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Fisichella 3rd fastest in Monza testing

Giancarlo Fisichella ran a faultless 114 laps in his Force India car and posted the third fastest time of the day to cap the outfit’s three-day Monza testing for the Italian Grand Prix.
Fisichella continued the evaluation of set-ups and wing levels specifically for his home Grand Prix, and the Belgian grand prix before that, as […]

Dhoni conferred Khel Ratna

Mahendra Singh Dhoni became only the second cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award as he was conferred the country’s highest sporting honour at a glittering function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Friday.
The Indian ODI captain himself could not attend the function as he was leading the team in the […]

Scorecard - India beat Sri Lanka - 2nd ODI

Idea Cup, 2008

Sri Lanka vs India, 2nd ODI

Rangiri International Stadium, Dambulla, August 20, 2008

Match Information

Umpires:
Billy Doctrove (WI) & MG Silva (SL)

Third Umpire:
Tyron Wijewardene (SL)

Match Referee:
Chris Broad (Eng)

Toss:
India (Elected to field)

Match Status:
India won by 3 wkts

Batting: India Innings

Batsmen
India (143/7 in 39.4 ovs)
Runs
Balls
4’s
6’s
SR

Irfan Pathan
c K Sangakkara b N Kulasekara
5
8
1
0
62.50

Virat […]

BCCI to help Olympics hopefulls

The Cricket Board has started disbursing funds to assist sportspersons of the country picked for the Beijing Olympics.
However, the joint venture between the BCCI and the Sports Ministry to support sportspersons of select disciplines for three years is yet to be officially launched, according to the BCCI’s July quarterly newsletter.
The joint venture for which the […]

Is the IPL tournament rigged ?

The contents of this article are purely personal and do not represent any form of confirmed news.
Having said the above, I have been hearing rumours about the RRs winning the title for over 1 month now. Not only this, I heard that the semi-finals would be a bit of a mess with the losing teams […]

Weaker Chennai play Resurgent Delhi

Chennai Super Kings would play a much weaker team on paper today against a resurgent Delhi Dare Devils who had beaten Bangalore RCs in the last match. Chennai would be losing two of their best batsmen in Matt Hayden and Michael Hussey, who are leaving for their pre tour camp, where as Delhi would be […]

Warne lambasts Ganguly..

Shane Warne was not a happy man yesterday, despite winning his tie against Ganguly’s Kolkata Knight Riders. And that was simply because, Ganguly had rubbed a wrong side of the opposing captain. Again!
After making Steve Waugh wait in the 2001 series, it was Warne’s turn today. The Rajasthan Royals’ captain had to wait for an […]

IPL Day 3 Results - Mumbai Indians vs Bangalore Royal Challengers

In the second match of the day, held at the Wankhede Stadium at Mumbai, Mumbai Indians played host to the Bangalore Royal Challengers. Mumbai skipper Sachin Tendulkar had opted out of the match due to his groin injury and his place was taken by Harbhajan Singh, who won the toss and elected to bat first.
An […]

IPL Matches of the Day - 3

Today’s matches will see a powerful Hyderabad side - christened as the Deccan Chargers - take on the might of the Kolkata Knight Riders who have already won their first match against the Bangalore RCs. One does not yet know about the ticketing issues, but if the Eden gardens does fill into its capacity of […]

Sehwag is here to stay

Sometimes, the best tonic an errant ward needs is a sharp rap on the knuckles. And, in cricket, this means being dropped from the team. The shock treatment, particularly for a player who is seemingly established in the squad, can work wonders. Just ask Virender Sehwag.
Around two years ago, he […]

Sania Mirza Photo Gallery

Sania Mirza is not only a great tennis player, but has also been one of the most controversial players. Here are some pictures of this tennis ace.
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Grassless Kotla pitch

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 […]

PM felicitates Indian hockey team

                            Prime Minister Manmohan Singh felicitated Indian hockey team who added proud to the country by winning  Asia Cup . The felicitation programme was organized at the Prime Minister’s residence and was accompanied by his wife Gursharan Kaur.
                          The Prime Minister personally congratulated the captain Prabodh Tirky and his troupe for displaying an excellent winning team spirit […]

Sehwag in ,Dravid out : BCCI

               
   BCCI  declared the final squad for  first two ODIs against Pakistan.The surprise call was  for Virender Sehwag who got comeback ticket by virtue of his  splendid inning of 75 runs in the challenger trophy against India Green . And the second surprise,the harsh one, was for Rahul Dravid who was dropped from the team .
                        […]

India lost to Australia in the final :Hockey

                  INDIA’s under 18-world cup potential players fell a minute short and went down 1-2 to strong Australian team in the final of Singapore International Hockey Challenge on Monday .
                          Nither of the team were able to score in the  first half. Mirza Mohammed scored first goal for India in 42nd minute of second half but […]

AN EMBARRASSING WELCOME FOR ANAND

                             VISHWANATHAN ANAND the undisputed chess champion at Mexico did not get the warm welcome that he deserved in this cricket dominating fans country.As he arrived at the airprot last midnight  none of the Goverment official was present over there to give him a warm hearted congratulations and welcome for shining India in the world through his […]

BCCI Meet Today To Decide Captain

WHOLE nations eyes are on BCCI today.As BCCI  selectors meet today in Mumbai to decide India’s new captain.Board may take decision tody only for ODIcaptain against Australia, for a seven matches series at the end of this month .
                                         Inspite of a lot of debate for this demanding job ,there has not be any consesus […]

Did India learn from the 2nd defeat in England

I believe that India lost to England in the 3rd match due to 3 reasons :
a) Fielding not good enough - If you saw England, they must have saved at least 30-40 runs by good fielding. Not only this, they took 3 excellent catches (apart from the the ordinary ones). The idea of this article […]

Endorsement decision will not change

BCCI to stay policy of endorsements
The Cricket Board emphasised on Wednesday that a change in the policy taken to cap players’ endorsements at its last Working Committee meeting was to stay in spite of the displeasure expressed by the players’ sponsors. The policy is similar to the endorsement policy followed by Australia.
Modi said this in […]

Shastri wants everyone to be more patient

Indian cricket manager Ravi Shastri has asked fans to be more patient and stressed that the Indian team needs this time to rediscover their form.
Senior players including Sachin, Sourav and Sehwag received a lot of slack from cricket fans due to the early exit from the World Cup and their loss to Bangladesh in the […]