IPL news
CSK, Royals exempted from annual franchise fee
BCCI takes decision after suspended franchises go to court
India news
No sanctions yet on Ajit Chandila, Hiken Shah
BCCI defers decision until January 5
RR v RCB, Eliminator, Pune
Overseas players' form hurts Royals
Review - Team slides after solid opening | SCORECARD | Report - De Villiers, Mandeep fifties crush Royals | Highlights | Royals get Mandeep-sixed in Pune | Mandeep hails AB's influence | Match in pics - AB fifth overseas batsman to 100 sixes | Why did Pune support RCB? | Plays - Gayle's gamble, Dhawal's double | Insights - Gayle-Kohli run machine
RR v KKR, IPL 2015, Mumbai
RR through to playoffs; KKR all but out
SCORECARD | Report - Watson hundred | Highlights | Quitting captaincy gave Watson freedom - Dravid | Fuloria: Mount Watson overflows with runs | Plays - The sprint gone wrong | Match in pics - Morris' four golden wickets | 'Love for the game just burns inside you' - Faulkner
CSK v RR, IPL 2015, Chennai
Jadeja, McCullum inspire CSK to No.1
SCORECARD | Report - Royals stuck on 14 | Highlights | McCullum adapts to hostile conditions | We all appreciated Watson's decision - Morris | Venugopal: A new captain takes charge | Plays - Bravo takes leap of faith | O'Brien: Getting 150-plus in Chennai tough | Match in pics - Super Kings sign off from Chepauk in style | Watch - Bravo 'Air Jordan' catch
RR v SRH, IPL 2015, Mumbai
'Bowled Test match-like lines to Rahane'
Bhuvneshwar says patience was key | Karhadkar: Sunrisers' gamble pays off | SCORECARD | Report - Sunrisers win by seven runs | Highlights | Plays - Reverse roulette | Insights: Bhuvi, Nehra up among wickets | Photo report | Fanfare - Which former player would you want in IPL? | Points table
RR v DD, IPL 2015, Mumbai
Rahane 91* ends Royals' winless streak
SCORECARD | Report - Nair fifty in 14-run victory | Highlights | Karhadkar: Royals dominate in front of sparse crowd | 'Targeted a run-a-ball innings' - Karun | Plays - The accidental dogpile | Photo report | Points table
MI v RR, IPL 2015, Mumbai
Mumbai come out top after Samson scare
SCORECARD | Report - Win by eight runs | Highlights | Mumbai's finishers swing the game | Plays - Lendl's loopy luck | Got time to build innings - Rayudu | O'Brien: Match-defining spell from McClenaghan | Photo report | IPL trends - Mumbai's slog fest and Royals' streak | Points table
RCB v RR, IPL 2015, Bangalore
Rain plays spoilsport after Sarfaraz blitz
SCORECARD | Report - RCB, RR share points | Highlights | Gollapudi: Five reasons to watch Sarfaraz | Plays - A brief Gayle, then a storm | Photo report | Press con: Will Rayudu ever play Test cricket for India? | O'Brien: Starc building RCB to crescendo | Archive - Sarfaraz, representing India and his father | Points table | Top Fives - Teens in the big league
KKR v RR, IPL 2015, Kolkata
Eden Gardens sings in the rain
Krishnaswamy: Vibrant atmosphere despite washout | SCORECARD | Report - Royals top the table | O'Brien: Test focus distracting Faulkner? | Newsfile - Rahane's technique earns Wadekar praise
RR v RCB, IPL 2015, Ahmedabad
Bowlers help RCB to a clinical win
SCORECARD | Report - Starc takes three | Highlights | Monga: Make the ads fade to black | How RCB's bowlers turned it around | Plays - Kohli's cathartic roar | 'Our most complete performance' - Starc | Insights: Royals' death-overs slump | IPL 2015 support staff XI | Royal Challengers dealt Milne blow | Points table | Photo report
RR v KXIP, IPL 2015, Ahmedabad
Marsh ends Royals' run in Super Over
SCORECARD | Report - Scores tied on 191 | Monga: Forgotten Marsh sets it right | Plays - Tewatia's reaction | Photo report | Sandeep Sharma on upswing after injury | Clicking at the right time - Sehwag | 'Beaten by a better team' - Morris | Points table
RR v CSK, IPL 2015, Ahmedabad
Watson, Rahane hand CSK a thrashing
SCORECARD | Report - Royals make it five in five | Has Dhoni the batsman lost that killer instinct? | Plays - Bravo and Watson's nutmeg | Highlights | Numbers Game - McCullum mystery | Bravo's 62 | Photo report
SRH v RR, IPL 2015, Vizag
Royals clinch fourth win after close chase
SCORECARD | Report - Win by six wickets | Highlights | Kulkarni, Tambe a princely pair of supporting actors | Plays - Faulkner's foot-fault | 'It was important to take our time' - Rahane | Agarkar: Can't call Royals underdogs anymore | Photo report | Hooda arrives on the big stage | Monga: Rahane's rotation riddle
RR v MI, IPL 2015, Ahmedabad
Serene Smith keeps Mumbai winless
SCORECARD | Report - Royals ace 165 chase | Highlights | Monga: Mumbai lose Rohit in translation | Plays - The Morris dance | Agarkar: Smith's use of crease very good | Photo report | The many teams of Parthiv Patel | Page 2 - Kohli to buy out stadium for Anushka | 'Nice to be 3-0' - Smith
DD v RR, IPL 2015, Delhi
DD heartbroken after Hooda heroics
SCORECARD | Report - Southee seals RR win with last-ball four | Highlights | Gollapudi: Hooda extends Daredevils' hoodoo | Plays - More fielding mishaps | Agarkar: Daredevils should stick to current batting order | Photo report
KXIP v RR, IPL 2015, Pune
Electric Faulkner and Royals sink Kings XI
SCORECARD | Faulkner grows into well-defined role | Report - Win by 26 runs | Highlights | That man Faulkner and trendsetting Royals | I hit what was in my range - Hooda | Plays - The catch that will break the internet | Golwalkar's second chance to shine | Photo report
IPL 2015 news
Royals player reports offer of fixing for money
Informed BCCI's anti-corruption unit last month | Bal: Leak is troublesome
IPL 2015
Royals well-prepared for new homes - Dravid
Four matches in Ahmedabad and three in Mumbai | 'Everyone needs to guard against corruption' | Taking wickets is my strength - Ojha | Five domestic unknowns this IPL
IPL 2015
Daredevils bank heavily on middle order
Team preview - Need to find a core group quickly | Preview - Sunrisers reliant on imported muscle | Newsfile - Less pressure on RCB's key batsmen, says Kohli | Marsh: Five IPL records I'd like to see broken
IPL 2015 auction
Lower base price brings rewards
Praveen Kumar, Badrinath among beneficiaries | Prudent Royals thrive on 'moneyball' strategy | Daredevils bag Yuvraj for record $2.67 million | List of players sold and unsold | Agarkar: Bizzare attempt from RCB to buy Yuvraj back | Debutants at the IPL ball | Ugra: Sunrisers bolstered by Boult | Five most expensive IPL buys | Auction as it happened
Rajasthan Royals season review
Too much tinkering topples Royals
Mumbai Indians v Royals, IPL 2014, Mumbai
Why Mumbai got that extra ball
Net run-rate scenario explained | Scorecard | Report | Showed nothing is impossible - Rohit | Very disappointed not to qualify - Dravid | Plays | Gallery | Cooper's action reported | Isa Guha: Rajasthan deserved loss | Samson's 74 | Pollard's screamer | Anderson's 95* | The wild finish
