It took a massive shot into the crowds to help Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League match at the Eden Gardens on Monday. A statistical look at the match.

They might be inside the top-four in the points table right now after two consecutive wins but Chennai Super Kings’ batsman Mike Hussey says getting to the IPL playoffs remains a tough task and his side will have to be consistent in the remaining matches to make the cut.

With the crowd roaring "Sachin, Sachin", and leaflets and cut-outs saluting him, batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar was Saturday felicitated by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) at the Eden Gardens for scoring a century of international hundreds.

Sachin Tendulkar will be presented a golden bat and ball by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a felicitation ceremony ahead of Mumbai Indians' IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens here on May 12.

The West Bengal sports department will felicitate milestone man Sachin Tendulkar in a befitting manner ahead of Mumbai Indian's IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on May 12.

Injuries wrecked havoc on his career and Brett Lee's perseverance wavered several times but the Australian speedster says music therapy kept him going, helping him overcome professional as well as personal challenges that life threw at him quite frequently.

Most of them had come to see runs from Sourav Ganguly's blade. They had filled the Eden Gardens Saturday to see him lead Pune Warriors India to a victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders, which had dumped him as a player a year back, in their crucial Indian Premier League (IPL) clash.

Pune Warriors batsman Steven Smith on Saturday, received an official warning and reprimand for breaching the Indian Premier League (IPL) Code of Conduct during his team's match against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens here.

With a packed Eden Gardens cheering their favourite son Sourav Ganguly, Kolkata Knight Riders' skipper Gautam Gambhir Saturday said it was like playing an away match.

Pune Warriors all-rounder Steven Smith stunned the packed Eden Gardens with his Superman act while fielding in the boundary against Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League here on Saturday.