A banner at the ground summed up Australia’s affection for Sachin Tendulkar. “Commit all your crimes when Sachin is batting,” it read. “They will go unnoticed because even the Lord is watching.” Great players have a feel for the big stage and Tendulkar couldn’t have chosen a better moment to turn in such a regal [...]
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Tendulkar likely to testify for Harbhajan in hearing
Posted in Cricket on Jan 5th, 2008
Sachin Tendulkar, who was in the midst when the alleged racial spat between Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds broke out is likely to testify in favour of the Indian off-spinner during the hearing scheduled with the ICC Match Referee in Sydney on Sunday.
Indians will be well-represented with skipper Anil Kumble, manager Chetan Chauhan and media [...]
Dhoni moves up to fourth place in ODI batsmen’s rankings
Posted in Cricket on May 26th, 2007
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s return to form in the Bangladesh tour not only earned him the ‘Man of the Series’ award there but also pushed him one rung up to fourth in the latest LG ICC Players Rankings for ODI batsmen.
Thanks to the 2-0 win against Habibul Bashar’s side, Team India, at sixth place, is now [...]
Inclement weather, which led to adandonment of the third and final one-dayer, may also disrupt the first cricket Test between India and Bangladesh with the meteriological office predicting scattered rains over the next 48 hours.
The sunny weather since Wednesday gave way to cloudy sky and a short spell of rains on Thursday afternoon making the [...]
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Indian ckipper Rahul Dravid lavished praise on seamer Munaf Patel for his ‘exceptional’ bowling and said win against West Indies in the warm up match is a good morale booster for the team.
India crushed West Indies by nine wickets in their last warm up match and Dravid described his team’s showing as clinical [...]
Win against Windies a great morale booster: Dravid
Posted in Cricket on Mar 10th, 2007
Indian ckipper Rahul Dravid lavished praise on seamer Munaf Patel for his ‘exceptional’ bowling and said win against West Indies in the warm up match is a good morale booster for the team.
India crushed West Indies by nine wickets in their last warm up match and Dravid described his team’s showing as clinical and professional.
Kapil rates India behind Aussies to win the World Cup
Posted in Cricket on Feb 26th, 2007
Legendary former captain Kapil Dev has said India sometimes lacked the passion and could be seeded only behind favourites Australia to win the World Cup in the West Indies.
“I am no fortune teller. But as an Indian my heart says that India should win while as the mind is not convinced. I hope the Indian [...]
India has talent to lift the World Cup: Dravid
Posted in Cricket on Feb 25th, 2007
Skipper Rahul Dravid has asserted that the pace and bounce of the Caribbean pitches would hardly be a deterrent for Team India as it has the right mix of talent to lift the World Cup starting next month.
Speaking on ‘Challenges in Team Building and Talent Management’ at a panel discussion in Bangalore on Friday night, [...]
Australia’s World Cup preparation has collapsed into chaos when New Zealand has scored 350 for nine to win the third Chappell-Hadlee limited-overs cricket match by one wicket and the series 3-0.
Matthew Hayden made 181 not out, the highest score by an Australian batsman in one-day internationals, as Australia made 346 for five batting first. But [...]
World Cup is wide open, says Fleming
Posted in Cricket on Feb 19th, 2007
Australia’s recent slump in one-day form means the World Cup is wide open, said New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming.
The world champions’ five-wicket defeat in Auckland on Sunday was the first time in 10 years Australia had lost four one-day matches in a row. It also resulted in them relinquishing top spot in the rankings, to [...]