With the off-field antics of IPL owners, cricket administrators, umpires and players in IPL proving to be far more entertaining and riveting than the on-field action, a far bigger betting market has emerged around their shenanigans. “Betting on cricket outcomes is passé now, man,” disclosed a prominent Mumbai based bookie, Rookie Shakeel, “All the speculation [...]

With all the drama and action happening off-field, tuning into the match seemed rather difficult. It is a testament to our passion for cricket and relentless commitment towards reporting events as they take place that we sacrificed NewsHour, flushed every bit of doubt, cynicism and analytical thinking from our minds and hearts, and sat down to watch [...]

Even as the nation struggles to come to terms with sordid revelations of rampant spot-fixing in the IPL, an unlikely super-hero, the proverbial knight in shining armour, the chosen one, has emerged from the gloom and debris of shattered dreams and promises to rescue Indian cricket: Ashok Bhimchandra Dinda. The PWI pacer has single-handedly bankrupted [...]

Venkatesh Prasad’s wards may not have covered themselves in glory after RCB slumped to yet another defeat, failing to defend 174 on a pitch that offered more even handed bounce as the Kings XI Punjab chase got underway, but the Prasad household has erupted in joy for altogether different reasons: ICC has retrospectively reclassified the [...]