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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 v Sri Lanka, 4th ODI: India makes solid start

After winning the toss and electing to bat on a flat, much drier pitch, the Indians got off to a solid start before losing way in their innings in the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka at the Premdasa stadium in Colombo.
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Gambhir and Virat Kohli made a confident beginning as runs flowed at 4.5 an over, […]

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, […]

Sri Lanka beat India, 1st ODI: Review

Sri Lanka beat India by eight wickets in the first ODI at Dambulla and took a 1-0 lead in the five match series.
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After having won the toss, India elected to bat first but were crippled from the start itself as dashing opener Virender Sehwag was missing in action due to an ankle injury sustained in […]

Yuvarj fires in practice match

Yuvarj Singh delivered on his promise of a good showing in the upcoming five match ODI series as he took the Sri Lanka XI attack to the sword as he notched up a brilliant century and scored 172 runs propelling the Indian score to 342 in 50 overs.
Suresh Raina scored 45 and Gautam Gambhir […]

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 […]

Target:309, India: 162/2 in 26 overs

Chasing exactly the total they had set yesterday against Pakistan, India made a promising start to their chase as Gambhir and Sehwag laid down a rock solid foundation, laying down claim to the world’s best opening partnership currently.
The Indian duo added 92 in only 70 balls as the Sri Lankan opening bowlers were taken to […]

India beat Bangladesh with ease

The match today between India and Bangladesh today perceived by most to be a walk in the park for India turned out to be exciting and full of action with performances from both sides.
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The surprise package of the evening was Alok Kapali who returned to the Bangladesh side with a bang. He scored 115 runs […]

Raina scores 2nd fastest century for India

Yesterday’s match between India and Hong Kong saw Suresh Raina score a glorious 101 of just 66 balls during the Asia Cup tournament. Raina who has been playing for India for quite some time now scored his first century - and a stylish century it was.
Raina’s century included 7 fours and 5 sixes and the […]

Suresh Raina

An aggressive young batsman from Uttar Pradesh, he has a penchant for hitting double hundreds. His talent has already seen him being labeled the next Yuvraj Singh, but he is still quite a bit distance away from fulfilling that tag.

He has dismantled bowling attacks across the country and in a manner that reflects a bully, […]

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.
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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]