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Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared the event open amid thundering cheers from a packed crowd at the renovated Bangabandhu stadium, marking the return of the showpiece event to the sub-continent after a gap of 15 years. The evening sky lit up with spectacular fireworks as the high-profile 14-team competition was declared open in front [...]
After creating a flutter by claiming that India were not “mentally prepared” for the pre-World Cup warm-up matches, cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today said his comments were misconstrued and he did not imply that the team was battling fatigue. “It was not fatigue at all. It is the mental preparation level…to be in the [...]
Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla triggered a dramatic batting collapse as India swept to an impressive 38-run victory over Australia in a World Cup warm-up game at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Sunday. Chawla ripped through the Australian middle order with 4-31 after Ricky Ponting’s side had looked on course for a comfortable win. Experienced off-spinner [...]
International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat today virtually ruled out any possibility of an India match being held at the Eden Gardens though the three World Cup fixtures at the venue next month are expected to be held as per schedule. “I have received a preliminary report (after yesterday’s inspection) and the progress has [...]
New Delhi, Feb 8 : Sachin Tendulkar says he, too, has sledged, but only once, and that as part of team strategy. The batting maestro needled Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath by telling he would go after his bowling and the ploy worked. “I have never sledged per se merely for the sake of sledging. [...]
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly will not be part of IPL-4 starting on 8th April and K’taka batsman Manish Pandey cannot play the first four matches for his new franchise Sahara Pune Warriors for breaching player guidelines, the league’s Governing Council said. IPL’s Governing Council stalled what could have been a back-door entry for Ganguly [...]
NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket board on Friday asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to reconsider its decision of taking away the India-England World Cup match from the Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata. “We have written a letter to the ICC to reconsider its decision. Now it is up to the ICC to decide, but [...]
MUMBAI: India have the combination to lift their first ODI World Cup trophy in 28 years but the form of temperamental batsman Yuvraj Singh and explosive all-rounder Yusuf Pathan will prove decisive, says 1983 World Cup winning team’s member Dilip Vengsarkar. Vengsarkar feels the team under Mahendra Singh Dhoni has the credentials to go all [...]
Pakistan succumbed to the same batting woes that hampered New Zealand as they stumbled to 136 for four in their first innings at tea on the second day of the first Test on Saturday. They trail New Zealand’s first innings 275 by 139 runs with Misbah-ul-Haq on seven and Asad Shafiq on 24 working to [...]
India continued to dominate the ICC Test Championship table, holding on to the top spot in the latest rankings issued on Friday despite losing a rating point after the drawn three—match series against South Africa. India lead South Africa by 11 ratings with 128 ratings points, the ICC said in a statement. Third—placed England have [...]