Pune: The Mumbai Indians skipper Harbhajan Singh and Lasith Malinga bowled an inspired spell to script an amazing one-run win over Pune Warriors India in an Indian Premier League match in Pune on Thursday. After winning the toss and batting first, Mumbai were restricted to just 120 for 9 in their 20 overs. However, they made a terrific comeback to win the contest on the last ball of the match, ...
09:53 AM, May 19, 2008
New Delhi: Be yourself is Virat Kohli's mantra. The India batsman says despite continuous criticism of him for his off-field behaviour, he has never tried to change the person he is. I have always had the self-belief to go forward. A lot of people criticised me for the way I used to be off the field. I did make a few mistakes but I don't think that I have changed...
05:34 PM, May 06, 2008
New Delhi: Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Rajeev Shukla said on Wednesday that talks are going on between the BCCI and Sahara India in a cordial manner and hoped a positive outcome by this week. Shukla said that Sahara is still the sponsor of the Indian cricket team and also the owner of Pune Warriors franchise in the IPL. Talks are going and in a cordial manner. We hope there...
10:21 AM, Apr 24, 2008
Lahore: The PCB is hoping for a major breakthrough in restoration of bilateral cricket ties with India after Pakistan's foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar broached the topic of sports diplomacy during her recent visit to the neighbouring country. Well-informed sources told PTI that the PCB had requested the foreign ministry to ensure that restoration of bilateral cricket ties between the two countries was on the agenda of the talks between...
06:22 PM, Feb 16, 2008
New Delhi: After their disappointing campaign in the recently concluded World Cup, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is looking to make amends and has reportedly approached India's former skipper Sourav Ganguly to be the batting coach of their national side. According to sources, BCB has confirmed the news that they want the services of India's most successful skipper, they are still to make a formal offer to the Bengal icon....
10:01 PM, Jan 17, 2008
Karachi: Pakistan cricket team manager Intikhab Alam said the criticism and ridicule heaped on the national team after their defeat to New Zealand in the World Cup was not fair. "Other teams have also lost a match, we are not the first side to lose a match. But the way we have been criticised is unjustified. The players need the full backing of their people to come good in the...
12:22 PM, Dec 30, 2007
New Delhi: There's a well-known Harry Belafonte number called 'There's a hole in the bucket' that seems to describe best the current state of the Indian bowling. They don't seem to know how to fix it. The players replacing one another lack the edge and they keep going around in circles. They've dug themselves into a hole and the only way of getting out of it is by playing 10...
10:49 AM, Dec 29, 2007
Kandy: New Zealand's crushing of Pakistan in World Cup Group A came at the price of an injury to their captain Daniel Vettori which they hope does not prove costly to their long-term tournament hopes. Early in the Pakistan innings during the Kiwis' 110-run win over one of the group's favourites in Kandy, Vettori attempted to take a catch in the outfield and damaged his knee in the process on...
04:05 PM, Dec 28, 2007
New Delhi: Kenya and Canada have only distant memories of World Cup highs as the strugglers prepare to meet in Group A on Monday, with both desperate to take at least one positive from the 2011 event. Kenya were one game away from the World Cup final in 2003. It opened this tournament with three heavy losses and could be heading for a winless campaign, let alone a place in...
05:26 PM, Dec 26, 2007
Colombo: A sell-out 35,000 crowd in Colombo was left disappointed after heavy rain robbed them of a potentially thrilling match between co-hosts Sri Lanka and defending champions Australia on Saturday. The Group A clash between the 1996 winners and winners of the past three World Cups was shaping up well until heavy rain, coupled with thunderstorms, forced the teams from the field. The match was later abandoned. The no-result gives...
09:03 AM, Dec 26, 2007
Bangalore: In a rare sight, Sachin Tendulkar on Friday introduced himself to a bunch of visually impaired children after the Indian cricket team's training session at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here. "Hi, I am Sachin," the champion batsman, whose popularity knows no bounds in the cricketing world, said to a group of visually impaired children who came to the stadium to wish luck to Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men ahead of their...
12:46 AM, Dec 26, 2007
New Delhi:If India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni sees playing under pressure in the World Cup at home as an added responsibility, Virender Sehwag thinks it's an advantage and now Yuvraj Singh finds it a "big challenge". Yuvraj's mantra to ease pressure: treat the World Cup as any other bilateral series. Having played in the final in 2003 and the disastrous 2007 World Cups, the dashing middle-order batsman knows what pressure...
07:43 PM, Dec 08, 2007
New Delhi: If Saddam Hossain had not intervened, Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh's World Cup captain and leading all-rounder, may have been lost to football. Growing up in Magura, a small town away from the capital Dhaka, Shakib was hooked on football, a game his father played at the club level while a cousin had represented the country. The only link with cricket was an occasional game with a taped tennis...
07:39 PM, Dec 08, 2007
Port Elizabeth: Having gained a 2-1 lead after registering back-to-back victories in the last two games against the Proteas, India go into the fourth cricket one-dayer here on Friday seeking to clinch their first-ever ODI series triumph on South African soil. The Indians have never won a limited-overs series in South Africa and Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his young bravehearts will leave no stone unturned to achieve the feat at...
10:50 AM, Dec 02, 2007
Cape Town: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels that had the target been in the 250-260 region, they could have fancied a chance of going for the chase. The bowlers did well. Unfortunately, we couldn't get the last few wickets. Probably another wicket and the target been around 250-260, we would have fancied our chances, Dhoni said at the post-match presentation ceremony. The nature of the Kookaburra balls are such...
01:09 AM, Nov 27, 2007
Whangarei: Brendon McCullum has made 206, his second double century in three months to lead a New Zealand XI to 342-4 by stumps on the first day of a three-day game against Pakistan. McCullum batted for six hours on Sunday, providing the majority of runs in a 161-run partnership with Tim McIntosh (51) for the first wicket and 86 for the second with BJ Watling (24). His innings on Sunday...
07:58 AM, Nov 24, 2007
The conversion controversy has got parts of rural Maharashtra on the boil. ...
03:25 PM, Nov 11, 2007
BJP will ensure compulsory ticket reservation for women, said Advani. ...
08:55 PM, Sep 22, 2007
VHP leaders say one has the right to question Lord Ram's existence. ...
02:26 AM, Sep 22, 2007
Activists attacked Selvi's home to protest DMK's stance on the Ram Setu issue. ...
02:22 AM, Sep 19, 2007
