India's sorrowful tale in South Africa only gets more bizarre.
As if the Indian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, did not have enough on his plate (pun intended), Sachin Tendulkar was ruled out of their key Group A clash against West Indies...
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Just as India was to begin the chase of the West Indies' score, Australia won the tightrope of a match against Pakistan in the other Group A match leaving no doubt about the semi finalists.
The Indian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, had stated...
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What drama to the finish. After making a dramatic start of their intention, New Zealand overcame a last minute situation mission to make the semi final spot from Group B.
The ICC Champions Trophy saw Sri Lanka holding tight to their chairs...
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When play was last seen on the field, Australia had amassed 234 for four in 42.3 overs. Since then however, rain has rent the skies and there has been no stopping at of 11.15pm IST when play was finally called off. Lighting did strike - a tower!
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After South Africa gave Lalit Modi the idea that cheerleaders could do the job, they have once again set a precedent of choice. But one gets the feeling, this one isn't going to catch on.
South Africa employed tribal talent not only during...
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Consolation cannot begin, not for the man who made 141 runs and yet had to resign himself to his team being relegated to the bottom and out of the tournament.
At a time when the picture above should have made headlines, it was the England banner.
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The South Africa's ICC events horror show was back again. One would have thought looking at the margin of defeat, twenty-two runs, that one would have to rewind back to the 1992 World Cup when South Africa needed exactly that many runs off the...
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Team India have made a few changes to their final playing eleven in the must win Group A match against Australia even as Mahendra Singh Dhoni lost the toss to Ricky Ponting.
The Indian captain looked and sounded quite disappointed to lose the...
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South Africa's traditional strength is their bowling. And when that fails to click, South Africa are on the brink of elimination much to the horror of their fans as well as cricket experts who marked them favourites. Matt Prior's words seemed...
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Group B is turning quickly into a group of upsets in the ICC Champions Trophy. New Zealand pulled off a dramatic victory over Sri Lanka, and really repeated the dose to Sri Lanka what they did to South Africa but at Centurion.
Kyle Mills was the..
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