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From the daily archives: Saturday, March 31, 2012
DUBAI: Suresh Raina is the lone Indian to feature in the top 10 chart of the Reliance ICC T20 International Player Rankings which were released on Saturday.
Raina is placed seventh in the list of top 10 batsmen with 734 points after dropping a place in the recently released charts. [...]
NEW DELHI: Glitz, glamour and game. The opening ceremony of the IPL 5 will see a lot of fireworks in Chennai on Tuesday – from American pop icon Katy Perry’s performance to Indian dancing sensation Prabhu Deva’s act to Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s poetry recitation.
If that is not enough, [...]
KOLKATA: Former Australian wicketkeeper and explosive opener Adam Gilchrist feels there is a big gulf between Sachin Tendulkar and the rest of the top batsmen, something that makes it almost impossible for anyone to get anywhere near the legend’s landmark of 100 international centuries.
JOHANNESBURG: Triumphant South Africa skipper Johan Botha conceded that the one-off Twenty20 match against India was evenly poised before rain stopped play even though the host team had set a mammoth target of 220 for the visitors.
South Africa won the match by 11 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis [...]
BRIDGETOWN: West Indies defeated Australia by 14 runs at Kensington Oval on Friday to win the second Twenty20 international and draw the two-game series 1-1.
Chasing a modest 161-run victory target, Australia were well-placed at 75-2 at the halfway stage, but their run-chase slowed with off-break [...]
BANGALORE: There is no way of knowing the exact deal between Chris Gayle and Royal Challengers Bangalore, who for the record was retained by for US $560,000.
Whatever the nature of the deal and however big it may have been, one thing is for sure – at RCB, the world’s [...]
NEW DELHI: A blazing innings by India’s Gautam Gambhir could not prevent a South African win in a rain-hit one-off Twenty20 international at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday.
Gambhir slammed 49 not out off 28 balls as India raced to 71 for no wicket [...]
NEW DELHI: Chasing a massive 220-run target, India were at 71 for no loss in 7.5 overs when rain stopped the match against South Africa in the one-off Twenty20 game in Johannesburg on Friday.
Openers Gautam Gambhir (49 not out off 28 [...]
NEW DELHI: Chasing a massive 220-run target, openers Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa gave India a solid start against South Africa in the one-off Twenty20 game in Johannesburg on Friday.
India raced to fifty in 5.5 overs.
Sent in to [...]
NEW DELHI: Chasing a massive 220-run target, openers Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa gave India a solid start against South Africa in the one-off Twenty20 game in Johannesburg on Friday.
India raced to fifty in 5.5 overs.
Sent in to [...]
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