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Dubai, Nov 5: Sachin Tendulkar's awe-inspiring career, which lasted more than two decades, would have been incomplete had he not been a part of the 2011 World Cup winning Indian cricket team, feels Pakistani pace legend Wasim Akram. In a column for the ICC on the eve of 100 days to go for the World Cup, Akram, who played in four ICC Cricket World Cups against Tendulkar, wrote, "Personally, I think

Chennai, Nov 5: Coming back after an injury layoff, Atletico de Kolkata skipper Luis Garcia and the tournament's leading scorer Elano Blumer, of Chennaiyin FC, scored a goal each as the two sides shared points in a top-of-the-table clash in the Indian Super League in Chennai on Tuesday. Garcia found the target in the 35th minute when he successfully converted from the spot, while Elano struck as

New Delhi, Nov 4: Former India coach Greg Chappell hit back at Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday stating that the claims made by the latter in his autobiography is untrue. Tendulkar had accused Greg Chappell of being a "ringmaster" who imposed his ideas on players. Greg Chappell on Tuesday said that he never wanted to replace Dravid with Tendulkar as Indian captain. He claims that Sachin's claims are

New Delhi, Nov 3: Dropping a bombshell, Sachin Tendulkar has disclosed that the then India coach Greg Chappell had made a "shocking" suggestion to him to take over India's captaincy from Rahul Dravid months before the 2007 World Cup in West Indies. "Together, we could control Indian cricket for years", the Australian told Tendulkar during a visit to his home when he offered to "help me in taking

Cuttack, Nov 3: Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan smashed comfortable centuries in a huge 231-run opening stand as India spanked Sri Lanka by 169 runs in the first One-dayer to take a 1-0 lead in the 5 match series, yesterday. Put into bat, Rahane struck 111 from 108 balls en route to his second ODI century while Dhawan returned to form with a 107-ball 113, as India posted an imposing 363 for five

New Delhi, Nov 2: He might be revered as the 'God of Cricket' but there was a phase in Sachin Tendulkar's awe-inspiring career when the batting maestro felt so "scarred" and "devastated" by the Indian team's ineptitude under his captaincy that he wanted to completely move away from the sport. The 41-year-old former batsman, who claimed almost every record that is there to be taken in international

Dubai, Nov 2: Currently placed at number three behind South Africa and Australia, India have an opportunity to jump to the top in the ICC ODI team rankings if they win the upcoming five-match one-day series against Sri Lanka 4-1 or better. A 4-1 series win will put India at par with South Africa on 115 ratings points, but when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point, then they will be

Bridgetown, Nov 1: Left fuming by the West Indian cricketers' mid-series pullout due to a pay dispute with their cricketing body, the Board for Cricket Control in India (BCCI) has demanded a damages claim of Rs 250 crore ($42 million) on the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). West Indies cricket plunged into an unprecedented crisis following the decision of the team to not go ahead with the tour of

Bengaluru, Nov 1: Former Australia wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist today said he did not agree with his countryman Ian Chappell’s demand for Mahendra Singh Dhoni relinquishing Test captaincy and hand over the reins to Virat Kohli. “I have said it number of times before that I am very impressed with Dhoni right from the moment he arrived into the scene. He is an amazing captain and has won India T20

Mumbai, Oct 31: Despite being out of action for more than two months due to multiple injuries, Rohit Sharma showed no signs of struggle as he hammered the visiting Sri Lankan bowlers en route to 142 off 111 balls. India A coach, Sanjay Bangar said the 27-year-old looked completely at ease while batting and did not show any discomfort while fielding, which is a good sign for the Indian team. "Rohit