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Chittagong, Apr 1: Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath produced a dream spell of five wickets for just three runs as Sri Lanka recorded a crushing 59-run victory over New Zealand in a dramatic Super 10 match to qualify for the semifinals of the World Twenty20 here. Herath turned the virtual knock-out match on its head by grabbing five wickets for just three runs in a sensational spell while also being

Apr 1: What was just a rumour till a week back is now almost official: Mahendra Singh Dhoni is extremely upset that his name has been badly sullied by irresponsible rumours about his so-called involvement in the Indian Premier League (IPL) fixing scandal. A week back an upset Dhoni had phoned N Srinivasan, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President, about his desire to step down from

Mirpur, Mar 31: India thrashed Australia with a 73 runs win in their World Twenty20 clash in Dhaka on Sunday, as they topped the group two of the Super-10s with four successive wins. India scored 159-7 as they were sent in to bat first by Australia captain George Bailey and Australia were bowled out for a trifling 86 in 16.2 overs as Ravichandran Ashwin grabbed 4-11 helping India to a 73 run win

Sepang/Malaysia, Mar 30: Briton's Lewis Hamilton won the Malaysian Grand Prix with a pole-to-flag victory ahead of Nico Rosberg on Sunday in a first Mercedes one-two since they returned to Formula One as a works team in 2010. The 2008 Formula One world champion easily pulled away from his rivals on a dry track with a three-stop strategy to win the race by 17.3 seconds, his 23rd career victory and

Mar 30: Australia need a miracle to qualify for the semi-finals of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 in Bangladesh and the early exit that is likely is further indication the Australian batsmen are still incompetent in handling the spinning ball. In the past 12 months, Australia have been humiliated in the Test series in India, lost a close fought One-Day International (ODI) on the best batting wickets

Dhaka, Mar 29: India qualified for the semi-finals of the ICC World T20 2014 with an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh at Dhaka on March 28. Half-centuries from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli breezed India to the victory in 18.3 overs. MS Dhoni smashed the winning runs with a trademark six down the ground. India were chasing a 139-run target in the Group 2 Super 10 match in the T20 World Cup. MS

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