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| Shashank Manohar removes himself from Modi hearing
The President of the BCCI and one of the members of the IPL Governing Council
has said that he will not be a part of the three-man disciplinary committee that
will decide on the future of the suspended IPL chief, Lalit Modi. Earlier, he
was said to have been on the panel that was to decide whe....
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| Round up of international games last week
West Indies played South Africa in the first Test match of the series and were
no match to the all-round strength of the tourists. The game, that was played
in Trinidad, saw the South Africans win the toss and elect to bat first, but lose
half their side for 100.
It was only in the second hal....
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| Tiwary selection makes everyone happy while Srikkanth defends selection
The selection of Saurabh Tiwary in the side may not have come as a surprise
to many who saw him bat at the IPL. He almost looked like a younger version of
Yuvraj Singh, and smashed the ball to all parts of the ground to get to three
half centuries.
So, it was quite ironical when Tiwary took ....
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| Indian team for Asia Cup announced
The Indian side for the Asia Cup has been announced and the biggest news
coming out from the announcement is that Yuvraj Singh has been dropped from the
squad. Sachin Tendulkar, who had requested the Board to be rested has not been
selected, whereas Yuvraj Singh, who had been battling form and....
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| Salman Butt named vice captain of Pakistan
Even as the captain and the coach of Pakistan, Shahid Afridi and Waqar Younis cry for more youngsters in the Pakistani line-up, the Pakistan opening
batsman Salman Butt will be the vice-captain of the Pakistan side for the Asia
Cup and for the tour of England where they will not only play Englan....
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| Amla and AB de Villiers are in the form of their life
Hashim Amla smashed his second century of the ODI series against West Indies to propel his side to a 4-0 lead in the series. To go with his two centuries in
the four games, he has also made a 92 and a 35 and that has given him one of the
purplest patches in the game currently.
In the first ODI....
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| Modi issued a third notice by the BCCI
IPL's suspended chairman, Lalit Modi was dealt another blow by the BCCI when they served him another notice. The charges for the notice on this occasion
were 'underselling the theatrical rights of the tournament', which he had sold
the contract to an agency to further distribute it the various t....
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| Vinay Kumar gets injured and will be replaced by Mithun
Even as India celebrated their first win in the tournament over Sri Lanka, the one man who would be most disappointed from their side is Vinay Kumar,
who was ruled out of the rest of the tri-series due to a knee injury.
The Indian seamer, Vinay Kumar was ruled out of the rest of the series in Zi....
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| Afridi wants Yousuf to comeback from retirement and play in England
Shahid Afridi, the Pakistani captain has said that he has requested Mohammad Yousuf
to come out of retirement and try and play for Pakistan in the series in England.
Pakistan plays Australia and England in England, and this includes T20Is, ODIs
and Test matches.
Afridi said that that he had ....
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| Jadeja apologises to BCCI but says Indian players not guilty
India's cricketer, Ravindra Jadeja has said sorry to the Board of Control for Cricket in India for being involved in the incident in the pub in St. Lucia,
shortly after the Indians had exited from the World T20. However, he has also
said that none of the Indian cricketers, who were in the pub at....
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| Younis Khan says he was banned without giving him chance to explain
Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan, who was one of the seven Pakistani
players to have received a penalty by the PCB after the tour of Australia and
was banned indefinitely by the PCB has said that he was not at fault and that
he was banned without a second chance. Younis also said that he wa....
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| Leaked video reveals player calling Shoaib Malik as negative influence
A video that was recorded during the investigative probe around why Pakistan lost all their games in Australia, has been leaked and found its way to a Pakistani
TV channel. The video reveals the kind of discontentment that there was in the
Pakistan team on the tour.
Shoaib Malik has been accus....
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| England win ICC World T20 by beating Australia
England beat Australia in the final to win their first ever ICC World T20 at Bridgetown in Barbados. In doing so, they won their first ever World Cup tournament
after 35 years since the World Cups first started in cricket.
In the final, the Aussies were simply outplayed, as they managed to score....
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| Waqar Younis expresses shock at semi-final loss to Australia
The coach of the Pakistan cricket team, and former pace bowler, Waqar Younis has said that he was still shocked at the way his side lost the semi-finals of
the World T20 to Australia despite being in the position of great strength.
Australia needed 48 runs off 17 balls and 18 off the last over b....
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| Kumble and Shastri criticise Indian performance in World T20
India's loss to Sri Lanka in the last Super Eight stage game meant that they had to return back to the country without any win to their name in the second round.
This has brought out many cricketers to criticise the Indian team's performance
in the tournament so far, with the likes of Anil Kumbl....
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