Although many would be tempted to call it a team-effort, most in the end would agree that AB de Villiers' 17-ball 47 was the cornerstone of Royal Challengers Bangalore's 5-wicket win against Deccan Chargers on Sunday. A statistical look at the thrilling match.

RCB stand-in skipper Virat Kohli on Sunday, heaped praise on AB de Villiers for his whirlwind 47 off 17 balls which helped them to beat Deccan Chargers by five wickets and keep their hopes alive of making it to the play-off in the fifth Indian Premier League.

A Delhi batsman, playing for Deccan, ripped Bangalore's bowling apart with his 73 runs off 52 deliveries as Deccan Chargers rampaged their way to 181 at the  M Chinnaswamy Stadium, here on Sunday.

Statistical highlights of the IPL 5 match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals.

Andrew Strauss heads home from Asia confident his future as captain is secure after England ended a miserable run in Tests by beating Sri Lanka to draw the series and retain their number-one ranking.

Graeme Swann claimed a match haul of 10 wickets as England roared to a series-levelling win over Sri Lanka in the second and final Test on Saturday to retain their number one ranking.

Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan on Friday, was found guilty of excessive appealing and was fined 10 per cent of his match fees after being charged with a Level 1 offence.

Having come agonisingly close to lifting last year's Indian Premier League and Twenty20 Champions titles, Royal Challengers Bangalore would be keen to lay their hands on the elusive IPL trophy this year.

Little-known Bollywood actress Nupur Mehta has decided to send a legal notice to 'The Sunday Times' for accusing her of being involved in match-fixing and has also kept open the possibility of filing for civil and criminal defamation against the British daily.

Sri Lanka will follow Pakistan's lead and confront England with spin when the two-Test series starts here from Monday.