Here we are then, the IPL has got firmly embedded in our collective and individual consciousness. Daily routines are configured now to cater for the timings. Time to get updated on some lesser-known aspects

It’s a different ball game, this Indian Premier League (IPL) - the world's most popular and most lucrative T20 league - for the players and the spectators as all parties have realised

Now it became possible for young and talented cricketers with abilities to shoot into the top rung via the IPL. With cricket now being played increasingly across South Asia, one sees rising stars from Afghanistan and Nepal also in the IPL mix, writes Col Ravi Rajan (retd) for South Asia Monitor  

Bold headlines, “ Anderson Claims 600th Test Scalps”, made me sit up. Why, may you well ask? Well, I have ten years of experience of having played Ranji Trophy cricket matches in India as an opening bowler, representing the Services in the North Zone, which comprised teams from the Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab and Delhi