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ICC Champions Trophy 2013: Have India-Sri Lanka clashes lost the shine?

ICC Champions Trophy 2013: Have India-Sri Lanka clashes lost the shine?

It is almost as if fate mysteriously conspires to setup India-Sri Lanka contests. While the two teams have faced each other innumerable times in bilateral and tri-nation tournaments in the last few years, they invariably clash at the big events as well. An Australian fight-back in the last league game of the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 ensured that Sri Lanka finished second in Group A — a result that setup a semi-final encounter against India on June 20 in Cardiff.

Nishad Pai Vaidya, India, Sri Lanka, ICC Champions Trophy 2013, West Indies, England, Australia, ICC, Future Tours Programme, New Zealand

June 18 2013, 3:56 pm

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Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxmans plight similar to Bedi, Chandra & Prasanna on the 1978-79 tour of Pakistan

Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman's plight similar to Bedi, Chandra & Prasanna on the 1978-79 tour of Pakistan

In 1978-79,IndiatouredPakistanwith hopes resting on three legendary but ageing spinners. But what unfolded was tragic. The 0-2 defeat practically ended the career of Bedi, Prasanna and Chandrasekhar.Arunabha Senguptadraws parallels between that horror tour and the current one, and tries to find hope amidst despair.

Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Bishan Singh Bedi, EAS Prasanna, BS Chandrasekhar, Kapil Dev, Umesh Yadav, Virat Kohli, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Arunabha Sengupta

June 17 2013, 12:15 pm

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