The launch of the inaugural Champions Twenty20 League, to be held from September 29 to October 8, 2008, was formally and jointly announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) promoted DLF-Indian Premier League Twenty20, Cricket Australia’s Cricket KFC Big Bash Twenty20 and ...

The risk is looming on the fate of successful completion of Champion’s Trophy in Pakistan. Earlier some countries including of South Africa, England, Australia, and New Zealand had opposed Pakistan as venue for the championship in front of ICC. However, ICC did not give so much importance to ...

Ten Sports which is already telecasting India-Sri Lanka Test series in India and rest of Asia has sold its territorial rights of telecasting the same series in UK to Zee International. A statement released from Ten Sports says that the matches will command a potential audience in excess of half a ...

Pakistan is counting on India’s support for its successfully holding the Champion’s trophy. The news have come in midst of great desperation when ICC is going to discuss about the venue of Champion’s trophy. As has been reported earlier, ICC has been worried about the safety and ...

The Indian Premier League, which has always been related to sensational stories, is in the headlines again. This time, IPL has been rocked by scandal, in which one of the players has turned out to be positive in the doping test. The identity of the player has not been been revealed. The sample was ...

The Karachi-based magnificent Mohatta Palace reverberated with music and cheer during the convention of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) inaugural awards on Saturday, on July 5. It was an impressive event featuring video clippings, music, lights and above all the presence of legendary ...

Sri Lanka once again became the best in Asian cricket as the side led by Mahela Jayewardene managed to defend its Asia Cup title on Sunday. Sri Lanka beat India by 100 runs at the National stadium Karachi in Pakistan on Sunday, July 6, 2008. The victory can largely be attributed to Sri Lankan ...

India is all set to take on defending champions Sri Lanka in the finals of the Asia Cup cricket tournament on Sunday, July 06, 2008. With the bowlers in the Indian side not showcasing their best talents, the team led by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will largely rely on their in-form batsmen to do ...

The Indian side was in full form to exhibit its batting prowess in a crucial match on Thursday, July 3, against Sri Lanka. India clinched a six wicket victory against the Sri Lankans to enter the finals of the Asia Cup cricket tournament. It was a must win situation for the Indian side in order to ...

Pakistan defeated India on Wednesday in a crucial Super Four Match of the Asia Cup by eight wickets. With this win Pakistan stay afloat in the Asia Cup cricket tournament while the fate of the Indian side will be decided by the crucial India Sri Lanka tie on Thursday. If Indian team wins that ...

Sri Lanka on Monday, June 30, 2008 secured a place in the finals of the Asia Cup as they easily defeated Bangladesh by 158 runs. Brilliant centuries from Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara led the Sri Lankans to a smashing victory over Bangladesh. The Sri Lankan openers slammed impressive tons ...

Four wickets were taken by Ajantha Mendis, whereas Kumar Sangakkara scored a neat century as Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 64 runs in the Asia Cup tournament at the Karachi National Stadium on Sunday, June 29. Kumar Sangakkara made 112 from 110 balls to help Sri Lanka reach a total of ...

Bangladesh put together their best show on Saturday, June 28, but it turned out that even their best was not enough for toppling rival team India. The Bangladesh all rounder Alok Kapali scored an astounding century, but perhaps he will always think of it in future with a trace of sadness as it ...

India on Thursday, June 26, 2008 beat Pakistan by six wickets on their home turf in the Asia Cup. It was Virendra Sehwag’s superb inning of 119 runs that led India to the smashing win over Pakistan at Karachi’s National Stadium. Sehwag seemed absolutely unconquerable as he aggressively ...

India had an easy win against Hong Kong in the Asia Cup Group B match held at Karachi on Wednesday, June 25. It was Indian skipper MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina who led the team to a major 256-run victory over Hong Kong with their aggressive hundreds. The 27 years old Suresh Raina scored 101 off ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has conducted dope tests on 20 cricketers at its training camp in Karachi in order to prevent doping scandals from maligning the Asia Cup cricket tournament scheduled to begin from June 24 onwards. A PCB official informed that the tests were done as per the World ...

Any guesses as to who currently is the top earner among the Indian sportspersons? No, it is not the universal favorite Sachin Tendulkar. It is now MS Dhoni who has becomes the top choice for corporates, who are forever on the lookout for eligible celebrity endorsers. It is estimated by sources ...

It was way back in 1867 that Canada had declared cricket as its national game, but its popularity dwindled as baseball started gaining prominence. Now after about nearly 150 years, cricket got rehabilitated in Canada on Friday, June 20, 2008. Helena Guergis, Canadian sports minister (secretary of ...

According to the new ranking released by ICC, Indian opening batsman Gautam Gambhir has jumped identical seven places to break into the top-20 ICC ODI ranking for batsmen. Gambhir had scored 209 runs in the series and had become top scorer in the tournament. Now India has four batsmen in the top-20 ...

Pakistan lifted the Bangladesh tri-series title as it defeated India by 25 runs on Saturday night at the Sher-e-Bangla National stadium in Bangladesh. The Indians despite dominating the tournament from the very beginning and defeating Pakistan by a huge margin of 140 runs in their previous match ...

The Pakistan side won the toss and opted to bat against India in the final match of the Bangladesh tri series 2008. The final match of the ODI series is being played at the Sher-e-Bangla National stadium in Bangladesh. The final team for the Saturday match has slightly been altered by both India ...

Unbeaten century of opening batsman Gautam Gambhir came handy and helped beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in the last round robin match of tri-series. After this victory in last league match of the tri-series, India will clash with archrivals Pakistan on Saturday in final. 

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India led by Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is all set to play their last league game against the hosts in the Bangladesh tri-series on Thursday, June 12, 2008. After their massive 140 run victory over Pakistan on Tuesday, the Indian team is likely to have it against Bangladesh today. The match will ...

A book on life of Indian pace bowler S Sreesanth was released recently. K Viswanath, the editor of Mathrubhumi Sports Magazine, has authored the book. The official release of the book was attended by team mate Robin Uthappa and commentator Charu Sharma. Mathrubhumi's Director M V ...

The Vijay Mallya-owned United Breweries Group together with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have declared a joint plan to honor the winners of the 1983 cricket World Cup in order to mark the 25th anniversary of this cricketing milestone. For this, a special programme will be ...

Nadeem Akram, a senior member of the Pakistan Cricket Board, has flown down to Dubai to help Pakistani Pacer Mohd Asif who has been detained at the international airport allegedly for carrying contraband drugs. In Dubai, Akram will coordinate with the Pakistan embassy officials and try to solve the ...

The presence of the charismatic Salman Khan at Mumbai’s DY Patil Sports Stadium during the closing ceremony of the IPL final match between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings on Sunday, June 1, quite made up for the absence of the King of Bollywood, Shahrukh Khan from the scene. Infact, ...

Rajasthan Royals pipped Chennai Super Kings by three wickets in an exciting final to win the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday. It was indeed a great finish to the completely entertaining event which lasted 44 days.
Putting the Chennai Super Kings to bat after winning the toss, the ...

In a significant decision, BCCI has decided to select players for Israel & Australia tour on the basis of performance in IPL. An Indian team will tour Israel for three one-day matches from July 10-16 while another side will travel to Australia to participate in the Emerging Players tournament ...

The Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by nine wickets in Mumbai, on May 31, 2008 to reach the finals of the Indian Premier League 2008. Sunday's final will now be played between the Rajasthan Royals and the Chennai Super Kings.
 
Chennai won the match quite easily after they ...