COLOMBO: India will play five one-day internationals and one Twenty20 game against Sri Lanka during a three-week tour starting next month, Sri Lanka Cricket said on Wednesday. Tour schedule July 22 : First one-dayer, Hambantota July24 : Second one-dayer, Hambantota July 28 : Third one-dayer, Colombo July 31 : Fourth one-dayer, Colombo Aug 5 : [...]
The constant cross-talk and the stupid rotation policy clearly demonstrated that India were not interested in winning in the first place Fate dealt a swift blow in the backside for the Indian cricket team in the Commonwealth Bank Series despite a magnificent performance in the final qualifying match against Sri Lanka. As usual, India left [...]
Brisbane: The vanquished Indian cricket team, barring a couple of players, traced its way back to home on Saturday, drawing curtains on a disastrous Australian tour during which it lost more than it gained. As soon as Sri Lanka pipped Australia at the post in Melbourne last night, the reservation plans were put afoot and [...]
NEW DELHI: Less than a year after being hailed as India’s greatest cricket captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni finds his head on the block after another woeful Test series abroad. The 30-year-old could do no wrong when he led India to World Cup glory at home in April last year, his second big success as skipper [...]
Scott Coghlan PERTH: Suspended captain MS Dhoni [he has been suspended for one Test, after India’s slow over rate in Perth] has backed coach Duncan Fletcher as the right man to turn around the fortunes of the beleaguered Indian cricket team, despite a run of dismal overseas tours. Down 3-0 after successive innings defeats in [...]
PERTH: Speculation is mounting over the future of Indian batsman V.V.S. Laxman after another unimpressive showing at the crease in India’s innings defeat to Australia at the WACA Ground. Indian newspapers reported he would retire at the end of the four-Test series, which concludes in Adelaide next week, and may even have played his last [...]
Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid have denied media reports of a rift in the Indian team over MS Dhoni’s leadership and a lack of unity when under pressure. Reports suggested the team was split over Dhoni’s captaincy style and even suggested that one group wanted Sehwag, the vice-captain, to take charge. The Indian team is [...]
The Indian cricket team is biting its nails in Melbourne over the Boxing Day cricket Test match, which starts Monday. Nothing like a Bollywood film like Don 2: The King Is Back to brighten up that tense evening on the weekend before the big match. A special screening of the film has been arranged for Sunday [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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The final kick-off for passion
Tonight the football season will finally come to a close with the Champions League final being played at Wembley stadium. It’s been a tumultuous season for all the wrong reasons. The four big leagues were wrapped up early: Manchester United in the EPL, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Juventus in Serie A and Barcelona in [...]
Earlier this week, I received an email about the Gayatri Mantra being proven to be the most divine and powerful hymn in the world. An American scientist called Dr Howard Steingeril is said to have collected hymns, prayers, mantras and invocations from all over the world and from all religions. He tested these for sound [...]
Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
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Knives are out, the axe could follow
The knives are already out, well-sharpened and ready to plunge into the Indian team. Former cricketers and commentators have launched an all-out vitriolic attack on India’s performances Down Under. Even fans have vented their anger by the performance. The Golden Oldies have been targeted now, with calls for them to quit and give younger players [...]
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