Indian Premier League 2013

Mumbai set final date with Chennai
R Kaushik | 24 May

Dwayne Smith’s 44-ball 62 powers Mumbai as spirited Rajasthan’s fairy-tale run comes to an end

No ‘greater pressure’ on Mumbai: Smith

Mumbai can reach the final if they put their heads together, says opener

 
Mumbai in race to get Tendulkar fit
 
Hodge helps Rajasthan pull off a coup
 
Everyone was in a daze: Dravid
 
Great effort to win ten games: White
 
No official word from Sahara: BCCI
 
Hussey, Raina power Chennai into final
 
Sahara miffed with BCCI, pulls out of IPL
 
Fleming backs CSK’s ‘conservative approach’

IPL in a Spot

Gurunath arrest plunges IPL into crisis

Late-night developments leave cricket board in the lurch

Four more cricketers under the scanner: Delhi Police

Neeraj Kumar, the Delhi Police commissioner, says that they could be named as early as Sunday

Podcast: Is crisis bigger than we thought?

The IPL is facing a credibility crisis and it’s up to cricket’s bosses to address the situation and not brazen it out

 
‘Gurunath neither owner nor CEO of CSK’
 
Fixating for the foreigner no more
 
Sreesanth’s lawyer accuses police of leaks
 
I will be proved innocent: Sreesanth
 
Supreme Court rules out ban on playoffs
 
The Royal Betrayal
 
Cricket does not deserve this: Jayawardene
 
‘Royals to act against accused trio’

IPL Team Reviews

Sunrisers defy predictions in debut season
R Kaushik | 23 May

Scrappy but effective, and driven by outstanding bowling, Hyderabad proved most pundits wrong and were deserving playoff contestants

Punjab without the punch

For a team that played out of its skin to score eight wins, Kings XI looked less than ordinary in their eight defeats – their playoff hopes brushed aside yet again

 
The Bangalore tragedy
 
The debacle that was Delhi
 
Pune at a loss to explain horror season

Headlines

Asad Rauf pulled out of Champions Trophy

Mumbai police probing Rauf’s activities, says ICC, withdraws the Pakistani umpire from Champions Trophy panel

First day of Headingley Test washed out
AFP | 24 May

Persistent showers force a dull start to second Test between England and New Zealand

 
Kevin O’Brien stars in thrilling tie
 
Pietersen will walk into team when fit: Cook
 
Vettori ruled out of Headingley Test
 
Warner ‘extremely annoyed’ but ‘remorseful’
 
Worked hard to get where I am: Khawaja
 
We’ll go out there to win, says Root
 
Australia ready for England, says Clarke
 
Botham backs Anderson to go past him
 
Bell, Swann fit for second Test

Blogs

Let the law take its course
R Kaushik | 24 May

There has been far too much innuendo and too little fact in the excitable coverage of the IPL's spot-fixing scandal

‘Spotting’ the error in the fix

Sawani probe must encompass a broader ambit to determine how far the rot has spread

 
The age of foolishness
 
Nothing so terrible as loss of faith
 
Zero tolerance, or charade
 
Rajasthan episode has cricket battling trust deficit
 
Chennai 6.0 – almost perfect
 
Cricket without the tedium
 
Anatomy of the IPL spectator

Featured Articles

Making betting legal not the answer
WV Raman | 24 May

Banning the IPL is no solution either, since the board has limited options when it comes to controlling greedy players

The Silent Minority
Anjali Doshi | 21 May

The host broadcaster has done itself no favours by studiously steering clear of even the slightest mention of the spot-fixing saga

 
Broad shows his class, Cook enjoys options
 
A decade of Anderson
 
Hutton, Yusuf and obstructing the field
 
England need to find an IPL solution
 
The Morrison effect, and the ignored geeks
 
Coming close is not good enough

Wisden India Interviews

Good to have Dravid’s confidence: Faulkner

Rajasthan bowler says he feels at the centre of things playing cricket in India, and his ultimate aim is to wear the baggy green

 
People used to laugh at the idea: Thakur
 
Want to be KKR’s No. 1 spinner: Senanayake
 
I have a long way to go: Unadkat
 
Focus is on India comeback: Gambhir
 
Dravid told me I am a special talent: Samson
 
Don’t rule Australia out: Gilchrist
 
I got better by learning from mistakes: Mahela
 
I would bowl aggressively to Gayle: Donald

Quiz

On Indians in County Cricket
Dileep V | 16 May

The 2013 County Championship is underway, with no Indian participation this year. Take this quiz, find out if you know all there is to know about Indians who have played County Cricket over the years.

 
IPL Quiz
 
Sachin at 40: How well do you know your hero?
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IPL 2013 Fixtures
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Teams Points Matches NetRR
Chennai Super Kings22160.53
Mumbai Indians22160.462
Rajasthan Royals20160.322
Sunrisers Hyderabad20160.003
Royal Challengers Bangalore18160.457
Kings XI Punjab16160.205
Kolkata Knight Riders1216-0.095
Pune Warriors India816-1.01
Delhi Daredevils616-0.85
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