MOHALI: India’s coach Gary Kirsten picked left-arm pacer Ashish Nehra for fullsome praise for playing an important role in the World Cup semifinal victory against Pakistan here Wednesday. Nehra had struggled with fitness in the league matches and then had a bad match against South Africa, where he conceded 13 runs in the last over. …
MOHALI: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni warned his team to ignore the hype and national hysteria that will dominate the frenetic build-up to Saturday’s World Cup final against Sri Lanka. India, riding a wave of patriotic emotion, swept past arch-rivals Pakistan by 29 runs in Wednesday’s highly-charged semi-final and will aim for a second world …
MOHALI: A fortuitous 85 from Sachin Tendulkar was followed by a disciplined bowling effort as India beat Pakistan by 29 runs in a high-stakes semifinal Wednesday to progress to the World Cup final against Sri Lanka. Pakistan was dismissed for 231 in the last over chasing 261 to beat the pre-tournament favorites. The 28,000 fans …
MOHALI: Indian opener Virender Sehwag and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday completed their 1,000 runs against Pakistan in one-day internationals during the high-octane second semifinal of the World Cup. Sehwag hit the third ball of the semifinal off pacer Umar Gul to the cover boundary to touch the 1,000-run mark at the Punjab Cricket …
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NEW DELHI: It’s “war” between star couple Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik as India prepares to take on arch rivals Pakistan in a high intensity World Cup semi-final match in Mohali Wednesday. While India’s top women’s tennis player Sania will be rooting for her country, her cricketer husband and former Pakistan captain will obviously support …
AHMEDABAD: Australia had to finally concede the crown. Champions for the last three editions (1999 to to 2007), the Ricky Ponting-led team were defeated but not disgraced in the quarterfinal against the pumped-up Indians at Ahmedabad on Thursday. They return empty-handed after 12 years at the top. Defying odds and loss of form, Ponting showed …
KARACHI: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi predicted that Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar will have to wait until after the World Cup to reach the milestone of scoring 100 international centuries. “Sachin will have to wait until after the World Cup for his 100th international century because we are not going to allow either him or …
DHAKA: Captain Graeme Smith prepared himself for verbal “daggers and swords” to be directed at his South African squad after an all too familiar defeat in the World Cup knockout stage on Friday. Smith’s eight-year tenure as limited-overs captain ended in ignominy with a 49-run quarterfinal loss to New Zealand in a match his side …
COLOMBO: Muttiah Muralitharan has recovered from a hamstring injury and is fit to play for Sri Lanka in Saturday’s World Cup quarterfinal against England. “Murli is fine to play,” captain Kumar Sangakkara said Friday. “He is 100 percent OK, which is great for us.” Muralitharan, the leading wicket-taker in both test matches and ODIs, pulled …
DHAKA: New Zealand produced an inspired fielding and bowling performance to extend South Africa’s horror run in World Cup knockout matches with a 49-run upset win in Friday’s quarterfinal. South Africa appeared to be coasting at 108-2 in the 24th over after restricting New Zealand to 221 for eight, but crumbled to 172 all out. …
