India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Wednesday defended the inclusion of Piyush Chawla in the World Cup squad saying the leg-spinner’s experience of playing consistently in the domestic circuit would help the team in the tournament. Chawla, 22, was one of the surprise inclusions in the 15-member squad as he had been out of the team [...]
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Dhoni backs Chawla to perform in World Cup
February 2nd, 2011 |
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The team can perform under pressure: Dhoni
February 2nd, 2011 |
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Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Tuesday said the team has always performed under pressure and it will be no different in the upcoming World Cup at home starting Feb 19. Dhoni’s boys would be looking to win the coveted trophy for a second time and repeat the feat of 1983 in front of home [...]
Series a big lesson for batsmen before World Cup : Dhoni
January 24th, 2011 |
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After losing the closely-fought ODI series 2-3 to South Africa, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Sunday said it was a “disappointing” performance by the batsmen throughout and called it a “big lesson” before the World Cup. India lost the fifth and the last ODI by 33 runs, despite Yusuf Pathan smashing 105 off 70 balls [...]
Pathan, Harbhajan clinch another thriller for India
January 19th, 2011 |
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Yusuf Pathan and Harbhajan Singh’s batting heroics saw India clinch another thriller by two wickets in the third one-day international against South Africa here. Chasing 221 runs, India were struggling at 93/5 before Pathan (59 off 50 balls) and Suresh Raina (37) brought the visitors back in the game with a 75-run stand. South Africa [...]
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 [...]
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 bowled out for 205 in first innings
December 27th, 2010 |
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India were bowled out for 205 runs in their first innings against South Africa on the second day of the second cricket Test at Kingsmead here Monday. Resuming at 183 for six, India lost the last four wickets for the addition of 22 runs. Fast bowler Dale Steyn finished with six for 50. Morne Morkel [...]
Shah Rukh to stay away from Knight Riders’ Chennai game
April 12th, 2010 |
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) co-owner Shah Rukh Khan will not be present when his side takes on Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings in a must win encounter for teams Tuesday at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
“No, I won’t come to Chennai for the match. Think the team needs to introspect and play without my interference…emotional or [...]
Separatist guerrillas disrupted railway traffic for the first time Friday after they carried out an improvised explosive device (IED) blast and destroyed eight feet of a rail track in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Rail traffic was later restored.
April 2nd, 2010 |
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Having gained a fresh lease of life with a stunning five-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai Super Kings will be looking to consolidate their position with another success when they host Rajasthan Royals at Chepauk Saturday in Indian Premier League cricket.
The win over Bangalore Wednesday came following four consecutive defeats and the Super Kings, [...]
Dhoni Cricket Academy a possibility
April 1st, 2010 |
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The Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) has initiated a dialogue with Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to set up a Dhoni Cricket Academy in Ranchi, a top company official said Thursday.
“We have a dream to set up a Dhoni Cricket Academy in Ranchi. We have initiated dialogue with Dhoni,” R.K. Saha, chairman cum managing director [...]
Sachin and Rahul Dravid new World Record
January 25th, 2010 |
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Sachin and Rahul Dravid have set a new world record today at Mirpur in against Bangladesh in 2nd Test – The record is for the most century partnerships by any pair in history.
They went past Australians Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting and the West Indian pair of Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes who have 16 [...]
Cricket: Bangladesh ask India to bat in first Test
January 17th, 2010 |
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Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and sent India in to bat in the first cricket Test here on Sunday. Virender Sehwag was leading India in the absence of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was ruled out with back spasms. Leading spinner Harbhajan Singh was also missing due to a stiff
India wins by 3 runs against Sri Lanka
December 16th, 2009 |
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Rajkot: The Men in Blue managed to win the match against Sri Lanka by 3 runs. After knocking a score of 414, India team eventually got a 1-0 lead in the five-match series at Rakjot.
Despite not so great bowling and poor fielding, the Madhav Rao Scindia stadium turned lucky for the Indian team. The Lankans [...]
Team India gives 414 target to Sri Lanka
December 15th, 2009 |
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Rajkot: Playing against Sri Lanka, Team India given 414 target to the tourist team. This is the highest ODI score at home made by Indian team. Indians played all 50 overs and made the same.
Earlier, Sehwag contributed 146 runs in102 balls and Sachin scored 69 runs in just 63 bolls. Sehwag top-edged an intended flick [...]
India recover after slow start
November 17th, 2009 |
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Rahul Dravid and Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit centuries as India brushed aside a stunning start by Sri Lanka’s new-look pace attack in the first Test yesterday. Left-arm seamer Chanaka Welegedara grabbed three wickets in his first four overs and Dammika Prasad took one to reduce India to 32-4
Cricket: India bat against Sri Lanka in first Test
November 16th, 2009 |
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Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat in the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka at the Motera stadium here on Monday. India went in with two seamers in Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma, besides two spinners in Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra. Sri Lanka left
Cricket: India gear for Sri Lanka Test challenge
November 14th, 2009 |
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India will make a quick switch to Test cricket to defend their unbeaten home record against Sri Lanka in a three-match series starting on Monday. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men have endured a gruelling six-month schedule of limited-overs cricket which ended this week with a one-day series loss
Cricket: India bat against Australia in must-win match
November 8th, 2009 |
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Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat in the crucial sixth one-day international against Australia in Guwahati on Sunday. India, who trail 2-3 in the seven-match series, need a win to draw level with the world champions ahead of the final game in Mumbai on
Watson departs after prolific show
November 5th, 2009 |
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With the help of Shane Watson cracking half-century(93), Australia were 146 for one at the end of 26th over after skipper Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat on a batting paradise wicket against India in the crucial fifth cricket one-dayer at Rajiv Gandhi stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday.
India have made [...]