They registered their sixth win on the trot but Mumbai Indians are not ready to be complacent even as the Sachin Tendulkar led team on Sunday moved an inch closer to seal a semifinal berth.

The personal doctor of Pakistan s fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who is presently representing Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, has rubbished a Pakistani daily report claiming that the Indian custom officials at the Mumbai Airport had caught him carrying empty syringes. 

West Indies were on a high just a month ago after test and one-day wins over Sri Lanka but with the opening test against Australia starting on Thursday a familiar air of uncertainty has returned to Caribbean cricket.

A string of defeats has left controversy-dogged Bangalore Royal Challengers at the bottom of the points table.

Delhi Daredevils may have conceded their sixth defeat in 11 matches but skipper Virender Sehwag insists semifinal hopes are not over yet for his side.

Personal doctor and trainer of fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, Dr Tauseef Razzak has rubbished claims made by a Pakistani newspaper that the airport customs officials had found a large number of empty syringes in his luggage while he was travelling to India to play in the Indian Premier League.

Former Australian spearhead Glenn McGrath is happy playing in the Indian Premier League and has turned down a lucrative offer made by English county Surrey.

Venugopal Rao's heroics once again went in vain as Dwayne Bravo helped Mumbai Indians beat Deccan Chargers by 25 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter here Sunday night.

The way this Delhi team's luck has progressed, from indifferent to plain terrible, one wouldn't be terribly surprised if the last away-game results in a major upset.

After Australian cricketers complained of delay in the payment of their Indian Premier League wages, Kings XI Punjab CEO Neil Maxwell said clearing the money was a time-taking process as it involved 'taxation issues'.

In what could snowball into an embarrassment for the Indian Premier League, some Australian cricketers who participated in the cash-rich twenty20 series claim they have not received the wages for their short stints despite repeated reminders to their respective franchise owners.

Spread evenly over the field, Bangalore's cup of woes brimmed as they spilled catches, and gave a miserable account of themselves to grant Rajasthan Royals a comfortable warm-up after their six-day break from the IPL.

The heat is on, and Mahi is game. Questions with controversial undertones came thick and fast during the pre-match press conference here on Saturday. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was forthright in his comments. 

In what could snowball into an embarrassment for the Indian Premier League, some Australian cricketers who participated in the cash-rich twenty20 series claim they have not received the wages for their short stints...

The last thing Kolkata Knight Riders would have asked for after the record thrashing at the hands of Mumbai Indians was a new controversy.

The game between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders is significant as a win here for the visitors will take them closer to the knockouts while in order not to fall too far away from the leaders...

Until a week ago, it would've been pardonable to believe that Mumbai, the country's domestic giants, had got it all wrong in the IPL. Suddenly, the very thought seems blasphemous.

Spread evenly over the field, Bangalore's cup of woes brimmed as they spilled catches, and gave a miserable account of themselves to grant Rajasthan Royals a comfortable warm-up after their six-day break from the IPL.

The Indian Premier League's final match venue has been shifted out of Wankhede to the D Y Patil Stadium because of its bigger capacity, BCCI President Sharad Pawar said on Wednesday.

Rohit Sharma, the most successful batsman for Deccan Chargers in the ongoing IPL, has found an admirer in South African team-mate Herschelle Gibbs, who believes the young batsman has a "prosperous" career ahead.

Harbhajan Singh's coach Davinder Arora on Wednesday said the BCCI's decision to ban the temperamental off-spinner for five ODIs is not justified as it amounts to punishing the bowler twice for the same offence.

Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders was taken to court on Wednesday by Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) on alleged copyright infringement for playing songs of Hindi films at the Eden Gardens during IPL matches.

The Indian cricket board Wednesday banned off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for five one-dayers, and let off pacer Santhakumaran Sreesanth with a warning for the slapping incident in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Mohali.  

In the wake of serial blasts in Jaipur, security has been beefed up at the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match venue here Wednesday.  

In the wake of the Jaipur serial bomb blasts, the DLF Indian Premier League Wednesday banned carry-bags at all venues where the cricket matches are to be played.  

Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi made it clear that Saturday's match between Rajasthan Royals and Bangalore Royal Challengers will not be shifted from Jaipur in the wake of Tuesday's blasts in the Rajasthan capital.

The Kolkata Knight Riders completed a dubious hat-trick after the Sourav Ganguly-led squad was fined, for the third straight match, for slow over rate in their last night's Indian Premier League tie against Delhi Daredevils.

Taking a cue from the success of Indian Premier League (IPL) and with the objective of generating quick revenue, the PCB is reportedly planning to start a 20twenty cricket league on the lines of IPL. The other aim is to boost domestic cricket in the country. 

In a setback to the beleaguered Hyderabad Deccan Chargers, its captain VVS Laxman, sustaining an injury on his right wrist, has been ruled out of the remaining matches of the Indian Premier League.

An emergency meeting of the Mumbai Cricket Association's managing committee has been convened here tomorrow following opposition to the move to shift the final of the Indian 

Boosted by the availability of their icon and captain Sachin Tendulkar who has recovered from his groin injury, hosts Mumbai Indians go into their IPl clash 

In an apparent bid to cut cost, the Kolkata Knight Riders team management on Monday 'politely' asked five of the players, who are yet to feature in the side's 14-member squad in any match, to leave the team hotel.

Australian Cricketers' Association boss Paul Marsh has said that he will monitor television ratings and the popularity of the Test series between Australia and the West Indies, to assess the impact of the Twenty20 revolution on world cricket.

Boosted by the availability of their icon and captain Sachin Tendulkar who has recovered from his groin injury, hosts Mumbai Indians go into their IPL clash against the high-flying Chennai Super Kings eager to make it four wins in-a-row at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday.

The BCCI-appointed commissioner advocate Sudhir Nanavati, who is investigating the slap scrap between Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth, has submitted his report to the board on Tuesday morning.

Shane Warne's inspiring leadership in the Indian Premier League continues to impress all and his Rajasthan Royals teammate Younis Khan believes the side owes its rich success to the Australian spin great.

Shaun Marsh notched up his second successive half-century to lead Kings XI Punjab to a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Bangalore Royal Challengers in their IPL Twenty20 match here tonight.

Sachin Tendulkar's healed groin injury promises to add a spring to the Indian Premier League that anyway was happily prancing across the country.