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Mahendra Singh Dhoni and team back match-winner Yuvraj Singh

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and team back match-winner Yuvraj Singh

Visakhapatnam:  India captain MS Dhoni lent his support to out-of-form Yuvraj Singh after their two-wicket defeat to West Indies here on Sunday. Yuvraj, who scored just 28 runs in 49 balls, also dropped Lendl Simmons when he was on 43. Simmons would go on to score 62 in a match-winning partnership with Darren Sammy. (2nd ODI, as […]

A chance for England to displace India from second spot

A chance for England to displace India from second spot

DUBAI: England have a chance of displacing India from their current second position in theICC Test Team Rankings table if they can win the upcoming Ashes series against Australia 4-0 or better. The Ashes series will offer England an opportunity to reclaim the number two spot that they held till India moved ahead of them last week following a 2-0 series […]

Gaganjeet Bhullar, Anirban Lahiri ready to lead India in World Cup of Golf

Gaganjeet Bhullar, Anirban Lahiri ready to lead India in World Cup of Golf

Melbourne:  India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar does not want to let his biggest fans — his parents — down when he attempts to build on a liking for the Royal Melbourne Golf Club at the World Cup of Golf, which starts in Melbourne on Thursday. Together with close friend Anirban Lahiri, Bhullar will represent his nation for […]

Viswanathan Anand-Carlsen world chess championship game No.8 drawn

Viswanathan Anand-Carlsen world chess championship game No.8 drawn

Chennai:  World champion Viswanathan Anand got an easy draw with black as challenger Magnus Carlsen continued his march towards the throne after the end of the eighth game of the World Chess Championship here on Tuesday. The morale boosting draw, first since the first game of the match, is likely to help Anand psychologically before […]

Why Sachin Tendulkar will give a billion fans a sleepless night

Why Sachin Tendulkar will give a billion fans a sleepless night

Wankhede Stadium is expected to burst at its seams when Sachin Tendulkar walks out to take fresh guard on Friday morning. The 40-year-old genius will start at his overnight score of 38 as India start Day Two of the second Test against the West Indies at 157 for two wickets, just 25 runs adrift of […]

West Indies salutes Shivnarine Chanderpaul, their own legend

West Indies salutes Shivnarine Chanderpaul, their own legend

Mumbai:  West Indies on Sunday saluted their own legendary batsman in Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who will touch the milestone of playing 150 Tests when the Caribbean side will clash with India from Wednesday to salvage a draw in the two-match series. The second Test will be 200th for legendary Sachin Tendulkar, who will bid adieu to […]

Didn’t expect to see my name on top of a club, it felt different: Sachin Tendulkar

Didn’t expect to see my name on top of a club, it felt different: Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar said he felt “very humbled” after the Mumbai Cricket Association on Monday formally renamed the Kandivili ground as the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana Club. The 40-year-old who will be playing his 200th and last Test match in Mumbai from November 14 already has a stand named after him at the famous Wankhede Stadium. (All […]

Rohit Sharma slams century on debut as India take big lead against West Indies

Rohit Sharma slams century on debut as India take big lead against West Indies

Kolkata:  Rohit Sharma stamped his class by hitting a sparkling century on debut as India recovered from a top-order collapse to take a firm grip of the first Test against the West Indies with a 120-run first-innings lead here on Thursday. (Match Scorecard | Highlights) Sharma stole the thunder with his unbeaten 127 as the hosts, who were […]

Umpiring blunder on Sachin Tendulkar angers Eden fans

Umpiring blunder on Sachin Tendulkar angers Eden fans

Kolkata:  If Twitteratis are to be believed, it will be a long shot for umpire Nigel Llong to get out of the country without facing irate fans of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar who was given out in a contentious decision on Thursday. A pindrop silence descended on the Eden as Llong raised his finger while […]

India vs Australia: Ishant Sharma works overtime with bowling coach in optional practice

India vs Australia: Ishant Sharma works overtime with bowling coach in optional practice

Ranchi:  Under-fire Indian pacer Ishant Sharma whose sloppy bowling cost India the third ODI against Australia today worked overtime with bowling coach Joe Dawes even as his teammates took a day’s break ahead of their fourth match here on Wednesday. Dawes was seen giving an extra attention to out-of-from Ishant who slogged it out for […]

Open Letter to Sachin Tendulkar

By Malay Vyas Dear Tendulkar, A couple of weeks ago, a Texans player played with a bloody nose in a football game at Reliant Stadium but a few thousand cricket fans living in Houston remember the original bloody nose. We remembered you from the time you bled on Doordarshan. I had a black & white […]

Sachin Tendulkar to play for Mumbai in Ranji Trophy before Test series

Sachin Tendulkar to play for Mumbai in Ranji Trophy before Test series

MUMBAI: In order to prepare for the two-match Test series against the West Indies next month, Sachin Tendulkar will play for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy preliminary round match against Haryana at Lahli starting on October 27. Tendulkar, who will retire after playing the second Test (November 14-18) against the West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium, will play in the Ranji […]

Sachin Tendulkar announces retirement from Test cricket after 200th game

Sachin Tendulkar announces retirement from Test cricket after 200th game

Sachin Tendulkar has decided to call it quits. In a media statement released through the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday afternoon, the 40-year-old Tendulkar said his 200th Test will be the last time he will be seen in India colours. This milestone match, against the West Indies, will most probably be […]

Boom Boom Wins Women’s Cricket Cup

SUGAR LAND: Women’s Cricket Cup (WCC) took place in New Territory on August 24 and 25. With a Tri-Angular format tournament, the three participating teams were HotShots, Minions and Boom Boom. On Saturday the Women teams played round matches and on Sunday the Semi-Final and Final was played. The tournament standings: 1st Place – Boom […]

The Ashes, 5th Test: Shane Watson puts Australia on top in finale

The Ashes, 5th Test: Shane Watson puts Australia on top in finale

London:  Shane Watson’s Test-best 176 left Australia firmly in charge of the fifth Ashes match against England at The Oval. At stumps on Wednesday’s first day, Australia were 307 for four as they sought a consolation victory in a five-match series already won by England at 3-0 up. Watson put a disappointing series with the […]

Tests matches are cricket’s ‘life source’ – Dravid

Tests matches are cricket’s ‘life source’ – Dravid

Rahul Dravid has made a spirited call for nurturing first-class and Test cricket, saying the longer and more traditional formats provide players with the grounding needed to prosper in the newer, shorter versions. The steps Dravid suggested for bolstering Tests included a more serious consideration of day-night Tests, increasing pay for long-form specialists, a streamlined and […]

Virat Kohli slams 15th ODI ton as India cruise to 6 wicket victory versus Zimbabwe

Virat Kohli slams 15th ODI ton as India cruise to 6 wicket victory versus Zimbabwe

Harare: Virat Kohli had said he would lead India in Zimbabwe by setting examples. His 115 in the opening match at the Harare Sports Club on Wednesday helped India register a comprehensive 6-wicket win after the home team scored 228 for seven wicket in their 50 overs. Scorecard | Match as it happened Kohli came to the […]

Disgusting way to start Indian Badminton League: Jwala Gutta

Disgusting way to start Indian Badminton League: Jwala Gutta

HYDERABAD: India’s top two women’s doubles players Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa are hurt at the way they were treated at the Indian Badminton League (IBL) auction.The only doubles team to win a bronze in the World Championships, Jwala and Ashwini were rightly named as the icons of the league. However, they were stunned to know that their base price was reduced […]

BCCI objects to the itinerary of India’s tour of South Africa

BCCI objects to the itinerary of India’s tour of South Africa

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has reportedly objected to the schedule of India’s tour to South Africa later this year, saying it was prepared by Cricket South Africa without the BCCI’s consent. BCCI interim chief Jagmohan Dalmiya said on Tuesday that the itinerary of the tour, which begins in November, is being […]

Wimbledon 2013: Paes, Bhupathi, Bopanna in quarters, Sania out

Wimbledon 2013: Paes, Bhupathi, Bopanna in quarters, Sania out

London: It was a good day at Wimbledon for Indian tennis as Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna all moved into the quarterfinals of the men’s doubles with their respective partners but Sania Mirza was knocked out of the women’s doubles on Monday. Rohan Bopanna and partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France, seeded 14th, upset […]