Hyderabad beat Bangalore in a thrilling final in Johannesburg to win the second season of the Indian Premier League.
Adam Gilchrist’s men, who finished last at the inaugural tournament in 2008, posted a below par 144-victory target, but scraped home thanks to the slow left armer’s three wickets as well as good performances from Andrew Symonds [...]

Bangalore look to stretch their dream run when they clash with Chennai in the second IPL semifinal in Johannesburg on Saturday.
Both the teams have taken contrasting routes to reach the last-four stage as Chennai Super Kings dominated in the first-half of the league stage before suffering some close defeats while Royal Challengers Bangalore gradually picked [...]

Mumbai and Bangalore were both aware that as the business end of the tournament approached, each loss would drive them further and further away from a semi-final spot. Thus this game became all-important, especially because both teams were languishing in the bottom half of the table and needed a win to not let the others [...]

fine all-round effort from Punjab captain Yuvraj Singh was in vain as Bangalore sealed an eight-run IPL win.
Yuvraj claimed a hat-trick as Bangalore were restricted to 145 for nine, Yusuf Abdulla also impressing with four wickets.
He then smashed 50 from 34 balls to open the Punjab innings but received no support as the Bangalore bowlers [...]

Mark Boucher played a steady hand to lead Bangalore to a thrilling last over win against Kolkata on Wednesday.
Boucher held his nerve in a tense final over to guide the Royal Challengers to a five-wicket win against the Kolkata Knight Riders in Kevin Pietersen’s final match as Bangalore skipper.
Set 140 to win, the Challengers made [...]

Punjab will hope for a better luck this time while Bangalore will strive to get into the groove when they cross swords today.
Things are not really falling in place for the Punjab team, who are languishing at the bottom of the tally after losing first two encounters as the heavens opened up at crucial junctures [...]

Bangalore would be keen to shrug off their second match defeat when they clash with the Deccan Chargers today.
The Bangalore team started their journey in the second edition of the Twenty20 tournament in style by drubbing the defending champion Rajasthan Royals by 75 runs, but could not show that consistency in their second encounter which [...]

Rain may yet have the final say in the fourth one-day international between India and England in Bangalore on Sunday.
“Moderate to rather heavy rain is forecast for the next 48 hours. It may rain in the region of three cms to five cms,” Bangalore Meteorological Centre Director, Dr. A Muthuchami said on Saturday.
Rain fell in [...]