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 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said Thursday it was an interesting contest as the visitors came from a game down to draw the Test series for the first time in South Africa. ‘It was an interesting series. We are quite used to coming from behind; we never do well in the first Test. The bowlers …
Dubai: Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar, along with Virender Sehwag, on Wednesday found a place in the list of players nominated for an ICC online poll to pick the all-time greatest team as part of one-day cricket`s 40th anniversary celebrations. The retired Sourav Ganguly is also part of the list of openers, from which only …
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CENTURION: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is confident that past experience of playing in the Indian Premeir League and Champions League in South African conditions will hold the team in good stead during the three-match Test series against the Proteas. “It will be important for us to adapt to the conditions. Yet I believe we …
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 …
NEW DELHI: India’s cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni cemented his position as the world’s top earning player on Wednesday with another multi-million-dollar endorsement deal. Dhoni, 29, inked a 6.5-million-dollar contract to be the face of Indian mobile phone company Maxx Mobile on Tuesday, four days after agreeing to a 5.7-million-dollar deal with Vijay Mallya’s United …
Mumbai: Nine members of the Indian cricket team, including skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar, left for South Africa in the wee hours here on Wednesday. Apart from Dhoni and Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, S Sreesanth, Wriddhiman Saha, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma and Team manager Ranjib Biswal also departed …
At a recent event, Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni acted as a protective friend to Bengal beauty Bipasha Basu, when the fans around them turned unruly. The two celebrities along with cricket legend Kapil Dev were in Surat (Gujarat) on Monday for the inauguration of new five-star hotel The Grand Bhagwati. When they entered …
Do it like Dhoni! Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni got the whole country into celebration a few years ago by bringing home the first ICC Twenty20 World Cup trophy. He got the whole country into celebration again last Saturday (July 3) by announcing his engagement to Sakshi Singh Rawat, which followed by a low-profile …
