DUBAI, Oct 15: Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings claimed their fourth Indian Premier League (IPL) title with a comfortable 27-run victory against Kolkata Knight Riders in the final in Dubai on Friday.

NEW DELHI, May 3: The Indian Premier League's attempt to ride out India's coronavirus crisis suffered a blow on Monday after two players tested positive for COVID-19, casting doubt over whether the world's richest cricket tournament can continue.

MUMBAI, May 2: Kane Williamson replaced David Warner as captain of the Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday as the former champions seek to turn around their flagging Indian Premier League campaign.

DELHI, April 13: Rajasthan Royals’ Sanju Samson struck a blistering century in his first match as captain but was unable to prevent Punjab Kings from recording a four-run victory in a high-scoring Indian Premier League (IPL) thriller at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday.

KATHMANDU, April 11: Delhi Capitals (DC) started their VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 campaign with a 7-wicket victory against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, April 10: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) kicked off their VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 campaign with a 2-wicket win against the Mumbai Indians (MI) on Friday at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

NEW DELHI, April 9: Mumbai Indians have assembled a side that looks even stronger than their back-to-back title-winning teams, with only Delhi Daredevils and Sunrisers Hyderabad appearing capable of denying them a third straight Indian Premier League (IPL) crown.

MUMBAI, April 4: Delhi Capitals spinner Axar Patel has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the start of their Indian Premier League campaign next week, the team said on Saturday.

NEW DELHI, March 9: The popular Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin in Chennai on April 9 and will be played across six venues, initially without spectators, the Indian cricket board said on Sunday.

MUMBAI, Feb 12: Eight overseas players and two Indian players have chosen to be slotted in the highest bracket of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction with a base price of two crore rupees ($275,000), India’s cricket board (BCCI) said on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 21: Delhi Capitals has decided to release Nepali cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane for upcoming edition of Indian Premier League (IPL).

NEW DELHI, Dec 25: The Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to become a 10-team affair from 2022 after the Indian cricket board on Thursday approved a proposal to add two more franchises to the world’s richest Twenty20 competition.

DUBAI, Nov 11: Defending champions Mumbai Indians claimed their fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) title after romping to a five-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals in Tuesday’s final in Dubai.

KATHMANDU, Nov 10: An epic clash is on the cards as the defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) take on the first-time finalists Delhi Capitals (DC) in the final of the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 9: Delhi Capitals (DC) beating Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 17 runs in Qualifier 2 of the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 in Abu Dhabi on Sunday set up a final showdown against Mumbai Indians.

UAE, Nov 8: Will Delhi Capitals (DC) revive their fortunes just in time to reach the final? Or will Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) continue their resurgence and make it to the summit clash?

KATHMANDU, Nov 7: A Nepali national was arrested on charges of betting on an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match at two separate instances, several Indian media reported.

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DUBAI, Nov 6: Defending champions Mumbai Indians moved closer to a fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) title on Thursday, steamrolling Delhi Capitals by 57 runs to sail into the Nov. 10 final in Dubai.

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KATHMANDU, Nov 5: Defending champions, Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals are all set for a match of Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 Qualifier 1 which will provide the winner with a seat in finale and loser one more chance to feature in the final game.

KATHMANDU, Nov 4: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) sealed a place in the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 playoffs after beating Mumbai Indians (MI) by ten wickets in a match played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 1:  Ruturaj Gaikwad, a Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batsman, scored third consecutive half-century to guide his team to a comfortable nine-wicket victory against the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP).

UAE, Oct 31: Chris Gayle may have missed out on yet another Twenty20 ton on Friday when he was dismissed for 99 but he wrote his name into the history books when he became the first player to smash 1,000 T20 sixes.

UAE, Oct 25: Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has effectively accepted the three-time champions are out of the playoff race in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) and is already looking forward to next year’s competition.

MUMBAI, Oct 16: England’s limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan will take over as captain of Indian Premier League side Kolkata Knight Riders after regular skipper Dinesh Karthik stepped down, the franchise announced on Friday.

NEW DELHI, Oct 4: The Indian Premier League (IPL) has launched an investigation after one of the players in this year’s tournament in the United Arab Emirates reported being approached for possible corruption, the league’s integrity chief told Reuters on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 1: Nepal Police have arrested three persons on the charge of online betting on Indian Premier League (IPL) matches being held in the United Arab Emirates.

UAE, Sept 20: England all-rounder Sam Curran termed Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni a “genius” after justifying his surprise promotion in the batting order in their Indian Premier League (IPL) opener against Mumbai Indians on Saturday.

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MUMBAI, Sept 18: After months of uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the delayed season of the popular Indian Premier League will kick off in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday with a clash between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings.

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, Aug 6: China’s Vivo will not be the title sponsor of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said on Thursday, amid a growing backlash against Chinese companies in India.

NEW DELHI, April 15: This year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) has been postponed indefinitely following the COVID-19 pandemic, key franchise officials told Reuters on Wednesday.

Shah Rukh Khan, who co-owns the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), on Saturday attended the IPL governing council meeting over coronavirus at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) headquarters in Mumbai.

MUMBAI, Dec 20: Australia’s Pat Cummins became the most expensive overseas buy ever in the Indian Premier League when the Kolkata Knight Riders paid a staggering 155 million rupees (£1.67 million) for the fast bowler in Thursday’s auction in Kolkata.

KATHMANDU, May 14: Sandeep Lamichhane remains positive about his outing in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) for his franchise Delhi Capitals (DC) despite struggling to hold on to his place in the playing XI. The 12th edition of the world’s richest cricket premier league marks the end of his first season of globe-trotting T20 franchise career.

KATHMANDU, April 3: Sandeep Lamichhane has become the highest wicket-taking spin bowler in T20 cricket in 2019. He overtook Pakistan legend Shahid Afridi after picking up the wickets of Sam Curran and Sarfaraz Khan in Delhi Capitals’ defeat against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali on Monday.

KATHMANDU, March 30: Nepali Spinner Sandeep Lamichhane has been selected in Delhi Capital’s squad in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders in the ongoing 12th edition of Indian Premier League.

MUMBAI, March 30: David Warner celebrated the end of his year-long ban from international cricket with a match-winning inning of 69 on Friday, helping his Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad overhaul a steep target against the Rajasthan Royals.

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KATHMANDU, May 29: Police have arrested six people for their involving in the Indian Premier League (IPL) betting from the capital.

KATHMANDU, May 27: Chennai Super King has lifted the trophy of Indian Premier League (IPL) for the third time by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad.

KATHMANDU, May 21: Sandeep Lamichhane’s first three-wicket haul in the Indian Premier League (IPL) along with veteran spinner Amit Mishra’s three wickets has dented the chances of the defending champion Mumbai Indians of qualifying for the playoffs. The spinners played crucial roles in leading Delhi Daredevils to an 11-run win over Mumbai in the 55th match of the money-spinning IPL played at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Sunday.

Lungi Ngidi’s 4/10 and Suresh Raina’s unbeaten 61 helped Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by five wickets in the last league game of IPL 2018 at the MCA Stadium, Pune on Sunday. With the loss, KXIP were knocked out while Rajasthan Royals qualified for the playoffs.

KATHMANDU, May 12: Nepali spinner Sandeep Lamichhane has debuted in the 45th match of ongoing Indian Premier League at Delhi today.

Rishabh Pant smashed 69 off 29 balls to set up Daredevils total and Rajasthan Royals were caught four runs short in the rain-hit game despite Jos Buttler’s racy half-century.

April 26: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) moved to the top of the Indian Premier League (IPL) points table after defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in match 24 on Wednesday. With their fifth win of the campaign, Chennai have 10 points similar to Kings XI Punjab but are ahead thanks to a superior net run rate.

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Watson's knock of 106 off 57 balls and the one wicket earned him the Man of the Match award.

PUNE, April 20: After losing their previous Indian Premier League (IPL) clash by a whisker, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will aim to start off with a win against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in their new home ground -- the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium, here on Friday.

JAIPUR, April 19: : Nitish Rana (2 for 11 and 35* off 27) produced a stunning all-round show as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday.