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Kevin Pietersen smashes double century against India

Kevin Pietersen's commanding unbeaten double century left England well on top against India at the close of the second day of the first Test at Lord's on Friday. India, at stumps, were 17 with...

Posted On: Jul 23, 2011 | Comments : 0

Proposal to add sports as a category for Bharat Ratna

According to the Samay correspondent, the Home Ministry has sent a proposal to PMO and asked inclusion of sports as a separate category for the selection of Bharat Ratna award. Earlier, the Sports Min...

Posted On: Jul 23, 2011 | Comments : 0

India vs England: Will Tendulkar lord it at Lord's today to make history?

Records and Sachin Tendulkar have almost become synonymous. But when he comes out to bat at Lord’s, the man who has rewritten cricket history books will be chasing the biggest one of them all. A...

Posted On: Jul 23, 2011 | Comments : 0

It's been a dream come true for me: Praveen

Not often would one find a pacer bowling 40 overs in an innings but Praveen Kumar isn`t complaining either after bagging his maiden five-for at the `Home of Cricket.` "It`s a dream to get five wi...

Posted On: Jul 23, 2011 | Comments : 0

Dhoni's ideal XI for Lord's glory

Suresh Raina's purple patch extended to England with a century in the practice game against Somerset, which has helped him pip Yuvraj in the playing XI for the game's 2000th Test match beginni...

Posted On: Jul 21, 2011 | Comments : 0

Lord's all set for milestone Test

It's entirely appropriate that the 2000th Test — and the 100th between India and England will be staged at Lord's. The enchantment of this great ground, which says it's the home of c...

Posted On: Jul 21, 2011 | Comments : 0

Ganguly confident Tendulkar can break Lord's jinx

Sourav Ganguly believes there is a good chance that Thursday's opening Test against England ends up as former teammate Sachin Tendulkar's most memorable Lord's Test of his career. Tendulka...

Posted On: Jul 21, 2011 | Comments : 0

Sachin is the best in the world, says Lara

The Sachin Tendulkar fan club keeps getting bigger with West Indies batting legend Brian Lara describing him as the best batsman in the world right now and former England captain Alec Stewart calling ...

Posted On: Jul 20, 2011 | Comments : 0

Harbhajan's mother starts legal action over Dhoni advert

A liquor company whose TV commercial features India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni ridiculing teammate Harbhajan Singh has received a legal notice from the mother of Harbhajan. In the commercial for a s...

Posted On: Jul 20, 2011 | Comments : 0

Indian team players must play domestic tourneys: Nikhil Chopra

Former India cricketer Nikhil Chopra today said that Indian team's prominent players should participate in the domestic tournaments to encourage budding cricketers. “Prominent national team ...

Posted On: Jul 19, 2011 | Comments : 0
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