A chase of 165 would have been a cakewalk at Feroz Shah Kotla for Kings XI Punjab against the last-placed team Delhi Daredevils.

Following Delhi Daredevils' close four-wicket loss at the hands of table-toppers Kings XI Punjab, skipper Kevin Pietersen said that his team fought well and stated that the team will take a while to get over the loss.

It took Mumbai Indians six experiments at the top to produce this season's first opening stand of more than 25. On the day, their latest opening act put on 120 in 14.3 overs, outdoing the previous best scored against Royal Challengers Bangalore earlier.

BANGALORE: Track legend Carl Lewis wants sportspersons - including the world's fastest sprinter Usain Bolt - to lead from the front and bring about major changes to win back the confidence of spectators.

ROME: World number one Rafael Nadal dug deep to maintain his chances of defending his Rome Masters title after a gutsy come-from-behind 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over Andy Murray in the quarterfinals on Friday.

New Delhi: Finally, there is a break in the thrill-a-minute Pepsi Indian Premier League as the whole of India - as well as key pockets in many other nations around the world - will focus on results of the general elections. Finally, the cricketers can pause to take a breath or three rather than sustain the pack-travel-unpack-train-play-pack routine.

South Africa's ODI and Twenty20 captain AB de Villiers says he is ready to lead his country in the Test arena as well. De Villiers, who was uncertain about taking over as Test captain earlier, is now the front-runner to take up the responsibility following Grame Smith's retirement in March.

Yuvraj Singh became the most expensive player in the history of Indian Premier League when he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for a whopping Rs 14 crores and on Tuesday night he repaid the faith shown in him by RCB, hitting a swashbuckling 29-ball 68 to setup his side's 16-run win over the Delhi Daredevils in Bangalore.

Chennai Super Kings' win over Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday not only kept their dominant run in IPL 7 alive, it also catapulted them on the top of the points-table. And although Ravindra Jadeja was named Man of the Match, it was Mohit Sharma's wicket of Shane Watson which triggered a batting collapse for RR.

This is the kind of performance we expect from ourselves," said Rohit Sharma after Mumbai Indians scored a resounding seven-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday night. MI came up with the goods on a day when surprisingly many things went their way at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at Uppal.