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 [...]
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Cricketers auction for IPL 4 begins in Bangalore
January 8th, 2011 |
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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 [...]
Dravid pips Lara to become third highest scorer in Test history
December 17th, 2010 |
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Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid has overtaken former West Indian captain Brain Lara as the third highest run-getter in the history of Test cricket. Dravid achieved this feat after reaching 11 runs in the first of the three-match series against South Africa, the Daily Times reports. Needing 11 runs to surpass Lara’s 11,953 in the all-time [...]
Pollard fit for final
April 23rd, 2010 |
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Mumbai Indians heaved a sigh of relief after key all-rounder Kieron Pollard was found fit for Sunday’’s Indian Premier League final even though there remains a cloud of doubt over captain Sachin Tendulkar’’s availability.
He’’s fit,” team sources said in Mumbai on Thursday. In that match, Pollard was seen limping during the semifinal tie against Royal [...]
Challengers beat Royals, book IPL semi-final berth
April 15th, 2010 |
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Last year’s finalists Royal Challengers Bangalore sailed into the semi-finals of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a convincing five-wicket win over the Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here Wednesday.
Kevin Pietersen made a breezy 29-ball 62 runs as Royal Challengers, set a target of 131, made 132 for five in 15.4 overs.
With the [...]
Bowlers raise Deccan Chargers hope for semi-final berth
April 13th, 2010 |
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Defending champions Deccan Chargers kept alive their hopes of a semi-final berth with an exciting 13-run win over Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium in Jamtha here Monday.
Deccan Chargers bowlers put up a splendid display and bowled out the Royal Challengers for 138 runs in 19.4 overs for their third consecutive [...]
Tendulkar’s absence from Twenty20 World Cup great relief for teams: Afridi
March 29th, 2010 |
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Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi has said that master blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s absence from the next month’s Twenty20 World Cup will prove to be a big relief for other teams.
Tendulkar, who quit T20 international cricket along with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid in 2007, is in a great form at the IPL-3 but he has [...]
Royal Challengers uncrown Super Kings to regain top slot
March 24th, 2010 |
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In a battle of wits and nerves, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) uncrowned Chennai Super Kings (CSK) late Tuesday, by winning their fourth game on trot by 36 runs in the IPL-3 T20 at the Chinnaswamy cricket stadium here.
With six mighty sixes and three fours, local lad Robin Uthappa scored an unbeaten 68 in 38 balls [...]
Royal Challengers win by 10 Wickets
March 18th, 2010 |
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Electing to field, Royal Challengers Bangalore bundled out Rajasthan Royals for a paltry 92 in an Indian Premier League match here today.
Brief Scores: 92 in 19.5 overs. (Yusuf Pathan 26, Damien Martyn 19; Anil Kumble 3/9, Praveen Kumar 3/18).
Royal Challengers 93-0 (10.4) (Manish Pandey 42 and Jacques Kallis 44)
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Rajasthan Royals: Shane Warne (captain), Michael [...]
Mathews, Tiwary script KKR’s 7-wicket win over RCB
March 14th, 2010 |
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Angelo Mathews returned with a four-wicket haul as a disciplined Kolkata Knight Riders notched up their second successive win, beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets in the third Indian Premier League in Kolkata on Sunday.
Cheered on by Shah Rukh Khan at the jam-packed Eden Gardens, Knight Riders first restricted the Royal Challengers at 135 [...]
Cricket: Injured Dravid and Yuvraj out of first S.Africa test
January 28th, 2010 |
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Injuries to top batsmen Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh have forced top-ranked India to name a depleted 15-man squad for the opening test against visiting South Africans in Nagpur from Feb. 6-10. Former captain Dravid sustained a fractured jaw after scoring a century in the second test against
Tendulkar, Dravid tons put India in command
January 26th, 2010 |
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Sachin Tendulkar cracked his 45th Test century and Rahul Dravid his 29th hundred as India tightened the screws on Bangladesh in the second and final Test yesterday. Tendulkar made 143 and Dravid 111 before retiring hurt to help India post a massive 459-5 in their first innings at stumps on the
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 [...]
Lunch scoreboard: India vs. Bangladesh, Second Test, Day two
January 25th, 2010 |
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Scoreboard at lunch on the second day of the second cricket Test between India and Bangladesh here Monday.
Bangladesh first innings: 233
India first innings: (overnight 69/0)
Gautam Gambhir c Mushfiqur Rahim b Shafiul Islam 68
Virender Sehwag c Mushfiqur Rahim b Shahadat Hossain 56
Rahul Dravid batting 33
Sachin Tendulkar batting 13
Extras: (b-1, lb-3, nb-3) 7
Total: (for two wickets in [...]
India 177/2 at lunch against Bangladesh
January 25th, 2010 |
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India were 177 for two at lunch against Bangladesh on the second day of the second cricket Test here Monday.
India trail by 56 runs with Sachin Tendulkar (13) and Rahul Dravid (33) at the crease. Virender Sehwag made 56 while Gautam Gambhir was out for 68.
Cricket: Tendulkar, Dravid push India towards big lead
January 25th, 2010 |
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India’s first four batsmen all scored half-centuries as the tourists cruised to 301-2 at tea on the second day of the final test against Bangladesh on Monday. At the break, Sachin Tendulkar was 89 not out and Rahul Dravid with him on 79 as the pair added an unbroken 155 runs for the
Sharma, Mishra bowl India to victory in Chittagong Test
January 21st, 2010 |
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Ishant Sharma and Amit Mishra ran through the Bangladesh second innings as India won the first Test by 113 runs here Thursday.
Chasing an improbable victory target of 415 runs, Bangladesh put up a fight with Mushfiqur Rahim (101) putting up up resistance, but folded up for 301.
Ishant, who struggled for form in the last couple [...]
Ishant strikes twice to take India closer to victory
January 21st, 2010 |
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Ishant Sharma took two wickets to take India closer to victory as Bangladesh were struggling at 136 for five at lunch on the fifth day of the first cricket Test here Thursday.
Bangladesh are trailing by 278 runs with skipper Shakib Al Hasan (11) and his deputy Mushfiqur Rahim (1) at the crease.
Resuming their second innings [...]
Scoreboard: India vs. Bangladesh, First Test, Day four
January 20th, 2010 |
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Scoreboard at the end of the fourth day’s play in the first cricket Test between India and Bangladesh here Wednesday.
India: First innings 243 all out
Bangladesh: First innings 242 all out
India: Second innings
Gautam Gambhir c Shahriar Nafees b Shafiul Islam 116
Virender Sehwag c Raqibul Hasan b Shakib Al Hasan 45
Amit Mishra c Tamim Iqbal b Mahmudullah [...]
Tea scoreboard: India vs Bangladesh, fourth day, first Test
January 20th, 2010 |
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Scoreboard at tea on the fourth day of the first cricket Test between India and Bangladesh here Wednesday.
India: First innings 243 all out
Bangladesh: First innings 242 all out
India: Second innings
Gautam Gambhir c Shahriar Nafees b Shafiul Islam 116
Virender Sehwag c Raqibul Hasan b Shakib Al Hasan 45
Amit Mishra c Tamim Iqbal b Mahmudullah 50
Rahul Dravid [...]