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Mumbai, Mar 28: West Indies (179/4 in 19.4 overs) defeated Australia (178/8 in 20 overs) by 4 wicketsWest Indies cruised to a six-wicket win against Australia in their league match at the Shere Bangla Stadium in Mirpur on Friday. Captain Darren Sammy sealed it with two sixes of the 3rd and 4th ball of the final over to take Windies home in style.Chris Gayle cracked 53 off just 35 balls

New Delhi, Mar 28: The Supreme Court installed former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar as the interim head of India's troubled cricket board on Friday in place of the scandal-tainted incumbent N Srinivasan. Gavaskar would be made "interim working president" of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the court said, adding that the appointment would place him in overall charge of the upcoming

New Delhi/Mumbai, Mar 28: India cricket captain MS Dhoni gave a false statement to protect Gurunath Meiyappan in the IPL fixing scandal, the Supreme Court was told Thursday. If true, the charge can even lead to a life ban for breach of the BCCI’s anti-corruption code. Appearing before the justice Mudgal committee that the scandal, Dhoni, who captains Chennai Super Kings in IPL, said Meiyappan, the

New Delhi, Mar 27: The Supreme Court on Thursday proposed Sunil Gavaskar’s name as replacement for BCCI president N. Srinivasan, and the batting legend said he would be “honoured” and “happy” to adhere to the directives of the highest court of the land. “First and foremost, if the highest court suggests something, you have to do so but that has to be on record. I am currently contracted with BCCI

New Delhi, Mar 27: In a big setback BCCI President N Srinivasan, the Supreme Court today proposed his replacement by Sunil Gavaskar and suspension of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) along with Rajasthan Royals (RR) from IPL 7 till the pendency of case of betting and spot fixing scandal before it. The court said it is intending to bar CSK, owned by India Cements, which is promoted by Srinivasan, and RR

Mar 27: There has been a lot of hue and cry about whether Mahendra Singh Dhoni should persist with out of form batsman Yuvraj Singh in the playing XI for the ICC World Twenty20 match against Bangladesh at Sher-e-Bangla on Friday. However, going by Team India's nets on Wednesday, the Punjab southpaw could possibly get another chance. Yuvraj has not looked in good touch of late and has been

Mirpur, Mar 26: He is as possessive about his invention as much he is about his children but Bronte EcKermann would not mind giving Mahendra Singh Dhoni a souvenir LED stump if India lift the World Twenty20 trophy. "Well, this is a very costly system. The entire set-up during a match costs USD 40,000 (Rs 25 Lakh approx), so I don`t allow the players to uproot it during any celebrations. But I know

Mirpur, Mar 26: Defending champions West Indies kept their hopes alive of a semi-final berth with a resounding 73-run thrashing of hosts Bangladesh in a Group 2 Super 10 match of the ICC World Twenty20 here today. Chasing a target of 172, Bangladesh's inept batting performance once again brought about their downfall as they bundled out out for a paltry 98 in 19.1 overs. The margin of victory also

New Delhi, Mar 26: Expressing shock over the revelations in the report submitted by the justice Mukul Mudgal committee in a “sealed envelope”, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked BCCI president N Srinivasan to step down to ensure a fair investigation into the IPL corruption saga. A bench of justices AN Patnaik and FM Ibrahim Kalifulla fumed at senior counsel Ariama Sundaram, who also counts Subrata

DHAKA: As he took off his helmet, tucked his bat under his arm and trudged back to the pavilion after a 19-ball struggle in the World Twenty20 on Sunday, Yuvraj Singh looked a shadow of the talismanic all-rounder who delivered two World Cups for India. The dashing southpaw hitting England fast bowler Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over remains the defining moment of India’s victory in the