BCCI vis-à-vis ICL: Who will win?

KAPIL DEV, Tony Greig, Dean Jones and Kiran More — these are familiar names in the world of cricket. All these legends have contributed a lot to the game of cricket. Today, we are not going to discuss about all of them. But in some way all of them are correlated. To promote modern cricket [...]

Pakistan’s Yousuf asked to face hearing after ICL U-turn

MUMBAI – Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf has been asked to face an arbitration hearing over his decision to pull out of a rebel Indian Twenty20 league.
Yousuf had signed up with the lucrative Indian Cricket League (ICL), which has not been approved by national boards, but then changed his mind and joined the Indian Premier League
(IPL).
The [...]

Indian young turks are amazing: Gilchrist

Awestruck by the young trailblazers in the Indian one-day team, Australia’s ‘Greatest ODI Cricketer’ Adam Gilchrist said power-hitters in Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side have redefined the game with their amazing strokeplay.
Without naming any particular player, Gilchrist said he was stunned by some of the shots played by the Indian youngsters during the Twenty20 World Cup [...]

Pak playing individual game: Raja

Former Pakistani captain Rameez Raja has hit out at the Pakistani batsmen and Mohammad Yousuf in particular for the loss against India in the series.
Rameez has said, “If you looked at Mohammad Yousuf’s innings, you could straightaway make out that he was more keen to play for himself. He has now become a statsguru, he’s [...]

Indian skipper Dhoni hails teamwork after series win

GWALIOR  - Indian skipper Mahendra Dhoni praised his players’ teamwork after they won the fourth one-dayer against Pakistan on Thursday to clinch the series.
India won by six wickets, scoring 260 for four replying to Pakistan’s 255 for six, taking an unassailable 3-1 lead with a game to spare. Batsman Sachin Tendulkar stroked 97 to set [...]

For Tendulkar, team comes ahead of personal milestones

GWALIOR : Missing yet another ton despite coming so close to it would leave any other cricketer with a broken heart but Sachin Tendulkar refuses to complain and says it’s okay with him as long as the team keeps winning.
For the 16th time in his career, and sixth time this year, Tendulkar came close to [...]

India beat Pakistan in 4th ODI, clinches series

GWALIOR :India’s wait for a One-day series triumph over Pakistan on home soil ended tonight after 24 long years as they thrashed their archrivals by six wickets to take an invincible 3-1 lead in the five-match series.
Chasing a competitive 256 for victory, the Indians overhauled the target comfortably with 21 balls to spare in a [...]