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MS Dhoni’s love affair with silverware continued as he led the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to successful defence of their IPL title with a comprehensive 58-run victory over the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the final at the MA Chidambaram Stadium

Royal Challengers Bangalore complemented Chris Gayle’s knock of 89 runs with a clinical performance in the field that helped them beat Mumbai Indians by 43 runs in second qualifier here on Friday and book a meeting with Chennai Super Kings in the final

Harbhajan Singh smashed Shakib Al Hasan for a six in the last over of the match as Mumbai Indians won the IPL-4 Eliminator against Kolkata Knight Riders by four wickets at the Wankhede stadium on Wednesday. Mumbai will now lock horns with RCB

Suresh Raina smashed 73 off 50 balls as Chennai Super Kings beat the Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets in the first qualifier at Mumbai on Tuesday to book their place in the finals of IPL-4. Raina bludgeoned 6 sixes and 4 boundaries and

Ambati Rayudu’s last-ball six gave Mumbai Indians a five wicket victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders in a tense finish at the Eden Gardens on Sunday. Earlier, Jacques Kallis stood tall with a brilliant half-century as KKR overcame early hiccups to post a

Chris Gayle’s blazing form in the Indian Premier League continued as he butchered the Chennai Super Kings bowlers to score an unbeaten 75 off 50 balls to guide Royal Challengers Bangalore to a comprehensive eight-wicket win here on Sunday. The win put RCB on top

Delhi Daredevils ended the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League at the bottom of the points table as their last league match against Pune Warriors was washed out, forcing them to split points, here on Saturday. Both teams had nine points each

Leg spinner Amit Mishra recorded the first hat-trick of the season as Deccan Chargers crushed Kings XI Punjab by 82 runs to dash their hopes of making the Indian Premier League play-offs here today. Chasing 199 to win, Punjab only managed to score 116

Kolkata Knight Riders kept their hopes of qualifying for the IPL play-offs on track with a comfortable seven-wicket victory over out-of-reckoning Pune Warriors at the D Y Patil Stadium on Thursday. The visitors first shackled the home team batsmen

The capacity crowd supporting the Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede were left in stunned silence as Shane Watson hammered home the points with a 10-wicket win for Rajasthan Royals. The opener made sure that every Mumbai bowler got a piece of the action

Chennai Super Kings’ incredible run at home continued as the defending champions defeated Kochi Tuskers Kerala by 11 runs in their penultimate encounter of the Indian Premier League at the Chepauk on Wednesday. Bengal glovesman Wriddhiman Saha’s gutsy

Riding on a blistering century (106 off 55 balls) by Adam Gilchrist, Kings XI Punjab on Tuesday registered a comprehensive 111-run victory over the Royal Challengers Bangalore at HPCA Stadium here. Earlier, Gilchrist smashed a superb 106 and shared

Deccan Chargers ended Pune Warriors’ slim hopes of qualifying for the play-offs with a comfortable six-wicket victory in an Indian Premier League match here today. Asking the home team to bat, the Chargers first restricted Warriors to a modest 136

Brad Hodge led the way with four wickets as Kochi Tuskers Kerala thrashed Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets to keep their hopes of earning a play-offs berth alive in the Indian Premier League, here on Sunday. Opting to bowl first after winning the toss

Languishing at the bottom of the table, Deccan Chargers turned party poopers shocking title contenders Mumbai Indians by 10 runs in an IPL match here on Saturday. The Chargers defended a modest score of 135 for six restricting the home team

Kings XI Punjab produced a clinical all-round performance to score a comprehensive 29-run win over bottom-placed Delhi Daredevils to keep their play-off hopes alive in the Indian Premier League here on Sunday. The Punjab side first notched up 170 for six

Chris Gayle’s whirlwind knock (38 off 12 balls) helped Royal Challengers Bangalore register a four-wicket victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders in a rain-truncated IPL match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Saturday. Earlier, a fighting 53-run partnership

Chris Gayle continued his incredible run at IPL and scored 44 runs off 16 balls as he and Dilshan provided a fiery start to RCB against KTK. Gayle hit three fours and five sixes as he and Dilshan piled up 67 runs in just 3.5 overs. Chasing a modest total of 125, RCB reached 128/1 in 13.1 overs.

Pune Warriors finally had reason to smile as they snapped their seven-match losing streak by defeating an equally desperate Kings XI Punjab by five wickets in a low-scoring Indian Premier League match, here on Sunday. With hardly any chance to make the play-off stage..

Dishing out another superlative all-round performance, Mumbai Indians crushed Delhi Daredevils by 32 runs to virtually qualify for the the play-offs of the Indian Premier League here on Saturday. The win at the Wankhede Stadium meant Mumbai are back at the top of the leaderboard