Virender Sehwag was unbeaten on 99 as India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the third match of the One-Day International tri-series in Dambulla. Having produced a creditable bowling performance to bowl the home side out for 170, India reached their target with more than 15 overs to spare to take their first win [...]
Indian spin legend Anil Kumble will share his skills with some of South Africa’s leading and young spinners in a coaching clinic here next week. Kumble will be joined by Proteas spinners Paul Harris and Johan Botha as a host of franchise and upcoming spinners receive first-hand coaching from the Indian wizard. “Anil Kumble is [...]
Injury-plagued England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been left out of IPL champions Chennai Super Kings’ final 15-member squad for next month’s Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa. Flintoff has had two knee operations in the last 12 months and will be out of action for the entire season. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who led Super Kings [...]
Tournament rules may suggest otherwise but South African Twenty20 champions Warriors chief Dave Emslie says Jaques Kallis had no option but to play for Indian Premier League side Royal Challengers Bangalore in next month’s Champions League Twenty20. Emslie said Kallis’ IPL contract obligated him to play for RCB in the CLT20 which begins in Johannesburg [...]
Controversy and corruption-plagued they might be but Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday hoped that the Delhi Commonwealth Games in October will earn “goodwill” for the country. The build-up to the October 3 to 14 event has been marred by allegations of widescale corruption and construction delays, which on Saturday prompted Prime Minister [...]
Sri Lanka produced a good all-round performance to beat New Zealand by three wickets in the the second game of the One-Day International tri-series in Dambulla. Three wickets apiece from Lasith Malinga and Angelo Mathews helped them dismiss New Zealand for 192 before Upul Tharanga’s half-century set up a victory chasing under lights – an [...]
The second edition of the multi-million dollar Champions League Twenty20 was on Tuesday launched here in a glittering function attended by top officials of Cricket South Africa and star players including retired spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan. CSA president Dr Nyoka, secretary Gerald Majola and CL T20 CEO Sundar Raman unveiled the glittering trophy of the [...]
Captain Sachin Tendulkar has an uncanny ability to inspire his team-mates to perform several notches up and that will make a huge impact on Mumbai Indians’ campaign in next month’s Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa, feels batsman Jean-Pual Duminy. Duminy believes that if Tendulkar continues with his menacing form of this year’s Indian Premier [...]
There might be no hope of Pakistani players getting a chance to feature in next Indian Premier League but Kolkata Knight Riders have still gone ahead and signed on promising young fast bowler Mohammad Irfan. Irfan, who was on the verge of making it into the Pakistan team in place of the injured Umar Gul [...]
Bangalore Royal Challengers are making serious efforts to win Champions League T20 with a 10-day rigorous camp at the place where Argentina soccer World Cup squad under Diego Maradona had trained two months back. South African star all-rounder Kallis and dashing New Zealand batsman Taylor have been retained by RCB after paying USD 200,000 to [...]
Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara might find the ICC rankings system flawed but the country’s retired spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan feels it is alright and India are a deserving number one in the Test Championships table. Sangakkara last month questioned the system and said it was not fair as the ICC had not devised a [...]
Ross Taylor and Scott Styris shared a partnership worth 190 for New Zealand’s third-wicket which would have been enough to beat India on its own before the Black Caps completed a crushing 200-run victory in the opening match of the One-Day International tri-series in Dambulla. Both men scored half-centuries and after New Zealand were bowled [...]
Playing in South Africa would be challenging for the three Indian Premier League teams who have qualified for next month’s Champions League Twenty20, former India captain Sourav Ganguly said. “It (playing in South Africa) will have an impact as the technicalities will be different, planning will be different,” Ganguly, who has been roped in as [...]
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been chosen as the brand ambassador of the upcoming cricket tournament Airtel Champions League Twenty20 to be held in South Africa by ESPN STAR Sports channel. “I think what makes the event even more special today is that we have two great champions of their crafts, Mr. Bachchan and Saurav (Ganguly). [...]
VVS Laxman stroked a composed unbeaten century to calmly steer India to a five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the third and final Test in Colombo. India’s victory ensured that the series was tied at 1-1, following a ten-wicket win for Sri Lanka in Galle and a high-scoring draw in the second match, also held [...]
India have named their squad for the One-Day International tri-series in Sri Lanka, handing a recall to Yuvraj Singh while Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh are rested. Yuvraj missed the victorious Asia Cup campaign while fellow left-hander Gambhir missed the second Test against Sri Lanka with a knee injury. Abhimanyu Mithun, who has [...]
After 1478 runs had been scored and just 17 wickets had been taken, the second Test between India and Sri Lanka was ended as a draw in Colombo, preserving both Sri Lanka’s 1-0 series lead and India’s number one ICC Test ranking. India stole a first-innings lead of 65 as they were bowled out for [...]