Issues with MCA will be resolved soon: Modi

Reacting to reports that miffed MCA officials, including President Sharad Pawar, will boycott the IPL opening ceremony, Lalit Modi said that the issue will be sorted out by this evening.

Cook, Pietersen feast on Bangladesh attack

Alastair Cook celebrated his first day as Test captain with a superb 158 not out to put England in a commanding position in the opening Test against Bangladesh on Friday.

Sehwag to play for Northamptonshire

Flamboyant India opener Virender Sehwag has signed a deal with English county Northamptonshire to play in the Twenty20 championship this summer.

Lee flies back to Australia

Kings XI Punjab got a severe blow ahead of their opening IPL match against Delhi Daredevils after Brett Lee was ruled out of the event for the first 10 days due to an injury.

Daredevils to miss Nehra against Kings XI

Delhi Daredevils will miss the service of pace spearhead Ashish Nehra when they open their Indian Premier League campaign taking on Kings XI Punjab on Saturday.

Gilchrist asked to wear black badge in Orissa

A fringe political outfit on Friday said they will not let Deccan Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist play in Cuttack if he and other Australian players will not wear black badge during the IPL matches.

Knight Riders start IPL 3 campaign with win

Deccan Chargers failed to capitalise on the start as Kolkata Knight Riders beat them by 11 runs in the first match of the IPL Season 3.

Starry arrival: Choppers descend on Mumbai stadium

Since all roads led to the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Friday evening, Star Dust descended from the skies.

1575 cops deployed for Punjab-Delhi match

Punjab Police would be deploying 1,575 cops, including six Superintendents, besides commandos to ensure foolproof security arrangements for the Kings XI Punjab-Delhi Daredevils IPL season-3 opener to be played at PCA stadium here on Saturday.

Injury woes for Punjab ahead of IPL opener against Delhi

With most of their first-choice players suffering from injury, Kings XI Punjab face an uphill task to put it across Delhi Daredevils in their IPL 3 opener on Saturday.

Tendulkar-Warne battle set to steal show

Two giants of the game are set to take centrestage at the Brabourne Stadium when the Sachin Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians start their IPL campaign against Shane Warne's Rajasthan Royals on Saturday.

Australia not match-hardened for Ashes: Waugh

Former skipper Steve Waugh has warned that Australia are not match-hardened heading into this year's home Ashes series because of a lack of competition from rival teams, reports said on Friday.