Indian Premier League

IPL isn't broken yet - Lalit Modi

Feb 25, 2013: While doubts are being raised about the popularity of IPL or the alleged decline in TV ratings, Lalit Modi in an interview to Firstpost says that the IPL model is still viable, but will need constant evaluation.

Deccan Chargers

Deccan’s mass existential crisis

Feb 25, 2013: Maybe propping up the points table is their raison d’etre

Newsfile: April 25

Feb 25, 2013: Luke Wright unwell: After Chris Gayle and Steven Smith, it’s now Pune Warriors’ allrounder Luke Wright who is unwell

Australia in West Indies 2012

Wade's coming of age

Feb 25, 2013: The first time I saw Matthew Wade keep he was horrible

Indian cricket

Give MS Dhoni his due

Feb 25, 2013: From Kaushik Bhattacharya, UK

A unique gift for Tendulkar

Feb 25, 2013: There are Sachin Tendulkar fans and then there is Ratilal Parmar, who has spent a fortune collecting currency notes having numbers associated with the numerous landmarks littered across Tendulkar's career

IPL 2012

Give us raw emotion, stripped of commercialisation

Feb 25, 2013: By Indra Chakraborty, USA

Indian Premier League

The IPL story in Amul butter ads

Feb 25, 2013: Amul butter's cartoon ads, with their witty takes on current events, are among the longest-running ad campaigns in history

Cricket

Cricketers pushed to the brink

Feb 25, 2013: Jesse Ryder’s decision to travel to the IPL with a clinical psychologist shows the kind of pressure that’s dogging cricketers, says Sriram Veera in the Mumbai Mirror

Indian Premier League 2012

Questions from the kids, and a bit about Jaisimha

Feb 25, 2013: In which the next generation of Zaltzmans gets enthusiastic about the shortest form of the game

Newsfile IPL 2012

Newsfile: April 24

Feb 25, 2013: Gibbs recovering from fractured finger: If you were wondering what was keeping big-hitting opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs out of the Mumbai Indians' XI, even when they’ve been facing some issues at the top of their line-up, it was a fractured

West Indies cricket

Has Jamaica cricket come of age?

Feb 25, 2013: That Jamaica won its fifth consecutive four-day title, this time without stars like Chris Gayle and Andre Russell, is testament to the tenacity of the captain and support staff

Indian Premier League

Cheerleaders go 'local'

Feb 25, 2013: As a breakaway from the norm, two IPL franchises, Pune Warriors and Kolkata Knight Riders, have started featuring cheerleaders in Indian attire, showcasing the local culture

Newsfile: April 23

Feb 25, 2013: Albie Morkel returns: After flying to South Africa to attend the funeral of his friend and Namibia batsman Louis Vorster, who was killed in an armed robbery last week, Albie Morkel has returned to Chennai

Fandom

Are you a cricket fan or a cricket lover?

Feb 25, 2013: There are two species on the couch, and never the twain shall meet

Rajasthan Royals

Owais Shah for World T20?

Feb 25, 2013: By Ewan Day-Collins, United Kingdom

Test Bowling: a peer analysis of spells

Feb 25, 2013: A statistical study analysing Test bowlers' performances relative to those of their peers

Ganguly and his celebrations: picture perfect

Feb 25, 2013: Sourav Ganguly led Pune Warriors to a win over Delhi Daredevils with an all-round performance

Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians' overseas gambit

Feb 25, 2013: Most IPL franchises would love to play more than four foreign players; so rich is some of the talent sitting on the bench

Indian cricket

Shades of Dravid in Rahane - Vengsarkar

Feb 25, 2013: Dilip Vengsarkar, the former India captain and former chairman of selectors, tells DNA 's Derek Abraham that he sees shades of Rahul Dravid in Ajinkya Rahane