Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir has been fined for his team's slow over rate during the IPL match against Delhi Daredevils at the Ferozeshah Kotla Ground on Monday.

After leading his side to the top with a facile win over Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir said that he, along with senior batsman Jacques Kallis, will have to shoulder the responsibility of steering the team to play-off stage.

He shares a special relationship with Kolkata fans. Arguably no other Indian player, not even Sachin Tendukar, has had such a bond with his home city. Form matters little. If you are not on the side of dada, you are on the wrong side of Kolkata.

A beaming Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan can't stop raving about his team's skipper Gautam Gambhir as he feels the batsman has lifted the side magnificently after three seasons of incessant controversies.

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.

It will be a very emotional moment for Jose Ramirez Barreto when he leads Mohun Bagan for one last time as he ends his 13-year-long association with the Indian club after the I-League match against Pune FC, here on Sunday.

A cracker of a contest is on the cards when in-form Kolkata Knight Riders take on faltering defending champions Chennai Super Kings in their 10th preliminary league match of the IPL here on Monday.

Top officials of the Kolkata Police held a meeting on Tuesday with various stakeholders of the Indian Premier League (IPL) regarding security during the matches to be played at Eden Gardens.

The home of Indian football is gearing up for another fiesta when a galaxy of world stars, led by two-time World Cup winner Brazilian Cafu, will take on a dream Indian XI at the Salt Lake Stadium on January 23.

Middle-order batsman Manoj Tiwary, who guided India to a 34-run victory over the West Indies in the fifth and final one-dayer here today, dedicated his match-winning century to those who died in a Kolkata hospital fire on Friday.