CRICKET / Bangalore Royal Challengers fail to sparkle at home, crash to second defeat in three games
Watson scripts Rajasthan's win It was a night of deception. First, Ross Taylor promised a batting explosion and a Bangalore Royal Challengers' charge. But it never materialised.
CRICKET / Our plans worked well, says Warne
Dravid blames batsmen Royal Chellengers' skipper Rahul Dravid blamed the seven-wicket defeat against Rajasthan Royals on his batsmen's failure to consolidate.
Super effort from Kings Matthew Hayden's commanding half-century coupled with a disciplined bowling effort helped Chennai Super Kings' score a crushing nine-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter here on Saturday.
CRICKET / Offie refuses to learn
Bhajji has to pay the penalty The ill-advised and unpardonable slap on S Sreesanth's cheek in Mohali on Friday night is the latest in a long and embarrassing list of misdemeanours that have plagued the temperamental off-spinner's career.
Bhajji issue will cast shadow With Harbhajan Singh ruled out and a big question mark still there on Sachin Tendulkar's availability, the winless Mumbai Indians will be under tremendous pressure against Deccan Chargers of Hyderabad in a battle for survival in the Indian Premier League here on Sunday.
Celebration time... Rajasthan Royals' skipper Shane Warne (left) congratulates Munaf Patel after the latter sent back Royal
Challengers' Ross Taylor at the Chinnaswamy stadium on Saturday. DH photo/ Srikanta Sharma R
Many candidates have made it a habit to change parties just to contest elections. Should people of Karnataka reject the party-hoppers lock, stock and barrel? DH had invited readers’ opinion on the issue. Not surprisingly, most readers called the turncoats as a sign of decadence in democracy and ideology, and that they should be written off with the bullets of the ballot. Voting for stable, honest and ideal-driven candidates, requires maturity on the voters’ part, said some.
There were a handful who felt that it was okay to be search for “greener pastures” to seek gain and sure enough, hop and jump.
