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CLT20: Moises Henriques Stars as Sydney Sixers Beat CSK

Moises Henriques showed the value of being an all-rounder in the T20 format, scoring a blistering 49 off 23 balls, before picking up three wickets to snuff out any chance of the Chennai Super Kings - the former Champions League champs - pulling off a victory. Sydney scored 185 in their innings, with CSK falling 14 runs short of their opponents' total. Oct 14, 2012
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T20 World Cup: India Crash Out as Pakistan, Australia Make Semis

India crashed out of the World T20, after failing to restrict South Africa to below 121 - the magical number that would have put the Men in Blue through to the semi-finals at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. India could beat South Africa by only one run, which saw Australia and Pakistan, who comprehensively beat the Aussies in the early game, book their place in the last-four, where they will meet West Indies and Sri Lanka respectively. Australia, Pakistan and India finished on four points from... Oct 2, 2012
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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