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Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd Test: India staring down the barrel

India were staring at defeat in the third test against Sri Lanka at Colombo at the end of the third day’s play.
India led by a mere 14 runs when the day’s play was called off. Sehwag and Gambhir dashed off to another good start before Dammika Prasad sent the duo back to the pavilion. Murali […]

India tottering at Tea, Trio fail again

India were staring down the barrell at tea in the third test against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
Having elected to bat first, all the known batsmen were gone after a short stint at the wicket for each of them. The visitors lost six wickets before tea was taken  and with just 190 runs on the board, […]

Murali and Mendis rout India to win 1st Idea Cup Test

The 1st Idea Cup Test Match between India and Sri Lanka was all about Muralitharan and Mendis. Not only did both these bowlers rout India, but they will be the cause of Indian nightmares for a long time.
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Sri Lanka remained on top of the Indians throughout the match, specially after Warnapura, Jayawardene, Samaraweera and Dilshan […]

Sri Lanka Board XI vs India: Day 2

Sachin Tendulkar and Dinesh Karthik were the only batsmen to get meaningful practice ahead of the first Test, as the rest of the Indians fell cheaply on the second day of the tour game against Sri Lanka Board XI.
Tendulkar top-scored with 69, while Karthik sealed his spot for the first Test with a patient, unbeaten […]

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 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 […]

Ganguly to miss conditioning camp

Former captain Sourav Ganguly has been asked by the BCCI to attend the Team India conditioning camp in Bangalore from June 24 for the tour of Sri Lanka beginning next month.
However, Ganguly won’t be able to attend the entire seven-days camp as he is leaving for London due to his father’s illness. BCCI chief administrative […]

Seniors still have a chance: Kirsten

Indian coach Gary Kirsten thinks that the senior players are still needed by the team, in order to find the perfect balance in the squad.

Fresh legs and new faces may have given Team India a young look but coach Garry Kirsten believes senior players can still play a role in the side even though they […]

Riders snatch win from the Kings

This was their last match against the Punjab Kings XI for the Knight Riders. Not only was it the last chance but it was their last opportunity to redeem themselves in front of the home crowd.
The Kings XI side were put to bat first and although they lost Hopes early, Marsh and Sangakkara thundered and […]

King Khan summons his Knights

“Story time boys… I told you if you keep losing you have to bear with my long, boring msgs…. This is your punishment…. Many times I have made movies which don’t do well…. When I’m doing them, of course, I don’t know they won’t do well…. The story is written by somebody else and I […]

Ganguly denies rift with SRK

Ganguly has denied that there is a rift between him and team owner Shah Rukh Khan.

Reports suggest that differences emerged after their loss to Chennai Super Kings, where the team was dealt a crushing blow in their bid to reach the finals. While King Khan was upset because of this, another reason could be that […]

Rajasthan in; Kolkata (almost) out

In what was a decisive match for the two teams, Rajasthan Royals beat Kolkata knight Riders by six wickets in just 16.3 overs to book their semi final berth, while almost knocking out Ganguly’s men.

Shane Warne won the toss and put Kolkata into bat. It appeared as if the Knight Riders were simply trying too […]

Knight Riders face Do or Die match

In a match of utmost importance and dire consequences, Kolkata Knight Riders take on the Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens today. Almost all eyes would be intently watching the proceedings and not only because if they lose, Kolkata will be most certainly out of the reckoning for semi-finals.

The truth is that the match will […]

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 […]

Mumbai thrash Kolkata, Tendulkar proving lucky captain

In what was supposed to be a clash of the titans, it turned out to be a pretty much one-sided match. The Knight Riders did not get anywhere close to the riding they are used to and the Mumbai Indians squashed them like a piece of lemon.
The MIs started off pretty well by claiming wickets […]

Shoaib wrecks Delhi in his IPL debut, Knight Riders kick ass

The Delhi Daredevils started off in a very good manner by restricting the Knight Riders to just 133 - the lowest IPL total. Yo Mahesh and Maharoof took 2 wickets and were supported by Sangwan who took 1 wicket. Not only did they do a brilliant job by taking wickets, but also their bowling was […]

A Tense match in the offing…

…as Kolkata Knight Riders take on the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the other match of the day.
The KKR have been off the boil and have lost four successive matches, and would love to resurrect the record, where as the Bangalore RCs have been jolted out of their slumber party by their owner, Dr. Vijay […]

Kings on a roll, Knight Riders suffer 4th loss

The Kings XI Punjab’s juggernaut did not stop today. They recorded their fourth win in 6 matches, after having lost their first two, by beating the KKR easily. Batting first after winning the toss, KXP scored a healthy 178, including 21 runs that came in the last over off Ishant Sharma.
KKR had a miserable […]

Preity takes on Shah rukh?

That is what today’s other match between King’s XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Rider has got billed as by a huge section of media, a Preity Zinta vs SRK encounter. And amidst this war of the Bollywood, the actual battle would fought between the players on the field at the Mohali Cricket ground.
Kolkata would be […]