
Mohali: Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Indian squad is two wins away from changing the cricket hierarchy in a country which revers the 1983 World Cup winning players as its greatest sporting heroes. The image of captain Kapil Dev holding aloft the World Cup trophy at Lord's 28 years ago still signifies the greatest moment for Indian sport and one that gave cricket a major boost in this nation of 1.2 billion....

10:30 PM, Jan 09, 2008

Colombo: New Zealand have won the toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka in the first semi-final of the cricket World Cup here on Tuesday. New Zealand have made one change to the side that stunned South Africa in the quarter-final, with seamer Andy McKay coming in for Luke Woodcock, while Sri Lanka have retained the line-up that decimated England in the last-eight stage. The big news for...

08:43 PM, Jan 09, 2008

Nagpur: Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar, while achieving the magical figure of 99 international hundreds during the India-South Africa Group B match here on Saturday, became the first one to score 20 One-day International (ODI) centuries in his home country. The other highlights: Sachin extended his ODI centuries' tally to 48. Sachin established a record for most century stands at the World Cup - 12. Sachin made an Indian record for...

04:22 PM, Dec 31, 2007

Mumbai: The revamped Wankhede Stadium, venue of the cricket World Cup's summit clash on April 2, is all geared up and ready to host its first international encounter in more than three and a half years, said Mumbai Cricket Association official Lalchand Rajput on Friday. "We have got the Occupancy Certificate and we are all set to host the World Cup matches," said MCA's joint secretary Lalchand Rajput ahead of...

04:15 PM, Dec 30, 2007

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09:17 PM, Aug 24, 2007