Both were docked their entire match fee, the Indian Premier League said, while Naveen-ul-Haq was fined 50 percent of his for breaching the league`s code of conduct

There were two pitches prepared on the extreme sides—one surface with a bit of grass on it and another rather bald one, which obviously will be used for the game. One wonders why the extreme edges have been chosen to prepare the pitches, rather than using the four centre strips

Dinakar, 57, was a popular figure in the press box and his passion for the game was unmatched, traits acknowledged by a thoughtful Rahul Dravid at Tuesday’s presser here on Tuesday

Skipper Smith has been at the helm of Australia’s remarkable turnaround as was seen in his sharp bowling changes and smart field setting at Indore

Karmarkar, the former president of the Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai, was also sports editor of Maharashtra Times. His expertise ran across a variety of sports, but he had special love for cricket, kabaddi and kho-kho. He highlighted numerous wrongdoings of various sports associations through his articles

“It’s been awesome. When I look back to Nagpur when he walked out to bat, I was at the top of my mark thinking this is as good as it gets... getting to bowl to a guy like that

“Over the last couple of weeks for the West Indies, I’ve been working on my batting, getting the big scores. I have just tried to carry that [form] here. Also, batting on much better wickets here than what we got in South Africa has also helped. It has also got the confidence up as well,” she added

Bharat has had scores of 8, 6, 23*, 17 and 3 in the five innings that he has played

But Lanning didn’t slow down one bit. She was particularly terrific playing square of the wicket.  She reached her second half-century of the tournament in just 32 balls with a six off left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone (1-41)