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Mumbai, November 22: To earn the trust of your captain is perhaps the second-most important task for any spinner, other than his bowling. A good bowler who has his captain's backing is doubly potent, as Pragyan Ojha is now discovering. The left-arm spinner, who rose nine places in the ICC bowling charts post the Ahmedabad Test to make it to the top-five, is becoming captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's

Mumbai, November 21: Yuvraj Singh's fairytale comeback into the Indian team after fighting a rare germ cell cancer has been a matter of great discussion in the cricket fraternity across the world. Those who have played the game over the years and those who have watched him play have been generous in singing their praise. However, the same people are equally convinced that Yuvraj, despite being the

Mumbai, November 21: The BCCI's Working Committee will meet here tomorrow to discuss the course of action on former captain Mohammad Azharuddin after the ban imposed on him by the Board was lifted by the Andhra Pradesh High Court earlier this month. "The Working Committee will discuss what action will be taken on Azharuddin after the High Court lifted the ban imposed on him by the Board," a BCCI

Mumbai, November 21: Pace bowlers were meant to be mere side casts to offer relief to the aching fingers of R Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha. But after the first Test, Zaheer Khan and Umesh Yadav have proved unequivocally that they are here not to fill the numbers. Yes, the spinners have bowled more overs – 137.2 to pace bowlers’ 72.3 – at Ahmedabad and the tweakers have taken 13 wickets whereas Zaheer

Mumbai, November 21: Yuvraj Singh’s flamboyance in cricket and his fight against cancer came into focus at a book launch on the all-rounder. Dilip Vengsarkar and Kapil Dev, both achievers with their own identity in the game, were invited to offer insights on the left-hander. The occasion was the launch of ‘Yuvi’ penned by Makarand Waingankar and published by Harper Sport. Vengsarkar described him

New Delhi, November 20: Former Pakistan captain Rameez Raja feels India can go on to "brownwash" England in the ongoing Test series if they win the second match of the series starting November 23 in Mumbai. India have taken a 1-0 lead in the series after winning the opening Test in Ahmedabad by nine wickets on Monday. Rameez felt the wicket will turn even more in Mumbai and this would work to the

India's tennis sensation Sania Mirza declines a cameo role in a Bollywood movie recently. She tells us that she was very recently approached for a cameo in a Bollywood film, which she promptly refused. She says, "I've been offered movies for a while but it is not my cup of tea. A dear friend of mine from Bollywood asked me recently but I had to say no. It was a cameo. I love Bollywood as a viewer

Karachi November 20: PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf is confident that the death of India's firebrand leader Bal Thackeray will not affect their national team's upcoming tour to India even though the late leader's party has strongly opposed the revival of bilateral cricket ties. "I sent a get well message to Bal Thackeray despite his party's stance on Indo-Pak cricket relations because I wanted him to

Ahmedabad, November 20: Cheteshwar Pujara, who brought all his technique and temperament into play in the first Test, duly ended up with the Man of the Match award for his unbeaten scores of 206 and 41. A beaming Pujara said: "The ball was coming nicely on to the bat. There was turn, but it was slow. As a team we knew we had to put up 500-plus and I had to hang around to play my role. In the

Ahmedabad, November 19: One of the very few batsmen to emerge with his head held high in the big defeat to India in the first Test, England skipper Alastair Cook today said it was time for all the team members to chip in. Cook made a defiant 176 in the second innings but could not avert a nine-wicket defeat here. "If we have to win this series, we need everyone to contribute. There's absolutely no