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ICC Cricket World Cup: South Africa crus...

ICC Cricket World Cup: South Africa crush listless Sri Lanka by 9 wickets t...

Leg-spinner Tahir (4-26) looked like a man possessed while Duminy (3-29) bagged the second hat-trick of this edition — after England’s Steven Finn — as South Africa sent the Lankans packing for 133 in 37.2 overs in the first quarter-final of this edition. South Africa, who are... read more »

World Cup 2015: Wind will play a huge ro...

World Cup 2015: Wind will play a huge role at MCG

MELBOURNE: The Indian team was scheduled to arrive at 2 pm for practice at the Melbourne Cricket Ground but delayed its arrival by more than an hour. By 3.30, when they checked in, the already gloomy weather had turned a tad gloomier and the breeze had turned into wind before losing direction. The... read more »

Can Suresh Raina do a ‘Yuvraj of 2...

Can Suresh Raina do a ‘Yuvraj of 2011’? Dhoni answers

Yuvraj Singh’s 15 wickets in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was one of the major factors which contributed to Mahendra Singh Dhoni lifting the coveted trophy but the Indian captain says last edition’s ‘Player of The Tournament’ is no longer as effective as he used to be in... read more »

Meet the underdogs of this year’s ...

Meet the underdogs of this year’s World Cup

This year’s World Cup is not just about Virat Kohli’s smashing 107 against Pakistan or Chris Gayle’s record-breaking 215 against Zimbabwe. There are other players like UAE’s Shaiman Anwar who scored over 300 runs in the tournament, including a century against Ireland and two... read more »

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ICC World Twenty20: Spinners will play key role in the 2nd semifi...

Dhaka: In the second semifinal of the ICC World Twenty20, India will lock horns with South Africa on Friday at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur. So far, the spinners have played a major role in... read more »

IPL 7: Sunil Gavsakar wants tournament to be contr...

Interim president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Sunil Gavaskar has called for a controversy-free seventh edition of the Indian... read more »

While team sweats it out, Yuvraj Singh sits out

Yuvraj Singh failed to make it to India’s training session after twisting his ankle on Tuesday during a game of football between Team India players at... read more »

WT20 Preview: SL eye revenge against WI in 2012 final r...

Mirpur: In their bid to reach their second successive World T20 final, defending champions West Indies will be looking to put up another clinical performance... read more »

Duncan Fletcher to coach India till World Cup 2015

New Delhi: Firmly backing coach Duncan Fletcher amidst a barrage of criticism following a series of poor show from him, the Board of Control for Cricket in... read more »

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