Jaffer set up the huge Indian total with an elegant innings of 202 and was disappointed that India could not record victory in Kolkata. He also scored quick 56 in the second inning.He was declared man of the match for his brilliant performance.
Stand-in captain Younis Khan scored a gritty 107 not out as Pakistan, chasing 345 for victory, drew the second Test against India. Younis shared an unbeaten 136-run partnership with the experienced Mohammed Yousuf to deny India a semblance of a chance, after the hosts had reduced Pakistan to 78 for four. Yousuf was on 42 [...]
Younis Khan’s unbeaten century helped Pakistan escape with a draw in the second Test against India at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Tuesday. Set a target of 345 to win the match in 81 overs, Pakistan finished on 214 for 4 courtesy a brilliant 107 not out from stand-in captain Younis. He and senior [...]
Viva Kerala  stunned Mohun Bagan 3-1 to register their first win in the I-league in Kolkata on Thursday. This meant Mohun Bagan slumped to their second successive defeat. The first goal was a brilliant combination between the two foreigners of Viva Kerala. Wisdom Abbey sent a neat pass to Baba Tunde inside the box whose [...]
Wasim Jaffer cracked a spectacular unbeaten century (192) to steer India to a commanding 352 for three on the opening day of the second Test against Pakistan on Friday. “It was important for me to score runs here as I was not getting big runs in the Ranji Trophy,” Jaffer told reporters .
INDIA continued its majestic form at Kolkata also as the 1st day of 2nd test amtch belonged to the hosts .They won the toss and elected to bat first and grind the fragile pakistan attack . India put on some splendid partnerships to grasp the hold on the match with two centuries partnerships as Jaffer-Dravid [...]
An unprecedented three-layered security ring, comprising 5,000 police personnel, new gadgets and sniffer dogs will be thrown around the Eden Gardens for the second India-Pakistan Test starting here Friday, Police Commissioner Goutam Mohan Chakrabarty said Wednesday.In view of the security threat to the players and also the volatile political situation in Bengal, the Kolkata Police [...]
All-rounder Yasir Arafat will replace injured fast bowler Umar Gul in the Pakistan squad preparing for the second test against India starting in Kolkata on Friday. Gul, who missed the first test which India won by six wickets, has been ruled out of the three-match series because of a nagging back injury. Arafat, 25, last [...]
Brian Lara finally touched down in India as the most high-profile recruit of the Indian Cricket League in Mumbai on Sunday and proclaimed he was committed to play in the rebel tournament since June.”I could not come earlier because of some personal things which needed to be sorted out, but have always been committed to [...]
India’s eight-month wait for a new coach could end with Gary Kirsten, the former South African opener and one of the most prolific scorers in world cricket before he hanged his willow in 2004. The 40-year-old Kirsten is the front runner to take on the job, left vacant by Greg Chappell, after he met with [...]
A profligate Rohan Bopanna squandered several opportunities and went down to second seed Igor Kunitsyn of Russia in the first round of the ONGC ATP Challenger tournament in Delhi on Tuesday. Bopanna was on his way towards scripting an upset, but lost three match-points and handed the Russian a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 win at the [...]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India could lift a ban to lure players from an unofficial Twenty20 league into their own lucrative version, officials said on Monday. It is particularly keen to attract foreign players who have joined the Indian Cricket League (ICL), promoted by owners of the country’s biggest listed media firm, [...]
Tendulkar finished unbeaten on 56 as India registered victory over Pakistan in the first Test at the Ferozshah Kotla in Delhi. During this knock, the Indian batting ace also surpassed former Australia skipper Allan Border’s aggregate of 11,174 runs when he scored 24 in the second innings on the fourth evening. He is now behind [...]
Anil Kumble , on Monday, became only the seventh Indian to start his captaincy stint with a win. The accompanying table has the details: Captain Opponent Venue Season
Sachin Tendulkar scored an unbeaten half-century as India eased to a convincing six-wicket victory over Pakistan in the first Test at the Ferozshah Kotla in Delhi on Monday. Tendulkar was unbeaten on 56 as India scored the required 32 runs in 6.2 overs and 32 minutes on the final morning, after resuming on 171 for [...]
London Olympics chiefs have promised coaching and other expert assistance for India as it prepares to stage the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Sebastian Coe, head of the 2012 Olympic Games body, and chief of the Commonwealth Games organising committee, Suresh Kalmadi, signed a deal pledging cooperation in many areas on Tuesday. Coe said [...]
Captain Anil Kumble hinted that the experienced VVS Laxman would retain his place in the middle order even though Yuvraj Singh has made a strong case with his recent batting form in ODIs. “It is tough on Yuvraj. He has showed tremendous form and given his quality he is really important for Indian cricket moving [...]
India may have lost to Pakistan in Jaipur on Sunday but it still finished the series with a 3-2 success and that has been enough to lift it into fourth position in the LG ICC ODI Championship table. Pakistan, meanwhile, which occupied that fourth spot ahead of the series, has now dropped to sixth place, [...]
Kotla curator Radhe Shyam Sharma had left a light covering of grass so that the pitch could hold firm for all five days of the match. As the Kotla is renowned for dishing out slow and low turners, Sharma wanted to ensure that there would be even bounce throughout.But Delhi District Cricket Association vice-president Chetan [...]
Shah Rukh Khan found himself in the centre of a controversy after a senior Cricket Board official alluded that cricket matches were being used by stars to promote films, but the superstar hit back saying he did not have to depend on others’ platforms to push his films.Khan said he was sad and disappointed over [...]