Delhi: Delhi Daredevils skipper Virender Sehwag on Wednesday once again hailed Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international hundred as an achievement that is likely to stand the test of time. He also expressed disappointment at not being able to be part of the dressing room when Tendulkar reached the milestone in Mirpur. It would have been and honour to be in the team and share a dressing room when Sachin got that...
10:16 PM, May 05, 2008
Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals on Monday unveiled their team jersey for IPL-5, with main sponsor Ultratech Cement's logo on the shirt front, worn by this season's captain Rahul Dravid and teammates S Sreesanth and Shaun Tait at a function here. Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty-Kundra said she and other co-owners of Jaipur Indian Premier League franchise were very happy that the Aditya Birla Group company has come on board as the team's...
08:49 PM, Apr 30, 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
Johannesburg: Cricket South Africa chief executive Gerald Majola was 'like a Frankenstein which was out of control', former CSA president Norman Arendse told the Nicholson inquiry into the financial affairs of the board. Much like the googly and the doosra, there is lots of deception in cricket, said Arendse, who resigned in 2008 after his relationship with Majola broke down irreconcilably. Arendse accused Majola of ruling CSA with an iron...
05:58 PM, Apr 12, 2008
Dubai: The International Cricket Council will announce four new inductees into its Cricket Hall of Fame, in a special ceremony in London on September 12. ICC President Sharad Pawar will announce the four new inductees, three of whom will attend the ceremony. Later, Clive Lloyd, the ICC Cricket Committee Chairman, will reveal the ODI Team of the Year 2011. International Players' Union chief Tim May will also be present, the...
03:09 PM, Feb 27, 2008
Colombo: Sri Lanka's sports minister said on Friday his country had organised its inaugural cricket premier league on the understanding that Indian players, who have since been banned from playing, would take part. Mahindananda Aluthgamage said he had written to his Indian counterpart seeking intervention after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) blocked its players. The BCCI promised us, they gave us in writing that players will...
05:54 PM, Feb 08, 2008
Bridgetown: Going into the second Test against the West Indies, Team India stands at the brink of doing what none of its predecessors have managed to achieve: winning both the ODI and Test series in the Caribbean. And with India's second most successful captain at the helm, the No. 1 Test team looks all set to accomplish the feat. The second Test of the three-match series gets underway at the...
08:25 AM, Feb 07, 2008
Kingston: Darren Sammy spent a sleepless night after dropping a catch which ultimately cost West Indies the first Test against India and the miss could haunt him for quite a while if the visitors go on to win the series. Sammy is finding it difficult to live down the dropped chance off Dravid in the first Test which could turn out to be the final straw in the West Indian...
09:02 PM, Feb 06, 2008
Chandigarh: After grabbing eye balls with his stupendous show in the Indian Premier League, Pune Warriors leg-spinner Rahul Sharma is keen to get into that "blue jersey" and perform for country at the international stage. Sharma has been a revelation in the IPL as he emerged as the most economical bowler and earned praised from one of the greatest batsmen of the game --Sachin Tendulkar. Sharma gave away just seven...
07:02 PM, Jan 22, 2008
New Delhi: Taking a mild dig at Sourav Ganguly who joined Pune Warriors, Kolkata Knight Riders' co-owner Shah Rukh Khan on Friday said his team has done well in the IPL without the services of the former Indian captain. Shah Rukh also said that KKR had offered Ganguly a role in the team but he was not really game with the assignment that the franchise had in mind for him....
06:20 PM, Jan 22, 2008
New Delhi: Bangladesh produced another confident show and inched closer to a quarterfinal place in the World Cup when they comfortably defeated minnows Netherlands by six wickets on Monday at Chittagong. Bangladesh who were almost out of the tournament following their humiliating defeat to West Indies when they were bowled out for just 59 runs and ultimately lost the game by nine wickets, roared back with an emphatic two-wicket win...
09:30 PM, Jan 01, 2008
Bangalore: Australian skipper Ricky Ponting on Sunday admitted that the week-long gap between their two matches left his side a bit rusty in the field during their 60-run win over minnows Kenya in group A World Cup match here. Although Australia won the game with a comfortable margin of 60 runs, they failed to dismiss the minnows, with the defending champions' bowling attack taking just three wickets -- the other...
03:55 PM, Jan 01, 2008
Karachi: Pakistan cricket chief Ijaz Butt has officially requested a review over fast-rising paceman Mohammad Amir's five-year ban on charges of corruption, he said. Butt revealed the request to the International Cricket Council (ICC) in a television interview aired on Geo Super late Friday. "As the Anti-corruption tribunal has asked for a review on the code of conduct, we too have requested the ICC to have a review on the...
11:03 PM, Dec 13, 2007
Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals have signed four uncapped players from the state Ranji Trophy squad - Deepak Chahar, Ashok Maneria, Aakash Chopra and Dishant Yagnik - for the fourth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Royals, during the two-day auction over the weekend, also bought Rajasthan's pace spearhead Pankaj Singh, the highest wicket taker in the ongoing Ranji season. Pace sensation Chahar, 18, took eight wickets in his first-class debut...
02:47 AM, Nov 29, 2007
Karachi: Even as uncertainty prevails over his selection for the forthcoming tour of New Zealand and the 2011 World Cup, Pakistan's discarded wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal says he was never bothered by allegations of spot-fixing and match-fixing against him. I have never taken these allegations seriously or to heart but yes, they have affected my family and our family life, Akmal said on Thursday. In my eight years of playing for...
01:15 PM, Nov 06, 2007
Is there a magic strategy that makes people rich? Find out... ...
10:27 PM, Sep 05, 2007
Do you find mutual funds attractive but don't invest in them due to the risk factor? ...
03:17 PM, Jul 22, 2007
Indian investors can now invest into global markets by buying foreign funds. ...
08:53 PM, Jun 15, 2007
Investment options like mutual funds are good way to get started. ...
12:28 AM, Jun 15, 2007
There are three options available to us when we invest in mutual fund. ...
03:25 AM, Jun 05, 2007
