Wellington, Mar 31 (PTI) New Zealand today included young pacer Tim Southee in their squad for the third and final cricket Test against India starting April 3 here.
The host bowlers’ failure to grab Indian wickets despite having two days at their disposal allowed the visitors to force a draw in the second Test, wh…

Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) Strange are the ways of the Kolkata Knight Riders. While it’s a normal practice for any team going abroad to announce the squad before leaving the shores, the Shah Rukh Khan-owned Indian Premier League (IPL) team feels otherwise.
Ahead of the scheduled deparutre for South Africa Tuesday, t…

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Napier, Mar 30 (PTI) India’s formidable batsmen showed remarkable tenacity as the visitors returned from the brink of disaster to save the second cricket Test and maintain their 1-0 lead in the three-match series against New Zealand here today.
Smarting from the ignominy of a follow on and faci…

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Napier, Mar 29 (PTI) India may have crawled their way back into the second Test against New Zealand but the job is only half done and they would have to keep up the good work tomorrow to ensure a draw, senior batsman Rahul Dravid said here today.
Dravid’s (62) 133-run partnership with Gautam Ga…

Kolkata, Mar 27 (PTI) The controversy surrounding the Kolkata Knight Riders team over coach John Buchanan’s idea of rotating captaincy took another twist when the Australian claimed that he had discussed the matter with captain Sourav Ganguly before announcing it.
“I had discussed in detail with Sourav about…

New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI) The Indian Olympic Association wants the Indian Premier League to be deferred till the general elections are over as any untoward incident during the Twenty20 cricket event could raise serious security concerns for the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.
The second edition of the IPL, starting April 1…

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Auckland, Mar 13 (PTI) With the series already in their pocket, India may opt to rest some of their key players as they go into the fifth and final one-dayer against a demoralised New Zealand here tomorrow, hoping to finish it off on a winning note.
The Indians have already taken an invincible 3-0 le…

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Hamilton, Mar 11 (PTI) Given the small size of the grounds in New Zealand, an individual double century in an ODI is quite a possibility, reckons India’s swashbuckling opener Virender Sehwag.
Sehwag, who hammered the fastest ODI century by an Indian in the fourth match against New Zealand today…

Indian superstar Sachin Tendulkar filled a gap in his exhaustive resume when he scored 163 before retiring hurt in the third one-day cricket international against New Zealand on Sunday.
The century was Tendulkar’s 43rd in one-day internationals and his 91st in all forms of cricket for India but was his first in li…

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Christchurch, Mar 7 (PTI) A confident India will look to continue their domination when they clash against New Zealand in the third cricket one-dayer here tomorrow, fully aware that the pressure will be more on the hosts who face a do-or-die battle.
Leading 1-0, a win tomorrow will ensure that India …