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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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| Shoaib Akhtar now wants to focus on India tour for tests and odi
Ruing that his career has been plagued by scores of controversies, banned Pakistani
pacer Shoaib Akhtar today said he would like to focus on the forthcoming
tour of India instead of fretting over the spoilt past.
"Although no cricketer wants to be banned and fined, I am happy that t....
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| No water bottles allowed inside stadium during 6th Nagpur ODI
The organisers have decided not to allow the spectators to
carry plastic water bottles inside the stadium during the sixth ODI between
India and Australia here on October 14.
They will instead be allowed to carry water in pouches. In the wake of spectators
throwing water bottles ....
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| Australia beat India by nine wickets to take 3 1 lead in ODI Series
India paid a heavy price for their pathetic batting display against Australia
who humiliated the hosts with an emphatic nine-wicket victory in the fifth cricket
one-dayer to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the seven-match series here today.
The Australians first bundled out the home team fo....
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| Shoaib akhtar banned for 13 ODI matches and is being fined by PCB
Pakistan's temperamental fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was today banned for
13 ODIs and fined Rs 34 lakh by the Pakistan Cricket Board disciplinary committee
for hitting fellow paceman Mohammad Asif with bat.
The PCB disciplinary committee announced that Shoaib had breached the code of
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