Some of the pilgrims in Uttarakhand, along with cricketer Harbhajan Singh, were rescued on Tuesday by the ITBP and security forces after landslides. "People are saying that we are stuck but the reality is that we've been rescued by God," he further said. ...
07:33 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: Thirteen people have died due to incessant rains and floods in Uttarakhand. Rains have been on for over 48 hours and among the worst hit districts are Uttarkashi, Tehri, Haridwar and Dehradun. Telecommunication is down and the Army and ITBP have been put on high alert. Around 20,000 Hemkund pilgrims have been stranded after landslides, including cricketer Harbhajan Singh. The pilgrimage has now been put on hold. Both...
09:33 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Phagwara: With the raging IPL spot-fixing scandal denting the credibility of cricket in India, cricketer Harbhajan Singh said that every effort should be made to clean up the game and adequate steps should be taken in this regard. "I am a small person. Bigwigs are busy cleaning the mess. I want that everything that needs to be done should be done to clean the game in wake of present IPL...
05:23 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Picking XIs isn't easy, but here is an attempt to draft up the best line-up of IPL 6 keeping in mind form, contributions, team permutations and the four overseas player cap. Agree or disagree? 1. Michael Hussey - M 17, Runs 733, HS 95, Avg 52.35, SR 129.50 Cricket's Mr Consistent starts our XI due to the sheer volume of runs he made in IPL 6 and the impact those...
07:46 AM, May 27, 2013
Kolkata: Harbhajan Singh on Saturday credited Anil Kumble for his impressive comeback in the IPL, which has helped Mumbai Indians set up a summit clash with Chennai Super Kings, and said encouraging words from the former India captain helped him regain his lost mojo. Harbhajan's 22 wickets from 18 matches say a lot about how well he bowled in the league. "Anil bhai keeps telling me to back myself in...
11:30 PM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai Indians entered this season of the IPL as serious contenders for the title and through some good cricket have set up a rematch of the 2010 final against Chennai Super Kings. Here, we take a look at how Mumbai's season has panned out. 1st match, v RCB in Bangalore - lost by two runs Royal Challengers Bangalore, inspired by Chris Gayle and indebted to Vinay Kumar, made a winning...
03:06 PM, May 25, 2013
Kolkata: Mumbai Indians set their date with Chennai Super Kings on Sunday's IPL 6 final after beating Rajasthan Royals by four wickets in the second Qualifier at the Eden Gardens on Friday. Following a stellar performance in the field by Harbhajan Singh (3 for 23), Mumbai were steered towards victory by Dwayne Smith before a collapse of 4 for 16 changed the tone of the chase. In the end, Mumbai...
12:45 AM, May 25, 2013
Dharamsala: We had often seen Adam Gilchrist massacring the opposition bowlers and taking some stunning catches behind the wickets, but on Saturday we saw him in a different 'Avatar'. Playing his last IPL match, Gilchrist not only bowled for only the second time in his 17-year long career, but also picked up his only wicket off the first ball. And the reaction after the dismissal said it all, with Gilchrist...
08:17 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Father of Rajasthan Royals' fast bowler S Sreesanth has pointed finger at India captain MS Dhoni and offspinner Harbhajan Singh for having plotted his son's arrest in the spot-fixing scandal that was unearthed by Delhi Police earlier on Thursday. Sreesanth, along with his two Rajasthan team-mates Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila, has been arrested on charges of spot-fixing in the ongoing edition of IPL 6 and have been...
01:01 PM, May 16, 2013
Mumbai: Chasing an uphill target of 171, Kolkata Knight Riders surrendered meekly to Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede stadium on Tuesday losing the tie by 65 runs to bow out of IPL 6 play-off race, effectively ending their title defence. With the tournament fast approaching its business end, it was must win match for Kolkata, but an opening stand of 93 runs between Sachin Tendulkar (48) and Dwayne Smith (47)...
11:39 PM, May 07, 2013
Mumbai: In was always going to need something dramatic to stop Chennai Super Kings' seven-match winning streak (the joint-best in the history of IPL) and Mumbai Indians benefited from an absolutely shambolic batting effort from the visitors to win by a humungous 60 runs at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. Victory ensured Mumbai remained in touch of the IPL 6 play-offs with the other three contenders, while CSK have two...
07:18 PM, May 05, 2013
In October 2000, most fans in this country were united in their loss of love for the game. The shadow of match fixing loomed large, ...
11:36 AM, May 03, 2013
In cricket it rarely happens that a player loved by public for playing for his country is booed when he represents a different franchise in a Twenty20 game. But Virat Kohli, who is the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore, was booed and called a 'cheater' after his side went down to Mumbai Indians on Saturday. Kohli, who was clearly flustered by the crowd's reaction, didn't like it a bit and...
09:07 AM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: Mumbai Indians off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has said that the toughest challenge for him is to bowl to an unknown batsmen in Twenty20 cricket as not many are aware about their nature of play. "It is the toughest to bowl against batsmen who you do not have an idea about. You do not know their style of play and what kind of strokes they play to score their runs,...
02:23 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi:Paceman S Sreesanth has been warned by the BCCI for raking up the 2008 'Slapgate' issue through a social networking website. The Rajasthan Royals paceman has been told that if he repeats it again, he will be issued a show cause notice, according to an IPL source. Sreesanth made revelation through his tweets that Harbhajan Singh was a backstabber and that the spinner had not slapped him as had...
05:18 PM, Apr 14, 2013
A day after bringing back the 'slapgate' controversy into focus, S Sreesanth ducked questions from the media when asked about his disclosures. ...
09:52 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: Claiming that he has got the only copy of 'slapgate' video, former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi on Friday claimed that the BCCI had not made the footage of the incident public on the suggestion of vice-president Arun Jaitley and said he would now consider releasing it. "The idea of not releasing the vid in public was Arun Jaitley's at that time. We accepted wht he said. But let...
10:36 PM, Apr 12, 2013
