Team India may be considered as one of the top contenders for the Champions Trophy title, but skipper MS Dhoni said fielding is a concern for the team. After reaching South Africa for the Champions Trophy, Dhoni said, “Fielding is a concern for the team, we will have to improve our fielding. We had a [...]
Twin victories by Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna put India in a commanding position in the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against South Africa on Friday. Somdev put India ahead by overwhelming Izak Van der Merwe 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-4 in the first singles and then Bopanna staged a stunning comeback to upset Rik [...]
South Africa underlined their strength going into the ICC Champions Trophy with a dominant 188-run win over a West Indies side which could be one of the worst to play in the tournament in recent years. Four South Africans reached half-centuries with embarrassing ease as they racked up 388 for four before the West Indies [...]
Pakistan gave themselves an enormous boost ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy with a convincing 108-run warm-up win over Sri Lanka. Pakistan posted an imposing 306 for eight and Sri Lanka were then bowled out for 198, never recovering from losing five wickets before 100 runs were on the board. Rana Naved-ul-Hasan picked up five [...]
New Zealand minus three of its major stars was defeated by South African domestic franchise Chevrolet Warriors as they got their preparations for the ICC Champions Trophy off to the worst possible start in Pretoria. Batting first, a New Zealand side lacking the firepower of Jesse Ryder, Daniel Vettori and Shane Bond, was bowled out [...]
India’s victory in the Compaq Cup showed why they are serious contenders to win the Champions Trophy. Unfortunately this recent tri-series in Sri Lanka revealed India’s vulnerability, which will be especially apparent in South Africa. The new format of the Champions Trophy is to be applauded. No dead games and no Super Sixes, just two [...]
Harbhajan Singh picked up five wickets to bowl India to victory in the Compaq Cup after Sachin Tendulkar’s 44th One-Day International century set Sri Lanka 320 to win. Despite a blazing start which saw Tillakaratne Dilshan hit 42 in 29 balls and a half-century from Thilina Kandamby, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 273 in [...]
Champions Compaq Cup, 2009 Sri Lanka vs India, Final R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, September 14, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Asoka De Silva (SL) & Billy Doctrove (WI) Third Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: India (Elected to bat) Match Status: India won by 46 runs Batting: Sri Lanka Innings Batsmen Sri [...]
Champions Compaq Cup, 2009 Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd Match R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, September 12, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Asoka De Silva (SL) & Billy Doctrove (WI) Third Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: Sri Lanka (Elected to bat) Match Status: Sri Lanka won by 139 runs Batting: Sri Lanka [...]
India outplayed New Zealand in a six-wicket win that booked their place in the Compaq Cup One-Day International tri-series in Colombo. They set things up by bowling New Zealand out for 155 before innings of 46 and 45 from Sachin Tendulkar and Suresh Raina completed the match with nine overs and three balls to spare. [...]
The 10th Asia Cup cricket will be held between June 15 and 25 next year, Asian Cricket Council announced. The venue of the tournament, which will see seven One-day Internationals among Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, will be decided later. “It wasn’t easy finding a window in busy international schedule of these countries, yet [...]
International Cricket Council is now planning to split one day matches into two innings of 25 overs each, an idea mooted by the Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar earlier this month. In order to spice up the one-day format, Tendulkar had proposed that every team should play two innings of 25 overs each and ICC [...]
India’s injury list lengthened after opening batsman Gautam Gambhir was ruled out of the One-Day International tri-series in Sri Lanka with a groin strain and he has been replaced by Virat Kohli. Gambhir joins fellow opener Virender Sehwag and fast bowler Zaheer Khan on the sidelines and he is set to return home to rest [...]
Champions Compaq Cup, 2009 India vs New Zealand, 2nd Match R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, September 11, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) & Billy Doctrove (WI) Third Umpire: Gamini Dissanayake (SL) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: New Zealand (Elected to bat) Match Status: India won by 6 wkts Batting: New Zealand Innings Batsmen [...]
Thilan Samaraweera became the oldest Sri Lankan to register a maiden One-Day International century and it was his brilliant effort set his side up for a 97-run win over New Zealand in the tri-series ODI opener in Colombo. Sri Lanka’s 216 for seven proved more than enough after New Zealand were bowled out for a [...]
Robin Uthappa cracked an unbeaten 157 and Yuvraj Singh took three crucial wickets as Air India Red clinched the BCCI Corporate Trophy beating Air India Blue by 93 runs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday. Put into bat, Air India Red first posted a challenging 284 for eight riding on Uthappa’s blistering 148-ball innings [...]
Recuperating from a shoulder surgery that ruled him out of the ongoing tri-series in Sri Lanka and the subsequent Champions Trophy, Virender Sehwag will lead Delhi Daredevils in next month’s Champions League, the organisers of the Twenty20 event announced on Tuesday. Sehwag had undergone the surgery in England during the Twenty20 World Cup and remains [...]
Champions Compaq Cup, 2009 Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 1st Match R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, September 8, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) & Asoka De Silva (SL) Third Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: Sri Lanka (Elected to bat) Match Status: Sri Lanka won by 97 runs Man of [...]
Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh will be on opposite sides when their respective teams Air India Blue and Air Indian Red take on each other in the finals of Sahara BCCI Corporate Trophy on Tuesday. Both teams reached the title round in similar fashion – Air India Blue beat Tata Sports Club by five [...]
Dashing opener Virender Sehwag on Monday said he doesn’t want to be the captain of the Indian cricket team and suggested that a new face should be given the responsibility of vice-captaincy so that he can be groomed to take the reins after skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. “I don’t want to be a captain, I [...]