Saturday, July 5, 2008

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Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni praised his opening batsmen Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag for giving the team a flying start to lay the foundation for their six-wicket win over Sri Lanka here Thursday.

India qualified for the Asia Cup final after overhauling a victory target of 309 with six wickets to spare against Sri Lanka on Thursday.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has changed the result of the controversial 2006 Oval Test between England and Pakistan to a draw, the governing body confirmed on Thursday.

Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd was appointed chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) cricket committee on Thursday.

The ever-youthful Sanath Jayasuriya, like Jerome Kern's and Oscar Hammerstein’s Ol’ man river, just goes on and on, writes Partab Ramchand.

My guess is that more T20 cricket will be played and there will be less time for ODIs. That shift in balance will make sense as we were probably playing too many 50-over games, writes Sanath Jayasuriya

Shrugging off the disappointment of an overnight defeat to Pakistan, India fought hard to restrict Sri Lanka to 308 for eight in their crucial Super League game of the ninth Asia Cup One-day crick

The Indian cricket board will reportedly request the International Cricket Council (ICC) to postpone the Champions Trophy one-day tournament and not relocate it, if some member countries still have their reservations about the security situation in Pakistan.

India's cricket board has told coach Gary Kirsten not to comment on the team on his personal Web site.

Indian skipper MS Dhoni said his bowlers were helpless against a rampaging Younus Khan, who steered Pakistan to a comprehensive eight-wicket win against India and kept alive his side's hopes of making the final of the Asia Cup against Sri Lanka.

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