Archive for November 21st, 2007
Yuvraj will not play the first Test: Kumble
NEW DELHI : Yuvraj Singh may have set the shorter version of the game alight to emerge as India’s middle order mainstay but the dashing left-hander would spend the first Test against Pakistan warming the bench with VVS Laxman in action, hinted captain Anil Kumble.
Addressing his first pre-match press conference as India’s Test captain, a [...]
Sreesanth, RP ruled out of 1st Test
Sreesanth and RP singh have been ruled out of the first Test against Pakistan beginning on Thursday in Delhi’s Feroze Shah Kotla ground.
Munaf Patel has been called up as a replacement.
Sreesanth has a sore shoulder while RP Singh who did bowl in the nets on Tuesday pulled out as he felt a little uncomfortable.
But the [...]
Battle of leagues shakes up Indian game
MUMBAI, Nov 21 (Reuters) – A battle between a rebel body bankrolled by the controllers of India’s largest listed media firm and the cash-rich Indian cricket board threatens to shake up the game’s biggest global market.
Two rival Twenty20 cricket leagues are preparing to go into action and have been vying to sign up big-name players [...]
ICL to have two sessions of Twenty20
Essel Group backed Indian Cricket League (ICL) is planning to have two sessions of the Twenty20 cricket format, the first of which will begin on November 30 to December 16 at Tau Devi Lal stadium in Panchkula near Chandigarh.
Ashish Kaul , Head, Corporate Brand Development, Zee Entertainment Enterprises said that the second session would begin [...]
Dhoni recovers from ankle injury
If first impressions are any indication, things aren’t the same at the Feroz Shah Kotla these days. It’s refreshing to see the revamped stadium – old-style architecture blending with modern practice facilities – and even more heartening to note that you can actually obtain a media pass without running from pillar to post. Heck, the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Shoaib perfectly fit, claims Pakistan physio
New Delhi: Shoaib Akhtar may not have looked his menacing best in the just-concluded one-day series but the ‘Rawalpindi Express’ is fit, insists Pakistan cricket team trainer David Dwyer.
Dwyer laughed off suggestions that Shoaib was yet to regain his peak fitness and said there should not be any doubt with the speedster. “Maybe he does [...]
Shahrukh disappointed at BCCI’s comments
Shahrukh Khan found himself in the centre of a controversy after a senior Cricket Board official alluded that cricket matches were being used by stars to promote films but the superstar hit back saying he does not have to depend on other’s platforms to push his films.
Khan said he was sad and disappointed over the [...]
Yousuf, Tendulkar, Yuvraj rise in ODI rankings
Pakistan’s Mohammad Yousuf and India’s Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh have improved their positions in the latest LG ICC ODI rankings for batsmen following their outstanding performances in the just-concluded series in India.
Yousuf, who finished as the leading run-getter in the series with 283 runs, climbs two places to be sixth in the LG ICC [...]
BCCI has no objection to Shahrukh watching cricket match
New Delhi : The Cricket Board on Tuesday said that it has no objection to superstar Shahrukh Khan or any other film personality coming to watch international cricket matches involving the national side.
The statement comes in the wake of a media report which quoted a BCCI source saying the board officials are unhappy with king [...]
Pakistan looking back for inspiration in India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Pakistan will seek inspiration from their last two tours of India to offset their current poor form when the teams begin a three-test series on Thursday.
Pakistan’s young skipper Shoaib Malik and his team go into the tests hoping to reverse a 3-2 one-day series defeat to the hosts after arriving in [...]
« Previous Entries
