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 …
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. …
NEW DELHI: Riding on her Swiss Open triumph, ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has regained the number three place in the latest world ranking. Saina, who missed a couple of tournaments early in the year because of a nagging ligament injury and then suffered early exits from the Korean Open and the All England Championships, …
DHAKA South Africa ensured top place in Group B and sent Bangladesh to the brink of World Cup elimination with a 206-run win on Saturday. South Africa’s win means India and England are also assured of quarterfinal places. West Indies can advance if its avoids a heavily lopsided defeat to India at Chennai on Sunday. …
COLOMBO: He has had some of the most memorable on-field battles with Sachin Tendulkar but maverick speedster Shoaib Akhtar claims he was never scared to bowl at the legendary batsman. Instead, it was dashing Australian ‘keeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist and West Indian legend Brian Lara who “scared the hell” out of him during his 14-year international …
