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India v England, 3rd ODI: India wins by 16 runs (D/L)

India won the 3rd ODI against England by 16 runs on Duckworth Lewis method as bad light stopped play in Kanpur. This means India has won three out of three matches so far in the series.
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Kevin Pieterson won the toss for England and chose to bat first on a not […]

Mendis easy to play now: Rohit Sharma

Indian middle-order batsman Rohit ot Sharma thinks that the Indian players will now have no problems playing the mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis in any future series after having played him with relative ease in the recent ODIs against Sri Lanka.
“You might have seen what happened in the one-day series (in Sri Lanka). He did not […]

India end Idea Cup series with humiliation

Many would call today’s match a rain affected game that resulted in India losing, others would call it the sheer brilliance of the Lankan bowlers, but the fact of the matter is that the Indian batting order failed miserably once again as they have done several times in the past. The Indians had the upper […]

India vs Sri Lanka, 4th ODI: India win series 3-1

India beat Sri Lanka by 46 runs in the fourth ODI at Premdasa stadium in Colombo. With this win, India have taken an unassailable 3-1 lead in the Idea Cup and thus have won their first ever ODI bilateral series in the Emerald Island.
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Winning the toss and electing to bat first, India made a cautious […]

India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI: Review

India beat Sri Lanka in the third ODI at the Premdasa Stadium in Colombo by 33 runs and took a 2-1 lead in the series.
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However it was a far from comfortable win for them, when it should have been so after the good bowling performance given by the Indian bowlers. Chasing 238 for a win, […]

India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI: Review

India beat Sri Lanka in the second ODI of the five match series in Dambulla.
After winning the toss, India opted to bowl first and the decision paid off as Zaheer Khan ran through the top order with 4 for 21 from ten overs. At one stage, Sri Lanka were 4 for 11 and 44 for […]

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 […]

BCCI not to take action against party hoppers

BCCI Vice-President Rajeev Shukla said the press report featuring three Indian players enjoying a midnight beach party before Asia Cup final in Karachi was totally wrong and the Cricket Board would neither enquire nor take any action against them.
“The report appeared in a leading Urdu daily Jung was totally wrong,” Shukla told newsmen. “BCCI will […]

BCCI refutes night out

The BCCI on Thursday denied that they were probing the incidents leading to India’s Asia Cup defeat, in which three key players performed poorly after having allegedly spent the previous night at a beach party.
Ratnakar Shetty, the chief administrative officer of the Board, said the three players in question, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina and Rohit […]

3 players partied before Asia Cup final

The Indian team had a major final coming up and the fact that they needed to win it to reverse a record of 18 losses in 22 finals didn’t deter three players of the side from going out on the night before the final and party. The team suffered a horrific 100-run loss to Sri […]

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 […]

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 […]

Pakistan snatch victory from India at Asia Cup Super Fours

The Asia Cup 2008 saw clash of the two titans India and Pakistan meet in a match that was always meant to be a thriller - it always is. Not only was today’s match a thriller, it was a KNOCKER.
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India started it’s innings with a blast, as Sehwag and Gambhir both fired right from the […]

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 in deep, deep trouble

India were neckdeep in trouble by the end of the 20th over, having lost four wickets with just 132 runs on board and four top order wickets gone.
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This must be one of the days when Team India is missing the experience of Sachin Tendulkar, though not initially. The opening duo of Sehwag and Gambhir got […]

India lose Uthappa early, Gambhir and Rohit Sharma living dangerously

Bangladesh scored a very competitive total by posting 283/6 on the scoreboard thanks to Alok Kapali who score 115 runs of just 96 balls. What surprised everyone most is his 5 huge sixes and 10 fours.
India are missing Sehwag today and Uthappa and Gambhir were given the task of opening the innings for India. Although […]

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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Pakistan wins Kitply Cup 2008

Pakistan beat India by 25 runs in the finals of the Kitply Cup 2008 at Mirpur, Bangladesh.
Pakistan Captain Shoaib Malik won the toss and elected to bat first on a pitch that was better than any we have seen before in this tournament. The openers made a cautious start but Kamran Akmal departed soon. Salman […]

Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma is yet to cement his place in the Indian team and already has been earmarked for greatness. It so happens that he has also been termed as the replacement for the great Sachin Tendulkar, when the master decides to call it a day.

Thus it comes as no surprise that this right handed […]