Archive for November 6th, 2007
Tendulkar turns down Test captaincy
Sachin Tendulkar, on Tuesday, turned down the offer to become India’s Test captain just two days before his appointment was to be formally announced in Mumbai.
Rahul Dravid had relinquished the position in September and the selectors were to meet later this week to announce his replacement in Tests.
With Tendulkar turning down captaincy, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, [...]
‘Don’t thrust captaincy on Dhoni’ :Greg Chappell
There’s another fight brewing for India’s most prized job; that of team India’s Test captain. Will Dhoni be the man for the job or will Sachin take up the challenge once again. In a Times Now exclusive, former coach Greg Chappell feels it’s not yet time for Dhoni to take the reins of the Test [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )ICL unveils teams’ uniforms
The Indian Cricket League unveiled the teams’ colours and logos for its inaugural Twenty20 league to start later this month.
Chandigarh Lions, Mumbai Champs, Kolkata Tigers, Delhi Jets, Chennai Superstars and Hyderabad Heroes are the six teams that will take part in the tournament to be held in Panchakula.
The team gear has been designed by Manish Arora.
“It’s indeed [...]
We won’t play like the Indians: Muralitharan
Sri Lanka would not emulate India’s ultra-aggressive tactics against Australia during their upcoming two-Test series Down Under, spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan said.
The off-spinner and opening bowler Chaminda Vaas said the tourists would focus on playing smart, positive cricket in the true spirit of the game during the series starting on Thursday.
Muralitharan, who needs nine wickets to [...]
Indo-Pak: Pitch battles with an edge
Manchester, millions of miles from Kargil, wasn’t just a venue of a World Cup match in 1999 but an offshore battlefield when the real battle was being fought on the icy peaks of Kargil.
This game became the most potent symbol of what India Pakistan cricket had degenerated into: A bitter conflict. But unlike in Kargil [...]
ICL is not competing against anyone: Kapil Dev
Mumbai, November 6: Former Indian world cup winning captain and head of the Indian Cricket League (ICL) Kapil Dev on Tuesday said that his organisation was not competing against any body in particular, instead it was trying to ensure that cricket should go everywhere in the country.
“When you are working, you just have to work [...]
Dhoni leads way as India strikes
November 06, 2007
INDIA struck first with a five-wicket win over Pakistan in the first one-day international today.
Skipper Mahendra Dhoni hit 63 and his deputy Yuvraj Singh 58 in a 105-run fourth wicket partnership to lift India to 5-242 in 47 overs. Their spinners had helped restrict Pakistan to 7-239 on a slow pitch at Guwahati.
In-form [...]
Murali haunted and taunted: Hayden
MATTHEW HAYDEN believes Australia has overcome the spectre of Muttiah Muralidaran but it is unlikely Murali will ever rid himself of the ghosts that have haunted him around this country for more than a decade.
Even as a special guest speaker at an official lunch yesterday to launch the first Test, beginning in Brisbane on Thursday, [...]
