| Royals face Mumbai test | | 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 on Friday to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. | | Fixing may hit other sports, says minister | | India’s Union Sports Minister Jitendra Singh is formulating a law to deal with manipulating matches to ensure it doesn’t spread to other sports after Test cricketer Shantakumaran Sreesanth and two other players were arrested for spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League. | | Mumbai cops summon
Srinivasan’s son-in-law | | A Mumbai police team here on Thursday served summons on Gurunath Meiyappan, chief executive of Chennai Super Kings team of the IPL who is son-in-law of Indian cricket board president N. Srinivasan, in connection with the spot fixing controversy. | | Dealing with spot-fixing has been tough: Dravid | | Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid said that dealing with the spot-fixing allegations surrounding his team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been one of the toughest phases of his illustrious career. | | Royal win for Rajasthan | | Brad Hodge smashed an unbeaten half-century and powered Rajasthan Royals to an emphatic four-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League Eliminator here on Wednesday night. | | Chennai charge into final | | Chennai Super Kings sealed berth in the finals of sixth edition of the Indian Premier League by thrashing Mumbai Indians by 48 runs in the first qualifier at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on Tuesday. | | Rs2 million found in a kit | | NEW DELHI — Investigators on Monday seized Rs2 million stacked in a cricket kit kept in the house of a relative of arrested cricketer Ajit Chandila whose voice samples along with that of two bookies were taken to match with tapped conversations in the IPL spot-fixing scandal. | | Delhi ready for clash of titans | | It will be a ‘Battle of Equals’ when mighty Chennai Super Kings meet the formidable Mumbai Indians in the first playoff match of the Pepsi Indian Premier League on Tuesday. | | ‘It’s all about money and very little cricket’ | | As a cricketer, money and fame may come easy to you in India today. But, notoriety may not be far behind as fast-bowler Sreesanth and two of his team-mates from Rajasthan Royals learnt last week. | | Sunrisers need to gear up: Moody | | Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody has said reaching the playoffs of the Indian Premier League is a only a step forward and his team now needs to gear up for the challenge ahead. | |
