With the World Cup less than a month away, there could be two ways to look at India’s disastrous batting in the ODIs series against South Africa. One, look at it in absolute terms – in which case, India’s top order without Tendulkar, Sehwag and Gambhir was a train-wreck. Murali Vijay made 18 runs in …
South Africa survived a real scare from Yusuf Pathan to finally beat India 3-2 in the five-match One-Day International series at the SuperSport Park, Centurion on Sunday. South Africa posted 250 for nine in 46 overs as rains interrupted play. India had to chase 268 in 46 overs thanks to the Duckworth and Lewis Method …
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) He is hailed as one of the most talented batsmen and yet Rohit Sharma is not sure of a place in the Indian team even after three years of international cricket. He may be wondering why he is not in either the Test or One-day squad. Rohit all the same …
India are playing too much cricket resulting in injuries to their pacers and that could hurt the team’s chances in next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup on the subcontinent, feels former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram. Akram said the upcoming South African tour just before the World Cup in February has been ill-timed and will only …
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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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Yusuf Pathan finally brought to international cricket the brutal hitting and useful off-spin he’s known for in domestic cricket. Figures of 3-49 were followed by a 79-ball hundred — in the end an unbeaten 123 off 96 — as India comfortably chased down New Zealand’s 315-7 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Parthiv Patel’s 52 set the …
Gautam Gambhir scored an explosive 126 not out as India beat New Zealand by nine wickets in the third ODI in Baroda. The stand-in India captain blazed to his second consecutive hundred in just 88 balls and added 114 runs for the unbroken second wicket stand with Virat Kohli (63 not out off 70 balls) …
