For once, just for once, Indian cricket fans are hoping that rain washes out today’s semi-final clash in Cardiff so that viewers are spared the tedium of watching yet another India-Sri Lanka One-Day International (ODI) match — the two South Asian nations have played each other over 44 times in the last five years
June 20 2013, 1:33 pm
Read MoreBy H Natarajan We Indians are amazing lot. We lavish praise on our heroes, but are as quick in savaging them at their next moment of failure. The shelf-life of reputations is sometime just one ball!
June 16 2013, 4:51 pm
Read MoreBy Giri Subramanian Munaf Patel’s impressive showing in the last few games helped him take the back-up seam bowler's spot while Virat Kohli, expectedly sealed the batting spot. Yusuf Pathan, who for some reason did not inspire much confidence in the team management, took the all-rounder’s slot in the 15 while Ravichandran Ashwin joins as the spin partner for Harbhajan Singh.
June 19 2013, 12:00 am
Read MoreICC World Cup 2011 is just around the corner, and there is no shortage of debate about team’s composition, player profiles, probable winners, etc. I am looking at the Indian perspective and also the probability of India holding the World Cup 2011.
June 19 2013, 1:11 am
Read MoreCricket, when played in India, assumes the form of a religious festival and it comes to me as no surprise if a similar situation arises this time. The fact that India will be one of the countries to host the World Cup, itself provides with an altogether different level of excitement and enthusiasm.
June 19 2013, 12:53 am
Read MoreUnbeaten so far, a confident India would be up against a massive challenge when they take on sub-continental rivals Sri Lanka, a team on the ascendancy after a slow start, in the semi-final match of the ICC Champions Trophy.
June 19 2013, 5:59 pm
Read MoreOn January 11, 2012, Sri Lankan cricket had plummeted to an unprecedented nadir. The team that had finished as the runners-up at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 folded up for a paltry 43 while chasing a mammoth 302 against South Africaat Paarl.Fast forward to the present; the same team looks a fired-up unit capable of challenging the best and emerging as the victor.
June 19 2013, 5:07 pm
Read MoreRohit falls to Ajmal and Pakistan have their first wicket. Rohit gave Ajmal the charge and failed to keep the ball down. Misbah caught at mid-wicket. Virat Kohli starts his innings with a four behind point off an Ajmal doosra.
June 15 2013, 10:59 pm
Read MoreIt was in August of 2008 when a 19-year-old Virat Kohli walked out in Indian colours for the first time. He was fresh and clearly upbeat after leading the Under-19 side to a World Cup victory in Kuala Lumpur, and yet, understandably nervous and a touch tentative while opening the Indian innings with Gautam Gambhir in Sri Lanka.
June 11 2013, 11:51 am
Read MoreThe two Bollywood superstars, along with eight cricketers including Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni, face the ire of the Department of Food Safety Bollywood stars and cricketers do tons of advertisements every year. At times, it turns out that the number of movies that a star does, or the
June 19 2013, 2:04 pm
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