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Dhaka, Mar 17: Sri Lankan batting stalwart Mahela Jayawardene will retire from Twenty20 Internationals after the conclusion of the ongoing T20 World Cup in Bangladesh. International Cricket Council announced the news of Jayawardene's decision on Twitter. "SL legend @MahelaJay to join @KumarSanga2 in T20I retirement after the #wt20 2014," a tweet from the ICC said. The decision came a day after

Melbourne, Mar 17: Nico Rosberg said Mercedes would have to work hard to improve the reliability of their new F1 car despite his emphatic win in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. While Rosberg was dominant in his fully functioning W05, his pole-sitting team-mate Lewis Hamilton lasted only four laps before a misfiring cylinder ended his race. World champion Sebastian Vettel was also an

Mirpur, Mar 17: Bangladesh spinners led by Shakib Al Hasan guided their side to a thumping nine-wicket win against Afghanistan in their Qualifying Group A match of the ICC World T20 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, here today. The hosts made an impressive start to their campaign as they first skittled Afghanistan for a paltry 72 in 17.1 overs after electing to field and then returned to

Kolkata, Mar 16: Karnataka completed a historic treble at domestic level by emerging champions in the Vijay Hazare Trophy with a four-wicket win over Railways in yet another low-scoring affair at Eden Gardens here today. Chasing 158, the Ranji and Irani Trophy champions had a jittery start after they lost five wickets in 26 runs to be 47/5 in the 12th over but sensible batting by youngsters Karun

Mar 16: Bangladesh have a lot of pressure to deal as hosts of the tournament and have to deliver the results. Abhijit Banare analyses strength and weaknesses of the Bangladesh squad for ICC World T20 2014. When expectations exceed more than the skills to match it, there’s only one result in the offing — crash of hope. India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have all gone through this phase in the past and

Karachi, Mar 15: Former Pakistan skipper Rameez Raja feels India will be under greater pressure when they take on Pakistan in their Twenty20 World Cup league match in Dhaka on March 21, as they would be keen to avenge their Asia Cup defeat. "Many pundits believe that the way India lost the Asia Cup match in the final over it has left a scar on them just like Javed Miandad's last ball six in

Mumbai, Mar 15: Former skipper Rahul Dravid has said that the batting legend Sachin Tendulkar was the first Indian to dominate the fast bowlers and had set a benchmark for the youngsters to take on the quickies. "I think Sachin was the first great dominating batsman against fast bowling. We had a generation earlier of Sunil Gavaskar, G R Viswanath, whom we grew up idolising, and Sachin did as well

Kolkata, Mar 15: Robin Uthappa slammed a 135-ball 133 to set up Karnataka's 21-run win over a spirited Jharkhand as the Ranji and Irani Trophy champions stormed into the Vijay Hazare Trophy final at the JU second campus ground in Salt Lake here today. Ishank Jaggi kept Jharkhand in the hunt with a more belligerent ton hitting 144 from 121 balls in an 87-run partnership with skipper Saurabh Tiwary

Lahore, Mar 14: Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi said on Thursday that he was hopeful of a quick recovery from injury in time for the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh next week after his exploits at the Asia Cup. The 34-year-old hurt his groin during the recent one-day tournament, which concluded last week and was also held in Bangladesh. As a result he will not fly out with the team early Friday

New Delhi, Mar 14: Mahendra Singh Dhoni is unarguably one of India's finest finisher in the shortest format but there is one little piece of statistic which the 'Captain Cool' wouldn't certainly be amused of and would like to change it during the course of the fifth ICC World T20. Believe it or not, the captain is yet to score his maiden half-century in T20 Internationals having donned the blue