Mumbai Indians take on a gutsy Rajasthan Royals today, in their last chance to make it to the final of this season’s IPL. In their previous encounter, they lost to Chennai Super Kings, who were the first team to qualify. Mike Hussey and Suresh Raina tormented the Mumbai bowlers having scored 86 and 82 runs respectively [...]
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals are set to clash in the eliminator which is scheduled to be played in Delhi today. The Sunrisers have undoubtedly been the surprise package of the tournament. Playing for the first time in this tournament, the Hyderabad side has done pretty well to have made it to the playoffs. Though [...]
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad sealed their playoffs berth when they defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets, here, on Sunday. The hosts needed to win this match, as a loss would have implied that the Royal Challengers Bangalore would have made it to the top four. A well paced knock of 47 by Parthiv Patel and [...]
It will be a nervous Sunday for both Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Royal Challengers Bangalore as today’s encounter between SRH and Kolkata Knight Riders will decide the fourth team which will make it to the playoffs. If Sunrisers will the match, they will make it to the next stage but a loss for the hosts [...]
Hyderabad: In a must win encounter, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan Royals here on Friday. Chasing 137 for victory, the Rajasthan side fell short of the target by 23 runs. Amit Mishra who bowled superbly, claiming two wickets for eight runs, was awarded the Man of the Match. Dale Steyn, Karan Sharma and Thisara Perera also [...]
Sunrisers Hyderabad are set to clash with Rajasthan Royals in a crucial encounter today at the former’s home turf. The hosts would need this victory to strengthen their chances of making it the playoffs. Also, a win today would not only eliminate the chances of Kings XI Punjab making it to the next stage, but [...]
Mumbai: In wake of the spot fixing allegations in the Indian Premier League which saw S. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan of the Rajasthan Royals being arrested, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has expressed shock and displeasure over the whole episode, in a statement released on Thursday. It had also stated [...]
Kings XI Punjab, who are currently placed sixth ont he points table, need to win today’s match in order to hold on to their hopes of making it to the playoffs. The Punjab side, who have 12 points from 14 matches, are set to take on Delhi Daredevils in Dharamshala today. The Kings need to [...]
Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings can breathe easy now as these teams have made it to the play-offs. But the Royals and the Mumbai sides would still battle it out till the last possible point when they clash today in Mumbai, in their bid to make it to the top two spots [...]
With three teams nearly making it to the playoffs and one spot up for grabs, Royal Challengers Bangalore would need to win their match against Kings XI Punjab today, as it would be crucial in determining their possibilities of making it to the next stage. With Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians having [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
Reporter’s diary: Who’s this footloose at CCS?
For some time now, staff in the powerful central crime station are being cowed down by a sada home guard who is said to be close to a senior IPS officer. CCS staff whisper that he is the eyes and ears of the officer and therefore gets a free run. Recently, when three ruffians who [...]
Reporter’s diary: Jubilee Hills show
Talking of thick skinned civic officials, one could take a look at the picture above. Here the building contractors of the rich and the mighty make insulting gestures at law and the GHMC. It seems to say, “Right to walk? Forsooth! Building rules? My Right Foot!”
Reporter’s diary: GHMC, practice what you preach
So the GHMC preaches about how cleanliness is next to godliness and has all sorts of clean and green quotes in every other corner of its office and parks. But if you walk into the head office, you’ll wonder what stops the staff from practicing what they preach. The entire office is permeated with the [...]
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