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  • India return to practice after break

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      India’s location for the practice session here on a sunny  morning was nothing short of scenic. The team took full advantage and went about their regular routine with the normal stretches and warm-ups before they walked out to the nets to prepare for the all-important World Cup tie against Pakistan Sunday. A plush surrounding…

  • Adaptability will be key: Dhoni

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    Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni  said adaptability will be the key to success for the defending champions in the cricket World Cup starting Feb 14. “What is important is to adapt to the conditions and the middle overs. Bowling in the middle overs will also be crucial because that will put pressure on the opposition…

  • New Zealand dream of the elusive trophy

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    Six semifinal appearances, good form, players most suited for One-Day International (ODI) cricket and most importantly, playing at home makes New Zealand one of the strongest challengers for the World Cup title. Never considered a world-conquering side, New Zealand have been consistent at the sport’s biggest event. They have punched above their weight and this…

  • Australia top contenders at home

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    Australia’s rich pedigree of being the most successful team at the World Cup with four titles makes them a strong contender to reclaim cricket’s showpiece trophy on home soil. They failed to qualify for the knock-out phase in 1992, when they co-hosted the event with New Zealand for the first time, and are under pressure…

  • Kohli already a ODI legend: Richards

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    Caribbean cricket legend Vivian Richards heaped praise on Indian vice captain Virat Kohli, saying he has already become a One-Day International (ODI) batting legend. Richards, who was an integral member of the West Indies’ World Cup-winning squad in 1975 and 1979, also listed Kohli in his list of top 10 ODI batsmen. Richards, considered the…

  • Rain God keep Indian hopes alive

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    India received two precious points that kept their ambitions of advancing to the final of the One-Day International (ODI) tri-series cricket tournament alive after their match against Australia was called off due to a downpour here. Earlier, Australia captain George Bailey won the toss and put India in to bat at the Sydney Cricket Ground…

  • SC bars Srinivasan from contesting

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    The Supreme Court  said sidelined BCCI president N. Srinivasan cannot contest election for the Indian cricket board’s governing body presidency as long as he is involved in a “conflict of interest” situation as an owner of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK). The apex court said this while striking down an amendment to the BCCI…

  • England outplay India

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      A brilliant all-round performance by England helped them thrash India by nine wickets and in the process gain a bonus point in the third match of the One-Day International (ODI) tri-series, also involving Australia, at the Gabba here. Pacers James Anderson and Steven Finn played a starring role as England bowled India out for…

  • India secure a draw at SCG

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      India managed to cling on to a draw in the fourth and final Test courtesy some brave batting by Ajinkya Rahane and Bhuvneshwar Kumar as Australia won the series 2-0 at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) here. India looked well poised in their 349-run chase at tea and raised prospects of an improbable win,…

  • Jadeja in, Yuvraj out of World Cup squad

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    Injured all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was included in the 15-member Indian squad for the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup starting Feb 14 but star batsman Yuvraj Singh’s hopes of getting a late call-up were dashed as the BCCI announced the team for the mega-event here. Jadeja is nursing a shoulder injury sustained during training in the…

  • Hughes tributes stir Australian emotions

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    Phillip Hughes’s family received the warmest of welcomes  as they returned to the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) – on the first day of the fourth Test against India – for the first time since the Australian cricketer was fatally struck while batting at the ground six weeks ago. In another moving tribute to Hughes in…

  • Post Dhoni era begins in India

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    India go into the fourth and final cricket Test against Australia embarking on a new era after the shock retirement of talismanic captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. It will be testing times for the new and fiery skipper Virat Kohli following Dhoni’s retirement from the longest format of the game after the third Test at Melbourne.…

  • India will be more aggressive under Kohli: Johnson

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    Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson has said India will adopt a more aggressive approach and redefine the way the country plays cricket under new skipper Virat Kohli starting from the fourth and final Test, beginning Jan 6. Kohli captained India in the first Test at Brisbane and called upon an attacking mindset to counter the Australians,…

  • One year without Sachin at the crease

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    By Biswajit Choudhury  The year that the Indian cricket team played without Sachin Tendulkar and lost successive Test series abroad gives enough food for thought on the nature of the sport, also at a time when other team sports in the country are beginning to organise commercially on the lines of the Indian Premier League…

  • Dhoni retires from Test cricket

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      Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni decided to retire from Tests citing the strain of playing all three formats of cricket after India drew the third Test against Australia. Virat Kohli will captain the side in the fourth and final Test in Sydney. Dhoni’s announcement in Melbourne came following the third Test, which ended in…

  • Third Test drawn, India lose series

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    Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (24 not out) played a responsible knock to force a draw for India against Australia on a tense fifth and final day of the third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) . Dhoni’s patient innings, together with spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (8 not out) put on a brave 32-run seventh-wicket partnership…

  • Australia build a sizeable lead at MCG

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    India produced a much-improved bowling performance to snare seven second innings wickets but Australia’s lead climbed to a considerable 326 runs after reaching 261 for seven on the fourth day to keep the match tantalisingly poised after another intriguing battle in the third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here. Shaun Marsh’s (batting 62)…

  • Kohli & Rahane shine, but still a wall to climb

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    Virat Kohli (169) cracked his highest Test score and forged a 262-run fourth-wicket partnership with Ajinkya Rahane (147) to launch a stunning Indian fightback to end day three at 462 for eight, but five late wickets brought the contest back in balance in the enthralling third Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)…

  • India seek revival of fortunes at MCG

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    India have an unenviable task of avoiding the prospect of relinquishing their grip on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy when they square off against Australia in the third Test of the four-match series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here . Having lost the first two Tests, India would be aware that another loss would help Australia…

  • India go down fighting at the Gabba

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      Australia took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series with a four-wicket win over India on the fourth day of the second Test at the Gabba here Saturday. Chasing 128 for victory, the hosts were made to sweat but ultimately got over the finishing line, scoring 130 for six, leaving India rueing the…

  • Test evenly poised after Smith’s heroics

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      Steven Smith and Mitchell Johnson’s whirlwind partnership propelled Australia to a first innings score 505 runs, a lead of 97, but India made a solid start to their second innings, reaching 71 for one to trail by only 26 at stumps on day three of the second Test at the Gabba here. At stumps,…

  • Lord’s venue for 2019 world cup final

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    Lord’s Cricket Ground in London has been proposed as the venue for the ICC Cricket World Cup final when the tournament is staged in England and Wales in 2019. The venue will also host the ICC Women’s World Cup final in 2017. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will also recommend to the ICC…

  • Vijay gives India a bright start

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    Murali Vijay’s stylish 144 helped India amass 311 for four by stumps on day one of the second Test against Australia at the Gabba here . India became the second visiting team to score more than 300 runs on the first day of a Test match at the Gabba, buoyed by Vijay’s fifth hundred in…

  • Lyon takes India into a spin

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      India succumbed to off-spinner Nathan Lyon’s guile, losing eight wickets for 110 runs in the final session to go down against Australia by 48 runs in the the first Test despite valiant knocks from skipper Virat Kohli (141) and opener Murali Vijay (99) on the fifth and final day at the Adelaide Oval here…

  • Kohli leads India’s batting charge

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    A ton from Virat Kohli (115), his seventh, and three 50s from Cheteshwar Pujara (73), Ajinkya Rahane (62) and Murali Vijay (53) helped India coast to 369 for five at the end of the third day of the first Test at the Adelaide Oval here Thursday. Australia earlier declared their first innings at the overnight…

  • SC allows BCCI to put off AGM

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    The Supreme Court  allowed the Indian cricket board to postpone its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and elections till Jan 31, 2015, as it was still hearing the plea into the allegations of conflict of interest and betting involving board president N. Srinivasan and his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyapan. An apex court bench of Justice T.S Thakur…

  • Srinivasan to stay away from IPL till panel decision

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    N. Srinivasan, the Indian cricket board’s sidelined chief,  told the Supreme Court that if he is re-elected, he would stay away from the Indian Premier League (IPL) governing council till a proposed committee decides on the larger question of conflict of between his BCCI role and his IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings. Responding to a…

  • Can India buck the trend in Australia?

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    By Veturi Srivatsa  The entire cricket world is waiting with bated breath to see the first bouncer bowled in the India-Australia Test series after a short-pitched delivery fatally felled Phillip Hughes at the Sydney Cricket Ground barely two weeks ago. Former Australian bowler burly Merv Hughes wants the very first ball of the Test series…

  • Dhoni to miss first Test, Kohli to lead

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    India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will miss the first Commonwealth Bank Test against Australia due to a thumb injury. Dhoni batted and bowled at India’s training session Sunday here, but he is not yet ready to keep wickets in a Test. Virat Kohli confirmed Monday he will lead the side Tuesday, when the four-Test series…

  • Injured Dhoni shows no discomfort

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    Injured Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni attended an intense training session at the Adelaide Oval  showing no sign of discomfort on account of his right thumb injury, raising the prospect of his participation in the first Test against Australia starting Dec 9. The injury initially forced him out of the first Test and batsman…

  • Indian team in form down under

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      The second and final two-day tour game before India’s first Test against Australia ended in a draw with the Indians well in control of the proceedings at the Gliderol Stadium here. Indian batsmen posted 375 at tea on the second day, in reply to Cricket Australia (CA) XI’s 243 and reduced the hosts to…

  • Many miss World Cup probable list

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    Five members of India’s 2011 World Cup-winning team – Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh and Gautam Gambhir – were  left out of the 30-member squad of probables for the 2015 One-Day International (ODI) World Cup. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)’s All-India Senior Selection Committee met here and preferred…

  • Cricketing world bid farewell to Hughes

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      Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes was remembered by more than 5,000 people at an emotional funeral service in his hometown of Macksville in New South Wales. The service, which was televised and broadcast nationally, paid tribute to the popular batsman who was described as a “one of a kind” and “as loyal as they come”,…

  • Hughes’ funeral on Wednesday

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      The funeral of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes, who passed away Thursday after being struck on the head by a bouncer, will take place Wednesday, Dec 3. The Hughes family Saturday confirmed funeral arrangements for their son Phillip, Cricket Australia (CA) said in a statement. The funeral will take place at 2.00 p.m. Wednesday in…

  • State Memorial Service for Hughes

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    Cricket Australia and Cricket New South Wales supported NSW Premier Mike Baird’s announcement of a State Memorial Service for Australian batsman Phillip Hughes, who passed away Thursday after being hit by a cricket ball during a Sheffield Shield match. “We would like to thank the premier for his decision to grant a State Memorial Service…

  • Phillip Hughes dies aged 25

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      Australian batsman Phillip Hughes who was struck on the head by a cricket ball died in hospital, Cricket Australia (CA) said . The 25-year-old Hughes, who represented the national team in 26 Tests between 2009-2013, fractured his skull and suffered catastrophic bleeding in his brain after being hit by bowler Sean Abbot’s bouncer in…

  • Hughes still critical, to have scans

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      Phillip Hughes remains in a critical condition after being hit in the head by a bouncer and will have scans, doctors said Wednesday. “Phillip Hughes remains in a critical condition in St. Vincent’s Hospital after being struck in the head. He will have scans this morning and a further update will be provided when…

  • Hughes struck by bouncer, critical

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      Australian batsman Phillip Hughes is in a critical condition after being struck by a bouncer during a domestic first class match here . The South Australia batsman, who represented the national team in 26 Tests between 2009-2013, collapsed after a delivery from New South Wales pacer Sean Abbott hit his helmet during a Sheffield…

  • Sachin refuses to comment on Mudgal Report

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    Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar refused to comment on Justice Mudgal Commitee’s report on the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing and betting scandal. Tendulkar, a Rajya Sabha member, said here that the Supreme Court will look into the case, and it was not wise for him to make a comment. “The honorable Supreme Court…

  • INTERVIEW: Richard Hadlee

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    By Radhika Bhirani    As corruption in cricket continues to come under scrutiny in India, legendary New Zealand cricketer Richard Hadlee says spot-fixing is the “greatest crisis” the game faces and it needs to be dealt with severe penalties. The iconic sportsman, 63, met this visiting IANS correspondent at the newly-built Hadlee Pavilion of the Hagley…

  • Tendulkar’s New Zealand connection

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    By Radhika Bhirani  Nestled in Waipawa, a small town in Hawke’s Bay in North Island, a region famous for its wines, James Laver has been carving many a cricketing dream – literally! With two decades’ experience in making customised bats and a clientele of greats like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Brian Lara, the master…

  • BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award for Vengsarkar

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      Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar will receive the C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for 2014, a Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) statement said . He will be handed a citation, trophy and cheque for Rs.25 lakh at the eighth annual BCCI Awards Ceremony to be held here Friday to recognise and…

  • Clean chit for Srinivasan

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      The Supreme Court-appointed Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee, which investigated the allegations of spot fixing and betting in the 2013 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has said that sidelined BCCI president N. Srinivasan’s son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was involved in betting. The report, however, gave a clean chit to Srinivasan on both counts of…

  • India-Pak cricket ties to resume

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      India and Pakistan will resume their cricket ties with a series next year, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit said here. He said six series will be played between two countries till 2022. “Work has already been done in this regard,” he told reporters. The Pakistani envoy said the chairman of the Pakistan…

  • INTERVIEW: Rohit Sharma

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    After cracking a world record 264 against Sri Lanka in an ODI here, India’s stylish opener Rohit Sharma  made it clear that he would not rest on his laurels, as he had “still lot more to do”. Having set the stage for India’s emphatic 153-run win over the islanders at the Eden Gardens with his…

  • Rohit Sharma blast into record books

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      Rohit Sharma  bludgeoned his way into the record books by becoming the first batsman to score two double-tons in One-Day International (ODI) cricket — and to add another feather to his cap, his 264 runs is also the highest individual score in the 50-over format. The 27-year-old Indian, who had scored 209 against Australia…

  • Windies include India tour rebels

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      Eight players from the controversial tour of India have been included in a full strength West Indies squad announced for the tour of South Africa, as selectors moved swiftly to erase any claims of victimisation. The 15-man contingent will be led by regular captain Denesh Ramdin and includes Darren Bravo, Jason Holder, Leon Johnson,…

  • India look to clinch top ODI slot

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      Having already pocketed the series, a rampaging India would like to continue their dominance and clinch the number one ODI spot as a hapless Sri Lanka look to salvage some pride during the penultimate game of the five-match Limited over International rubber at the Eden Gardens here . Led by the flamboyant Virat Kohli,…

  • Cricket world champions to pocket $4 mn

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    The total prize money of the 2015 World Cup would be $10 million, an increase of nearly 20 percent over the previous edition of the tournament four years ago, according to the International Cricket Council (ICC) Board, which also decided to use the Decision Review System (DRS) in all 49 matches of the tournament. An…

  • India in cruise control

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    A superb all-round performance helped India cruise to a six-wicket win in the third One-Day International (ODI) against Sri Lanka and clinch the five-match series 3-0 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here. Set a target of 243 runs, India coasted to victory in 44.1 overs, winning with 35 balls to spare. Opener Shikhar Dhawan…