When Gautam Gambhir was dropped from the 2007 World Cup squad, he was so disappointed that he almost quit cricket. As he makes his World Cup debut at home, one of the world’s most exciting opening batsmen says he would like to do something “special” for the home crowd, “like my unbeaten 150 against Sri [...]
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I would like to do something special for World Cup: Gautam Gambhir
January 31st, 2011 |
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India suffer a humiliating 135 run loss against South Africa
January 13th, 2011 |
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India suffered a crushing 135 runs loss against South Africa in the first One-day International at the Kingsmead Stadium here Wednesday. The result comes as a rude shock for the Indian cricket selectors, who in a few days time will be declaring the squad for the World Cup that would be held in the sub-continent [...]
Dhoni blames openers, but lauds part time spinners
January 13th, 2011 |
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Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed a poor start but lauded the part time spinners as India suffered a humiliating 135 runs loss to South Africa in the first One-day International at the Kingsmead Stadium here Wednesday. Chasing a target of 290 runs, India were bowled out for 154 runs in 35.4 overs as South Africa [...]
Cricketers auction for IPL 4 begins in Bangalore
January 8th, 2011 |
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Seated eight to a table at the over 7,000 sq ft pillar-less Mysore Hall of ITC Royal Gardenia Hotel here, business leaders and film stars Saturday began picking up cricketers for the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) fourth season. The IPL-4 beginning April 8 will see 10 teams and 74 matches in the shortest version of [...]
IPL-4 auction: Gambhir, Pietersen among first lot sold
January 8th, 2011 |
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Following are the first nine players auctioned for the Indian Premier League (IPL) season four here Saturday. Gautam Gambhir (India): Kolkata Knight Riders, $2.4 million Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka): Royal Challengers Bangalore $6,50,000 Zaheer Khan (India): Royal Challenger Bangalore, $900,000 Ross Taylor (New Zealand): Rajasthan Royal, $1 million Yusuf Pathan (India): Kolkata Knight Riders, $2.1 [...]
Gambhir sold to Knight Riders for record $2.4 mn
January 8th, 2011 |
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India’s opening batsman Gautam Gambhir was the first player to be sold in the players’ auction for Indian Premier League (IPL) season four, fetching a record $2.4 million by Kolkata Knight Riders. Gambhir, who was part of the Delhi Daredevils for the last three years, had a base price of $200,000. The bidding for him [...]
Gambhir helps India secure a draw in third Test, India level series
January 7th, 2011 |
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Gritty Gautam Gambhir paved the way for India to bat out the last day to draw the third Test against South Africa, levelling the hard-fought three-match series 1-1. India will remain as world’s top Test team. Realising that it would be a difficult task to chase 340 to win the series, more so after the [...]
India our from Twenty20 World Cup
May 9th, 2010 |
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India lost against West Indies by 14 Runs , so now india back to india mean india out in the race of this world cup.
Chris Gayle butchered the Indian bowlers with a whirlwind 66-ball 98 as West Indies posted a competitive 169 for six in their Group F Super Eight match of the Twenty20 cricket [...]
Deccan Chargers elect to bat against Delhi Daredevils
April 18th, 2010 |
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Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist won the toss and elected to bat against Delhi Daredevils in their must-win IPL clash at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi on Sunday.
Deccan have made two changes to their side. Chaminda Vaas, after his brilliiant outburst in the initial phase of the tournament and being dropped later on, [...]
Daredevils sweep to six-wicket win over Super Kings
April 16th, 2010 |
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The Delhi Daredevils, thanks to an unbeaten 57 by skipper Gautam Gambhir and his 75-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Mithun Manhas (25 not out) swept to a six-wicket win against the Chennai Super Kings in a crucial Indian Premier League (IPL) game, here tonight.
Batting first, the Super Kings were pegged to 112 for [...]
Super Kings looking for win against Delhi Daredevils
April 14th, 2010 |
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An upbeat Chennai Super Kings, just one win away from securing a possible semi-final spot in the Indian Premier League (IPL), will be taking on Delhi Daredevils here Thursday in what is billed as a “quarter-final” game considering that both teams are on 12 points with two matches to play.
The Daredevils, flying into a hot [...]
Super Kings looking for win against Delhi Daredevils
April 14th, 2010 |
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An upbeat Chennai Super Kings, just one win away from securing a possible semi-final spot in the Indian Premier League (IPL), will be taking on Delhi Daredevils here Thursday in what is billed as a “quarter-final” game considering that both teams are on 12 points with two matches to play.
The Daredevils, flying into a hot [...]
Punjab beat Delhi by 7 wickets
April 11th, 2010 |
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Irfan Pathan returned with a three-wicket haul as Kings XI Punjab put up clinical all-round performance to register a seven-wicket comprehensive victory over Delhi Daredevils in their Indian Premier League match here today.
Pathan’s three for 24 and Piyush Chawla (2/16) helped Punjab shot out Delhi Daredevils for a lowly 111 at the slow and turning [...]
Knight Riders win over Dardevils to stay in semis hunt
April 8th, 2010 |
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Sourav Ganguly led from the front with a majestic half century coupled with some brilliant fielding as the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Delhi Daredevils by 15 runs in an Indian Premier League outing here Wednesday.
Replying to the Knight Riders’s 181/3, the Daredevils could only manage 166/8 before a 45,000-strong crowd at the Eden Gardens.
Ganguly [...]
Mishra keen to continue the good show in IPL
April 7th, 2010 |
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Amit Mishra may not have found a berth in India’s Twenty20 World Cup squad despite being among the wickets, but the leg-spinner is not unduly bothered and says he is enjoying his moment under the sun with the purple cap for being the highest wicket-taker in the ongoing Indian Premier League.
Delhi Daredevils bowler Mishra has [...]
Kotla wicket not ideal for Twenty20: Kumble
April 5th, 2010 |
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The wicket at the Ferozeshah Kotla again hogged the limelight for wrong reasons with Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Anil Kumble saying that the pitch was “not ideal” for Twenty20 matches.
Kumble, the losing team’s captain, said that the toss play a crucial role here.
“Toss is very crucial on such a track. I think 185 was too [...]
Warner’s century one of the best I have seen: Gambhir
March 30th, 2010 |
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Delhi Daredevils captain Gautam Gambhir said that David Warner’s century was one of the best Twenty20 knocks he has seen as it came on a difficult track.
Warner struck 107 off 69 balls with nine fours and five sixes as Daredevils beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 40 runs here Monday.
“It was one of the best Twenty20 [...]
IPL scoreboard: Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders
March 30th, 2010 |
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Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League match between Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders here Monday.
David Warner not out 107 (69b, 9×4 5×6)
Virender Sehwag st Saha b Gayle 8 (3b, 2×4)
Gautam Gambhir lbw b Langeveldt 1 (2b)
Dinesh Karthik b Sharma 0 (1)
Paul Collingwood c Hussey b Langeveldt 53 (45b, 3×4, 2×6)
Kedar Jadhav not out 4 [...]
Sangakkara gets one-match ban
March 28th, 2010 |
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Sangakkara has been banned for one match after his side was found to be guilty of slow over-rate for the third time in the ongoing Indian Premier League III.
Already reeling under one loss after another, Kings XI were dealt a further blow when Sangakkara was penalised for not completing the overs on time during their [...]
Vinay in, Ishant and Kohli miss out on T20 World Cup
March 26th, 2010 |
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Bangalore pacer Ranganath Vinay Kumar was the lone new face in the 15-member squad announced by the cricket selectors Friday for the Twenty20 World Cup.
Chief selector K. Srikkanth and his colleagues decided to go ahead with Gautam Gambhir and Ashish Nehra, who were injured while playing for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Ishant [...]