Bangladesh Tri-series 2008

Kapil slams Yuvraj’s partying habits

Former India captain Kapil Dev on Sunday slammed Test discard Yuvraj Singh for attending late night parties instead of focussing on cricket.
“He (Yuvraj) should focus on cricket and work hard, he must exhibit his talent at a proper place rather than elsewhere,” Kapil said at a ‘Meet the Press’ programme here when asked about Yuvraj’s […]

India’s loss due to too much cricket: ex-players

Former Test stars Kiran More and Lalchand Rajput blamed the cramped schedule for the defeat in the Kitply Cup final in Dhaka.
“I don’t blame the players or the captain for the defeat as the players looked really tired as they have been playing non-stop cricket for some time now. If the Indian team continues to […]

Promoting Raina a mistake: Dhoni

Struggling to digest the fact that India finished second best despite dominating the tri-series, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted promoting Suresh Raina ahead of him in the all-important final was a mistake. Chasing 316, India fumbled and faltered, losing wickets at regular intervals. Dhoni sent Raina (24) at number six and though the left-hander got […]

Pakistan wins Kitply Cup 2008

Pakistan beat India by 25 runs in the finals of the Kitply Cup 2008 at Mirpur, Bangladesh.
Pakistan Captain Shoaib Malik won the toss and elected to bat first on a pitch that was better than any we have seen before in this tournament. The openers made a cautious start but Kamran Akmal departed soon. Salman […]

India vs Pakistan, Final, Kitply Cup 2008

Arch rivals India and Pakistan face off in the final of the Kitply cup 2008 in Mirpur today.
India seem to have the edge in this match having won both their league games convincingly and have only two things to fear against. One is complacency as they need to guard against taking their opponents lightly. The […]

India register convincing win

India beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets in the third and final ODI of the league stage in the Kitply cup 2008.
Bangladesh won the toss and captain Mohd. Ashraful elected to bat first. RP Singh coming in place of Ishant Sharma struck soon as also did his new ball partner Praveen Kumar as the hosts were […]

Bangladesh vs India, 3rd ODI

The 3rd ODI of the Kitply Cup 2008 will not be a dead rubber as many would have thought. India, by beating Pakistan with a huge margin of 14o runs, have made sure that either of Bangladesh or Pakistan can make it to the finals.
Pakistan’s heavy defeat means that their run rate has dipped very […]

India thrash Pakistan

India halted Pakistan’s unbeaten run here in Dhaka when they beat their arch rivals by a whopping 140 runs in the 2nd ODI of the Kitply cup.

After chosing to bat first, India got off to a tremendous start as they piled on the runs on a double pace pitch as they reached 330 for […]

India vs Pakistan: India chose to bat

India take on Pakistan in the 2nd ODI of the Kitply cup in Dhaka today.
After winning the toss, Indian captain MS Dhoni elected to bat first and the openers got off to a good start. Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir had put on 76 runs in 10 overs and were looking comfortable at the crease, […]

Upton happy with players’ commitment

The Indian team’s trainer and mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton said that there was no lack of commitment in the side which is exuberant with youth. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his teammates wasted precious little time after their arrival here as the entire squad sweated it out for about three hours.
Soon after their arrival […]

Pakistan too good for Bangladesh, win easily

Pakistan won the first match of the Kitply tri-series tournament against hosts’ Bangladesh easily by 70 runs in Dhaka.
The match was reduced to 40 overs due to rain and the hosts did a good job to restrict Pakistan for 233/10 in 39.3 overs, specially after the start given by Salman Butt and Akmal who scored […]

Bangladesh vs Pakistan, 1st ODI

Bangladesh take on Pakistan in the first match of the Kitply cup today at Dhaka. All preparations have been made and the teams are set to begin the new season with a bang.

Although the match will be taking place in the shadow of the success of the IPL, it will be interesting to see […]

Kirsten optimistic about youngsters

India’s cricket coach Gary Kirsten said that although experience was always needed in a team, the tri-series will be a window of opportunity for the young players who would want to stake a claim as replacements for the old warhorses.

He added that the experience of Sachin Tendulkar would be missed as also in the […]

Gony gets ODI call-up

Manpreet Gony, the lanky Punjab fast bowler, will join the Indian squad for the Bangladesh tri-series as a replacement for S. Sreesanth, who was ruled out after suffering a side strain.
Gony, 24, has had a remarkable rise to fame since making his List A debut earlier this year and many believe that he was […]

Sreesanth injured, might miss Bangla tourney

S. Sreesanth, the Kerala fast bowler suffered a side strain during the final league match against Rajasthan Royals in the IPL and is yet to recover from the same. This injury puts him in serious doubt for the Kitply Cup in Bangladesh, which starts on June 8.
The fast bowler was expected to join the […]

Kitply Cup, Bangladesh 2008 Preview

The 2008-09 season begins with a tri-series with Bangladesh hosting two of its cricketing superpower neighbours, India and Pakistan. From many of the two teams’ players, it means that they will be returning back to ‘normal cricket’ from the fast paced T20s of the IPL.

Bangladesh will look at pulling off an upset or two […]

Dhoni for Euro??

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is without doubt the most famous Indian captain ever. And if the trends suggest then his popularity is set to soar to new heights in the coming times.
On Monday, he received an invite from one of the main sponsors of Euro 2008, Carlsberg, to be a guest for one of […]

Yusuf Pathan and Pragyan Ojha in, Dravid and Ganguly out

The good performance by Yusuf Pathan for the Rajasthan Royals has found him a berth in the updoming Tri-series in Bangladesh and Asia Cup. Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha has also found himself in the squad.
The BCCI knows that it needs to prepare itself for the next World Cup and has chosen a young squad for […]