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Statistical highlights of India-Sri Lanka ODI
Jan 6th
Following are the statistical highlights of the India-Sri Lanka tri-series match played on Tuesday. # Sri Lanka's match-winning 283 for five is their highest total against India in Bangladesh. # India's total of 279 for nine is also their highest total against Sri Lanka in Bangladesh. # Chanaka Welegedara (5/66) has produced his career-best bowling performance in ODIs. # ...
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Dec 26th
Sachin Tendulkar has been rested while Rohit Sharma has been recalled for the tri-series cricket tournament in Bangladesh starting January 4. Leg spinner Amit Mishra and pacer Ashok Dinda were also included in the 16-member squad while pacers Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar and left arm spinner Pragyan Ojha were left out. Mishra has been out of favour ...
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Dec 23rd
Having watched the Sri Lankans go through the grind of two tight chases, India’s batsmen must have sensed at the break the need to finish things off with plenty to spare. The fact that they had only 240 to get helped, as did the fact that Sachin Tendulkar seemed determined not to give up his ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Virender Sehwag compliments bowlers on victory
Dec 22nd
Indian captain Virender Sehwag has praised his bowlers for their performance in the third ODI against Sri Lanka in Cuttack. The hosts won comfortably by seven wickets to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. After Kumar Sangakkara, his opposite number, opted to bat, a solid performance from Sri Lanka's top order had put them ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Sachin, Jadeja star in India’s win at Cuttack
Dec 22nd
Cuttack: A sparkling innings of 96 runs from batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and valuable contributions from stand in skipper Sehwag, Yuvraj and Karthik saw India beat Lanka at Cuttack and take a 2-1 lead in the five match ODI series. Tendulkar-Karthik’s 70-run unbeaten stand ensured that India beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets after spinner Ravindra Jadeja ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Tendulkar takes India to thumping win
Dec 22nd
CUTTACK: There were predictions of runs aplenty, but the wicket at the Barabati Stadium followed its more traditional role of offering turn. The Indian spinners exploited the conditions perfectly to trigger a collapse and restrict Sri Lanka to 239 in the third ODI at the Barabati Stadium here on Monday. Sachin Tendulkar’s classy unbeaten 96 then helped ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...India look to do the job without D for company
Dec 21st
Indian cricket lovers have had such a ‘high dose of MSD’ in the last two years that it becomes difficult to accept the reality at times. Therefore, with the captain missing when the Indian players got off the team bus and trooped inside the Barabati Stadium, one thing became evident. Irrespective of the outcome of Monday’s ...
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Murali to miss remaining ODIs
Dec 16th
Sri Lanka's hopes of coming back from a 1-0 deficit in the ODI series against India have taken a hit with Muttiah Muralitharan being ruled out of the remaining four games because of a finger injury. Murali, who missed the two Twenty 20 matches as well as the first ODI, sustained the injury in the ...
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Second ODI shifted to Nagpur
Dec 14th
The second ODI of Sri Lanka's India tour, on November 18, has been shifted to Nagpur from the original venue, Visakhapatnam, following concerns over security arrangements. Visakhapatnam has been in the eye of a storm due to protests by students and activists at the federal government's decision to create a new state in the northern ...
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Dropped catches hurt us – MS Dhoni
Dec 10th
MS Dhoni has said one of the reasons for the 29-run run defeat to Sri Lanka in Nagpur was because India tended to take Twenty20 internationals as a "warm-up for the one-dayers to follow". India have now lost seven of their last ten Twenty20s and two of their three wins were against Bangladesh and Ireland. "I ...
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Sangakkara stars in Sri Lanka’s facile win
Dec 10th
Nagpur: Kumar Sangakkara was inspirational for Sri Lanka at the VCA Stadium here on Wednesday. His astonishing 37-ball 78 (11x4, 2x6) and astute captaincy guided Sri Lanka to a 29-run win over India in the first Royal Stag Twenty20 game of the two-match series. Sangakkara was slick with the willow and strategically smart under the lights. ...
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Fast bowlers jolt Sri Lanka’s middle
Dec 5th
A stodgy 90-run stand between Tharanga Paranavitana and Kumar Sangakkara separated another umpiring howler against Tillakaratne Dilshan and four quick wickets as India assumed complete control of the Brabourne Test. Zaheer Khan produced his best spell of the series just before tea, dismissing Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera, and Sreesanth took out Paranavitana. Sangakkara, though, ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...No practice for Sri Lanka ahead of first Test
Nov 13th
Sri Lanka's practice match against Board President's XI was on Friday called off without a ball being bowled due to unsuitable ground conditions. Two days of play had already been lost after unrelenting rains lashed the city since Wednesday, and the visitors were not willing to take the field on the third and final day as ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Younus unlikely to change his T20 retirement plan
Nov 9th
Pakistan skipper Younus Khan is unlikely to be persuaded to change his retirement plan for the Twenty 20 format of the game. "He is a blue-eyed boy of the PCB chairman Ijaz Butt, who is also likely to be here for the final ODI against New Zealand on Monday, but will not persuade the captain to ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Zaheer set to return for Test series against Lanka
Nov 9th
Zaheer Khan is set to return to Test cricket while Ashish Nehra would also fancy a comeback to the longer version after a five-year hiatus when the national selection panel meets here tomorrow to pick the Indian squad for the three-match home series against Sri Lanka. Zaheer, who returned to first class cricket recently after undergoing ...
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Thousands freed from Sri Lanka camp
Oct 23rd
More than 4,000 ethnic Tamils have been released from government-run detention camps in northern Sri Lanka, and allowed to return home. The freed detainees are part of a larger group of 40,000 who have been cleared to return to former Tamil Tiger strongholds, in the largest release from the camps since the end of the civil ...
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India top ODI rankings
Sep 23rd
India has become the number one ODI team after Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 55 runs in the ICC Champions Trophy opening match on Tuesday. Tillakaratne Dilshan's superb century and Ajantha Mendis's fiery three wicket haul helped Sri Lanka register a 55-run victory over South Africa via Duckworth Lewis method in the rain-affected first match ...
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ICC Champions Trophy: England too puny for modern power game
Sep 22nd
All the world's best players are featured, their international careers boiled down to their vital statistics: batting average, centuries, wickets taken and sixes hit. It is that last area which should be exercising the minds of the selectors. Because, in a game which has become primarily about power, England lack six appeal. In one-day cricket, pitches ...
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After warm-up loss, Ind face Gambhir fitness dilemma
Sep 21st
The humiliating loss to New Zealand in their only warm-up game coupled with uncertainty over opener Gautam Gambhir's fitness has marred India's build up to the Champions Trophy which gets underway here tomorrow. After staying briefly on top of the ICC rankings and clinching the triangular series in Sri Lanka recently, Indians were humbled by 103 ...
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ODI format under microscope ahead of Champions Trophy
Sep 19th
The one-day ICC Champions Trophy starts on Tuesday in South Africa with the future of the 50-over format under the microscope. World stars past and present and officials have joined a fierce debate as the overwhelming success of the Indian Premier League-led Twenty20 version has left many querying the role of the ODI in an overcrowded ...
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‘Sri Lanka series was the turning point’
Sep 18th
Gautam Gambhir edged out his India and Delhi opening partner Virender Sehwag in a close tussle for the Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year Award for 2008. The southpaw, who scored over 1,000 runs in Tests and ODIs in the calendar year of 2008, received a trophy and a cheque for Rs 5 lakhs at a ...
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Indian team leaves for ICC Champions Trophy
Sep 18th
High on confidence after their the tri-series triumph in Sri Lanka, the Indian team on Friday left to participate in the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in South Africa from September 22. The team left by the Dubai-bound flight from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai and from Dubai they will be taking a ...
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Sep 17th
South Africa haven't won an ICC trophy since the Champions Trophy in 1998 despite being among the top one-day sides over the past decade. Their captain Graeme Smith is desperate to shed the 'chokers' tag that hangs around the team and sees next week's Champions Trophy as a chance for the world's No. 1 ODI ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Tough task for Indian hoopsters in Women’s Asian basketball
Sep 17th
Home support notwithstanding, India face a tough task in their quest for a medal at the 23rd Women's Asian Basketball Championship beginning on Thursday. Having qualified for Level-1 with an all-win record two years ago at Incheon in South Korea, the Indians are understandably in an upbeat mood ahead of the competition that would be far stiffer ...
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Vintage Tendulkar comes to the fore
Sep 15th
Once in a lifetime perhaps, you come across a rare breed of cricketer. A man who really means it when he says milestones mean nothing to him because he’s the yardstick by which everyone else is measured. A man who doesn’t care about the record books because he’s already comprehensively stamped his authority on them. ...
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India drops to third in ICC ranking
Sep 15th
Their defeat against Sri Lanka in the tri-series followed by Australia's win over England in the fourth one-dayer resulted to India dropping to third place in the ICC ODI rankings list. India were displaced from the top spot within 24 hours of gaining it after their morale-shattering 139-run defeat against the hosts Sri Lanka. After India's defeat, ...
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Dhoni praises bowlers
Sep 12th
Victorious captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today lavished praise on his bowlers, saying Ashish Nehra did an excellent job with the new ball while Yuvraj Singh played the part-time spinner's role to perfection. Assured of a place in Monday's final against Sri Lanka, Dhoni said skittling out New Zealand for 155 inside 47 overs made the batsmen's ...
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ODI top spot is the team’s focus: Kirsten
Sep 10th
It's the start of a new season and the top spot in the ODI rankings is up for grabs. Team India coach Gary Kirsten is well aware of the pressure of expectations as the Men in Blue get ready to start their tri-series campaign in Sri Lanka on Friday. There are issues like Virender Sehwag's absence ...
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UN criticises Sri Lanka expulsion
Sep 9th
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, has criticised the Sri Lankan government's decision to expel a UN children's agency spokesman. The government accused the spokesman of spreading Tamil Tiger propaganda. Mr Ban's office said he strongly regretted the decision and would raise the issue with President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the earliest opportunity. The spokesman, James Elder, regularly updated the ...
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Team India captaincy interests Harbhajan
Sep 9th
A coy Virender Sehwag does not want to lead the Indian cricket team but his feisty teammate Harbhajan Sigh does, saying it's a challenge worth a try. Sehwag has already informed the selectors about his reluctance and requested them to groom someone for future. Harbhajan, on his part, said incumbent Mahendra Singh Dhoni is doing an excellent ...
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