Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) West Indies captain Darren Sammy believes it will be difficult to replace the likes of Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard who are not going to be part of the side in the Twenty 20 World Cup cricket tournament. Spinner Narine has been reported for a suspected bowling action and has not […]
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ICC trying to ensure co-existence of all three formats: Richardson
The growing popularity of Twenty20 cricket has thrown the future of Test cricket in doubt, but International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Dave Richardson said on Monday that the game’s world governing body is trying to ensure that all three formats co-exist. The mushrooming of a plethora of Twenty20 leagues around the world, especially the […]
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WT20 2016 Preview First Round – Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of the newest team in the cricket world who has earned T20I status in late 2013. Yet before that T20I status, they had earned ODI status. Before 2014 World T20 and 2016 Asia Cup T20, Hong Kong featured in 2004 and 2008 Asia Cup (ODI format). Since they began playing in […]
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India go into World T20 as number one ranked side
Dubai, March 7 (IANS) India will go into the World Twenty 20 as the number one ranked side in the cricket world after clinching the Asia Cup T20 title. Their number one ranking was sealed late Sunday evening after Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side beat Bangladesh in the final in Mirpur, hours after Australia had chased […]
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WT20 2016 First Round Preview – Zimbabwe
From 1990 to early 2000, Zimbabwe was known as “Giant Killer” in international cricket but after that, their performances have been disappointing and now they are struggling even against weaker teams. But after the arrival of Dav Whatmore as the head coach of the national team, Zimbabwe is looking much positive in the international cricket. […]
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T20 World cup: Iconic Eden Gardens brings in hi-tech to tackle rain threat
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Come April 3, an expected full house of 65,000 would scream their lungs out in the World Twenty 20 final at a greener and prettier Eden Gardens, with a revamped drainage system which promises to rid the iconic cricket venue of its perennial water-logging problem. Every cricketer who has played at […]
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Asia Cup T20 2016 Final: Records that can be broken!
2016 Asia Cup final will be played between host nation Bangladesh and India on Sunday night at Mirpur, Dhaka. India is looking to achieve their 6th Asia Cup title while Bangladesh is looking for their maiden Asia Cup title as well as the first major trophy in international cricket. There are many records can be […]
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Soumya Sarkar received an autographed-T-shirt from his idol Yuvraj
Bangladesh opener Soumya Sarkar is a big admirer of Indian southpaw Yuvraj Singh. On Saturday morning, Soumya made a request to senior teammate Shakib Al Hasan for “an autographed T-Shirt” from his idol. The request was conveyed to Yuvraj Singh when he was leaving the breakfast area at the Le Meridien, unusually called Latest Recipes. […]
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Bizarre allegation by Bangladeshi fan against Virat kohli
Bangladesh fans always come up with allegations against their subcontinental neighbour India. On the day of Asia Cup final between India and Bangladesh at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium Dhaka, Mirpur, a Bangladeshi fan made an allegation against Indian batting sensation Virat Kohli that the latter use rubber in ‘inside part’ of his bat that helps him to […]
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Violators focusing on spot-fixing, not match-fixing: ICC
Mumbai, March 6 (IANS) International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti-Corruption Unit chief Ronnie Flanagan on Sunday said that the violators in the game are currently focusing on spot-fixing rather than fixing an entire match. “The corrupters try to look for not just bowlers but also batsmen. ICC have made a booklet which players can keep in […]