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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 [...]
It was a century that the entire nation was eagerly awaiting from Sachin Tendulkar and he ensured that Indians had a ‘Super Sunday’ as he completed a historic 50th Test century against South Africa at the Centurion on Sunday. The moment Sachin found a gap through the extra cover region to push a Dale Steyn [...]
Skipper Gautam Gambhir cracked an unbeaten 126, his second century on the trot, to power India to a series-clinching nine-wicket victory over New Zealand in the third ODI in Vadodara on Saturday. The Delhi left-hander played a captain’s knock that followed his match-winning unbeaten 138 in the second ODI in Jaipur on 1st December as [...]
Charged with opener Martin Guptill’s fighting half century, New Zealand have managed to reach 210 for four wickets after 44 overs against India in the second cricket one-day international at Swai Man Singh stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday. Earlier, India won the toss and elected to field first. India have fielded an unchanged side that [...]
Young Virat Kohli will be the cynosure of all eyes as a new-look India seek to continue the team’s dominating run at home in the current calendar when they take on New Zealand in the second cricket one-dayer in Jaipur Wednesday. In the absence of the creme de la creme of Indian cricket, the dashing [...]
David Villa scored twice as Barcelona ripped Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid apart in a 5-0 rout on Monday to go top of the standings thanks to a record fifth straight ‘clasico’ win over its bitter rival. Xavi Hernandez and Pedro Rodriguez put the defending champion 2-0 ahead inside 18 minutes before Villa scored a second-half [...]
Sachin Tendulkar has been dethroned from the top spot by Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara in the batting chart but Indian pacer Zaheer Khan climbed to a career-high third in the bowling list of the ICC Test rankings issued on Monday. Sangakkara regained the top spot from Tendulkar after the Sri Lankan scored an impressive [...]
Virat Kohli’s sparkling century helped India script a 40-run win against an injury-hit New Zealand to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series at Nehru Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday. Chasing India’s challenging score of 277 New Zealand were short on experience with skipper Daniel Vettori and explosive opener Brendon McCullum missing out due [...]
Ace Indian tennis star Sania Mirza sailed into the pre-quarterfinals of the women’s singles event at the Asian Games with straight set victory over Wing Yau Venise Chan of Hong Kong in Guangzhou on Thursday. Sania hardly broke a sweat and took just 50 minutes to tame Chan 6-1 6-0 in her first round encounter [...]