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After the spot fixing scandal which rocked the Indian Premier League (IPL), another controversy entangled into the popular sports event when Bollywood actor and Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shahrukh Khan allegedly entered into a feud with security officials of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA).

Blaming the batsmen for surrendering meekly to Kolkata Knight Riders' varied bowling attack in their IPL match, Mumbai Indians coach Robin Singh said that terming the team's batting as "extremely poor" is an understatement on this Wankhede wicket.

Rudra Pratap Singh bagged two wickets in as many balls in his first over as Mumbai Indians restricted Kolkata Knight Riders to a paltry 140 for seven in the 65th IPL 5 match at Wankhede stadium on Wednesday.

On a three-match winning streak, Chennai Super Kings will look to seal their play-off berth when they take on an erratic Kings XI Punjab in a crucial preliminary match of the IPL, on Thursday.

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai India by 32 runs at Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday.

Novak Djokovic was back on top form as he brushed aside rising Australian talent Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Rome Masters on Tuesday.

Assured of a place in the play-offs, Delhi Daredevils would look to sort out their middle-order woes when they take on a desperate Royal Challengers Bangalore in their Indian Premier League match on Thursday.

Delhi Daredevils' pacer Umesh Yadav said this IPL edition has been a "lot better" for him than the last season after his Man of the Match performance helped the hosts register a five-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab and qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament.

West Indies face England in the first of a three-Test series at Lord's on Thursday with the tourists' batting likely to determine the course of the match.

West Indian cricket icon Brian Lara has called upon Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the world's number one batsman, to move up the order for his team's three-Test series with England which begins on Thursday.