For the past two days, the Indians have been obsessed with the sweep shot. Virat Kohli has spent most of his playing time at the nets being on the knees and endlessly repeating the horizontal bat shot. He was also seen discussing the paddle sweep with MS Dhoni. Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane …
After getting a pleasing start in the ongoing five-match series against England, India lost the momentum after being crushed by 266 runs in the third Test at Rose Bowl. Though the series is evenly poised at 1-1 after the third Test, the tourists are certainly at the back foot. Before the start of the fourth …
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The Indian top-order batsmen got much needed batting practice against a below-par Leicestershire attack as they finished the first day of their opening tour match at a comfortable 333 for four in Leicester on Thursday. As many as three batsmen went on to complete their half-centuries with comeback man Gautam Gambhir’s 54 being one of …
Durban, Jan 13 : Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed a poor start but lauded the part time spinners as India suffered a humiliating 135 runs loss to South Africa in the first One-day International at the Kingsmead Stadium here Wednesday. Chasing a target of 290 runs, India were bowled out for 154 runs in 35.4 …
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India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that his side was “completely outplayed” by South Africa in the first one-dayer in Durban on Wednesday. Chasing 290 for victory, India suffered a top-order collapse and slumped to a humiliating 135-run defeat at the hands of a clinical South Africa in the first of the five ODIs at …
India opener Virender Sehwag will skip the one-day international series against South Africa because of a troublesome shoulder, his country’s cricket board (BCCI) said on Thursday. “Virender Sehwag has been advised to withdraw from the ODI series against South Africa to tend to his shoulder. Rohit Sharma will replace him in the squad,” BCCI secretary …
CHENNAI: India’s stand-in skipper Gautam Gambhir attributed the team’s 5-0 sweep in the ODI series against New Zealand to “overall effort” after the hosts won the final match by eight wickets on Friday. “It’s a complete overall effort and full credit to the team for the clean sweep,” Gambhir said. “It’s a young side and …
Mumbai: Stalwarts Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly, as well as in-form opener Gautam Gambhir, were not retained by their franchises for 2011 and 2012 IPL seasons and will go into the players’ auction pool to be bought by interested teams. Kumble, who led Royal Challengers Bangalore in the last two seasons of the …
Bangalore: He single-handedly engineered India’s five-wicket win over New Zealand in the fourth ODI and all-rounder Yusuf Pathan said his blistering innings could be the turning point of his career. The Baroda batsman scalped three crucial wickets and slammed an unbeaten 96-ball 123 down the order as India zoomed past New Zealand’s victory target of …
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Bangalore: Indian skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to field first against New Zealand in the fourth ODI of the five match series. Gambhir: We have been chasing pretty well and the bowlers have been doing good, so we would like to go out there and get everything right. We have got 3 …
