Gilchrist made Deccan Chargers captain

VS Laxman’s tenure as the captain of the Indian Premier League side Hyderabad Deccan Chargers came to an abrupt end on Monday as the team announced that Adam Gilchrist would be doing the job from now.
According to an official release, Deccan Chargers have appointed Gilchrist team captain with immediate effect.
“Adam Gilchrist commands respect within the […]

Murali to play for Ranji for Bengal

Bengal on Monday came out with a prize catch for its campaign in the forthcoming Ranji Trophy season by roping in Sri Lankan spin wizard and Test cricket’s highest wicket-taker Muttiah Muralitharan.
The Cricket association of Bengal (CAB) managed to rope in the legendary off-spinner after pondering over scores of names including his compatriot Sanath Jayasuriaya […]

England select test team for Indian tour

Owais Shah and Graeme Swann have been named in England’s 15-man squad for the forthcoming two-Test tour of India.
Middlesex star Shah pipped Young Cricketer of the Year Ravi Bopara to the last batting spot after a prolific campaign.Uncapped Nottinghamshire spinner Swann has been chosen to back up Monty Panesar and Sussex wicketkeeper Matt Prior has […]

Sri Lanka bowled out for 292

Sri Lanka was bowled out for 292 in their first innings of the second test match against India at Galle. In reply to India’s 329, the hosts were faltering at the over night score of 215 for 5, which they had just managed to reach thanks to a century plus stand for the second wicket […]

Mendis has made a great start: Murali

World’s highest Test wicket-taker Muttiah Muralitharan has said that his young teammate Ajantha Mendis’ start to his Test career is better than that of his own and Aussie leg-spinner Shane Warne’s had been.
“Ajantha Mendis was once again exceptional and fully deserved his first five-wicket haul in Tests. It took a while for me and Shane […]

India draw with Tajikistan

Thanks to an own goal induced from Tajikistan by Indian captain Baichung Bhutia, the hosts salvaged a 1-1 draw against the defending champions in their second Group A match of the AFC Challenge Cup football tournament here on Friday.
Barely a minute after entering the field as second half substitute for off-colour Sushil Kumar Singh, Baichung […]

Anand wins; takes joint lead

World champion Viswanathan Anand ended the opening day of the Mainz Chess Classic on a positive note defeating Russian Alexander Morozevich to emerge as the joint leader in the Grenkeleasing rapid world championship.
The 10-time winner Anand could do little with his white pieces against Norwegian sensation Magnus Carlsen and world’s strongest ever woman player Judit […]

ICC might be sued by ESPN over Champions League

The International Cricket Council (ICC) might soon be sued by its broadcast partner ESPN-STAR Sports, getting into more trouble over the already much debated upon Champions League T20.
The broadcaster will go to court if the ICC authorises the BCCI-backed Champions Twenty20 League to be held in India later this year. While no confirmation is available, […]

Sri Lanka vs India, 2nd Test: Day 2

Sri Lanka fought to 215 for 5 at the end of the day’s play in the second test match against India at Galle.
The hosts lost opener Michael Vandort in the very first over but recovered to some extent through a 133-run second wicket partnership between Malinda Warnapura (66) and Kumar Sangakkara (68) even though they […]

Sania crashes out in the second round

Sania Mirza crashed out of the Nordea Nordic Light Open with a gruelling three-set loss to Czech Iveta Benesova in the second round. In an over two-hour contest, Benesova rallied to beat the sixth seeded Sania 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday.
The win not just ensured the 25-year-old Benesova a place in the quarter-finals of […]

Day 2: Sehwag strikes yet another double hundred

India’s opening ace Virender Sehwag struck yet another double hundred, the third of his career so far as India folded up for 329 in their first innings on day two of the second test match in Galle.
Sehwag became only the second Indian batsman to carry his bat through out the innings after Sunil Gavaskar as […]

Former Test player Ashok Mankad passes away

Former Test player Ashok Mankad passed away at the age of 61 in his sleep in Mumbai on Friday morning.
Mankad played 22 Tests for India with six half-centuries to his name. He started as a middle-order batsman, making his debut against New Zealand in 1969. Later, he started opening the innings. His 97 against Bill […]

Was Dravid not out?

Rahul Dravid was out to Ajantha Mendis third time in a row after scoring just two runs, but replays suggest that he might have been not out.
The delivery was a googly that grazed his bat and pad, and went straight to the fielder, Malinda Warnapura, at forward short-leg. An immediate appeal followed and Dravid began […]

Batsmen fell to good balls: Sehwag

Indian vice-captain Virender Sehwag on Thursday said all the batsmen fell to good balls though the wicket was playing well.
“(Sachin) Tendulkar, Rahul (Dravid), Sourav (Ganguly) all fell to good balls so you cannot do anything about it. They (Sri Lanka) have quality bowlers,” Sehwag said after the first day’s play in which India lost its […]

Champions League not breaking any rules: CA

The Champions Twenty20 League announced in Mumbai on Wednesday does not fall under any agreement with the ICC, claims a Cricket Australia official.
“I’m aware about the concern raised by the ICC but the said tournament is not falling under ICC’s Participating Nations Agreement (PNA),” Peter Young, Cricket Australia’s general manager said in Melbourne on Thursday.
“The […]

2nd Test, Day One: Honours Even

India and Sri Lanka shared honours on the first day of the second test match at Galle of the three match series in the Idea Cup.
After winning the toss, India motored along at a good rate in the first session, as all doubts were dispelled as to how they would counter the threat of Murali […]

2nd Test: India bat first, make solid start

India won the toss against Sri Lanka in the second test match at Galle and on a pitch that is expected to break down and start spinning from the 2nd day onwards, the visitors decided to bat first. Both the teams are unchanged for the game.
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For the Indians, the biggest test will be facing […]

Indian shooters to blog during Olympics

Indian shooters Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Abhinav Bindra will blog during the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games. They are part of the Lenovo blogging programme in which athletes will share their views and feelings before and during their athletic events.

The program is a historic shift in the Olympic movement as these are the first Olympic Games […]

BCCI invites Middlesex for Champions League

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has invited English county Middlesex to participate in the inaugural Champions Twenty20 League in India.
Lalit Modi said last month that any county that has ICL players will not be invited to play in BCCI’s Champions League. Middlesex, which won the English Twenty20 Cup has no players […]

Paes-Bhupathi advance at Cincinnati

Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi easily advanced to the quarter-finals of the $2,615,000 Cincinnati Masters tournaments along with their respective partners.
The sixth seeded pair of Paes and Lukas Dlouhy of Czech Republic defeated Ivo Karlovic of Croatia and Rogier Wassen of Netherlands 6-4, 6-2 in the second round while Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark […]