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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 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 […]

Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd Test: Preview

Sri Lanka and India will be playing the third test at the historical P Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo from tomorrow. This is the same ground where the Lankans beat the Indians for the first time in tests in their history in the 80s. Also since test cricket returned here in 2002, the home team haven’t […]

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 […]

India in dilemma over choice of keeper

The most important question that is facing the Indian team ahead of the third test at Colombo against Sri Lanka is which wicket keeper to go in with.
Dinesh Karthik has been given many chances time and again and he has not performed upto the mark. He is an otherwise good keeper but this series he […]

Rajasthan Royals lift the 1st DLF IPL Trophy in style

It was a dream final and the Rajasthan Royals won the first DLF IPL Cup by beating the Chennai Super Kings on the last ball of the final over . Both teams played exceptionally well with good batting, bowling and fielding performances.
Winning moments of IPL - video
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and put […]

Super Kings emerge winners, Kings XI busted big time

The second semi-final took place today between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai. After yesterday’s dismal performance by Delhi, everyone expected today’s match to be competitive and full of thrills but this was not to happen. The Kings XI seemed as helpless as Delhi felt yesterday and the Chennai team definitely emerged […]

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 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.

One […]

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 […]