Dambulla, Aug 28 (IANS) Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat against India in the final of the tri-nation ODI cricket series at the Ranagiri International Stadium here Saturday. Sri Lanka have fielded an unchanged side while India have recalled Rohit Sharma in place of Ravindra Jadeja. Sri Lanka: Upul [...]
Senior India batsman Sachin Tendulkar is one of the five cricketers who have been shortlisted for the first LG People’s Choice Award to be given away during the ICC prize distribution function in Bengaluru on 6th October. The other four shortlisted players were Mike Hussey of Australia, Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka, England captain Andrew [...]
Dambulla, Aug 22 (IANS) Thisara Perera claimed his maiden five-wicket haul as Sri Lanka crushed India by eight wickets to storm into the final of the One-day International (ODI) tri-nation series here Sunday. The last league ODI between India and New Zealand Wednesday would be a virtual semifinal and the winner will take Sri Lanka [...]
In a dramatic turn of events, it has now been revealed that it was Sri Lankan batsman Tillekeratne Dilshan and not skipper Kumar Sangakkara who instigated off-spinner Suraj Randiv to bowl a no-ball that denied Virender Sehwag his 13th century in the third one-day international (ODI) of the ongoing triseries. Media reports here Wednesday claimed [...]
Cricket is never short of surprises, but this one takes the cake! The latest came from the game’s rulebook that disallowed Indian opener Virender Sehwag a well-deserved century against Sri Lanka in the ODI tri-nation series here Monday. Sehwag steered India to the 171-run victory target in 34.3 overs. But there was a sore point [...]
Virender Sehwag cracked a robust 99 not out to help Team India post a comfortable six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the triangular one-day series in Dambulla on Monday. The opener hit two sixes and 11 fours in his 100-ball knock as India raced to the 171-run target with more than 15 overs to spare [...]
India were 145 for four in the second innings, chasing a victory target of 257, at lunch on the fifth day of the third and final cricket Test against Sri Lanka here Saturday. Sachin Tendulkar was batting on 50 and V.V.S. Laxman was on 46 at lunch break at the P.Sara Oval.
Former BCCI president Sharad Pawar has taken over as International Cricket Council president Thursday. Pawar was the ICC president designate and he took over from Britain’s David Morgan. He is the second Indian after Jagmohan Dalmiya to become the ICC president.
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi will decide his Test future after the exhaustive tour of England that begins this month. Afridi Thursday said he will review his personal performance in the six Tests Pakistan will play against Australia and England later this season, before deciding whether to continue playing in the longest format of the game. [...]
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi Wednesday said that losing to Australia in the World Twenty20 semi-finals was the biggest disappointment of his career. Afridi said beating Australia was his aim after they suffered a whitewash in their Down Under tour earlier this year, losing both the ODI and Test series besides a T20 International. The Pakistan [...]
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