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| Deccan Chargers to sue Indian Premier League
IPL team Deccan Chargers has said that they will sue the IPL for taking
the home games away from their state. Deccan Chargers were supposed to play their
seven home games at Hyderabad and Vizag, but because of the Telangana issue, first,
the opening ceremony was shifted to Mumbai.
However, t....
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| Chappell declines coaching job as Yousuf blames one player for losses
Former Indian coach, Greg Chappell has said no to the job of coaching of
the Pakistani side. Pakistan is currently coached by former Pakistani cricketer
Intikhab Alam, but with the shoddy display on the tour of Australia, there
are rumours that the coach's position is untenable in the side. ....
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| Yuvraj in talks with Middlesex for Twenty20 Cup
There is a chance that Yuvraj Singh may play for Middlesex in the forthcoming
domestic T20 tournament in England. All the counties in England are allowed two
overseas cricketers in their side and the Middlesex had already signed up Adam Gilchrist for this season for the tournament.
Angus Frase....
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| Pakistan cricket in doldrums as Afridi banned and Qasim resigns
Pakistan cricket continues to remain in news. And it continues to be surrounded
by controversies. After losing the ODI series 5-0, the news filtered in that the
chief of selectors, Iqbal Qasim has put in his papers. This means that
the Pakistani cricket board will now look to hunt for a suit....
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| PCB cancels all NOCs for Pakistani players for IPL
Only a day after the Pakistani cricketer Abdul Razzaq was linked to the
IPL, the cricket board from Pakistan has revoked all the NOCs it had doled out
to its players. It has also said that none of the Pakistani players will be representing
in the 2010 edition of the IPL.
The chairman of the ....
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| Dravid and Yuvraj Singh out of Indian squad against South Africa
The Indian side for the South African series has been announced and it is conspicuous
by the absence of some of its big names. In fact, the side has been made only
for the first Test match, with a hope that some of those missing out due to injury
may return back to the side.
The players who ....
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| Mickey Arthur and selection panel end their tenure with Cricket South Africa
The South African Cricket Board seems to be on its way to start afresh. Just a
day after the South African cricket coach, Mickey Arthur tendered his resignation
from his position, the entire selection panel of the South African cricket team
has been axed by the Cricket South Africa. They will ....
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| Shah rukh Khan and Darren Berry surprised at Pakistani exclusion
More fuel was added to the already raging fire in the non-inclusion of the IPL
players' issue, as different voices came out from different stake-holders of the
franchises. Earlier, there had been claims that there had been no contrived attempts
by the various owners to not choose the Pakistani....
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| Pakistani cricketing fraternity upset over IPL snub
The Indian government has categorically denied having any role behind the IPL
auctions that were held in Mumbai saying that the IPL was a private event and
they had no say in its functioning. None of the 11 Pakistani cricketers in the
IPL auction were finally selected and that led to the voice....
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| Bond and Pollard signed in third IPL for 750000 USD
The auction for the third season of the Indian Premier League was meant
to be a light affair without much hype. However, it turned out to be a much spoken
about event, what with three of the performers getting paid a huge sum of money,
apart from the fact that Pakistan did not have a single ....
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| Sangakkara becomes Punjab captain and Aussies worried about IPL
After months of speculation of the change in captaincy in the Kings XI Punjab
side, the same has been confirmed. Kumar Sangakkara has been named as the
skipper of the Kings XI Punjab team for the third season of the IPL. He takes
over from Yuvraj Singh as this was confirmed by Anil Srivatsa,....
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| Mumbai beat Karnataka to clinch Ranji Trophy
Mumbai has won the Ranji Trophy for a record 39th time by beating Karnataka
in a nail-biter of a final at Mysore. The hosts Karnataka were chasing
a target of 338 for a win, but were bowled out for 331 to give Mumbai a six-run
victory on the fourth day of the game.
Mumbai had batted first af....
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| Akmal involved in wicket-keeping selection controversy
Pakistani cricket is potentially running into another controversy over the selection
of their wicket-keeper for the third and the final Test match against Australia.
Kamran Akmal and Sarfraz Ahmed are the two wicket-keepers in running for
a place in the final game, and both have been given the....
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| Kamran Akmal and Misbah may be sacked for next game
After losing their second successive Test match against the Australian side and
going down 0-2 in the series, Pakistan could be in for a few changes to
their playing eleven. There are two players who could be facing an axe and could
be gone from the team for a long time, based on their replace....
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| Cairns planning to sue Lalit Modi over exclusion
97 international cricketers had registered themselves for the IPL auction list
for the third season of the tournament. This included 26 players from Pakistan,
apart from those from Ireland, Netherlands and even Canada. Zimbabwe had two representations
in Ray Price and Murray Goodwin, the latte....
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