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Angelo Mathew not to play series now!

by kusum Jain December 19, 2009 Sports

Chennai: According to the latest reports, Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews will miss the rest of the One-Day International series in India because of injury.
The Sri Lanka team has said on their website that the recovery is expected to take up to four weeks.
The third match will be played in Cuttack on Monday. Uncapped all-rounder [...]

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Dhoni banned for two ODIs

by kusum Jain December 18, 2009 Sports

New Delhi: After loosing the 2nd ODI against Sri Lanka, India seems to be in a big trouble as the skipper Dhoni has been banned for the two ODIs.
The decision was taken by the match referee Jeff Crowe as India maintained a slow over rate during the match at Nagpur and it ended about 45 [...]

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Modi is doing an excellent job, says Manohar

by kusum Jain December 17, 2009 Sports

Mumbai: The President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Shashank Manohar made a rare public statement backing IPL commissioner Lalit Modi.

“Somebody with a fertile brain came up with an idea that Mr Lalit Modi has been removed as IPL chairman and a conspiracy has been hatched by myself and the BCCI secretary, [...]

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Kumar Sangakkara takes over as Kings XI Punjab capitain

by kusum Jain December 16, 2009 Sports

Mohali: According to the source, Sri Lanka Skipper Sangakkara superseded Yuvraj Singh and has been recruited as captain of kings XI Punjab.

The perfunctory announcement of captaincy might be on wednesday or thursday. Yuvraj’s attitude problem has became an complain from coach Tom Moody due to ignorance of Team management’s advice.
In IPL, Yuvraj conducts Kings XI [...]

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Muralitharan no more at ODI series

by kusum Jain December 16, 2009 Sports

Rajkot: Due to a finger injury, Muralitharan was ruled out of the remaining four cricket One-dayers against India. The Lankans have brought in two new off-spinners, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara and Suraj Randiv, in the squad.

Visiting team manager Brendon Kuruppu said the Lankans have called for the services of two new players Pushpakumara and the 24-year-old Randiv [...]

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A world-class bowler is missing in India, says Prabhakar while hopping on board

by kusum Jain December 16, 2009 Sports

Mumbai: After a decade, former Indian swing bowler, Manoj Prabhakar is returning back.

He announced on Tuesday that he was hopping on board a nation-wide pacers’ hunt — Pacers 2010, an initiative to discover the next big thing in Indian fast bowling and then provide them with training and conditioning to help them further their skills [...]

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India wins by 3 runs against Sri Lanka

by kusum Jain December 16, 2009 Sports

Rajkot: The Men in Blue managed to win the match against Sri Lanka by 3 runs. After knocking a score of 414, India team eventually got a 1-0 lead in the five-match series at Rakjot.

Despite not so great bowling and poor fielding, the Madhav Rao Scindia stadium turned lucky for the Indian team. The Lankans [...]

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Team India gives 414 target to Sri Lanka

by kusum Jain December 15, 2009 Sports

Rajkot: Playing against Sri Lanka, Team India given 414 target to the tourist team. This is the highest ODI score at home made by Indian team. Indians played all 50 overs and made the same.

Earlier, Sehwag contributed 146 runs in102 balls and Sachin scored 69 runs in just 63 bolls. Sehwag top-edged an intended flick [...]

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Tension in AP over Telangana shifts ODI to Nagpur

by kusum Jain December 14, 2009 Sports

Nagpur: Over the issue of formation of a separate Telangana state, tensions are on rise in Andhra Pradesh.
In the wake of political crisis and unable to provide security, The Indian Cricket Board on Monday shifted the second one-dayer of the five-match series between India and Sri Lanka to Nagpur.
“The second ODI of the five-match series [...]

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