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Rahul Dravid

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Pujara to seek tips from Dravid

By thedarknight ⋅ December 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Saurashtra’s middle order batting mainstay Cheteshwar Pujara wants to utilise the chance when he plays against Rahul Dravid’s Karnataka team in the Ranji Trophy quarter final here from December 26 to pick the batting great’s brains and get useful tips.
“I am looking forward to have a chat with Rahul Dravid whenever I get the opportunity. […]

Dravid relieved after century in Mohali

By thedarknight ⋅ December 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Rahul Dravid on Saturday said that the century he scored against England here would rank among the most significant knocks of his career.
“It’s a quite significant knock, considering the form I was in coming into the match. It’s one of the most significant hundreds I scored and I now just hope we go on to […]

Dravid gets Ganguly’s backing

By thedarknight ⋅ December 14, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Rahul Dravid’s prolonged lean patch seems to have become a national obsession but the Karnataka middle-order batsman found an ally in former India skipper Sourav Ganguly who rubbished claims that the ‘Wall’ is showing signs of vulnerability.
“Dravid is a great cricketer with lot of maturity. It will be wrong to say that it’s over for […]

Dravid will come good in this series: Dhoni

By thedarknight ⋅ December 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who feels the former skipper will break free from the prolonged bad patch in the Test series against England.
“As of now, he has been shaping up well and he had time to go home in between. Talent wise we all know Dravid’s capabilities and he needs to focus now. He is one […]

Dhoni, Tendulkar unwilling to tour Pakistan

By thedarknight ⋅ November 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Top Indian players including captain MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar have said that they are unwilling to tour Paksitan in January for their scheduled three-Test and five-ODI series.
According to sources Dhoni, Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh have all expressed their unwillingness to go to Pakistan. The players believe that in spite of […]

We will win the series at Kotla: Dravid

By thedarknight ⋅ October 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India has not lost at the Kotla in the last six Tests and Dravid said he was confident that the hosts would maintain the unbeaten streak.
“It’s a great venue for us. I haven’t played in a Test that we have lost here. So, it’s always nice to come back here. Hopefully we will wrap it […]

Ray Jennings is new Bangalore Royal Challengers coach

By thedarknight ⋅ October 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Bangalore Royal Challengers, which finished seventh of eight teams in the inaugural IPL season, have appointed Ray Jennings as their new coach. Jennings, the former South African coach, replaces Martin Crowe, who was the team’s chief cricket officer.
Brijesh Patel, the Challengers’ chief executive, told Cricinfo Jennings would also help the Karnataka state team on an […]

India vs Australia, 1st Test: India chase 299; 24 for 2

By thedarknight ⋅ October 13, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

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 […]

Seniors have always performed: Ganguly

By thedarknight ⋅ October 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sourav Ganguly came out in strong defence of senior players in the Indian team, saying that they had always given their best for the country throughout their career.
“We have been performing ever since we have been in the team. We don’t look at current form. We had given our best on the field,” Ganguly, who […]

Don’t write off Fab 4: Kumble

By thedarknight ⋅ August 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Test skipper Anil Kumble came out strongly in defense of the fabulous four of the Indian middle-order who failed against the Sri Lankan spin duo of Ajantha Mendis and Muthiah Muralitharan in the recently concluded three-match series in the Emerald Isle which the visitors lost 2-1.
“I don’t know who gave this tag - Fab Four. […]

Sachin drops to lowest ranking ever

By thedarknight ⋅ August 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India’s master batsman Sachin Tendulkar has dropped to his lowest ranking in 15 years in the ICC rankings for Test batsmen after a disappointing series against Sri Lanka.
Tendulkar, who started the series in the 13th position, finished in 23rd place after scoring 95 runs at 15.83. He drops six places after scores of six and […]

Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd Test: Review

By thedarknight ⋅ August 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India could not have asked for a better beginning on day one of the third test match at Colombo when they won the toss on a placid wicket with a chance to fight the Lankan spinners and put up a huge total. And they started off well again with Sehwag and Gambhir putting up 51 […]

Sri Lanka win by 8 wickets; series 2-1

By thedarknight ⋅ August 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

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 […]

India fighting hard to stay alive

By thedarknight ⋅ August 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India were fighting had to stay alive in the third test match at lunch on the fourth day against Sri Lanka at Colombo.
Dravid and Laxman started the fightback in the morning and they batted quite well as Dravid brought up his half century, while Laxman was batting with the help of a runner. After an […]

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

By thedarknight ⋅ August 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

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 […]

Sri Lanka just ahead after Day 2

By thedarknight ⋅ August 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

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 […]

Sri Lanka build on their strong position

By thedarknight ⋅ August 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sri Lanka continued to hold a strong hand in the third test against India at Colombo as they built on the platform provided by their bowlers yesterday.
At lunch, Sri Lanka had won the fourth session in a row in this test match as the lost only Michael Vandort to Zaheer Khan and added 100 runs […]

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

By nj ⋅ August 9, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

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 […]

India tottering at 104/3

By thedarknight ⋅ August 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India batted first after winning the toss on a placid pitch at Colombo in the third test against Sri Lanka. The pitch was devoid of any dangers as had been predicted earlier by the pitch curator all week.
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India made only one change to their eleven with Parthiv Patel coming in for Dinesh Karthik. Parthiv is […]

Dravid’s dismissal causes controversy..again

By thedarknight ⋅ August 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Indians are quite unhappy about the way Rahul Dravid was given out late on the third day of the second test at Galle.
“He (Dravid) was playing a sweep shot to a full ball, and the feeling had been if the umpire had another look at it he would have given it out,” is Jayawardene’s […]

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