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  • World Cup will be a different ball game: Ganguly

    World Cup will be a different ball game: Ganguly

    The new look Team India under Gautam Gambhir might be on a roll at the moment but it would be a different experience at the World Cup and a series in South Africa would be an ideal preparation, former India captain Sourav Ganguly said. The southpaw also reiterated that his first preference will be Kolkata…

  • Scoring a century as captain is special: Gambhir

    Scoring a century as captain is special: Gambhir

    Gautam Gambhir today termed his match-winning century against New Zealand in the second ODI here as “special” as it was his maiden ton as India captain. Standing in for regular skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the first two ODIs of the series, Gambhir led by example and smashed an unbeaten 116-ball 138 to helped India…

  • McCullum not fully fit for third ODI

    New Zealand are sweating over the availability of injured Brendon McCullum for the must-win encounter at Vadodara. “Brendon’s condition is being monitored constantly. He’s improving,” said visiting team’s media manager Ellery Tappin, adding nothing can be said on Thursday whether the hard-hitting batsman would be able to take the field in the do-or-die tie on…

  • Controversies will not affect us in World Cup: Afridi

    Controversies will not affect us in World Cup: Afridi

    Pakistan cricket may be in turmoil due to unending controversies but it would not affect the morale of the players and the team would still be one of the favourites in the upcoming World Cup, said skipper Shahid Afridi on Thursday. Pakistan cricket has been rocked by a series of controversies, the latest being the…

  • Virat can be India captain one day

    India started their ODI series on a great note against New Zealand. Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin were, for me, the stand-outs. Virat is really talented. Not only with the bat, he turned it around with his fielding as well. He now looks a supremely confident player. But there is more needed from him. I…

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