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The IPL's new 'tactical timeout' is "hampering the momentum of a team" in a Twenty20 match, according to Sachin Tendulkar, the Mumbai Indians captain

Anil Kumble, the Bangalore Royal Challengers legspinner, feels that this year's team is "different" from the outfit that finished second last in 2008 and that the "intense" and "spot on" preparations in South Africa have helped immensely

Cricinfo previews the IPL game between Bangalore Royal Challengers and Chennai Super Kings

Brendon McCullum's intoxicating 158 had taken Kolkata Knight Riders to an enormous victory a year ago, but they were outplayed by an efficient Deccan Chargers outfit on a juicy pitch in Cape Town

Frequent showers ruined the first match of Sunday's double-header at Newlands, reducing the target required by Delhi Daredevils to only 54 in six overs, a goal they reached with all wickets intact

Cricinfo previews the IPL game between Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders

Cricinfo previews the IPL game between Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab

After defending champions Rajasthan Royals, it is now the turn of the Chennai Super Kings to send back five from their IPL squad in South Africa

A charged-up Bangalore Royal Challengers produced the sort of performance for which franchise owner Vijay Mallya splashed the big bucks to bundle the Rajasthan Royals out for the second-lowest total in Twenty20 history

Sachin Tendulkar paved the way with a crucial unbeaten 59 and the Mumbai Indians' spinners and the crafty Lasith Malinga combined to clinch a 20-run win over the Chennai Super Kings in Cape Town

Shaun Tait has become the latest Australian to be withdrawn from the IPL after Cricket Australia were unwilling to gamble on his fitness ahead of the World Twenty20

New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum will lead Kolkata Knight Riders for the second season of the IPL, which begins on Saturday in South Africa

Cricinfo previews the second game of the second season of the IPL

Cricinfo previews game one of the second season of the IPL

The second IPL season has been insured for $286 million, more than double that of the $125 million cover last season, and includes provisions for acts of terrorism and cancelled matches

The radical four-captain theory proposed by John Buchanan, the coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders, has the backing of one of its star players, Chris Gayle, who said the theory is worth trying out.

Cricinfo previews the Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings in the run-up to the second edition of the IPL, which begins in South Africa from April 18

In an attempt to ensure that the matches finish on time, IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has said that teams will be fined heavily for not bowling their overs within the stipulated time limit

Dale Steyn believes captain Kevin Pietersen and coach Ray Jennings have leadership and management skills to take Bangalore Royal Challengers right to the top in the IPL

Perhaps it's just calm before the storm, but it seems as though there's not enough buzz around the Indian Premier League's (IPL) organisation in South Africa. With only four days to go, you would expect administrators to be caught up in a whirlwind of doc