Kalpana has quit ICICI Bank to join JP Morgan as country head. ...
03:14 AM, Aug 29, 2008
Indians are running for insurance cover in case of blasts in the future. ...
10:27 AM, Aug 02, 2008
UPA is now focussing on greater economic liberalisation in pension. ...
03:53 PM, Jul 23, 2008
Sharjah: Captain Michael Clarke on Tuesday praised a professional Australia on foiling Pakistan's bid to win a one-day international series, saying the players were really proud of their performance. Australia edged out Pakistan by three wickets in a hard-fought third and final match early on Tuesday, preventing their rivals from winning the series for the first time in ten years. Australia won the first match here by four wickets before ...
11:55 AM, Jun 23, 2008
London: Kevin Pietersen was set to meet with England coach Andy Flower on Saturday, the British media reported, in a bid to resolve his international future. Pietersen has been exiled from the England team since the drawn second Test against South Africa in Leeds, where he made a brilliant 149, after it emerged he'd sent provocative text messages to opposition players. Some of these were alleged to be critical of...
12:07 PM, Jun 22, 2008
Rajiv Shukla, the BCCI vice president, said it's the PCB who took the initiative to convince the BCCI to resume the bilateral ties with Pakistan. ...
08:11 PM, Jun 09, 2008
Lahore: The cricket boards of Pakistan and Australia are planning to submit an official proposal to the International Cricket Council for a five-match Twenty20 series prior to the ICC World T20 schedule to be held in Sri Lanka in September. The five match series if permitted by the ICC would be the longest T20 bilateral series between any two countries. The ICC has already rejected a move by the Pakistan...
08:43 AM, May 31, 2008
St. John's (Antigua): The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) broke their silence on Chris Gayle's pending return to the regional team, saying they were pleased the estranged batsman had made himself available to play. Gayle announced last week he would pull out of his contract with English county Somerset in order to make himself available for the limited overs phase of West Indies' tour of England, and in all forms...
11:33 PM, May 21, 2008
Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday signed up four domestic players, including two from Bengal, for the upcoming IPL season five, starting on April 4. Debabrata Das and Iresh Saxena from Bengal, Saurashtra's Chirag Jani and Kerala's Sanju Samson have joined the Knight Riders squad, a KKR release stated. The 25-year-old Das, an aggressive middle-order batsman and a part time wicketkeeper, had represented the franchisee in the 2008 season also....
08:43 PM, Apr 29, 2008
Wellington: Ross Taylor will be available for selection for New Zealand's first Test against South Africa, starting on March 7 in Dunedin. Taylor, who has missed the entire South Africa series so far, has fully recovered from a calf injury he suffered during New Zealand's tour of Zimbabwe. We are pleased with Ross's improvement and he will have fully recovered from the calf injury in time to lead the team...
11:39 PM, Apr 28, 2008
Chennai: The Indian and West Indian camps seem unanimous that the Chepauk pitch will be slow and might assist spinners in the fifth and concluding game of the ODI series to be played here on Sunday. Rahul Sharma, the rookie legspinner who picked up three wickets at the Indore game of tall scores earlier this week, obviously looked forward to plying his trade on a pitch that had gained some...
08:41 PM, Mar 28, 2008
Taunton: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni says that if his side stick to the basics, preserving their number one Test ranking will take care of itself. Dhoni's team, also the 50-over world champions, have topped the ICC's Test table for more than a year but could be knocked off their perch if England, currently third, win the upcoming four-match series by two clear victories. India, who completed a 1-0 win...
02:39 PM, Feb 12, 2008
New Delhi: No conversation about the Indian cricket folklore is complete without a suitable amount of time being spent on debating the phenomenon that brought about the push-pull tactics to the fore. India's greatest transformation in the past decade can be attributed to the fearless Sourav Ganguly, who turned 39 on Friday. The 'Dada' of Indian cricket had his fair share of ups and downs but what set him apart ...
05:03 AM, Feb 11, 2008
New Delhi: For Mehmood Khan, it was a case of split loyalties but both his sons - Yusuf and Irfan - disappointed him as, turning out for different teams, they failed to make their presence felt in an Indian Premier League match at the Feroz Shah Kotla here on Thursday. While elder son Yusuf turned out for the Kolkata Knight Riders, his younger son Irfan played for Delhi Daredvils. Wearing ...
12:37 AM, Jan 20, 2008
New Delhi: With Sri Lankan cricketers having been ordered to return home by May 5 for their tour to England, Kochi and Deccan Chargers are facing the toughest test of all teams as they stand to lose their skippers - Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara. Chargers, already hit by the loss of Adam Gilchrist this year, will have to take their pick from the bunch of foreigners they have as...
11:52 PM, Jan 14, 2008
Colombo: Three of the top four run-scorers in the World Cup are Sri Lankans who have amassed more than 1,200 runs between them over seven games — all but one played at home on Sri Lankan wickets. The real test of Sri Lanka's world-beating credentials will come in Mumbai on Saturday when their marauding batsmen face a tough bowling attack on an unfamiliar wicket. Tillakaratne Dilshan (467), captain Kumar Sangakkara...
09:52 AM, Jan 10, 2008
Mirpur: Mohammad Hafeez performed with bat and ball as a ruthless Pakistan lineup crushed West Indies by 10 wickets on Wednesday to become the first team into the World Cup semifinals. The result was never in doubt once West Indies fell apart after choosing to bat first, with only three players reaching double figures in a paltry total of 112. Shahid Afridi (4-30) took his tournament-leading tally to 21 wickets ...
11:10 PM, Jan 05, 2008
CNN-IBN's panel of cricket experts discussed Australia's record-breaking loss to Pakistan and South Africa's win over Bangladesh. ...
02:57 PM, Jan 04, 2008
India have failed to strike a right combination and have leaked more than 600 runs in the last two games. ...
08:44 PM, Dec 26, 2007
New Delhi: The BCCI may be skeptical about adopting the Decision Referral System (DRS) but India skipper MS Dhoni seems all in readiness now to use it in the upcoming World Cup in the subcontinent. Regarding DRS, we are prepared for it. We have done our homework on the UDRS system. Some decisions will help you while some will go against you. As a captain you can't help it, said...
02:23 AM, Dec 07, 2007
