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  Kotla Pitch Fiasco A Great Embarrassment: MS Gill

  December 28, 2009 15:59 IST

  Sports Minister MS Gill on Monday termed the Ferozeshah Kotla pitch fiasco as a "great embarrassment" and said the Cricket Board and the DDCA owe an explanation to the country for the abandonment of the

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  Australia In Commanding Position In Melbourne Test Against Pak

  December 28, 2009 15:14 IST

  Australia are in a commanding position gaining a lead of 307 runs over Pakistan after an early collapse in their second innings on the third day of the first Test match here at the MCG

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  ICC Seeks Explanation From BCCI On Kotla Pitch Fiasco

  December 28, 2009 17:48 IST

  The ICC on Monday  sought an explanation from the BCCI and may take about a month to decide on the "appropriate sanction" on Delhi cricket authorities for the pitch fiasco in Ferozeshah Kotla that led

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  BCCI Wants To Shift ICC HQ From Dubai To Mumbai: Report

  December 28, 2009 13:03 IST

  With Sharad Pawar set to become the next International Cricket Council President, the BCCI wants to take firm control over the ICC by Day in Pics: December 27 shifting its headquarters from Dubai to Mumbai,

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  Dhoni Says India Will Play More Tests Next Year

  December 27, 2009 22:52 IST

  Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday said India will play more than four Tests next year and his side would be able to remain as world's number one in the longest format of cricket for

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  Kotla Stares At International Ban After Pitch Fiasco

  December 27, 2009 19:57 IST

  The Ferozeshah Kotla stood disgraced on Sunday in  after the fifth and final India-Sri Lanka ODI was abandoned following visiting captain Kumar Sangakkara's refusal to play on a dangerous pitch, raising the possibility of the

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  BCCI Scraps Grounds And Pitches Committee

  December 27, 2009 18:37 IST

  Stung by the fiasco at the Ferozeshah Kotla which led to the abandonement of the fifth and final India-Sri Lanka ODI, the Cricket Board on Sunday in New Delhi disbanded its Grounds and Pitches Committee

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  DDCA To Go To The Bottom Of Kotla Pitch Fiasco

  December 27, 2009 18:32 IST

  Embarassed by the pitch fiasco in final ODI between India and Sri Lanka, an apologetic Delhi and District Cricket Association on Sunday said it will take all possible steps to ensure that such an incident

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  Series In Pocket, India Hope To Sign Off In Style

  December 26, 2009 13:57 IST

  Series in the bag and a demoralised Sri Lanka at their disposal, India will be hoping to sign off on a winning note in the fifth and final cricket ODI in NewDelhi on Sunday. With

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  Tendulkar Rested For Bangladesh Tri-series, Ishant Dropped

  December 25, 2009 22:09 IST

  Sachin Tendulkar was rested while pacemen Ishamt Sharma and Praveen Kumar were on Friday dropped from India's 16-member squad for next month's Tri-series in Bangladesh. Temperamental speedster S Sreesanth, who missed the ODI series against

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  Sangakkara Blames Defeat On Unavailability Of Key Players

  December 25, 2009 14:36 IST

  They may have been humbled by India in both Test and one-day series but Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara feels that India are "beatable" and blamed their defeats on losing key performers intermittently. India beat

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  Unsure Of Delhi Track, Sehwag Wanted To Seal Series In Kolkata

  December 25, 2009 9:34 IST

  India's stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag said he is happy to seal the series here itself, for he doesn't know how the pitch in Delhi -- venue of the fifth and final ODI against Sri Lanka

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  Sangakkara's Decision To Bat First Boomeranged, Feels Sehwag

  December 24, 2009 23:24 IST

  Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara made a blunder by opting to bat first in the fourth ODI only to see his bowlers struggling to grip a wet ball, according to India's stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag. 

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  Dhoni Completes Five Years In ODIs, Four Years In Test

  December 24, 2009 21:58 IST

  A day after he completed five years in ODI, Team India Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday  paid obeisance at the Deodi temple, about 50 km from in Ranchi.  Dhoni, who visits the temple whenever

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  Gambhir, Kohli Tons Guide India To Series-Clinching Win

  December 24, 2009 22:51 IST

  Gautam Gambhir notched up his seventh century while Virat Kohli struck his maiden to script India's series-clinching seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the fourth cricket ODI in Kolkata on Thursday . Chasing 316 to

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  Yousuf Asks Younis To Join Team For ODI Series In Australia

  December 24, 2009 8:49 IST

  Pakistan skipper Mohammad Yousuf said that he called up senior batsman Younis Khan and asked him to join the national team as soon as possible for the One-day series in Australia.  "Yes, I did call

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  Sri Lankan Players Involved In Security Breach

  December 24, 2009 11:37 IST

  Sri Lankan batsmen Tillakaratne Dilshan and Sanath Jayasuriya were reportedly partying at a bar in Kolkata till 2 am, without informing the police, reports the website cricinfo.   The report said, seven Sri Lankan cricketers, including

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  Opportunity For Youngsters To Prove Their Worth : Sehwag

  December 23, 2009 17:32 IST

  The absence of key players like M S Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh will give an opportunity to test youngsters ahead of the 2010 World Cup, according to India's stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag who said it

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  Shane Bond Retires From Test Cricket

  December 23, 2009 13:39 IST

  Injury ravaged Kiwi paceman Shane Bond on Wednesday bid adieu to the Test cricket but would continue playing one-day and Twenty20 formats.Bond, who had to withdraw from the Test series against Pakistan after tearing an

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  India Eye Series Win In 4th ODI At Eden Gardens

  December 23, 2009 13:27 IST

  India's batting may have lost some sheen in the absence of M S Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh but the hosts still have enough firepower as they go into the fourth cricket one-dayer against Sri Lanka

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  Play Aggressive Cricket But Don't Get Dirty: Waqar

  December 23, 2009 13:25 IST

  Fans throng stadia to watch intense cricket but players have to ensure that their aggression doesn't cross the threshold and sully game, Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis said.The acrimonious WACA Test between Australia and the

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  Yuvraj Ruled Out Of Last Two ODIs Against Sri Lanka

  December 22, 2009 19:34 IST

  Star batsman Yuvraj Singh was on Tuesday ruled out of India's last two one day international matches against Sri Lanka because of his finger injury. "Due to the finger injury sustained earlier, Yuvraj Singh has

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  "Karthik Should Have Allowed Tendulkar To Complete Ton"

  December 22, 2009 19:26 IST

  It is not often that a player draws flak for scoring the winning runs but India's wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik clearly has not made himself popular by leaving Sachin Tendulkar stranded just four runs short of

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  Tendulkar, Jadeja Shine As India Spank Lanka By Seven Wickets

  December 22, 2009 13:07 IST

  Sachin Tendulkar cracked a fluent unbeaten 96 as India spanked a hapless Sri Lanka by seven wickets in a low-scoring third cricket one-day international to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series in Cuttack

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  Barcelona's Messi Named World Player Of The Year

  December 22, 2009 8:50 IST

  Barcelona and Argentina striker Lionel Messi was crowned World Player of the Year by world football's ruling body FIFA on Monday. Messi, whose goals this year helped Barcelona win the Champions League final and World

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  Tendulkar Is Subcontinent's Cricketing Jewel: Hanif Mohammad

  December 21, 2009 22:06 IST

  Former Pakistan captain and batting legend Hanif Mohammad has termed Sachin Tendulkar as the "cricketing jewel of subcontinent" and said  the 36-year-old right-hander was destined to break many more records in the coming years. Hanif said

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  Sehwag In Charge, India Hope To Regain Lead At Barabati

  December 21, 2009 9:04 IST

  With the charismatic captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni serving a two-match ban, the Indian team under stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag will have to pull out all the stops to regain their lead when they lock horns

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  Kings XI Is Yet To Speak To Me On Captaincy: Sangakkara

  December 21, 2009 9:02 IST

  With speculations rife that he has replaced Yuvraj Singh as Kings XI Punjab captain for the third edition of the Indian Premier League, Sri Lankan wicket-keeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara on Sunday said he is yet