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  Chandimal named captain despite poor form

  Cricket | July 18, 2013 17:14 IST

  Colombo, Jul 18: Dinesh Chandimal has been named Sri Lanka one-day international captain for the first two matches of a five-match series against South Africa despite a lack of form.He replaces Angelo Mathews, who is

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  India lucky to have a captain like Dhoni: Laxman

  Cricket | July 15, 2013 7:50 IST

  Kolkata, July 15: Lauding Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, retired stylish batsman V.V.S. Laxman on Sunday said the national team was on track to defend its title in the 2015 ICC World Cup.Laxman said Dhoni

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  Team India captain Dhoni, Sakshi complete 3 years of married life

  Cricket | July 04, 2013 18:06 IST

  New Delhi: Indian cricket star and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and wife Sakshi Singh Rawat completed three years of their blissful marriage today on July 4, 2013.  The couple's wedding was a hush-hush affair and

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  BCCI's faith in team and captain justified: Srinivasan

  Cricket | March 25, 2013 18:19 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 25: The 4-0 clean sweep against Australia in the just-concluded Test series has justified the BCCI's faith in the team and its leader Mahendra Singh Dhoni, according to Board President N Srinivasan

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  Team India has dinner at Dhoni's house

  Cricket | January 17, 2013 22:55 IST

  Ranchi, Jan 17: Team India players had dinner at the home of their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday night. Soon after their arrival at the airport, the players went to Hotel Blue Radisson and

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  Pals of Dhoni recall salad days with the Captain

  Cricket | January 17, 2013 13:45 IST

  Ranchi, Jan 17: Apart from sharing their last names, Ajay Kumar, Rakesh Kumar and Satish Kumar have also two more things in common - all had played with Mahendra Singh Dhoni in local cricket league

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  Dhoni still the right choice as captain: Akram

  Cricket | December 13, 2012 15:23 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 13: Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram feels that Mahendra Singh Dhoni should continue as the India captain but he should be more flexible in his tactics."I am positive that Dhoni is the

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  Ricky Ponting is cricket's most successful captain

  Cricket | December 01, 2012 15:44 IST

  New Delhi: To assess the career graph of Ricky Ponting, one of the finest batsmen in contemporary cricket and Australia's middle order bulwark for years, will  mean a frontal review of  the performance of the

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  Ponting to captain Aus PM's XI

  Cricket | November 27, 2012 17:05 IST

  Camberra, Nov 27: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting will lead a Prime Minister's XI against the West Indies in January as he attempts to extend his international career into next year's Ashes series. Ponting was

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  Everyone needs to contribute, says Captain Cook

  Cricket | November 19, 2012 15:58 IST

  Ahmedabad, Nov 19: One of the very few batsmen to emerge with his head held high in the big defeat to India in the first Test, England skipper Alastair Cook today said it was time

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  Rahul Dravid backs Dhoni to remain captain

  Cricket | November 12, 2012 22:51 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 12: Former captain Rahul Dravid has backed Mahendra Singh Dhoni to remain in the hot seat but felt the selectors can, in the near future, consider reducing the current India skipper's workload

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  Mumbai Indians retain captain Harbhajan Singh

  Cricket | November 01, 2012 11:14 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 1: High-profile IPL franchise Mumbai Indians have retained captain Harbhajan Singh in the team amidst intense media speculation that the veteran spinner might be back in the auction pool for the next

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  Kapil Dev backs Dhoni as captain

  Cricket | October 20, 2012 15:37 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 20: Former India cricket captain Kapil Dev backed current skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni after questions were raised on his abilities as a team leader.The 1983 World Cup winning captain said that Dhoni's

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  This will be the beginning of things to come, says Darren Sammy

  Cricket | October 08, 2012 9:15 IST

  Colombo, Oct 8 : West Indies skipper Darren Sammy said the World Twenty20 victory over Sri Lanka here Sunday was very special and will be the beginning of things to come."This hopefully will be the

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  Warm-up win against India was a morale booster, says Pak captain Hafeez

  Cricket | September 29, 2012 14:11 IST

  Colombo, Sep 29 :  Gearing up for the high-voltage clash against arch-rivals India, Pakistan captain Mohammed Hafeez said his team has the edge going into tomorrow's World T20 Super Eight game after the morale-boosting win

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  Davis Cup: India captain weighs his options

  Tennis | September 12, 2012 22:26 IST

  Chandigarh, Sep 12: India in the last two decades invariably went into a Davis Cup tie taking for granted a victory in doubles with Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi around. Now when they play New

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  INA captain Lakshmi Sehgal suffers cardiac arrest, critical

  India | July 19, 2012 12:23 IST

  Kanpur, July 19: The famous captain of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army), Lakshmi Sehgal, is critical following a cardiac arrest this morning, family sources said.   Sehgal (97), who was ill

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  Terry cleared of racially abusing player in match

  Football | July 13, 2012 19:24 IST

  London, Jul 13: Chelsea captain John Terry was cleared Friday of racially abusing an opponent during a Premier League match after one of the most high-profile trials involving a footballer.The case led to Terry being

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  Arnaud Clement new Davis Cup captain for France

  Tennis | June 23, 2012 16:01 IST

  PARIS, Jun23: Arnaud Clement is France's new Davis Cup captain, replacing Guy Forget, who left the post in April after 14 seasons in charge.The 34-year-old Clement played his last singles this week, a defeat to

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  Dhoni has done a commendable job as captain, says Kohli

  Cricket | June 14, 2012 21:50 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 14: Team India's new superstar Virat Kohli feels that Mahendra Singh Dhoni has done a "commendable job" leading the national team in the past few years.Not one to be drawn into a