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T20 World Cup: Watson Stars as Australia Crush India

Australia comprehensively outplayed India in all departments of the game, crushing Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men by nine wickets with over five overs to spare in the Group 2 match at the Premadasa Stadium. Given a total of 141 to chase on a wicket that was supposed to aid spin, India put in a thoroughly abject performance against the Aussies with Shane Watson and David Warner making the Indian bowling look like schoolboys.

Sep 28, 2012

T20 World Cup: Brilliant Harbhajan Helps India Thrash England

Harbhajan Singh made a brilliant comeback into the Indian squad, picking up four wickets against England as India stormed to a 90-run victory in their final Word T20 group encounter at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. In the early match, Pakistan got their World T20 campaign off to a sound start, scoring a comfortable 13-run win over New Zealand.

Sep 23, 2012

T20 World Cup: India Pull Off Nervy Win Over Afghanistan; Australia Have It Easy Against Ireland

It was hardly vintage India, far from it. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men flirted with disaster for much of their first World T20 game against Afghanistan, before pulling off an edgy 23-run win. India made heavy weather of their batting, labouring to 159 for five, with Virat Kohli hitting a half-century and Suresh Raina chipping in with a 38, before bowling out Afghanistan for 136, when it once looked like the minnows would pull off one of the biggest upsets in history at the Premadasa Stadium in ...

Sep 19, 2012

T20 World Cup: Akmal Heroics Help Pakistan Trump India in Warm-up Match

A match-winning sixth-wicket partnership from Kamran Akmal and Shoaib Malik spurred Pakistan to an impressive five-wicket victory over India in a World T20 warm-up match at the Premadasa Stadium. Given a stiff target of 186 to chase down, Pakistan started well, then bungled the good work of the openers, before the pyrotechnics of Kamran Akmal, who made an unbeaten 92 off 50 balls, and Shoaib Malik (37 in 18) guided Pakistan to victory past their arch-rivals. Virat Kohli, the man who can do nothi...

Sep 17, 2012

Yuvraj Makes Encouraging Return But India Fall to New Zealand

Yuvraj Singh made a credible comeback to international cricket, but failed to see India to the line as the hosts, from a position of dominance, narrowly lost to New Zealand by a single run in the second and final T20 in Chennai. Brendon McCullum set the match up for the Kiwis with a typically swashbuckling 91, before the Kiwi bowlers brought the game back in their favour with some brilliant work in the final few overs. Set a target of 168, after the Kiwis ended up on 167/5 in their allotted 20 o...

Sep 11, 2012

T20 World Cup Preview: Focus Back on Yuvraj But Rain Threat Looms Large

Act One of Yuvraj Singh's highly-anticipated comeback did not quite come to fruition with the rain gods deciding to play spoilsport in the first T20 match at Visakhapatnam on Saturday. Act Two, unfortunately, does not look too good either.

Sep 11, 2012

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Chinese Defense Minister Gifts IAF Pilots Cash, Breaches Protocol

Chinese Defence Minister General Liang Guang Lie, who is on a five-day visit to India, gifted ₹100,000 to two Indian Air Force pilots on Monday in breach of the protocol norms in the country.

Sep 6, 2012

Kohli and Dhoni Guide India to 2-0 Series Victory over New Zealand

The crisis men Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni put on an absolutely vital 96-run partnership for the sixth wicket to hand India a brilliant win over New Zealand in the second Test at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore. Chasing a stiff target of 261 for a 2-0 series victory, India stuttered initially, before captain cool and India's next big thing saw the hosts through.

Sep 3, 2012

Match Nicely Poised as Ashwin Five-for Gives India Slight Advantage

R Ashwin came to the party yet again, his five-wicket haul wresting back control for India, if only marginally, after Tim Southee's seven-for had given New Zealand the first innings advantage. India failed to capitalise in the morning session of the third day of the second Test at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore, with the Kiwis bowling out the hosts for 353; Southee the pick of the bowlers with a first-innings haul of seven for 64. However, the Indian bowlers came roaring back, consignin...

Sep 2, 2012

Kohli, Raina Sparkle as India Claw Their Way Back Against the Kiwis

A wonderful second day contest between bat and ball saw India claw themselves to a measure of comfort, thanks largely to an assured 93 from Virat Kohli, on the second day of the second Test against New Zealand. Barely putting a foot wrong, the Delhiite, along with Suresh Raina and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, took India to 283 for five, when the hosts were at one stage hanging on precariously at 80 for four. Kohli was at the crease on 93, with Dhoni giving him company on 46 in an unbroken sixth...

Sep 1, 2012