Cricket

Tigers defeated by Rockets

Tigers defeated by Rockets In four matches conducted so far, Ahmedabad Rockets have won a single match against formidable Royal Bengal Tigers. However, on Wednesday at the ICL 20s Championship at the Sardar Patel Stadium, it was an emphatic win by the Ahmedabad Rockets over Bengal Tigers. 

The bowlers of the rockets team displayed a fine performance when they restricted Tigers batting to 131. The batting for Rockets was opened by Murray Goodwin and Ryan Campbell, who scored fours and sixes as the Tigers’ attack weakened under the assault and the Rockets speed away to 137 without loss in 12 overs. 

Challenger begins in Cuttack from today

Yuvraj Singh-is leading India Blue and S Badrinath is the captain of India Red.

India Blue is said to be the favourites to retain the trophy. It has presence of large number of star players including skipper Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthapa, Irfan Pathan, Dinesh Karthik and Virat Kohli. This has given them advantage over other two teams.

The other team in the tournament is India green lead by Mohd. Kaif.

Yuvi as the fans call him is eyeing for a double century in the first match. ''My form has not been that good in recent times.Therefore, I am aiming to score a double hundred and bounce back into form,'' he said after the net practice session.

Zaheer fined for his unsporting conduct

Zaheer Kahn has been fined 80% of his match fee due to his unsporting conduct, against  following the dismissal of  Australian opener Matthew Hayden.  Zaheer pleaded guilty to a charge of conduct opposing to the spirit of the game.

Zaheer was fielding when Hayden was given out LBW to spinner Harbhajan Singh. Chris Broad, the referee of the match, revealed "Zaheer circled the batsman and shouted at him in an aggressive manner." As Hayden walked out of the ground, he complained about Zaheer's indecent behavior to the square-leg umpire Rudi Koertzen.

Ist Test: Kiwis Beat B’desh By 3 Wkts

Ist Test: Kiwis Beat B’desh By 3 Wkts

ICL: Easy Win For Chennai Superstars

ICL: Easy Win For Chennai Superstars In the ongoing Indian Cricket League 20s Indian Championship, Chennai Superstars on Tuesday defeated Hyderabad Heroes by 18 runs at Sardar Patel Stadium. Chasing a victory target of 161 runs in the allotted 20 overs, Hero’s led by Chris Harris could score only 142 runs for the loss of 9 wickets.

Mumbai Champs Defeated By Bengal Tigers

Mumbai Champs Defeated By Bengal Tigers A moment of glory flew in the air for Royal Bengal Tigers, when in the Indian Cricket League match held at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday; they defeated Mumbai Champs with 12 runs.

Skipper Craig McMillan from Bengal Tiger, won the toss and the team opted to bat first. Following this they had a great start as Hamish Marshall and Deep Dasgupta shared an 84-run partnership in 9.5 overs.

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