Rahane and Watson

Rahane and Watson Star in Royals’ Emphatic Win Over Chennai Super Kings

 April 20, 2015   R K Gupta

, , , , , , ,

In the battle between the two hitherto undefeated sides, Royals proved a decisive superiority over Chennai Super Kings, when the two teams met at Ahmedabad’s Motera Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Packed with great batting power, CSK rightly chose to bat rather than slog in the sweltering summer heat of Western India. Only the other day, […]

Read more
Kings XI Punjab

Andre Russell’s Late Burst Helps Kolkata Carve out a Victory over Punjab

 April 20, 2015   R K Gupta

, , , , , , ,

Kings XI Punjab failed in their batting yet again. In the 2014 season, Glenn Maxwell had dominated the bowlers of every other side and his explosive batting helped his team hoist huge scores in several matches. That rampaging batting display is clearly missing in IPL’s 8th edition. Though in Saturday’s match against the Kolkata Knight […]

Read more
 
Sunrisers Hyderabad

Delhi Draw Decisive Edge From Duminy’s Daredevil Display in IPL’s 13th Match

 April 20, 2015   R K Gupta

, , , , , ,

It was another match that went to the wire. The spectators at the YS Rajasekhara Reddy Stadium in Vishakhapatnam were on their feet, when Sunrisers Hyderabad needed 7 runs from the last two balls of Nathan Coulter-Nile. SRH had Karn Sharma and Praveen Kumar out in the middle to bring them the winning runs, when […]

Read more
Carlsen chess

Anand Draws Again With Black, Carlsen Lone Winner On 2nd Day at Shamkir

 April 19, 2015   R K Gupta

, , , , ,

In the second round matches of Shamkir Chess tournament on Saturday, four matches ended as drawn games. One among them involved Indian Grand Master Viswanathan Anand, who played with black pieces against Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. After being let off the hook by Anand, Norway’s world champion Magnus Carlsen was the only one, who emerged victorious […]

Read more
 
CSK in IPL

CSK Pack Too Much Punch Against Hapless Mumbai Despite a Challenging Total

 April 19, 2015   R K Gupta

, , , , , ,

For the second match running, Mumbai Indians batted first after winning the toss. But the script was the same. Their top order collapsed like it did in the previous match. This was the third time that MI’s later order batsmen came to the rescue after the earlier batsmen had brought the innings to a pathetic […]

Read more
Monte-Carlo Masters

Djokovic Wins the High Octane Battle-of-Wits With Rafa at Monte-Carlo Masters

 April 19, 2015   R K Gupta

, , , ,

In the semifinal of 2015 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, two great players from the Big-Four Club squared off against one another on Saturday for the 43rd time and first since 2014 Roland Garros final. It was always going to be the mind game more than tennis skills on court. Finally, Novak Djokovic prevailed over Rafael Nadal […]

Read more
 
Shamkir Chess Tournament

Vishy Anand Allows Magnus Carlsen to Go Scot-Free in the First Round of Shamkir Chess Tournament

 April 18, 2015   R K Gupta

, , , ,

In Friday’s first round of the Shamkir Chess Tournament, Indian Grand Master Viswanathan Anand missed a golden opportunity presented to him by World Champion Magnus Carlsen, who made an unforced error in the middle game. For a long time, Anand enjoyed a pawn plus position but the plucky Norwegian hung on and not only deprived […]

Read more
Euro-league Basketball

Euro-league Basketball: CSKA Moscow & Fenerbahce Ulker Make it 2-0 in the Second play-off Rounds

 April 18, 2015   R K Gupta

, , ,

After winning their Round-1 play-off matches on Tuesday at home, CSKA Moscow and Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul also scored repeat victories in their Round-2 games played once again on their home turfs on Thursday. In the best-of-five play-off series, the lead of 2-0 has given a vitally important edge to these two teams. In the history […]

Read more
 
IPL season

Royals Record Fourth Win in a Dramatic Finish in IPL’s Low-Scoring 11th Match

 April 17, 2015   R K Gupta

, , , , , , ,

What looked like a straightforward match for Rajasthan Royals for most part, turned into a late drama and ended in the last-ball finish at Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium in Vishakhapatnam on Thursday. Rajasthan Royals had done everything right after winning the toss. They sent Sunrisers Hyderabad in and restricted them to 127, the […]

Read more
Monte-Carlo Masters

Federer Shocked by Monfils at Monte-Carlo Masters; Djokovic, Nadal Advance

 April 17, 2015   R K Gupta

, , ,

The clay court season finally got underway with Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters at Monaco. World’s best players, including the trio of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal congregated at Monaco for the third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament of the season. These three have combined to win 72 Masters 1000 titles among themselves over […]

Read more