NAGPUR: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Saturday slapped with a two ODI ban for slow over-rate during the second One-dayer against Sri Lanka in Nagpur, dealing a huge blow to the home team’s prospects in the ongoing five-match series.
International Cricket Council’s match referee Jeff Crowe imposed an immediate two match suspension on Dhoni [...]
Having won the ODI series against South Africa, India’s selectors have decided to rest key players and do a little experimentation on the side for the final ODI in Ahmedabad on Saturday.Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Praveen Kumar are all getting rested, which means India are without seven of their first-choice team (if you include injuries to Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Si...
At 30 off 29 balls, Yuvraj Singh swung and missed off Malinga. The familiar feeling of an impending implosion began taking possession of my being. Two more dot balls followed and I closed my eyes hoping that madness would not consume Yuvraj. Over the next two balls, Yuvraj took 3 calm runs. I breathed a sigh of relief. India were going to be champions. There would be no heartbreak. India knocked o...
Team India is at the crossroads again. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his boys crossed it the last time, bouncing back after losing their first game in the Super Eights to win the Twenty20 World Cup. Now, it remains to be seen whether they can repeat the feat.
On Friday, at the ICC World Twenty20, they came [...]
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