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Ahmedabad, December 28: Having failed to defend their home turf in the Tests against England and only managing to draw the T20 series, India are now on the brink of losing again, this time against Pakistan in the shortest version. The knives are out and MS Dhoni's men are under pressure heading into the second T20 International here on Friday. Can they pull things back or will the rub of the green

New Delhi, December 28: Batting great Sunil Gavaskar reckons that Mahendra Singh Dhoni should "take a break" from Indian cricket captaincy and Virat Kohli will be an ideal replacement as he can bring in the "necessary flair like Tiger Pataudi." "It's still early days as far as 2015 World Cup is concerned but I believe that a break in captaincy will do wonders for Dhoni. I am not saying that it has

Ahmedabad, December 27: India will have to quickly plug their batting shortcomings and pick the right team composition when they go into the second and last Twenty20 cricket international against arch rivals Pakistan in Ahmedabad on Friday, hoping to level the two match series 1-1. India suffered a five-wicket drubbing in the series opener in Bangalore after a middle-order collapse, which saw the

Bangalore, December 27: Cricket may be mostly about skills at the highest level, but it doesn't harm international athletes to have an ace up their sleeve in the form of a genetic gift. While batsmen blessed with perfect footwork and timing, bowlers able to generate frightening pace and fielders possessing quick lightning reflexes are a dime a dozen now, Pakistan pacer Mohammad Irfan stands out --

Melbourne, December 27: Michael Clarke became Australia’s highest-ever run scorer in a calendar year Thursday while sharing an unbeaten 121-run partnership with Shane Watson to help Australia take an 82-run lead over Sri Lanka on the second day of the second test. Clarke was 56 not out at lunch, taking his run total to 1,545 for 2012 and eclipsing recently retired Ricky Ponting’s record of 1,544

Bangalore, December 26: India pacer bowler Ishant Sharma and Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal have been fined for their on-field behaviour during the first Twenty20 international here Tuesday. Ishant was fine 15 percent of his match fee and Kamran five percent. The two cricketers were found guilty of Level 1 breaches of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Code of Code following an

Bangalore, December 26: Playing down the face-off between Indian pacer Ishant Sharma and Pakistan batsman Kamran Akmal in the first Twenty20 International here, captains of both the sides said it was a minor argument which ended with an exchange of smiles between the two. A heated argument erupted between the two and umpires had to step in to separate them and continue with the thrilling game

New Delhi, December 26: Irfan Pathan can safely call himself an allrounder these days. This is in sharp contrast to the times when he refused to take the tag and insisted that he should be seen primarily as a left-arm seamer. All that has changed now. Ask the man and he will tell you that it was Sachin Tendulkar who instilled the belief in him to take on good bowling attacks, never mind the new

Bangalore, December 26: A 47-year-old cricket fan died late Tuesday following a heart attack while watching the first India-Pakistan T20 match at the Chinnaswamy stadium here, a senior police official said. "Kamal Jain, who was watching the match from stands, felt uneasy during the 18th over when Pakistan was batting. Though he was rushed to the nearby Mallya hospital by ambulance, he died after

New Delhi, December 25: Chasing 134-run target, Pakistan lost skipper Mohammad Hafeez (61) after he lead the visitors' fightback with Shoaib Malik against India in the first T20 match at the M Chinnaswamy stadium. After losing three wickets early in their chase, Hafeez and Malik rescued Pakistan with an impressive 106-run fourth wicket partnership before pacer Ishant Sharma got better of Pakistan