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To reduce an Adam Gilchrist knock to statistics is a crime but one number today tells a story: There were five dot balls in his 85.

A few key numbers involving Delhi Daredevils, Deccan Chargers, and Centurion, the venue for the first semi-final of the IPL

West Indies now find themselves in another bilateral ODI series, seeking compensation for a thrashing in the two Tests, both lost by embarrassing margins

A Deccan fan grits his teeth at RP's dropped catch and Gibbs' failure to get a big one but is confident they'll make it to the final

Chennai's Saffie allrounder on what he'd do if he ran the game, his all-time idol, and the Super Kings theme song

The IPL gurus have always pitched the tournament as an opportunity for young Indian talent to make their mark - and, at the same time, reaped the benefits of seniors trying to come back to international cricket. Tonight they had Manish Pandey and Herschel

Finally, as the IPL approached the business end, Virender Sehwag found his form

Cricinfo examines the various scenarios for Deccan Chargers, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab, the three teams fighting for two semi-final spots

He's got all the shots and then some, and now he's got a bigger, better platform to showcase them on

Muralitharan came on within the Powerplays, something he rarely does while playing for Sri Lanka, and dipped into his bag of tricks to script a remarkable win for the Chennai Super Kings

It was a strange game that saw the defending champions knocked out in an uncharaceteristic fashion. A sense of claustrophobia was in the air. The future strangled Rajasthan; the past threatened to haul in Kolkata

Cricinfo takes a look at what each competing team needs to do for that all-important semi-final spot in the IPL

Some have found the spotlight, some have found extensions to their career, the lesser known South African players talk about their IPL experience

Bangalore's turnaround has much to do with Kumble's appointment as captain following the departure of Kevin Pietersen

Delhi are already in the final four but five other teams are jostling for the remaining three slots. Cricinfo takes a look at what they have to do to qualify

The defeat in the second Test, completed quarter-hour after lunch yesterday, was as swift, embarrassing and emphatic and brought about by the same factors as those at Headingley in 2000 and 2007

Bowlers who didn't care much about batting, and ones who took their first three wickets in the same over

After 27 days of trial and error, folly and failure, Kolkata Knight Riders finally won another match - and the crowd's response was fitting

Spinners have had a huge role to play in IPL 2009, but one bowler hasn't quite made the impact you'd have expected in conditions in which many other, lesser bowlers have done extremely well

He likes cooking, a bit of red, and just may have ended up a chicken farmer. Meet Bangalore's man of the moment