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From the daily archives: Saturday, February 4, 2012
NEW DELHI: Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi on Saturday blamed BCCI president N Srinivasan’s arrogant style of functioning for Sahara Group’s decision to snap all the ties with the Cricket Board.
Sahara India on Saturday ended its 11-year-old sponsorship ties with the BCCI and also pulled out of [...]
DUBAI: Experienced batsman Younis Khan proved his class with a superb hundred to put Pakistan in a good position on the second day of the third and final Test against England played on Saturday.
The 34-year-old right-hander scored an unbeaten 115 to [...]
DUBAI: Younis Khan hit a defiant half-century and Azhar Ali ably assisted him to help Pakistan reach 120-2 at tea on the second day of the third and final Test against England on Saturday.
Younis, Pakistan’s most experienced batsman, held [...]
DUBAI: Pakistan were 30-2 at lunch on the second day of the third and final Test in Dubai on Saturday, trailing England by 12 runs after losing both openers.
Pakistan, with an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series, lost Taufiq [...]
MELBOURNE: Finally a win under their belt in what has been a highly disappointing tour, India would aim to carry the Twenty20 momentum into the one-dayers when they take on Australia in the first match of the tri-series starting on Sunday.
After a 0-4 thrashing in the Tests and a loss in [...]
BANGALORE: Ravindra Jadeja on Saturday expectedly turned out to be the biggest draw for the franchises with Chennai Super Kings buying the young Indian all-rounder for a whopping $2 million (approx. Rs 9.72 crore) in the players’ auction for the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League.
NEW DELHI: Dashing wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum was the first to be auctioned as he was bought for $900,000 by Kolkata Knight Riders followed by the Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who was clinched by Chennai Super Kings for whopping $2 million in the tie-breaker.
NEW DELHI: A total of 146 players have gone under the hammer for the available 29 slots as the auction for the fifth edition of the India Premier League got underway in Bangalore.
Who got whom | Batsmen | Bowlers | [...]
NEW DELHI: In a surprise development, the Indian cricket team’s longtime sponsor Sahara India on Saturday ended financial ties with the BCCI and also pulled out of the IPL by withdrawing from Pune Warriors’ ownership just hours before the players’ auction.
Sahara, which has been the [...]
NEW DELHI: In a surprise development, the Indian cricket team’s longtime sponsor Sahara India on Saturday ended financial ties with the BCCI and also pulled out of the IPL by withdrawing from Pune Warriors’ ownership just hours before the players’ auction.
Sahara, which has been the [...]
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