Irfan Pathan's blitzkrieg went in vain as Andrew Symonds produced an all-round display to guide Deccan Chargers to a thrilling six run victory over Kings XI Punjab in an Indian Premier League match in Cuttack on Friday.

Praveen Kumar recorded the first hat-trick of Indian Premier League III as a dominant Royal Challengers Bangalore mauled a sorry-looking Rajasthan Royals by 10 wickets to notch up their second consecutive win in the Twenty20 tournament here today.

With most of their first-choice players suffering from injury, Kings XI Punjab face an uphill task to put it across Delhi Daredevils in their IPL season-3 opener in Mohali on Saturday.

Only Sachin Tendulkar could have cracked a double century in ODIs, according to former Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist, who feels the stupendous achievement is a testimony to the iconic Indian batsman’s longevity in international career.

Search giant Google on Tuesday said it has tied up with Royal Challenger's IPL team, HSBC India and HP India as sponsors for the IPL 2010 matches to be broadcast on YouTube.