T20 World Cup 2016
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Get ready to take taste of own medicine: Gavaskar
Cricket | Mar 16, 2016, 05:29 PM ISTSunil Gavaskar feels India got a taste of their own medicine in the World Twenty20 loss to New Zealand and the hosts should be prepared to handle quality spin if they want to dish out rank turners for their rivals.
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ICC should give us more chances: Afghanistan captain
Cricket | Mar 16, 2016, 05:10 PM ISTAfghanistan cricket captain Asghar Stanikzai today said his team knows how to bea the big guns of the game but the ICC has to give it enough chances.
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Defending champions Sri Lanka happy with 'underdogs' tag
Cricket | Mar 16, 2016, 04:04 PM ISTHappy to carry the tag of "underdogs", defending World Twenty 20 champions Sri Lanka are not considering Afghanistan as minnows but are confident of starting their title defence on a winning note
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#ProfileforPeace: An online campaign draws cricket fans from India, Pak together
Cricket | Mar 16, 2016, 03:33 PM ISTIn the backdrop of protests against Pakistani cricket team visiting India to participate in the ICC World Twenty 20 championship, thousands of fans from both sides of the border have come together to convey the message of peace. The game, they say, u
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World T20: Struggling Sri Lanka eye positive start against Afghanistan
Cricket | Mar 16, 2016, 12:13 PM ISTLost in transition, defending champions Sri Lanka will look to come out of the rut and start well against a spirited Afghanistan in their World Twenty20 Super 10 opener at Eden Gardens here tomorrow.
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Not Kiwi bowlers but our batsmen responsible for defeat: MS Dhoni
Cricket | Mar 16, 2016, 10:25 AM ISTRouted by New Zealand on a turning track, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said more than the Kiwi bowlers it was lack of application on part of Indian batsmen that resulted in shock defeat but reposed faith in his team to bounce back in the World Twenty
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World T20: NZ stun India with a one-sided 47-run victory
Cricket | Mar 16, 2016, 12:01 AM ISTIndia started-off on a rather negative note in their chase of 127 runs against New Zealand at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur.
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World T20: Seven Pak diplomats denied entry to Kolkata for Ind-Pak clash
Cricket | Mar 15, 2016, 07:54 PM ISTIndia has denied seven Pakistani diplomats permission to visit Kolkata for the high-voltage World T20 encounter between India and Pakistan on March 19 due to security reasons.
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No favourites in World Twenty20: Waqar Younis
Cricket | Mar 15, 2016, 05:27 PM ISTCiting history, Pakistan coach Waqar Younis today reasoned that no team can be labelled as favourites in the World Twenty20 due to the unpredictability attached with the format.
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Shahid Afridi spoke his mind, not controversial: Waqar Younis
Cricket | Mar 15, 2016, 03:13 PM ISTPakistan cricket coach Waqar Younis today defended under-fire captain Shahid Afridi for his love for India statement, saying that there was nothing controversial in it and the all-rounder was merely expressing his emotions.
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World T20: Pakistan lock horns with Bangladesh in the crucial Group B encounter
Cricket | Mar 15, 2016, 02:28 PM ISTKolkata: Their arrival itself was mired in drama and a mercurial Pakistan would look to bring the focus back on their cricket when they take on an enigmatic Bangladesh in what promises to be an
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I was only trying to give a positive message: Shahid Afridi clarifies ‘more loved in India’ remark
Cricket | Mar 15, 2016, 01:25 PM ISTUnder attack in Pakistan for stating that cricketers from his country are loved more in India, captain Shahid Afridi today sought to douse the fire by saying that he did not intend to demean his nation and was merely trying to give a ‘positive messag
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Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina make it to Twitter XI of ICC World T20 2016
Cricket | Mar 15, 2016, 12:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: Can the likes of Virat Kohli and Dale Steyn play for the same team in the World Twenty 20? Twitter on Monday came up with a dream XI for the tournament featuring the
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Lahore HC issues notice to Afridi over ‘more love in India than Pak’ remark
Cricket | Mar 14, 2016, 06:35 PM ISTPakistan T20 cricket team captain Shahid Afridi has landed in a legal soup over his casual remark that Pakistan's cricketers were loved more by Indians than by the fans across the border.
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Shame on you: Javed Miandad blasts Shahid Afridi’s India love
Cricket | Mar 14, 2016, 04:13 PM IST"Shocked and hurt" by Shahid Afridi's comments that Pakistan's cricketers were loved more by Indians than the fans back home, former captain Javed Miandad has said.
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World T20: India commence title bid with New Zealand game today
Cricket | Mar 15, 2016, 07:15 PM ISTThe superb build-up run has made India the clear favourites for an unprecedented second World Twenty20 title but the in-form hosts will have to guard against complacency when they take on a spirited New Zealand in their campaign-opener here tomorrow.
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West Indies beat Australia in World T20 warm-up match
Cricket | Mar 13, 2016, 08:30 PM ISTKolkata: West Indies captain Darren Sammy's unconquered knock of 50 overshadowed Josh Hazlewood's hat-trick as they beat Australia by three wickets in a World Twenty20 warm-up contest at the Eden Gardens today. The match went
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Underdogs tag will help us, like it did in 1992, 2009: Shoaib Malik
Cricket | Mar 13, 2016, 06:36 PM ISTPakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik feels the underdogs tag would help them do well in the ICC World T20, like it did when they ended up winning the 1992 World Cup and 2009 World T20.
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Knock against Proteas has made me wiser: Dhawan
Cricket | Mar 13, 2016, 03:48 PM ISTHis brilliant 73-run knock in the warm-up game against South Africa might have fallen just short of ensuring a win for India, but opener Shikhar Dhawan said the crucial time he had spent at the crease has made him more "wiser"
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Scotland beat Hong Kong by 8 wickets in rain-hit WT20 match
Cricket | Mar 12, 2016, 11:49 PM ISTScotland dished out a superb all-round performance to notch up an eight-wicket win over Hong Kong via D/L method in a rain-affected inconsequential match of the ICC World Twenty20 here today.