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We are a superbly united team: Dhoni

Written on 6 Jun, 2009 at 0:40 in Sports | viewed 13 times | 0 Comments

Nottingham: Mahendra Singh Dhoni made a unique and unprecedented statement — that his team stood united — here on Friday. On the eve of the India versus Bangladesh duel in ICC World Twenty20, the Indian skipper left the media stunned... (Continue reading)

Champions League expanded from eight to 12 teams

Written on 25 May, 2009 at 22:57 in Sports | viewed 15 times | 0 Comments

The domestic Twenty20 winners of West Indies, Sri Lanka and New Zealand, as well as Delhi Daredevils, will also get an opportunity to participate in the inaugural Champions Twenty20 League, to be held from October 8-23 in India, just after... (Continue reading)

Symonds’ double blow proves crucial

Written on 25 May, 2009 at 22:55 in Sports | viewed 9 times | 0 Comments

The IPL final could have gone either way but Andrew Symonds’ back-to-back strikes tilted the balance in favour of Deccan Chargers, according to captain Adam Gilchrist and his Bangalore counterpart Anil Kumble. Chasing a modest 144, Bangalore looked on course... (Continue reading)

Gilchrist reflects on a job well done

Written on 25 May, 2009 at 22:53 in Sports | viewed 7 times | 0 Comments

Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist has said he would have picked team-mate Andrew Symonds in Australia’s Ashes squad on the strength of his performance in the second IPL season. Symonds didn’t make the Ashes cut but played a huge role... (Continue reading)

Manish Pandey century takes Bangalore to No. 3

Written on 21 May, 2009 at 22:07 in Sports | viewed 12 times | 0 Comments

In a campaign that has included matches insipid and inspiring Royal Challengers Bangalore have well and truly come to life. Maintaining the momentum of three consecutive wins, they pulled the rug from under Deccan Chargers’ feet and went to No.... (Continue reading)

Match-fixing in IPL?: KKR under scanner

Written on 15 May, 2009 at 1:32 in Sports | viewed 24 times | 0 Comments

Kolkata Knight Riders has been hit by the match-fixing charge, after they lost a close encounter to Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Centurion on May 12. Kolkata scored a competitive 173 for 4 but lost by 6 wickets with just... (Continue reading)

Warne could not resist playing Tendulkar: Barry

Written on 15 May, 2009 at 1:28 in Sports | viewed 13 times | 0 Comments

Durban (PTI): He was almost ruled out of rest of the IPL owing to his hamstring injury but Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne made a surprise appearance against Mumbai Indians as he did not want to miss possibly his only... (Continue reading)

Madan Lal applies for ICL release

Written on 13 May, 2009 at 7:31 in Sports | viewed 14 times | 0 Comments

Madan Lal, the former India allrounder and coach, has applied for a release from the ICL in what is the first officially known response from the unauthorised league’s players and support staff to the BCCI’s recent amnesty offer. Lal, who... (Continue reading)

Gayle wants to give up captaincy

Written on 13 May, 2009 at 7:29 in Sports | viewed 7 times | 0 Comments

May 13, 2009 Chris Gayle doesn’t want to lead West Indies in the long term © Getty Images Chris Gayle has said that he doesn’t want to captain West Indies for much longer because of the pressure the job entailed.... (Continue reading)

IPL withdraws controversial SMS contest

Written on 12 May, 2009 at 21:51 in Sports | viewed 35 times | 0 Comments

The IPL has withdrawn a text-messaging competition in which users predicted the outcome of each ball of an over for cash prizes. The game had come in for strong criticism from India’s sports minister MS Gill over its similarity with... (Continue reading)

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