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Former India captain Kapil Dev has been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. The 51-year-old played 131 Tests and 225 ODIs across a 16-year career, and is best remembered for leading India to victory in the 1983 World Cup. Kapil made his international debut in a one-dayer against Pakistan in Quetta in October [...] … |
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Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, has said Shashank Manohar and N Srinivasan, the Indian board’s president and secretary, took the call – backed by other members of the league’s governing council – to shelve the tender process for the two new franchises at Sunday’s meeting in Mumbai. Modi’s… |
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The continuing TV news channels boycott notwithstanding, Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi expects a successful third edition of the cash-rich Twenty20 event starting March 12. “The preparations are in full swing and there are no hiccups. We all are ready to go. We have planned a very good opening night as w… |
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Australia 248 for 4 (Haddin 110, Ponting 69) beat New Zealand 245 (Taylor 62, Johnson 3-41, Harris 3-48) by 6 wickets… Brad Haddin’s second one-day international century gave Australia a 2-1 lead and the most one-sided victory of the tour, as they chased down their target with 16 balls to spare. Haddin’s 110… |
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MS Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings captain, has backed the cap on overseas players in a playing XI, saying it was the best way to identify and groom local talent and calling on overseas players to compete amongst themselves for the four available slots in the team. “If the overseas players want to find a [...] |
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New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond is all set to declare himself available for the Indian Premier League, starting on March 12. New Zealand Cricket Players Association boss Heath Mills’ said Bond will declare himself available for the upcoming IPL-3. Al Qaeda had threatened to target players during the IPL, but Bond, Da… |
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The IPL’s unveiling of its two new franchises on Sunday ended in an anti-climax with the league pushing back the entire process by two weeks, in the process scrapping the existing tender procedure after bidders objected to stiff financial clauses. The new tenders, which will be floated on March 9 and opened on March 21,… |
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The Adani Group, based in Ahmedabad, and the Dhoot family of Pune are likely to be the highest bidders for the two new Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises up for sale. Gautam Adani, the 48-year-old chairman of the trading and export company, whose personal wealth is believed to be valued at $6.7b, has bid for [...] |
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Australia 273 for 7 (Hussey 56, White 54, Haddin 53) beat New Zealand 253 (Vettori 70, Johnson 4-51) by 12 runs (D/L method)… Daniel Vettori stuck his stiff neck out with a brilliant innings that nearly delivered victory for New Zealand but Ryan Harris chopped him off to end the plucky fight as Australia levelled [...]<… |
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The IPL management has laid down the guidelines for when teams can use their two-and-a-half minute strategic time-out in 2010: the bowling side can ask for the break between the sixth and eighth overs while the batting team can opt for the same anywhere between overs 11 to 16. The mid-innings strategic time-out, which came [.… |
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