Pune Warriors coach Allan Donald on Thursday said that Kolkata Knight Riders batsman Yusuf Pathan's dismissal in their IPL match for obstructing the field should be a lesson for all cricketers.

The day Pravez Rasool has been eagerly waiting for came on Thursday as he became the first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to play in the Indian Premier League.

The online ticket sales of the Pepsi IPL Qualifier 2 and the final to be played at the Eden Gardens on May 24 and 26 respectively began on Saturday on the official website of the cash-rich Twenty20 league.

The IPL Governing Council is likely to shift the Qualifier and Eliminator matches from Chennai in order to allow respective teams with Sri Lankan players, freedom to choose their best playing eleven.

Having become IPL's most hat-trick and wicket-taker, Sunrisers Hyderabad leg spinner Amit Mishra now wants to learn some more tricks of his trade from Pakistan leg-spin great and current Delhi Daredevils bowling mentor Mushtaq Ahmed.

Sunrisers pace spearhead Dale Steyn wants to pick the brains of former Pakistan skipper Waqar Younis, who is a bowling consultant with the Hyderabad franchise.

Disappointed that his team lost despite putting up an improved performance, Kings XI Punjab spinner Piyush Chawla said explosive batsman Chris Gayle was the decisive difference between the hosts and the visiting Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL match here.

The Aussie television viewers will miss all the action of the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League, starting in Chennai on Wednesday, due to a stalemate involving Australian television networks and Indian cricket administrators.

Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag on Thursday confirmed that injured New Zealand captain Ross Taylor will be available from the fourth match of the Indian Premier League.

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has said that he intends to utilise the eight weeks break before the next international series to plug the weaknesses of the team and to test out new talent.