Indian Premier League

Yusuf Pathan didn’t just send balls sailing out of the park, he has also effectively hit Kolkata Knight Riders out of the Indian Premier League.

Rajasthan Royals were in trouble at 69-4 chasing Kolkata’s 147. But Pathan smashed 48 from 18 balls, with three sixes and five fours, and knocked off the remaining runs with ease in the company of Mohammad Kaif, who made 34.

It was a must-win match for Kolkata, who were asked to bat by Shane Warne. Their innings lacked momentum from the beginning, and they ended up with an ordinary score.

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Former world leading Test wicket taker Shane Warne has hinted at a possible return to international cricket for next year’s Ashes tour of England .

The Australian leg spinner, who retired from the international arena at the end of the 5-0 Ashes victory over England in early 2007 and has since retired from first class cricket, is playing in a domestic Twenty20 competition in India.

The 38-year-old, however, said he would return for the Ashes next year, if he is needed.

“If Australia really needed me and there was no one else around, and Ricky [Ponting] thought I could do the job, you would weigh up the options,” Warne was quoted as saying in Tuesday’s Herald Sun newspaper.

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