New Delhi: Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar's name has not been recommended for the Bharat Ratna award, according to CNN-IBN sources. Reports state that the BCCI has not sent any names of Indian cricketers for India's highest civilian honour. The Sports Ministry has recommended the names of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand and mountaineer Tenzing Norgay. The criteria for the Bharat Ratna was recently broadened to include sports because of the...
11:59 AM, Apr 15, 2008
VVS Laxman’s poor returns in the third Test in Perth – which India lost by an innings and 37 runs – could ensure he has made his final appearance for the country. The Hyderabadi stylist’s career tally stands at 133 Test matches, from which he has scored 8728 runs at 46.17, and it may well end there. After having a dreadful outing in the first two Tests in Melbourne and...
09:03 AM, Apr 11, 2008
Colombo: Uncapped fast bowler Kanishka Alvitigala and seamer Dhammika Prasad have flown out to South Africa to join Sri Lanka's struggling Test team, officials said on Tuesday. Sri Lanka, who were crushed in the first Test by an innings and 81 runs, had requested replacements after pace bowler Nuwan Pradeep was injured during a warm-up game in Benoni. Dhammika Prasad and Kanishka Alvitigala will be available for selection for the...
01:26 PM, Apr 01, 2008
Mumbai: It was a late cut (a tight slap) from his beloved sir Ramakant Achrekar after missing a match, that made Sachin Tendulkar realise the importance of hard work. On Saturday, Tendulkar along with another 100 students of Sharadashram Vidyamandir celebrated their beloved guru's 79th birthday at the Bandra Kurla Complex. Obviously, the centre of attraction at the reunion was none other than Tendulkar as Achrekar's students fondly recollected the...
02:31 AM, Mar 27, 2008
An IB report says that the 500-rupee-note is most popular among counterfeiters. ...
09:18 AM, Mar 19, 2008
Mohali: England fast bowler Tim Bresnan was fined 7.5 per cent of his match fees for breaching the International Cricket Council (ICC) code of conduct during the third ODI against India here on Thursday night. The ICC in a statement on Friday said Bresnan was found to have breached Article 2.1.3 of the code which relates to showing dissent at an umpire's decision during an international match, which also includes...
12:23 AM, Mar 12, 2008
London: England Test captain Andrew Strauss fears that Test cricket might be killed due to an overdose of ODIs and Twenty20s. Strauss, who led England to the No.1 spot in Tests, said financial rewards from telecast of Twenty20 and ODIs have threatened the future of the five-day game. "I have concerns about the state of Test cricket. Even in traditional hotbeds of the game such as South Africa, attendances are...
08:13 AM, Mar 11, 2008
Taunton: India's batting woes continued as the visitors suffered a humiliating 46-run defeat at the hands of England in the NatWest Women's T20 Quadrangular Series. Electing to bat after skipper Charlotte Edwards won the toss, England rode on a superb 46-ball 66 by Sarah Taylor to post a competitive 134 all out in 19.5 overs. The hosts then returned to restrict the Indian eves to a paltry 88 for eight...
12:33 AM, Feb 07, 2008
New Delhi: Former fielding coach of England, Trevor Penney, is likely to be named India's new fielding coach and accompany the Test No. 1 and ODI World Champions on their upcoming tour of the West Indies, sources told CNN-IBN. The decision, sources told, was reached in a meeting between India's newly appointed coach Duncan Fletcher and the BCCI secretary N Srinivasan. Penney could have been Fletcher's recommendation for the fielding...
01:08 AM, Jan 29, 2008
New Delhi: Australian spin legend Shane Warne has said he has been offered roles in Bollywood films and that he would consider acting now he is retired from cricket. Warne devoted the final chapter of his sparkling career to the Indian Premier League (IPL) as captain of the Rajasthan Royals, and said he had developed a deep love of the country. "I've been getting offers. If something interesting comes up,...
08:55 PM, Jan 28, 2008
New Delhi: ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat believes making betting legal in the Indian sub-continent would help in monitoring the bookmakers and also "make the fight against corruption easier". "If the industry was regulated you could actually work with them, monitor them better and everything would be legal so there is reason to go underground. So our view is if it was to be regulated it would make the fight...
10:06 PM, Jan 27, 2008
Bangalore: Kochi Tuskers Kerala captain Mahela Jayawardene said on Saturday that brilliant form of Chris Gayle could pose problems for his team when they face Royal Challengers Bangalore in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match here on Sunday. "Gayle has done very well and we need to take that into account," said Jayawardene. The Tuskers are in a must-win situation as they have to win three of their remaining four...
12:45 AM, Jan 23, 2008
Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir admitted his team was not upto the mark and blamed the batsmen for failing to chase down a modest target of 133 against Kochi Tuskers Kerela in the Indian Premier League here on Wednesday. "We should have chased that target easily. The wicket was playing better than it did in the last game. We were disappointing, not up to the mark," Gambhir said...
04:24 PM, Jan 17, 2008
New Delhi: Their crucial contribution in guiding India to their first World Cup title in 28 years on Sunday fetched the trio of Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan a place in the International Cricket Council's Team of the Tournament. Kumar Sangakkara has been named the captain of this team of 12 that also features three Sri Lankans - Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Muttiah Muralitharan. Indian captain Mahendra...
12:16 AM, Jan 11, 2008
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