Cricket News

It shouldn't have been that easy but Gautam Gambhir and Jacques Kallis starred in a supremely well-paced chase as Kolkata successfully hunted down a potentially tough 160-run target on a sluggish track in Jaipur.

Despite Kolkata's reinforcements, Rajasthan will go in as favourites given the assurance visible in their ranks

Rajasthan Royals executed a well-calibrated chase against an off-colour Delhi Daredevils attack to register their second win in two games and move atop the IPL leaderboard

Delhi come up against an opponent who seemed to have the weakest team on paper, in Jaipur

Sidharth Trivedi choked Deccan's run flow with a canny spell of slow bouncers, before Johan Botha, elevated to the No. 3 spot, guided them past the target of 138 in the 19th over

Kochi's biggest challenge is for the warring owners to give players space they need to perform, otherwise the entire unit will implode in no time

Rajasthan find themselves in a familiar position as one of the weaker teams in the league, and will once again be counting on their inspirational captain, Shane Warne, to turn them into something greater than the sum of their parts

The captains will draw much of the focus in the initial stages of the tournament as the teams settle on their combinations

Paul Collingwood, who was signed up by Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2011, has been ruled out of the tournament with injury

Rajasthan Royals are seeking US$30 million in damages from the BCCI to compensate them for their summary expulsion from the IPL last October

Ambati Rayudu, R Sathish, Dhawal Kulkarni and Siddharth Trivedi, some of the most sought-after uncapped players in the IPL, have decided to stay back with the franchises where they gained prominence

Rajasthan Royals have picked four players from the Rajasthan Ranji squad as a part of their uncapped basket. Aakash Chopra is the most prominent name among the pickings

Rajasthan's strategy, according to franchise officials, will be to use players such as Rahul Dravid and Shane Warne to attract and mould younger, talented domestic players.

Every team will play the same number of league games - 14, seven home and seven away - as in previous seasons

The Pathan brothers, Irfan and Yusuf, on their bumper bids at 2011 IPL auction and what they could expect from their new teams

An interactive list of IPL players, what they sold for, and who bought them

The IPL governing council has all but cleared the participation of ten teams in the fourth edition of the league, which starts a week after the World Cup

Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab have filed affidavits in the Bombay High Court stating they have obtained bank guarantees to cover the cost of players' salaries and the teams' contracts with the BCCI

The Bombay High Court has halved the quantum of the security guarantee Rajasthan Royals will have to furnish towards player payments for the next two years and to cover their contract with the Indian board

The fourth season of the IPL is set to go ahead with 10 teams and 74 matches as originally planned, according to sources