KOLKATA: Delhi Daredevils skipper Virender Sehwag won the toss and decided to field against Kolkata Knight Riders in the second match of the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.

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MUMBAI: He might be out of the India squad, but Harbhajan Singh is seen as a player who has the credentials to lead the country at some time in the future by former skipper Sourav Ganguly.

“Harbhajan’s captaincy was brilliant in Champions League and yesterday too [...]

KOLKATA: A mild thunderstorm coupled with heavy showers have delayed the start of the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils at the Eden Gardens on Thursday evening.

The sudden showers accompanied by lighting, that began around the scheduled toss time of [...]

COLOMBO: Kevin Pietersen struck 151 for his 20th Test hundred to help England to a 185-run lead over Sri Lanka on Thursday on the third day of the second Test.

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Pietersen hit six sixes and 16 fours in 165 balls for his [...]

JAIPUR: Retired India batsman Rahul Dravid would take the field on Friday for the first time since hanging his boots from international cricket but the Rajasthan Royals skipper said there won’t be any different feeling and he was more “keen and focused” to do well in IPL 5.

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BANGALORE: India’s latest batting sensation Virat Kohli on Thursday said Sachin Tendulkar deserves country’s highest civilian award – the Bharat Ratna.

“He (Tendulkar) really deserves Bharat Ratna. Whatever he has done, I don’t think anyone else can be even be close to achieve (100 hundreds in international cricket) [...]

COLOMBO: Umpires warned England batsman Kevin Pietersen twice for changing stance to attempt a switch hit during the second Test against Sri Lanka on Thursday.

The flamboyant Pietersen was spoken to by Bruce Oxenford and Asad Rauf after bowler Tillakaratne Dilshan had to stop [...]

COLOMBO: Kevin Pietersen smashed an unbeaten 106 off 120 balls as England showed their batting prowess to leave Sri Lanka in trouble in the second and final Test in Colombo on Thursday.

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Pietersen plundered 12 boundaries and four sixes in his 20th [...]

NEW DELHI: “Prison is a bad place for everyone. Don’t make the mistakes which I did” — this was disgraced Pakistan pacer Mohammad Aamer’s warning to cricketers the world over in an educational video for the ICC Anti-Corruption and Security Unit which has also been shown to IPL [...]

COLOMBO: Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott put on a 91-run stand as England closed in on Sri Lanka’s first innings total of 275 in the second Test in Colombo on Thursday.

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Left-hander Cook made 94 and Trott was unbeaten on 62 as the tourists [...]