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New Delhi, November 11: Any Pakistani cricket lover who wants to visit India to watch the upcoming limited over Indo-Pak cricket matches will have to have an Indian sponsor to get a visa as 12 Pakistani spectators had gone missing after the 2007 bilateral series. The Home Ministry has made it mandatory for each Pakistani cricket fan intending to witness the forthcoming cricket series beginning

Mumbai, November 11: Five Indian players, including Olympic Games bronze medalist Saina Nehwal, were announced on Saturday as the icon players of five of the six city-based franchise outfits in the USD 1 million prize money Indian Badminton League (IBL) to be held next year. Apart from Saina, whose base price has been fixed at USD 50,000, London Games men’s singles quarterfinalist Parupalli

Leaving behind the bitter-sweet vibes he shared with Sourav Ganguly in the past, Bollywood hero Shah Rukh Khan on Saturday rated the former India captain among the country's "greatest" cricketers. Speaking to mediapersons here, Shah Rukh called Ganguly the "coolest cricketer ever produced" and a "hero for me". "Beyond IPL and beyond the bits and pieces, Sourav Ganguly is without any argument among

After retiring from international cricket, former India captain Rahul Dravid might not have to deal with critics anymore, but he is continuing to face criticism from unexpected quarter -- his two sons. The batting legend says his two sons ask him during their regular backyard sessions to bat less like himself and more like Chris Gayle, the 'Gaylestorm', referring to the West Indian's pyrotechnics

Australia's bowlers must make the most of second new ball if they want to get anything out of the rain-disrupted first test against South Africa after disappointing on the opening day, coach Mickey Arthur said on Saturday. The second day of the contest was washed out by the Brisbane rain but, if the wet weather relents on Sunday, Australia will still need to dislodge seven South African batsmen

Mumbai, November 10: The Indian squad, barring Harbhajan Singh, on Friday had its first day's training session at the Cricket Club of India here ahead of the Test series against England starting November 15. The squad had a two-hour training, overseen by chief coach Duncan Fletcher, bowling coach Joe Dawes and fielding coach Evan Speechly, at the Brabourne Stadium. The light training session

Mumbai, November 10: The big question surrounding Team India's bowling ahead of the first Test against England is Zaheer Khan's fitness. His ability or lack of it to last the distance will be crucial to India's chances. On Friday afternoon, when 14 of the 15-member squad arrived at Mumbai's Brabourne Stadium for a preparatory camp, Zaheer clearly didn't seem very sprightly. He walked on to the

Perhaps a mini-diplomatic row was averted with timely intervention from the England and Indian cricket boards on the second day of the England-Haryana warmup game on Friday. England's regular wicketkeeper Mat Prior was unwell and also vomited a little before the tea break. So during the tea break, England skipper Alastair Cook went to ask the umpires if 12th man Jonny Bairstow could keep wickets

Hyderabad/New Delhi, November 9: Former Indian cricket team skipper Mohammad Azharuddin had labelled himself Destiny's Child when he stormed into the limelight stroking three hundreds in his first three Tests against England in 1985. A god-fearing man and a devout Muslim, the wristy batsman repeated those words when he was made the skipper in 1990. Perhaps, it was destiny that the man who went on

Mumbai, November 9: As a kid, Mahendra Singh Dhoni had just one aim: to join the army. "That was my only ambition in life. I badly wanted to don the army fatigue," he says. Then, cricket happened. "I never thought this game would become my profession. I never ever thought that one day I would play for India, forget becoming captain. It just happened." There's another oft-mentioned aspect to Dhoni