Archive for October 30th, 2007
Sale of India Pakistan match tickets begins today at Guwahati
THE TICKETS for the general public for the forthcoming ODI between India and Pakistan will be on sale from today. Altogether, 17,550 tickets will be available this time and 8,000 of those will be sold in Guwahati through UCO bank’s make shift counter. The rest would be sent to the different districts, which are affilated [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Red letter day for cricket, hockey teams
New Delhi (PTI): More than a month after their Twenty20 World Cup triumph sent the entire nation into a frenzy, India’s cricket stars were on Tuesday awarded a rare honour of being felicitated by the President and the Prime Minister.
It turned out to be a red letter day for Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his bravehearts [...]
Taufiq Umar opts for ICL
Lahore, Oct 29- Pakistani Test discard Taufiq Umar is to join the Indian Cricket League (ICL) even though other senior players who had earlier opted for the rebel league have returned to the fold.
‘Taufiq, an opening batsman, does not foresee any future prospects for himself in Pakistan cricket,’ Dawn reported Monday, quoting sources.
Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, [...]
Malhotra joins ICL
Calcutta: Former India batsman, one-time stand-in India coach and former national selector Ashok Malhotra has joined the rebel India Cricket League (ICL). Malhotra joined ICL a couple of days back, but it became public on Monday.
“I was left with no choice as it seemed I had to pay the price for calling a spade a [...]
India vs Pakistan: Time to fire
In a way, it’s perhaps ironical that both India and Pakistan will be without their best batsman when they resume ‘hostilities’ on the cricket field in a week’s time. While one was forced into retirement, the other has been clearly put on notice.
Indo-Pak cricket is hardly about individual players, for the traditional rivalry between the [...]
Conspiracy behind Dravid axe?
NEW DELHI : Is there more behind Dravid’s ouster than poor form? Two days after the ex-skipper was sacked, many former colleagues of chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar have come out in support of Dravid, and hinted that there could be an element of intrigue behind the decision.
Ex-cricketer Sandeep Patil said on Monday that he felt [...]
Twenty20 defeat has whetted appetite for India series:Lawson
LAHORE: Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson said the two Twenty20 World Cup cliff-hangers against India had only whetted the appetite of his players for the forthcoming series against the arch rivals.
“India has certainly been at the back of their (Pakistani players’) minds. In fact what happened in the T20 World Cup has only whetted the appetite [...]
Haryana and ATC enter semi-finals of Twenty20 cricket
CHANDIGARH: Association for Twenty20 Cricket (India) and Haryana stormed into the semi-final of the inaugural National Twenty20 Cricket Championship for Under-15 being organized by the Chandigarh Twenty20 Cricket Association under the aegis of the ATC ( India ) and the Chandigarh Olympic Association here Sunday.
ATC routed Himachal Pradesh by five wickets and Haryana eliminated Delhi [...]
