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Birmingham, Jun 2: Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik smashed a century each as India warmed up their Champions Trophy campaign with a five-wicket thumping of Sri Lanka in their first practice game here today. Kohli (144) teamed up with Dinesh Karthik (106 not out) to rescue India from a wobbly start with a 186-run stand for the fifth wicket in just 23.2 overs to chase down a huge target of 334 with

New Delhi, Jun 1: Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly on Friday criticized MS Dhoni's silence on the spot-fixing issue, saying Dhoni should at least have come out with a one-line statement outlining his stance to reassure the fans. "Dhoni is in the toughest position at the moment. But he should have made a one-line statement. He could have said, 'Listen, we have got a Champions Trophy to play and

New Delhi, Jun 1: An emergency meeting of the BCCI will be held in Chennai tomorrow in which beleaguered President Srinivasan may announce his resignation from the post after he has been virtually isolated by his team in the Board. As pressure mounted on him to quit in the wake of the IPL spot-fixing scandal and the arrest of his son-in-law on betting charges, the BCCI has advanced the Working

New Delhi, Jun 1: A day after two of its senior functionaries called it quits, the crisis-hit BCCI's vice-president Arun Jaitley said the next 24 hours could bring about a "significant" development in the unfolding drama. The under-fire N Srinivasan's adamant stand of sticking on to the post of BCCI president despite the damaging IPL spot-fixing scam Friday night prompted board treasurer Ajay

New Delhi, Jun 1: Two top BCCI officials, secretary Sanjay Jagdale and treasurer Ajay Shirke, on Friday quit from their respective posts in a bid to put pressure on beleaguered cricket board president N Srinivasan in the wake of the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal. Jagdale said he resigned from his post as he was deeply hurt by the current crisis that has hit Indian cricket. " Yes, that's true

New Delhi, May 31: Breaking his silence on the raging spot-fixing scandal, Sachin Tendulkar today said that the developments of the last two weeks were "shocking and disappointing" and the faith reposed by the millions of fans in the game should be justified. Tendulkar said the authorities must take sincere steps to get to the root of the issue and ensure that credibility of the game is restored

Dubai, May 31: Concerned about Test matches being "postponed" to accommodate other formats, the ICC Cricket Committee has recommended that a team's failure to play a minimum number of five-day games over a four-year period should lead to the withdrawal of its Test status. Chaired for the first time by former India captain Anil Kumble, who has taken over from former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd

Birmingham, May 30: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today refused to break the BCCI gag on him in answering questions on the spot-fixing scandal that has hit IPL except to say that some players are "slightly mentally weak" compared to others. Addressing a press conference here ahead of the Champions Trophy, he made it clear that he would not answer questions relating to the recent

New Delhi, May 30: Indian skipper MS Dhoni asserted on Thursday that he will not talk about the IPL spot-fixing scandal in media. At a press conference in Birmingham ahead of the Champions Trophy, Dhoni, who leads Chennai Super Kings, was bombarded with a volley of uncomfortable questions on IPL spot-fixing. "Right now we are concentrating on Champions Trophy as this is a very important tournament

New Delhi, May 30: Delhi Police today claimed to have recovered Rs 5.5 lakh, which was part of the Rs ten lakh allegedly paid to cricketer Sreesanth for spot-fixing in an IPL match, from Mumbai. The recovery was made in Mumbai at the instance of Abhishek Shukla, who was arrested for allegedly removing money and articles of Sreesanth soon after the cricketer's arrest in May 16. Police sources said