Wednesday 22 February 2012
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Even as the cut-off date for announcing the best team draws closer, the battle for the number two spot in the ICC ODI Championship table gets interesting with India, South Africa and Sri Lanka emerging as contenders. Only three ratings points separate second-ranked India and third placed South Africa from fourth-ranked Sri Lanka. The...
Young Virat Kohli and Umesh Yadav have emerged as two notable bright spots in an otherwise disastrous Australian tour during which India’s reputation as a cricketing giant took a beating. If the 0-4 humiliation in the Test series was not enough, India, after a decent start to the tri-series, are almost on their way...
Delhi Daredevils today appointed Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene as vice-captain for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL). Delhi Daredevils’ Team Mentor TA Sekar said that it was an easy decision to make. He has an excellent track record as a leader of men and draws enormous respect from his team-mates,” he said. “We...
Former captain Kapil Dev today refused to believe that there was ‘rift’ within the Indian team in Australia but said the BCCI should step in to sort out the “difference of opinion”. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni had defended the rotation policy of the three openers in the team on the ground that they are...
NEW DELHI: India’s 1983 World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev feels that the time has run out for Sachin Tendulkar and the batting maestro should immediately retire from international cricket. Kapil believes that Tendulkar, who has scored 68 runs in four innings in the ongoing tri-series in Australia, should have retired after the...
Brisbane: Livid after consecutive losses in the ODI tri-series, Australia coach Mickey Arthur today said the side and its “jaded” stand-in skipper Ricky Ponting would have to face the consequences if they don’t atone for the defeats with an improved performance against India here on Sunday. “If I have to be totally honest, Ricky...
Brisbane: The champions lead. The challengers are suddenly stuttering and the team that many considered as the dark horse of the ongoing tri-nation series, have suddenly turned their fortunes. So as India get set to face Australia here on Sunday, the fact that there is just a point between the two teams, promises that...
Brisbane: India can draw from good memories at the Brisbane Cricket Ground as MS Dhoni’s side gets ready to bring down Australia on Sunday. The men in blue have won both their previous matches played here. With just a point between the two sides in the ongoing series, the tournament has turned into an...
He may be under pressure as a captain but as a finisher lower down the batting order, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is considered one of the best in ODI cricket even by his rivals. There is compelling evidence by way of figures and comparison that Dhoni is a class finisher. Add to this...
Sydney: There must have been a billion Indians who yelled, “come on Dhoni, hit a four,” as India needed 27 runs off three overs, then 17 off two and finally 13 off the last over in Sunday night’s CB Series game against Australia. And only, cool cat MS Dhoni looked unconcerned. He had...
Australia have decided to rest veteran batsman Mike Hussey and bring in all-rounder Mitchell Marsh for the tri-series one-dayer against India here tomorrow. The 36-year-old Hussey will be back for Australia’s next match against Sri Lanka in Sydney on February 17. “Mr Cricket having a well earned rest. He will be back for Syd,”...
A fit-again Harbhajan Singh will be back in action during the North Zone leg of the National One Day Championship for the Vijay Hazare Trophy scheduled to start here from February 20. “I am fully fit and ready for competitive cricket. I will be making a comeback during zonal ODIs where I will be...
Their morale lifted after a win over Sri Lanka, India would look to break the stranglehold that Australia seems to have taken on them in a nightmarish tour when the two sides clash in the fourth match of the ongoing ODI tri-series here tomorrow. With a win against the winless Sri Lankans, India are...
New Delhi: The Rajasthan Cricket Association owes the state government Rs. 4.5 crore as security charges for different matches organised by it, an RTI reply has revealed. In a Right to Information (RTI) reply to activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal, the additional deputy commissioner of police (Information) of the Rajasthan Police said that the cricket...
Sydney: Former Australia opener Michael Slater is mighty impressed with Virat Kohli’s technique and reckoned he is the best young batsman in world cricket today. “The thing that impresses me about Kohli is his technique. If you look at all the upcoming batsmen in the world, they have techniques for Twenty20 cricket and not...