Sure it feels humiliating to be told that his presence has damaged Pakistan cricket at every level but Shoaib Akhtar is not one to get bogged down by such allegation.”There is a conspiracy against me.I am what I am because of this country but I am not going to take all this lying down!he said.
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni has an eerie sense of calm around him.He has an innate sense of wisdom that seems to come from no discernible source.Nothing in his background explanis his ease with success and equanimity with failure.He continues to do what young men tend to, viz experiment with their looks, drive fast bikes and meet […]
The second round of IPL auctions are over and a clear picture is emerging about the strengths and weaknesses of the squads.Like after the first round, TOI sizes up the options for the skippers.
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Far and away a dream Twenty20 line-up when it comes to batting firepower.Spolit for choice when it comes to openers. with Gilchrist, […]
The low-on-experience but high-on-enthusiasm skipper who won the T20 championship has given way to a secure, sedate and mature captain.That deliberate cool is still there.So are gossip and critics.His change of hairdo makes news even now.But MS Dhoni has changed.The stud cricketer who earned a name for his big shots on the pitch and his […]
Team India went to Caribbean carrying a billion hopes to the World Cup less than a year back.The disappoints and the subsequent repercussions rocked the entire nations as the team failed to clear the first round.Now it is the turn of the Indian Colts, who have marched nonchalantly into the finals of the Under 19 […]
Despite the controversy over Matthew Hayden’s comments on Harbhajan Singh brewing overnight, the Indian team looked calm and composed as they took the flight out of Hobart for Sydney last morning.Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni offered a smile and no comments when asked his take on Hayden’s contemptible statement of calling the Indian spinner an “Obnoxious […]
The poise and aplomb, conspicuous by its absence in the last seven games, finally accompanied him to the crease.In the face of growing criticism over his lacklustre performance with the bat, Sachin Tendulkar could not have timed his riposte better at the Bellerive Oval on Tuesday.
His 88th half-century ensured India a comprehensive victory over Sri […]
Australia has successfully defended totals of less than 200 and thereabouts in this series without much ado.Once they put up 317 on the board, courtesy Picky Ponting’s 26th limited overs hundred the task was never going to be easy for India chasing that many under lights.The young batsman in Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team however did […]
The math is simple for Team India.They have to win at least two games out of the three left in the round robin league to proceed in the best-of-three finals.Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team will play Sri Lanka twice,at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday and then in Hobart on February 27.The team is confident of doing […]
