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India to meet France in semifinals

The seedings had portrayed a semifinal place for India. There was hope too and as it turned out the host's dream materialised as it made it to the final four with a fine 3-0 win over Australia in ...

Posted On: Feb 04, 2012 | Comments : 0

India looks to avoid T20 whitewash

India has to find that elusive spark of inspiration to end a nightmarish sequence of overseas setbacks. It needs a victory – in any format – like oxygen. The side's 31-run defeat in th...

Posted On: Feb 02, 2012 | Comments : 0

India hope to avoid second whitewash

A Test series whitewash and a Twenty20 loss later, India are back in Melbourne – from where things started getting awfully wrong for the visitors since the Boxing Day Test. Still licking the wou...

Posted On: Feb 02, 2012 | Comments : 0

ODI team will seek inspiration from 2008 triumph: Raina

India was completely outplayed in the four-Test series against Australia, but it could turn out to be a completely different story in the One-Day Internationals tri-series, which includes Australia an...

Posted On: Jan 31, 2012 | Comments : 0

Sania breaks into Top 10 in doubles rankings

Sania Mirza staged yet another magnificent comeback from near-wilderness on the international circuit. This 25-year-old Hyderabadi, by entering the semifinals in both the mixed doubles and women's...

Posted On: Jan 31, 2012 | Comments : 0

Tendulkar, Dravid & Laxman must retire, feels Reid

Former Australian pacer Bruce Reid has opined that India’s legendary batting trio of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman should retire in the interest of Indian cricket. Reid was quote...

Posted On: Jan 31, 2012 | Comments : 0

I am willing to give up captaincy: Dhoni

Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, on Tuesday said that he is willing to give up the captaincy and be replaced by someone else. India suffered their second successive whitewash on an overseas to...

Posted On: Jan 31, 2012 | Comments : 0

We'll play differently in ODIs: Raina

Unfazed by the Test debacle, Indian middle-order batsman Suresh Raina on Monday said his side will play some "different cricket" to give a better account of themselves in the shorter formats...

Posted On: Jan 30, 2012 | Comments : 0

Sania-Bhupathi crash out of Aus Open semis

The Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi crashed out of the Australian Open after suffering a straight sets defeat in the mixed doubles semifinal here on Friday. The sixth seeded Sania-Bhupa...

Posted On: Jan 27, 2012 | Comments : 0

Ashwin hopes team's fortunes will change in ODI series

With India heading towards their second successive overseas 'whitewash', off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin feels that upcoming tri-series could bring a "change in luck as the colour of the ...

Posted On: Jan 27, 2012 | Comments : 0
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