Kolkata: West Indian legend Vivian Richards feels that Indian cricket team has improved in the fielding department in recent times and that increases the chance of Mahendra Singh Dhoni`s men winning the World Cup. "India has improved in the fielding department recently. I see change in psyche among the Indian players. Today the players are […]
Dhaka: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi is banking on ageing fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar to come up trumps for his side in their bid to lift the World Cup trophy for the first time in nearly two decades. Afridi said Akhtar is working hard on his fitness and hoping to give his best in what could […]
Kolkata: Captain of Indian World Cup winning team Kapil Dev tonight criticised the BCCI for Eden Gardens not being able to host World Cup matches involving India. "It is also responsibility of BCCI to see that CAB completes the renovation work of the stadium in time," Dev said while participating in a cricket chat show […]
Bangalore: Piyush Chawla and Harbhajan Singh spun India to a thumping 38-run win over Australia in their first warm-up game of the Cricket World Cup here on Sunday. Chawla (4/31) and Harbhajan (3/15) exploited the conditions to perfection and troubled all the Australian batsmen on a turning track at Chinnaswamy Stadium to earn a morale […]
Bangalore: An impressive Brett Lee produced a fast and furious second spell to skittle out India for a modest 214 in their first warm-up match ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup here on Sunday. Lee (3/35) accounted for three Indian wickets in his second spell of five overs, giving away just 12 runs. He […]
New Delhi: Sacked as Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief, the embattled Suresh Kalmadi got the full backing of the Indian Olympic Association, the national apex sports body which he heads, in its General Body Meeting here. The IOA GBM, which was attended by representatives of National Sports Federations and State Olympic Associations, appreciated the hard […]
Mumbai: Six Olympians have accused the International Hockey Federation of taking away all the profits generated at the World Cup in Delhi and written a letter to the government to stop the world body from repeating the act during the Champions Trophy allotted to India this year. In a letter to Sindhusree Khullar, Secretary in […]
Bangalore: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni today won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in their practice match ahead of the World Cup here. All 15 players of the respective squads can be used, with 11 batting and 11 fielding. The Squads: India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, […]
Mumbai: Holding the distinction of being the only co-host team to have won the World Cup, Sri Lanka would be keen to take inspiration from that unforgettable title triumph in 1996 into the mega event starting on February 19. Fifteen years ago Lanka were the co-hosts of cricket`s flagship event along with India and Pakistan […]
Bangalore: It has been a roller-coaster ride for Suresh Raina during his six years in international cricket. But if he gets a chance in the playing XI, the talented batsman wants to get his mojo back after an indifferent last few months with the willow. Going by indications, Raina probably will find it difficult to […]
Colombo: The Sri Lankan top-order batsmen got some good practice ahead of the World Cup as they thrashed minnows Netherlands by a huge 156 run margin in a warm-up match at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground, here on Saturday. The home team scored a massive 351 for five in 50 overs and then bundled out […]
Colombo: Ramnaresh Sarwan hammered an aggressive 123 as West Indies recorded an emphatic 61-run win over Kenya in their World Cup warm-up game, here on Saturday. Sarwan played sheet-anchor after his side were reduced to 65 for four in the 20th over to take West Indies score to 253 for eight in 50 overs after […]
Bangalore: India`s spin wizard Harbhajan Singh on Saturday took devotees at a temple here by surprise when he prayed for his team`s victory in the World Cup. Ahead of tomorrow`s practice match against Australia, the feisty off-spinner, who is currently attending the camp here for the World Cup, took time off and visited the Shaneshwar […]
Ranchi: IOA Vice President Trilochan Singh on Saturday sought to know what is the contribution of `Clean Sports India` (CSI) in organising sports. "What is its contribution to the sports? Why don`t they do some good work elsewhere," Singh said when asked about CSI`s demand for IOA President Suresh Kalmadi`s resignation following CWG scam. "He […]
Bangalore: With eyes firmly set on the silverware, India will look to gain momentum and start their World Cup campaign on a positive note when they take on Australia in their first warm-up match at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Sunday. With memories of 2007 Caribbean World Cup disaster, where they crashed out in the […]
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