India beat Sri Lanka by 15 runs in the second ODI at Colombo to lead the five-match series 2-0. They had already won the first match by six wickets. Scoreboard – India vs Sri Lanka – 2nd ODI – Colombo Pacer Ishant Sharma grabbed three wickets in the late overs to make India’s position stronger. [...]
India in Sri Lanka, 2009 Sri Lanka vs India, 2nd ODI R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, January 31, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) & MG Silva (SL) Third Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: India (Elected to bat) Match Status: India won by 15 runs Man of the Match: Ishant [...]
Yuki Bhambri created history, becoming only the fourth Indian to win a junior Grand Slam singles title following his emphatic straight-set win over Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas of Germany in the boys’ final at the Melbourne Park on Saturday. Top seed Yuki swept aside unseeded Georgousdas 6-3, 6-1 in 57 minutes to pocket his first Grand Slam [...]
Pakistan sports minister Aftab Jilani said on Friday that the ministry has no objection to its cricketers competing in the Indian Premier League. “We feel it’s a private league in which Pakistani players compete in an individual capacity,” Jilani said in a statement. The sports minister said president Asif Ali Zardari, patron-in-chief of the Pakistan [...]
India and Sri Lanka go head to head in the second ODI of the five match series in a day-night game at Colombo. India won the first match by six wickets and took a 1-0 series lead. Sri Lanka will have to tighten up in all departments as their batsmen failed to build on Sanath [...]
Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi overcame a sluggish start to sail into the Australian Open mixed doubles finals for second consecutive year as they beat Czechs Iveta Benesova and Lukas Dlouhy in straight sets on Friday. The Indians, who were runner-up at the Melbourne Park last year, trailed 1-3 in the opening set before storming [...]
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles thrashed Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach 6-3, 6-1 to reach the final of the men’s doubles event of the Australian Open on Thursday. The third seed Indo-Bahamian pair proved too good for their unseeded Polish-Austrian opponents as it took them just 58 minutes to win the semi-final encounter. In the [...]
The second auction of IPL players will be held in Goa on February 6. While most teams already have the core of the squad in place the players available this time can provide them just that extra edge. Some people described the 2008 IPL auction as the most thrilling moment in cricket after the 1983 [...]
Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne is surely impressed by Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led team’s surge in international cricket but believes India could realise their No. 1 dream only if Sachin Tendulkar keeps himself fit. Warne also refused to believe that it was the best-ever Indian team so far despite its recent victories against Australia and England. [...]
Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif has confirmed that the IPL drugs tribunal has handed him a one-year ban. Asif was found guilty of using a banned substance during the first edition of the IPL while playing for the Delhi Daredevils. The ban from the IPL itself counts for little as Asif had withdrawn his contract [...]
The second player’s auction of the DLF Indian Premier League will witness 114 cricketers from abroad under the hammer in Goa on February 6. From South Africa’s new batting sensation JP Duminy to Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke and England’s Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff, the auction will see an array of stars up for the [...]
Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis is no longer a threat for Indian batsmen who have now learnt to tackle the mystery bowler, star off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said on Thursday. “During last year’s tour Mendis was no doubt a real threat to India. But the Indian batsmen have now learnt to tackle him, which was proved [...]
India won the first ODI against Sri Lanka at Dambulla in a convincing margin of six wickets and took a 1-0 series lead. India captain MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl first which was seen as a wrong decision by many at that time. But the bowlers did the job for India [...]
India in Sri Lanka, 2009 Sri Lanka vs India, 1st ODI Rangiri International Stadium, Dambulla, January 28, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) & Brian Jerling (SA) Third Umpire: MG Silva (SL) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: India (Elected to field) Match Status: India won by 6 wkts Batting: Sri Lanka Innings Batsmen [...]
India and Sri Lanka go head to head in the five match ODI series starting on Wednesday with a day game at Dambulla. Sri Lanka have been playing some cricket this year as they started with a test series against Bangladesh and then a tri series against them alongwith Zimbabwe, both of which they won [...]
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday admitted that the experience of Harbhajan Singh would be sorely missed by his side in the five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka but said it provides an opportunity to young spinners to prove their mettle in spin-friendly tracks in the island. “Harbhajan has been our pick of the [...]
The Indian cricket team, led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, arrived at the Bandaranaike International airport here this afternoon and was received by Sri Lankan officials. The players were given a warm welcome. A large crowd had turned up to catch a glimpse of the stars as they trooped out from the terminal. The Indians had [...]
Sri Lanka on Monday announced a 15-member squad for the first three ODIs against India, the same bunch that beat Pakistan 2-1 in the recent cricket series. The Selection Committee that met here on Monday decided to retain the same 15 players with Mahela Jayawardene as the skipper for the first three ODIs against India, [...]
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi advanced to the men’s doubles quarterfinals with their respective partners after facile wins in the third round of the Australian Open on Monday. While Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles defeated Nicolas Lapentti and Tommy Robredo 6-3, 6-4, Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy, seeded fourth, beat locals [...]
The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Indian team, which will leave for its tough tour of Sri Lanka on Monday, had a four-hour practice session at the floodlit MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Sunday. After arriving in the coastal city in batches, the players turned up for the practise session under coach Gary Kirsten and bowling coach [...]