Kochi: Kochi Tuskers Kerala captain Mahela Jayawardene was critical of the wicket after his side lost to Deccan Chargers by 55 runs with Ishant Sharma bulldozing his team's batting line-up with a sensational five-wicket spell. Citing that the pitch was too much titled in favour of the bowlers, Jayawardene said he was not sure whether it was a perfect T20 wicket. "I thought this (wicket) probably has touched too much ...
06:05 PM, Jan 19, 2008
New Delhi: Kolkata Knight Riders are doing something that they had never done in the previous three editions of the Indian Premier League - winning games on a trot. After losing a close opening game against defending champions Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata have found a never-seen-before rhythm and won three games in a row to sit atop the points table. Injecting fresh blood seems to have done wonders to a...
04:28 PM, Jan 16, 2008
After India's successful World Cup campaign, fans are still hungry for more cricket as CNN-IBN learns that all the matches of Delhi Daredevils are sold out. ...
08:50 AM, Jan 14, 2008
Virat Kohli told CNN-IBN that it's a privilege to be a part of winning team and it was honour to carry Sachin Tendulkar on shoulders. ...
03:33 AM, Jan 12, 2008
New Delhi: India and Sri Lanka cricket World Cup final smashed all previous records for television viewership with 67.6 million viewers watching it for more than four hours, rating agency Audience Measurement and Analytics Ltd (aMap) claimed on Saturday. The match got ratings of 13.7, which is the highest for any event so far and when the winning moment arrived, the ratings peaked to 21.44, the rating agency said in...
01:42 AM, Jan 11, 2008
New Delhi: In 2006 I wrote on how things had changed and only for the good of Indian cricket. 'Gone are the days when only the Gangulys, Tendulkars and Dravids in the team could save India's blushes. Younger players from smaller towns are now shouldering that responsibility and Mahendra Singh Dhoni is among the brightest stars'. A year later, MS Dhoni led India to a historic T20 World Championship win,...
07:38 PM, Jan 10, 2008
Mumbai: The magnificent Team India kept its cool to beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final of the World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. Indian skipper MS Dhoni (91) hit the winning runs by swatting a huge six over the long-on boundary. Yuvraj Singh (21) also remained unbeaten with the Indian skipper at the end. Gautam Gambhir led the Indian run chase of 275...
07:05 PM, Jan 10, 2008
New Delhi: India are the world champions, the men in blue have been immortalised and one of the men behind this huge success who has driven this team is Gary Kirsten, a man who has said he will quit this job after the World Cup. As MS Dhoni brought home the Cup with a six, Kirsten jumped up in the dressing room. When he took over the reins of the ...
06:27 PM, Jan 10, 2008
Mumbai: Big players make it count when it matters the most and perhaps Sri Lanka know it more than any other team. Mahela Jaywardene emulated the Aravinda de Silva of 1996 and stunned India into silence in the final of the 2011 World Cup with a crafty 103 of 88 balls, just like the pocket-size dynamo did to Australia in the 1996 final with his 107. And both remained not...
05:25 PM, Jan 10, 2008
New Delhi: India on Saturday will bid to become only the third team after Sri Lanka and Australia to win a World Cup title while chasing. The Lankans, who won the toss and elected to bat at the Wankhede, were the first team to win the World Cup chasing. Set a target of 242, they hit 245/3 in 46.2 overs at Lahore's Gadaffi Stadium to beat Australia in the final...
04:47 PM, Jan 10, 2008
Mumbai: S Sreesanth replaced the injured Ashish Nehra for Team India as Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat in the World Cup final at Mumbai on Saturday. Sri Lanka on the other hand made four changes for the grand finale: Chamara Kapugedara came in place of Chamara Silva, Suraj Randiv for Ajantha Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara for Rangana Herath and Thissara Perera for Angelo Mathews....
03:31 PM, Jan 10, 2008
New Delhi: The story of the Indian innings in the semifinal against Pakistan at Mohali on Wednesday was a story in two parts. The first 25 where India scored 141 runs for the loss of two wickets. And the second where they lost seven wickets for the painful aggregation of 119 runs. The game was being played on numerous fronts - for a place in the final, for Tendulkar's hundredth...
11:13 AM, Jan 10, 2008
Colombo: Sri Lanka survived a close shave against New Zealand to enter their second consecutive World Cup final, beating the Kiwis by five wickets at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday. Thilan Samarweera (23) scored the winning runs, while Angelo Mathews remained unbeaten on 14. While chasing 218 for victory, Sri Lanka lost their experienced players - Tillakaratne Dilshan (73), Mahela Jayawardene (1) and Kumar Sangakkara (54) -...
08:35 PM, Jan 09, 2008
Mohali: Speedster Umar Gul on Monday upped the ante ahead of the much-anticipated India-Pakistan World Cup semifinal clash, saying that his side has the edge in bowling attack and would look to rip through the home side's much vaunted top order to stop them on their tracks. He said Wednesday's match would be the battle between India's batting and Pakistan's bowling and his side are primed to end the four-match...
01:11 PM, Jan 09, 2008
Dhaka: Bangladesh will investigate their World Cup failure after the team failed to qualify from the first round despite playing all of their matches in favourable home conditions, a minister said Monday. Sports minister Ahad Ali Sarker said the team made the nation proud by winning three of the six first round matches held in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka and southeastern city of Chittagong. But he added the co-hosts' humiliating...
01:05 PM, Jan 09, 2008
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