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| Ian Botham peddling lies says old rival Ian Chappell
Indian one-day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the highest individual
income tax payer in Jharkhand with the IT department expecting around Rs four
crore from the dashing cricketer.
Dhoni, one of the cricketers endorsing various top brands, has already paid Rs
73 lakh up to Septemb....
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| Yuvraj Singh supports ICC cap on Twenty20 cricket matches
Swashbuckling middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh today backed the decision
of the International Cricket Council to cap the number of Twenty20 internationals
played by a country in a calendar year.
"It obviously feels great to be part of the winning team in the Twenty20
format, but it's....
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| Indian Cricket League to kick off on November 30
After an intense recruitment drive, the rebel Indian Cricket
League today announced the dates and the venue for its high profile inaugural
edition of the Twenty20 championship.
The League, which will have West Indies batting great Brian Lara and
some other recently retired intern....
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| Matthew Hayden says Nothing matches the pleasure of thrashing India
Matthew Hayden derives almost a sadistic pleasure when he silences a choc-a-bloc
Indian stadium with a match-winning knock or a brutal shot and the towering Australian
opener says nothing matches the elation he gets after thrashing the 'Men in Blue'.
Just back from an ill-tempered one day ser....
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| Mahendra Singh Dhoni highlights exhaustive upcoming schedule for Indian cricket team
Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has highlighted concerns that
his side may be physically and mentally exhausted when it arrives in Australia
in December following a gruelling schedule.
The Indians have been flat out almost since May, and they will play arch rival
Pakistan in a t....
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| Shahid Afridi wants to return to opener's role in onedayers
Pakistan's flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi said he is keen to take
on his old role of opening the innings in the one-day series against South Africa.
Afridi has been sent into bat lower down the order for the last few months and
opened only once against Bangladesh in the Twenty20 ....
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| Indian Cricket League cannot restrict Mohammad Yousuf from playing for Pakistan team
Pakistan Cricket Board today said the rebel Indian Cricket League cannot prevent
Mohammad Yousuf from playing for the country during the upcoming series
against India by serving the player with a legal notice.
PCB Chairman Naseem Ashraf said the Board was prepared to offer
the best possibl....
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| Twenty20 win against Australia will boost confidence for Pakistan cricket series feels Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the Twenty20 victory over Australia
will boost his team's confidence as it prepares to take on Pakistan in
a hectic five ODI and two Test series next month.
"This victory, as well as the last ODI victory, will give us a lot of confidence
and mo....
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| Murali Kartik shared jokes with Zaheer khan to stay cool and calm
Murali Kartik, architect of India's incredible two-wicket win against Australia
tonight, revealed he shared jokes with batting partner Zaheer Khan to keep
his calm during the chase.
After his six-wicket haul broke Australia's back, Kartik shone with the bat as
well. He was unbeaten on 21 a....
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| Ricky Ponting elects to bat first and Rahul Dravid rested for last ODI
Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and decided to bat first in
the final one dayer of the seven-match cricket series against India here
today.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said senior player Rahul Dravid
has been 'rested', with Dinesh Kaarthick replacing him. Fit-again left....
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| ICC warns BCCI to abide by anti racism code and to do fair selection
The International Cricket Council has warned the Indian Board that it must abide
by its anti-racism code and act seriously on the incident of racist crowd behaviour
against Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds in Vadodara.
The BCCI has played down the incident only to irk the Australian tea....
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| BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah said that No request from PCB for T20 tie
The BCCI today declined that it has received any request from the
Pakistan Cricket Board to accommodate a one-off Twenty20 international during the series
against the arch-rivals starting next month.
"Where's the question? We have not received any request from the PCB on the
issue,&qu....
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| Salman Butt receives dressing down for irresponsible comments on the field
Pakistan vice-captain Salman Butt has got a dressing down from the team
management for criticising the bowlers at a press conference during the second
cricket Test against South Africa here last week.
Sources in the team said that Butt was forced to apologise to the bowlers and
other teamm....
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| Shaun Pollock and Jacob Oram and Shoaib Akhtar join BCCI Indian Premier League
BCCI's Indian Premier League today added to its star cast by signing South African
all-rounder Shaun Pollock and New Zealand's Jacob Oram for next year's
Twenty20 competition.
The Indian Board also confirmed that Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has
joined the league.
"To have Akhta....
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| Twenty20 World Cup 2007 win the best moment of his life says Harbhajan Singh
Ace off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has said that India's Twenty20 World Cup
victory is the best cricketing experience of his career so far.
Harbhajan said India's T20 world title triumph would now make the game more popular
in the country.
"I could not ask to be part of anything better. Th....
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