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From the daily archives: Thursday, November 24, 2011
NEW DELHI: Former India skipper Ravi Shastri has thrown his weight behind out-of-favour Harbhajan Singh, saying the off-spinner should be included in the team for the upcoming tour of Australia as he has the “ability to get under their skin”.
Harbhajan has been off the selectors’ radar after [...]
NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar hit his 63rd half-century shortly after the dismissal of Rahul Dravid on the third day of the third Test against the West Indies at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
Dravid hit a fluent 82-run knock before falling to part-time bowler [...]
MUMBAI: A few senior players could be rested when the national selectors meet on Friday to pick the Indian squad for the first two one-dayers against West Indies.
According to BCCI sources, the selection committee headed by Krishnamachari Srikkanth is mulling on giving a much needed rest to skipper
ABU DHABI: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq is hoping to win the Twenty20 match against Sri Lanka on Friday to lift their rankings and give them a clean sweep of the series after their Test and one-day victories.
Pakistan, the 2009 World Twenty20 champions, have lost 13 of their last 24 [...]
NEW DELHI: Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar resumed the Indian first innings after tea on the third day of the third Test against the West Indies at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
India ended the second session of the day at 172/2.
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NEW DELHI: Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar took the Indian first innings to 172/2 at tea on the third day of the third Test against the West Indies at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
Dravid reached his 62nd half-century shortly after the dismissal of [...]
NEW DELHI: Ravi Rampaul gave the West Indies the second breakthrough when he had Gautam Gambhir caught behind by Carlton Baugh on the third day of the third Test at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
Gambhir hit 8 fours in his 55-run knock.
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NEW DELHI: Rahul Dravid became only the second batsman in Test cricket to score 13,000 runs achieving the feat on the third day of the third Test against the West Indies at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
Dravid got to the milestone with a [...]
MELBOURNE: Under pressure to retire following his prolonged lean patch, veteran batsman Ricky Ponting has vowed to fight for his place in the Australian Test team ahead of the upcoming series against New Zealand.
Ponting is coming off a lean 24 months with the bat, averaging just 14 in his [...]
NEW DELHI: Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid took the Indian first innings to 74/1 at lunch against the West Indies on the third day of the third Test at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
Captain Darren Sammy gave the West Indies the first breakthrough [...]
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