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Ponting Calls It A Day As Australia Captain
Cricket | Mar 29, 2011, 12:30 PM ISTMelbourne, Mar 29 : Embattled Ricky Ponting today resigned as Australia's Test and one-day captain, just days after his team's shocking quarter-final exit from the ongoing World Cup, but said he remained available for selection
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Indian Focus On Yuvraj As He Reaches Home Ground
Cricket | Mar 28, 2011, 12:16 PM ISTMohali, Mar 27: Yuvraj Singh started the World Cup assured of a place in the playing eleven but unsure of his role and batting position in India's powerful team.By the time he reached his home
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Tendulkar, India Squad Practice At Semi-final Venue
Cricket | Mar 28, 2011, 12:16 PM ISTMohali, Mar 27: India's World Cup squad was greeted by a crowd of about 150 fans as they arrived Sunday for their first training session at the PCA Stadium ahead of Wednesday's much-hyped semifinal against
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India-Pakistan Creates Frantic Clamor For Tickets
Cricket | Mar 27, 2011, 08:53 PM ISTMohali, Mar 27: Kuldip Singh has been waiting outside the ticket office of the PCA Stadium for three days straight, ever since his beloved India team beat Australia to set up a World Cup semifinal
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Mohali Would Have Suited Australia, Not India : Telegraph
Cricket | Mar 27, 2011, 06:46 PM ISTLondon, March 27 : The Daily Telegraph's perceptive columnist Scyld Berry writes: "It is strange, on the surface, that what is sure to be the most widely watched cricket match of all time – and
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Afridi Has Brought Unity In Team, Says Misbah
Cricket | Mar 27, 2011, 06:48 PM ISTMohali, Mar 27: Pakistan's Test captain Misbah-ul Haq feels that Shahid Afridi's greatest quality has been to bring unity in the team which has always been in the news for all wrong reasons."He (Afridi) listens
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Ponting Asks Teammates To Play With Aggression
Cricket | Mar 24, 2011, 01:32 PM ISTAhmedabad, Mar 23: Ricky Ponting today asked his teammates to counter the mega threat from hosts and favourites India the Australian way with unbridled aggression and freedom when the two teams clash in the high-octane
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Ponting May Face The Axe After World Cup : Report
Cricket | Mar 22, 2011, 03:50 PM ISTAhmedabad, March 22: The Sydney Morning Heral reported on Tuesday that Australian captain Ricky Ponting could be in the final week of his nine-year reign as skipper after it was revealed he is likely to
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Tickets For Ahmedabad Match Sold Out, India, Aus Teams Arrive
Cricket | Mar 22, 2011, 03:54 PM ISTAhmedabad, Mar 21 : Tickets for the Cricket World Cup quarter-final match between defending champions Australia and hosts India to be played at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Motera stadium here, have been sold out, the
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Match Against Pakistan Will Be A Good Test: Ponting
Cricket | Mar 17, 2011, 11:23 AM ISTBangalore, Mar 16: Australian juggernaut continued to roll in the cricket World Cup as they scored a comfortable seven-wicket win over Canada, but skipper Ricky Ponting said the defending champions have not been tested as
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Gibson's Knowledge About English Players Helping A Lot: Sammy
Cricket | Mar 16, 2011, 08:00 PM ISTChennai, Mar 16: England face a must-win situation against the West Indies here tomorrow to stay afloat in the World Cup, and the Caribbean captain Darren Sammy said coach Ottis Gibson's understanding of the English
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Boys Are Tense, Says Shakib
Cricket | Mar 10, 2011, 03:35 PM ISTChittagong, Mar 10: Jeered by fans and criticised by former players for their dismal World Cup campaign so far, Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan said his team is a tense lot ahead of tomorrow's group
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Hope India Takes Us Lightly, Says Strauss
Cricket | Feb 23, 2011, 06:05 PM ISTNagpur, Feb 23: England cricket captain Andrew Strauss hopes that India would be deceived into taking his side lightly in Sunday's much-anticipated World Cup match due to the rather scratchy performance in the opening win
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Smith: Delhi Pitch Provides 'Unknown Factor'
Cricket | Feb 23, 2011, 05:23 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 23: The pitch at New Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla stadium provides "an unknown factor" for both teams in Thursday's World Cup match between South Africa and West Indies, Proteas captain Graeme Smith
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Sammy Wants Pride, Passion From Struggling WIndies
Cricket | Feb 23, 2011, 05:17 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 23: West Indies captain Darren Sammy wants his struggling side to revive the pride and passion of former World Cup winning teams from the Caribbean as it bids to end its poor
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Sehwag Returns To Captain Delhi Daredevils In IPL-4
Cricket | Feb 11, 2011, 07:45 PM ISTNew Delhi, Feb 11 : Just one season after giving up captaincy to focus on his batting, swashbuckling opener Virender Sehwag will return to lead the Delhi Daredevils in the fourth edition of the Indian
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Warne Would Be Ready To Come Back If Made Captain: Jones
Cricket | Dec 10, 2010, 08:10 PM ISTMelbourne: More than the million dollars, it is Australia's captaincy which can pull spin legend Shane Warne out of retirement to rescue the team's floundering Ashes campaign, claims cricketer-turned-commentator Dean Jones. The 41-year-old Warne has
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Dhoni Signs Rs 29 Crore Endorsement Deal With Maxx Mobile
Cricket | Dec 08, 2010, 05:23 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 8 : Riding on his popularity, Indian cricket team captain Mahindra Singh Dhoni has signed a Rs 29- crore endorsement deal with Maxx Mobile for a period of seven years."Maxx believes in
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Dhoni Is The Most Exciting Cricketer In The World: Musharraf
Cricket | Dec 04, 2010, 10:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharaff is in awe of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and rates the current India skipper as the most exciting and entertaining cricketer in world cricket. "Though Sachin Tendulkar is the
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Dhoni Signs Biggest Endorsement Deal Of Rs 26 Cr With UB Group
Cricket | Dec 03, 2010, 08:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has signed signed the biggest endorsement deal for an Indian sportsperson — with Vijay Mallya's UB Group, valued at more than Rs 8 crore a year. Dhoni