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Ishant is fit for 3rd ODI

Ishant Sharma, who missed the first two ODIs against England due to an ankle injury, has been assessed match-fit but the team management is yet to take a call on whether he will play the third game on Thursday in Kanpur.
Immediately after the Nagpur Test against Australia, Ishant flew to Mumbai to have his ankle […]

Ishant, Yuvraj doubtful for 2nd ODI

In-form batsman Yuvraj Singh’s back injury is India’s only concern as they prepare to take on a battered England in the second one-dayer of the seven-match cricket series here on Monday.
After drubbing the visitors by a massive 158 runs, the Indians are hoping that Yuvraj, who pummelled the English attack with an unbeaten 138, would […]

Ishant out of 1st ODI

Ishant Sharma, the Indian fast bowler, has been ruled out of the first ODI against England in Rajkot on Friday due to an ankle sprain. Ishant, who was Man of the Series in the recent Test series against Australia, has been advised five days’ rest, a BCCI release said.
“He is undergoing his rehabilitation at present […]

India thrash Australia, win series 2-0

In a match filled with controversy and media slamming, Dhoni took his men home convincingly by thrashing the Aussies to a 172 run win and winning the series 2-0. India regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and truly emerged on top as they won their first test series against the Aussies after 2001.
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India vs Australia, 1st Test: India chase 299; 24 for 2

Australia finally declared early in the morning session of the fifth day of the first test against India at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore. This means that the Aussies set India a target of 299 from a minimum of 80 overs to win or save the match, or even lose it if the visitors can […]

India vs Australia, 1st Test: Australia placed strongly

Australia were placed in a somewhat strong position at the end of the first day of the first test against India at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Zaheer dismissed Hayden in the first over of the day and with Ishant Sharma kept the scoring on a tight leash. But Katich and Ponting built a strong foundation with a […]

SNGPL rock Delhi on first day

Visitors Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) fast bowler Imran Ali ruined Ranji champions Delhi’s opening day of the domestic season with six wickets including a hat-trick in his first ever game on Indian soil at the Feroz Shah Kotla here on Monday.
Delhi, packed with international stars, were folded out for a measly 134 on […]

Dhoni, Tendulkar on ICC awards shortlist

India’s ODI and T20 captain MS Dhoni leads his country’s charge in this year’s shortlists for the LG ICC Awards 2008 as he is one of the four Indian players who have a chance of taking home a prize from cricket’s night of nights.
Also nominated are Sachin Tendulkar (ODI Player of the Year), fast bowler […]

Poor middle order cost us bad: Kumble

Speaking to reporters after the test series was lost 2-1 to Sri Lanka, India captain was looking for responsibility on the part of the senior team members who failed to deliver the goods in the three test matches.
“The batsmen did not put up a good show here and that probably cost us the series. It […]

Sri Lanka win by 8 wickets; series 2-1

Sri Lanka won the third test against India at the PSS ground in Colombo by eight wickets and that too inside eight days.
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On the fourth day, India started a fight back with Dravid and Laxman at the crease, but Dravid was out once he got his fifty. Laxman though carried on reaching his own fifty […]

Sri Lanka just ahead after Day 2

Sri Lanka just managed to get a 2 runs lead on India at the end of Day 2 of the third test at Colombo.
Riding high on a gritty century by Kumar Sangakkara, who was due a good score after he failed in the last two tests, the hosts reached 251 for 6 when bad light […]

India fall for 249, Sri Lanka lose 1 on Day 1

Day one of the final Test match of the Idea Cup between India and Sri Lanka went to the 2 new bowlers of Sri Lanka. Mendis and Prasad outsmarted India on all occassions to send the Indians back in the pavilion for just 249 runs. The top and middle order failed yet again with the […]

Dhoni returns for Lanka ODIs

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is back from his award winning rest and will lead India’s 16-man squad for the five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.  Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan are back in the side too after their respective hiatuses from the sport, while Yuvraj Singh is back too after missing the bus for […]

Nothing in the pitch: Ishant

India’s pacer Ishant Sharma said the wicket at Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) is a dead patch as Sri Lankan batsmen feasted on the Indian attack on the second day of the first cricket Test on Thursday. Three Sri Lankan batsmen hit centuries to help the hosts pile a massive 422 for four at the close […]

Squad for Sri Lanka announced, Yuvraj and Sreesanth out

The Indian team announced today for the Sri Lanka tour saw no major surprises as far as expectations are concerned. The non-performers were out, and new young performers are in.
Dhoni has been rested, as expected, and Parthiv Patel finds place in the team after a long time to take place as wicket-keeper. Anil Kumble will […]

Pepsi drop Sachin

Soft drinks major Pepsi has dropped master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, whose long-standing contract with the company expired in May. This completes a process of gradually phasing out the ageing cricketers of the Indian team and building a new look face for the global giant.
The dropping of Tendulkar comes on the backdrop of Pepsi axing the […]

Asia Cup: India vs Bangladesh

India and Bangladesh go head to head today in Karachi to begin the next phase of the Asia cup, that is the semis league. In earnest, the tournament begins now as the four top teams in the continent go head to head to find out who goes to the final and wins the trophy.
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Ishant Sharma

Tall, sturdy and well built, this lanky fast bowler from Delhi has taken the cricketing world by storm. He made his debut against Bangladesh but was very raw at that time in early 2007. However it was in the 2007-08 Test series in Australia that he made his presence felt.

Standing at 6′4", his […]

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 […]

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 […]