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| Ravi Shastri stands by senior cricketers
Cricket lovers should be a little more patient towards senior players like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag, Indian cricket
team Manager Ravi Shastri said here today.
"Don't forget they are there for 15-16 years and know what to do. Just be
patient, give them a littl....
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| Dhaka awaiting the arrival of Prince of Kolkata Sourav Ganguly
Disappointed at Sourav Ganguly being kept out of the coming ODI
series, Bangladesh cricket fans are now eagerly looking forward to see
the former Indian captain in action in the two Test matches during the latter
half of the tour.
Ganguly, who has a huge fan following in Bangladesh, was dr....
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| Shawn Pollock gets 3 nominations in SA Cricket Awards
Shaun Pollock continues to be one of South Africa's most favourite cricketers
and the affable player has been nominated for top three honours of this year's
South African Cricket Awards.
Pollock has been nominated for the Player of the Year for the season 2007, South
African Players' Playe....
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| Kapil Dev wants Indian Team to be collective in facing Bangladesh
Legendary cricketer Kapil Dev today asked the Indian team to be collective
in standing up to Bangladesh's challenge rather than relying on the heroics
of any one player in the upcoming away series.
"There are some individual players whose performance is matchless but they
are not bigge....
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| Virendra Sehwag to lead India if Dravid misses first ODI
Virender Sehwag is likely to lead Team India in the first ODI against Bangladesh
on May 10 in case regular captain Rahul Dravid sits out of the match with
a nose injury.
Dravid was hit by an RP Singh bouncer on the penultimate day of the conditioning
camp in Kolkata and though he is stated ....
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| Umpires named for India-Bangadesh cricket Odi series
Ashoka De Silva of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh's Enamul Huq
and Nadir Shah will officiate in three-match one day cricket series
between India and Bangladesh beginning from May 10.
Shah will stand with neutral umpire De Silva in the first match at Mirpur while
Huq will join him for the last tw....
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| Indian Cricket team arrives in Bangladesh
Indian cricket team, led by skipper Rahul Dravid, today arrived here to
play three one-dayers and two Test matches against Bangladesh.
India will play the first two one-dayers at Mirpur May 10 and May 12 and the third
one at Chittagong on May 15.
The first Test match will begin at Chittagong....
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| Bangladesh Cricket Team ready to stretch India says Ashraful
As the Indian cricket team reached here aiming to avenge their World Cup loss, Bangladesh vice captain Mohammad Ashraful said his
side had plans to stretch Rahul Dravid's men in the upcoming series.
"They will come hard at us as they probably lost out on a Super Eights spot
because of u....
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| Muthiah Muralitharan wants no association with cricket after retirement
Sri lankan spin Wizard Muthiah Muralitharan has said
he won't be associated with the game in any other form after leaving it as a
player.
"I am not thinking about it (staying on) because I have played this game
since I was six or seven so when I retire I will retire properly," M....
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| Rahul Dravid injured on penultimate day of conditioning camp
India's preparation for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh suffered a blow
when skipper Rahul Dravid was hit on the face by a bouncer from R P
Singh on the penultimate day of the conditioning camp here today.
When Dravid, who was having batting practice on a grassy centre wicket track,
tried ....
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| Glasgow may host India Vs Pakistan One Day International
India and Pakistan are likely to lock horns in a one day international cricket
match at the neutral venue of Glasgow in Scotland in the first week of
July.
A leading Asian broadcaster, which has earlier arranged India V Pakistan
match in Canada, has been surveying location for the encounte....
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| Even the umpires were tired of CWC length said Umpire Aleem Dar
Players were not the only ones tired and bored of the long-drawn Cricket World
Cup, umpires were left equally exhausted by the tournament's length, said
Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar.
Dar,
who stood in the finals of the mega-event which ended last week, felt the World
Cup was pretty well-orga....
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| BCCI climb down on cricket players contract
After flexing its muscles over the players' contracts, the Cricket Board today
made a tame climb down and said the Bangladesh-bound team members can sign
the contract even after returning from the tour if they were not happy with some
of the clauses.
"I don't have a feed back yet from ....
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| Adam Gilchrist feels he tested the patience of selectors
Had Adam Gilchrist been a selector, he would have long dropped himself from the
Australian ranks and the opener feels he really tested the patience of national
selectors with his stretch of poor run.
The Australian vice-captain produced one of the most memorable knocks of his spectacular
ca....
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| Australia ready to indemnify CA for pull out of zimbabwe Cricket tour
Even as the Australian government stepped up pressure on Cricket Australia
to boycott its tour of Zimbabwe in September, captain Ricky Ponting
said every player should be allowed to make an independent decision on the issue.
"There are some issues there and every individual player will ....
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