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Mendis not a permanent threat: Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian captain has said that though Ajantha Mendis is an unusual bowler in comparison to Muttiah Muralitharan, he will cease to be a permanent threat to the Indian batsmen, sooner or later.
“With time batsmen will get used to playing him. Even Murali some seven-eight years back was really difficult,” Dhoni said. […]

Test team for Sri Lanka: Review

The team to play Sri Lanka in the upcoming three test series has been selected. And while some of the usual players do find their usual place in the squad, there are a few names missing, or even included, that raise a few eyebrows and thus are quite debatable at the end of the day.
Gautam […]

India lose by 100 runs, Sri Lanka win Asia Cup

Sri Lanka has won the Asia Cup 2008. They outperformed India in all departments - Batting, bowling and fielding. Jayasuriya and Mendis will probably remember this night for the rest of their life as both came out and fought for their country when it was in trouble.
Ajantha Mendia is ‘Man of the Match’ for his […]

Dhoni praises openers

India captain MS Dhoni has praised the performance of his two openers in the tournament so far and has attributed much of the team’s success to their splendid form. Sehwag and Gambhir put on 92 runs for the opening wicket in 11.4 overs to plot India’s easy win over Sri Lanka and set up a […]

India win to fight another day, enter finals

In a display that is befitting the might of the Indian batting order, India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to gain two valuable points and re-affirm their status as favourites to win the tournament. They have now entered the final of the tournament and will play Sri Lanka in th replay of the final […]

India set 309; Pakistan 40/0 in 6

India recovered well after being 132/4 at one stage, to set a target of 309 in 50 overs against Pakistan in the semis league match in the Asia Cup.
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Dhoni and Rohit Sharma scored fifties as they put on a 112 run partnership to take India to safety after the early jolts. The captain scored76 off […]

India breaks even at last

Almost thirty years after the ODIs were incepted, India has finally been able to achieve what only a handful of other countries have done so far, and that is to have more victories than losses in its list of ODIs.
After their win over Bangladesh in the Asia Cup, India have more victories than losses in […]

India post huge win

Indian batsmen all made merry as they had one of the best work outs in the middle in a long, long time.
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Indian captain Dhoni won the toss and had no qualms abut batting first on a placid wicket. Sehwag and Gambhir started as if they were still playing the IPL, hitting the hapless Hong […]

Gambhir in ODI Top 20

Indian opener Gautam Gambhir and his Pakistani counterpart Salman Butt jumped seven places each to break into the top-20 ICC ODI ranking for batsmen.Gambhir claimed the 20th spot while Salman, who was declared player of the tournament leapfrogged to 16th spot.
Gambhir, who finished as the leading scorer of the series with 209 runs, is the […]

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 […]

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 […]

MS Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni hails from the backwaters of Jharkhand, a cricketing state that has done nothing else but been at the bottom of the Indian domestic cricket tables. Yet this right handed batsman has charmed every one with his naturally aggressive ideology.

Since the beginning he has built a hard-hitting reputation with the bat and […]

Chennai through to semi-finals, Hyderabad lose again

The Chennai Deccan Chargers came out as comfortable winners against the Hyderabad Deccan Chargers in a match that was the decider for the final semi-final spot between Chennai and Mumbai. If Chennai would have lost this game, Mumbai would have a chance fo sneaking through after winning their next game. However, that was not […]

Royals roar as Super Kings fall

This was a high scoring match that remained a mystery to all until the last over was bowled. The Rajasthan Royals scorecard read 211/5 while the Chennai Super Kings failed to achieve the target and ended 201/7 losing the match by 10 runs.
Earlier, the Royals batted first and what a start it was. They seemed […]

Chennai look to qualify

Chennai Super Kings take on Rajasthan Royals in their second last match of the league phase, today.

It is a simple deal for them really, they just have to win one of their two matches and their place will be confirmed in the knock out phase. However this will be easier said than done, as Rajasthan […]

Chennai Super Kings vs Bangalore Royal Challengers

With two of their remaining matches being against bottom of the table placed Bangalore Royal Challengers and Deccan Chargers, the Chennai Super Kings are sure to make it to the final four. However they will have to deal with complacency as other teams make a push for points, trying to take them over by run-rate.

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Rain helps Chennai

In what would have been a tight match, the Chennai Super Kings were lucky enough to easily gain two points thanks to the weather as a dust storm and subsequent showers cut down the match and Chennai won in the eighth over by three runs, thanks to Duckworth-Lewis method.

Sourav Ganguly won the toss and chose […]

Knight Riders take on Super Kings

In a very crucial match of the tournament, the Kolkata Knight Riders will face the Chennai Super Kings at Eden Gardens. This match assumes significant proportion for both the teams as the competition for the knock out places heats up.

Both the teams have lost to Mumbai Indians in their last game, mauled at the […]

Daredevils and Superkings take match to the last ball

Vidyut and Flemming laid a solid foundation for the Chennai Super Kings who won their match against Delhi Daredevils today.
The match went down to the wire but the real turning point was Sehwag’s second over in which he gave away 23 runs.
S Vidyut (40), Stephen Fleming [Images] (44), captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] (33) and […]

Delhi meet Chennai again..

In what is supposed to be the first match of the second leg of matches, the Chennai Super Kings would meet the Delhi Dare Devils at the Kotla in Delhi. In their first meeting, the Dhoni led Kings had succumbed to a loss, and they would now have to ensure that they pug in the […]