage

May 28, 2012: Five moments in which uncapped Indian players shone in IPL 2012

IPL 2012 stats analysis

More runs, sixes, and close finishes

May 28, 2012: In a tournament of several stats highlights, the team with the best numbers deservedly lifted the cup

IPL 2012

A wanderer gets his big break

May 28, 2012: Manvinder Bisla has changed several teams - in Ranji Trophy and IPL - in search of a big opportunity. Fate presented it to him on the night of the IPL final

IPL 2012

The team of the tournament

May 28, 2012: A shoo-in at the top, a shoo-in at the bottom and plenty of match-winners in between

IPL 2012 season review

The IPL earns its cricket cred

May 28, 2012: The league came of age on the field, but was well short of its crease as a TV spectacle

IPL 2012 performance analysis

Steyn, Gayle take pole position

May 28, 2012: An analysis of individual batting and bowling performances in IPL 2012

IPL 2012

Champions' resilience tested until the end

May 28, 2012: Gautam Gambhir and Sunil Narine were the headliners of a successful campaign, but Kolkata Knight Riders weren't merely a two-man team

Kolkata v Chennai, IPL 2012, final, Chennai

Finally, a winning script

May 28, 2012: A city that has long lived on the fringes of sporting success has finally hit the headlines for the right reasons

IPL 2012

'Is it as mad as it looks?'

May 28, 2012: From hairstyles to stomach upsets, bibs to pre-match rituals - a look at the best quotes from the IPL season gone by