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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 […]

India tottering at 104/3

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 […]

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 win 2nd test;level series

India avenged their defeat in the first test by registering a 170 run victory against Sri Lanka at Galle and that too inside four days.
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Set 301 to win the match and with two days to play, Sri Lanka were never in it after they faltered from the very beginning of the chase as they lost […]

Sri Lanka vs India, 2nd Test: Day 2

Sri Lanka fought to 215 for 5 at the end of the day’s play in the second test match against India at Galle.
The hosts lost opener Michael Vandort in the very first over but recovered to some extent through a 133-run second wicket partnership between Malinda Warnapura (66) and Kumar Sangakkara (68) even though they […]

Day 2: Sehwag strikes yet another double hundred

India’s opening ace Virender Sehwag struck yet another double hundred, the third of his career so far as India folded up for 329 in their first innings on day two of the second test match in Galle.
Sehwag became only the second Indian batsman to carry his bat through out the innings after Sunil Gavaskar as […]

Batsmen fell to good balls: Sehwag

Indian vice-captain Virender Sehwag on Thursday said all the batsmen fell to good balls though the wicket was playing well.
“(Sachin) Tendulkar, Rahul (Dravid), Sourav (Ganguly) all fell to good balls so you cannot do anything about it. They (Sri Lanka) have quality bowlers,” Sehwag said after the first day’s play in which India lost its […]

2nd Test, Day One: Honours Even

India and Sri Lanka shared honours on the first day of the second test match at Galle of the three match series in the Idea Cup.
After winning the toss, India motored along at a good rate in the first session, as all doubts were dispelled as to how they would counter the threat of Murali […]

Sachin is highest ranked Indian in tests

Sachin Tendulkar remained the highest-ranked Indian batsman at the joint 13th spot even as Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman slipped a rung each in the ICC Test Rankings.
Tendulkar was joined by English right-hander Ian bell at 13th. Bell rattled off a Test-best 199 in the drawn encounter […]

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 […]

Dhoni praises openers

India captain MS Dhoni has praised the performance of his two openers in the tournament so far and has attributed much of the team’s success to their splendid form. Sehwag and Gambhir put on 92 runs for the opening wicket in 11.4 overs to plot India’s easy win over Sri Lanka and set up a […]

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 […]

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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The Prodigy Returns

Virender Sehwag’s comeback to the Indian team is complete.
A year ago, he was fading into oblivion after his ODI form had fallen to new lows with each match, while his test form was still good, he wasn’t the same player as before. From being the captain-in-waiting to being dropped first in South Africa on tour, […]

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 […]

Who is the better captain - Warne or Sehwag ?

It’s D-Day and the Delhi Daredevils will be playing Rajasthan Royals today. Both teams look pepped up and the favourites at this point are Rajasthan Royals who top the league points table with 22 points with a large margin compared to Delhi who are at 15 points.
It should be noted that Rajasthan lost to Delhi […]

Sehwag wants IPL to be selection criteria

Delhi DareDevils captain has called on the selectors to make the IPL performances of the players a selection criterion for the national squad. The dashing Delhi batsman has scored 403 runs in 13 innings and is averaging a healthy 36 with a strike rate of 186.

This comes as no surprise as the selectors themselves stated […]

Shoaib wrecks Delhi in his IPL debut, Knight Riders kick ass

The Delhi Daredevils started off in a very good manner by restricting the Knight Riders to just 133 - the lowest IPL total. Yo Mahesh and Maharoof took 2 wickets and were supported by Sangwan who took 1 wicket. Not only did they do a brilliant job by taking wickets, but also their bowling was […]

A Battle of the unequals - Mumbai vs Delhi

If there is any team that has each of its department as strong as the other, then it has to be Delhi DareDevils. In comparison, the Mumbai Indians have struggled to put the runs on board, and their bowlers have gone for aplenty. So, it would be only fair to term this as a battle […]