Shane Watson blasted an unbeaten 51-ball 90 to guide Rajasthan Royals to an easy victory by seven wickets against Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League season-V here at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium on Tuesday. Chasing an easy target of 126, Rajastahan Royals completed the seven-wicket win in 16.2 overs. Australian opener Watson, who batted dominantly in the innings, hammered four sixes and ten fours. Earlier, Pune Warriors captain …

Deccan Chargers defeated Pune Warriors by 18 runs to achieve their first victory in the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League here at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium on Thursday. The Chargers who never won any match prior to this now finally recorded their maiden win after five successive losses in the tournament. Chasing 178, the Warriors could reach 159-7 in the allotted 20 overs. Their main scorers were Robin Uthappa (29), Steven …

Delhi Daredevils recorded an easy eight-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings with 40 balls to spare in the second match of the Indian Premier League – V here at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground on Tuesday. Chasing an easy target of 111 runs, Delhi lost only two wickets to complete their win - second in three matches. Kevin Pietersen of England made 43 not out after captain Virender Sehwag hit a breezy 33 in 21 balls. Pietersen struck two …

Jacques Kallis and Colin Ingram shared a rapid century partnership as South Africa posted a formidable total of 219 for four in a one-off Twenty20 international with India at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday. Kallis made 61 off 42 balls and the left-handed Ingram raced to 78 off 50 deliveries after South Africa were sent in to bat. The pair put on 119 of 80 balls for the second wicket. Indian captain MS Dhoni used eight bowlers but runs flowed …

Veterans Shane Watson and Michael Hussey eased Australia to victory in the first Twenty20 international with hosts West Indies here on Tuesday. Both Watson and Hussey hit half centuries with the former - who stood in as skipper for injured captain Michael Clarke during the one day series but stepped down for this format - scoring 69. Hussey was unbeaten on 59 as the tourists coasted to victory with 11 balls remaining thanks to a fine century …

Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets on Thursday to virtually book their place in the final of the Asia Cup one-day tournament here at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Chasing 189, Pakistan made a disastrous start losing three early wickets for 33 but captain Misbah-ul-Haq and young Umar Akmal came to rescue and steered their team to a comfortable victory in 39.5 overs. This was Pakistan’s second successive win after a 21-run …

India defeated Sri Lanka by 50 runs in the second day-night match of the Asia Cup one-day tournament here at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday. Chasing a huge target of 305 runs, Sri Lanka took the challenge in a brave manner as their two main batsmen Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara posed threat for India. Jayawardene hit a brilliant 78 from 59 balls with ten fours and two sixes while Sangakkara played a patient innings of 65 …

One of India's most successful cricket captains, Saurav Ganguly though retired is not too far from the spotlight as he does commentaries and is also a game show host. Now he seems poised to make his grand entry into films. The cricketer recently watched Telugu film, Golconda High School starring Sumanth and loved it so much he went ahead and bought the remake rights for the film. Now the film will be remade in Bengali and Ganguly himself is keen …

India captain M.S. Dhoni won the toss and chose to bowl in an attempt to claim a vital bonus-point win over Sri Lanka in Hobart Tuesday and stay in the race for the tri one-day series final. India, trailing Sri Lanka by five points, have to win with a bonus point to have any chance of playing Australia in the final, otherwise they will be on their way home. If India do pull off a big win, Sri Lanka will still have a match to play against Australia …

India's cricket greats have begun talking about a topic that was considered unthinkable a year ago -- Sachin Tendulkar's retirement from the sport. Or, at least, the need for the record-breaking batsman to quit one-day cricket to prolong his Test career, like former Australian captain Ricky Ponting did this week. "Maybe his time has come," former World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev said of the "Little Master" on the Headlines Today news channel. …