London: Kevin Pietersen’s name was missing from the English squad for India tour that was announced by the selectors Tuesday, who looked to the future with call-ups for Nick Compton of Somerset and Yorkshire opener Joe Root. Pietersen will now have to wait for the ODI tour to India in early January or the trip [...]
Colombo: Languishing at the bottom half of the ranking table, Australia would like to start their World Twenty20 campaign on a positive note when they take on “giant killers” Ireland in their tournament opener here tomorrow. Australia has so far failed to tame the shortest format of the game and it will be a test [...]
Colombo: In a throwback to the Gary Kirsten days when the then India coach would always help Sachin Tendulkar with throwdowns, the Nondescripts Cricket Club (NCC) ground here today witnessed Yuvraj Singh going through the same routine with fielding coach Trevor Penney. It was an optional session but the likes of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, [...]
Colombo: India will have to quickly decide on their team combination as they launch their ICC World Twenty20 campaign against minnows Afghanistan here tomorrow, hoping to get into the groove for the tougher battles ahead. A win will ensure a Super Eights berth for champions of the 2007 edition even before they take on England [...]
Colombo: Kamran Akmal smashed a blistering unbeaten 92 as Pakistan dented arch-rival India’s confidence ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 with a thrilling five-wicket win in their last warm-up game here today. India posted a competitive 185 for three riding on Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 75, but their listless death bowling allowed Pakistan to overhaul the [...]
The Big Bash fest gets under way from Tuesday in Sri Lanka with the T20 World Cup up for grabs to the team which masters the slow and low conditions of the island nation.
The BCCI today sought to justify the decision to terminate the IPL contract of debt-ridden Deccan Chargers, saying it was compelled to take action after the beleaguered franchise claimed that it had not committed any breaches and threatened to take legal recourse.
Colombo: Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored an unbeaten half-century as India overcame early jitters to post a respectable 146 for five against Sri Lanka in their opening warm-up match of the World Twenty20 at the P Sara Oval here today. Dhoni’s unbeaten 42-ball 55, including four fours and three sixes, revived India’s fortunes after Sri [...]
Karachi: Pakistan’s former captain Javed Miandad has been sent to Sri Lanka by the Cricket Board to motivate the country’s players before the Twenty20 World Cup. “Let me make one thing clear there is a full support staff with the team in Sri Lanka. Dav Whatmore looks after the batting, Mohammad Akram after the bowling and [...]
New Delhi: Legendary Pakistan captain Imran Khan has advised India’s batting great Sachin Tendulkar not be at the mercy of the selectors and asked him to quit international cricket on a high. Calls for 39-year-old Tendulkar’s retirement from international cricket got stronger after the batting maestro was bowled thrice in a row during the recently [...]
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“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
Kubra Fatima Ask any Hyderabadi what they love about the City and they will have many things to say — food, greenery and people being the usual suspects. On the contrary, if you ask them what they hate and ‘travelling in an auto’ will be the first response. Even though going around the twin cities [...]
Expecting a Sunday feast, I went to the dining table eagerly looking forward to the best of my mother’s cooking. I lifted the lid on the big casserole and found pulao with corn. I didn’t know what to make of it. I believe my mother makes the best peas pulao. But to have corn replacing [...]
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