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Little Master poser

NO SOONER had Australia punted Ricky Ponting from its one-day team than the knives came out for the other great batsman of his generation, Sachin Tendulkar. It is a measure of India's misery in Au...

Posted On: Feb 23, 2012 | Comments : 0

Big run chase too much for India

DROPPED catches almost cost Sri Lanka before it clinched a vital 51-run one-day win over India at the Gabba last night. Virat Kohli (66) was dropped twice and Suresh Raina (32) once during an ominous ...

Posted On: Feb 23, 2012 | Comments : 0

Discord, dissent hurt Indian cricket team

The statements made by some of the senior players in press conferences indicate a clear dissent and failure of communication among the Indian team on tour in Australia for more than two months now. Th...

Posted On: Feb 23, 2012 | Comments : 0

Olympic qualifiers: who will India face in the final?

After four consecutive wins, 32 goals and 12 points, only a whimsical disaster can deny Indian men's hockey team a place in the final of the Olympic qualifiers and all that's left to be mulled...

Posted On: Feb 23, 2012 | Comments : 0

Cricketer Jayawardene hits out at 'Mankad' dismissal

Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene says Indian off-spinner Ravi Ashwin's controversial "Mankad" dismissal of Lahiru Thirimanne in Brisbane flouted the spirit of the game. Thirimanne s...

Posted On: Feb 22, 2012 | Comments : 0

Finals beckon India in Olympic hockey qualifiers

The Indian men's hockey team faces its sternest test against Canada on Wednesday but the incentive of a place in the final of the Olympic qualifiers should spur on Michael Nobbs' boys to go fo...

Posted On: Feb 22, 2012 | Comments : 0

Sehwag takes a dig at Dhoni

In an apparent dig at skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sehwag said that he or any of the senior players had ever been told that their 'slow fielding' was an issue. "I did not know what he (D...

Posted On: Feb 22, 2012 | Comments : 0

Sehwag concedes he needs to improve his batting

Dashing opener Virender Sehwag today conceded that he needs to improve his batting performance at the top of the order to win matches for India in the cricket tri-series and said that he would curb hi...

Posted On: Feb 22, 2012 | Comments : 0

Shut up and play cricket, India!

Stroke the ego of an India cricketer these days and smut will roll out. "Seniors are slow in the field," Dhoni says on one day. "We're the same for the last 10 years," Sehwag r...

Posted On: Feb 22, 2012 | Comments : 0

India, South Africa in contention to finish as No. 2 side

Even as the cut-off date for announcing the best team draws closer, the battle for the number two spot in the ICC ODI Championship gets interesting with India, South Africa and Sri Lanka emerging as c...

Posted On: Feb 22, 2012 | Comments : 0
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