Rajagopal Sathish

Jayanagar police recently registered a cheating case against a person identified as Bunny Anand for allegedly trying to book cricket players for fixing a league match scheduled to be held in Tamil Nadu soon.B Lokesh filed a police complaint on behalf of cricketer Rajagopal Sathish.

Former first-class and IPL cricketer Rajagopal Sathish was allegedly offered Rs 40 lakh to fix matches during the Tamil Nadu Premier League.

India Cements skipper R Ashwin was smashed for 69 runs in 12 wicketless overs as his India teammate Piyush Chawla grabbed six wickets to guide Chemplast to a 79-run win.

The door is open for ICL players who turn their back on the rebel league to play in Indian Premier League's Season 3 next year provided they do so by May 31.

For the second time in as many days, rain had the final say in the proceedings at the fifth edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League. After the season opener featuring Lyca Kovai Kings and Salem Spartans was abandoned due to rain at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Monday, the Chepauk Super Gillies—iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans clash too met with the same fate on Tuesday.

Chennai Superstars' Rajagopal Sathish (51) wielded the willow in style and then bowled with a golden arm to beat Kolkata Tigers by 93 runs.

Assam will be led by medium pacer Abu Nechim Ahmed, as Orissa and Bengal too have named their respective squads for 2011 edition of the Buchi Babu cricket tournament.

Madurai Panthers registered their second win in the TNPL 3 as they beat Tuti Patriots by 7 wickets at the NPR College ground in Dindigul on Sunday.

The Dragons rode on R Vivek’s 32-ball 62 to register a four-wicket win over Tuti Patriots on Tuesday in Chennai.

The player's draft for the fifth season of TNPL went on expected lines. The only two to feature in category A - players with international experience - Vijay Shankar and Abhinav Mukund were bagged by Salem Spartans and Tiruppur Tamizhans respectively.

The final list has been pruned from 799 players who registered their names for the auction. There are as many as 122 international players, including six players from Associate nations (five from Afghanistan and one from UAE).