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| Ricky Ponting may not play tomorow due to hamstring injury
Australian captain Ricky Ponting, yet to fully recover
from hamstring injury, is doubtful starter for the first one-day cricket match
against India at M Chinnaswamy Stadium here tomorrow.
"We are not 100 per cent sure but he is very close to playing tomorrow,"
stand-in skipper....
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| 18 more join the Indian Cricket League including six overseas cricketers
Unfazed by BCCI's ambitious and cash-rich twenty20 tournaments,
the rebel Indian Cricket League today announced the signing of 18 more
players, including six overseas cricketers.
After lying low for several weeks, the ICL came out with its second list of
players, which included f....
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| Adam Gilchrist feels Australia will face great challenge from India in ODI matches
Australia's stand-in skipper Adam Gilchrist said today his side was facing
a "great challenge" in the one-day series as a passionate and energetic
India was was high on confidence.
"We lost to India in the semi-finals of Twenty20. They had great passion
and great energ....
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| Ravi Shastri appointed National Cricket Academy chairman
Former Test captain and all rounder Ravi Shastri was
today appointed new chairman of Bangalore-based National Cricket Academy
at the Cricket Board's 78th AGM here after he agreed in principle to do the
job.
However, the player-turned-TV commentator has sought "a day or two"....
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| Mohammad Yousuf ditches Indian Cricket League signs Pakistan Cricket Board contract
The Indian Cricket League suffered a major setback even before its takeoff when
Pakistan's run machine, Mohammad Yousuf broke ranks to sign a central contract
with his cricket board here today.
Yousuf and Nasim Ashraf, Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board,
told a joint press confer....
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| Neo Sports to live telecast India vs Australia ODI Series Live exclusive
India's cricket-only television channel, Neo Sports, would telecast live the India-Australia
seven ODI series commencing from September 29.
Neosports will bring live the action from Bangalore, Kochi, Hyderabad, Chandigarh,
Vadodara, Nagpur and Mumbai, Shashi Kalathi,CEO, Neo Sports Broadcast....
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| We will impose ourselves on Indians says australian skipper Ricky Ponting
Australian captain Ricky Ponting today issued a warning to India
ahead of the seven-match one-day series, saying his team was looking to "impose"
itself on the hosts by playing aggressive cricket.
Ponting also said his side was better prepared to tackle the Indian team, including
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| Twenty20 WC 07 win has not imposed any pressure on team says Robin Uthappa
India's historic win at the Twenty20 World Cup had not imposed any pressure on
the team which has worked out a strategy to take on the Aussies to fight "fire
with fire" in the coming ODI series, Robin Uthappa, part of the victorious
team, said today.
"The pressure is not on ....
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| Aussralia to target Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly
Australian captain Ricky Ponting said today his side was better prepared
to tackle the Indian team including big guns Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar
and Sourav Ganguly as it knows their "strengths and weaknesses".
India would be under pressure after their young team clinched th....
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| Ricky Ponting praises Speedster S Sreesanth onfield aggression
Speedster S Sreesanth's on-field aggression has come in for praise from Australian
skipper Ricky Ponting, who said his team was looking to "impose"
itself on India in the one-day series with a similar behaviour.
"I know it (Sreesanth's aggression) is going to be there. That's ....
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| I had gone blank S Sreesanth on the Misbah ul Haq catch
The whole of country's heart beat may have stopped for a moment when Misbah-ul
Haq's scoop was in the air in the Twenty20 World Cup final, but if you believe
S Sreesanth, who lapped the victory catch, he had gone blank.
"I was blank. I did not feel anything," Sreesanth said when as....
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| Loss to India is really bad luck says Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik
Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik today described his team's close defeats
against India as sheer bad luck and said the players were high on morale
as they were not lacking in cricketing terms.
"Man to man both teams were equal in strength and balanced. Team to team
we fought on an even k....
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| Sharad Pawar showers praise on Team India for bringing home Twenty20 trophy
BCCI Chief Sharad Pawar was today all praise for Twenty20 world
champion Indian cricket team and its captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
At the felicitation of the team at the Wankhede Stadium in South Mumbai, Pawar
said the young brigade has brought an all new dimension to Indian cricket.
Comme....
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| Indian cricket team under M S Dhoni returns home to a heroic welcome
India's World Cup winning cricketers returned to a tumultuous welcome today as
an ecstatic nation rolled out the red carpet for the homecoming of their young
heroes.
The euphoria of the remarkable Twenty20 World Cup triumph spilled over onto the
streets as the bustling metropolis virtually....
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| Rains play a role in India A vs South Africa A match tie
The one-day tie between India A and South Africa A scheduled
to be held today at Motera has been delayed due to a wet outfield following
heavy rains.
The umpires will be inspecting the field at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera
later in the day for the first of the three one-day....
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