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Colombo, July 19: Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni reckons the upcoming limited-overs series against Sri Lanka will provide his side an opportunity to see where it stands at the moment and identify the areas that need improvement. "It's the start of the season for us," Dhoni said on Wednesday, soon after the Indian team reached Sri Lanka to play in five ODIs and a lone Twenty20 game.

Mumbai, July 19: After picking the team for the ODI tour of Sri Lanka on July 4, chief selector Krish Srikkanth had commented how he would love to have the option of picking Yuvraj Singh for the World T20 in Sri Lanka. The southpaw, who staged a brave recovery from germ-cell tumour, has made the first cut. The Srikkanth-led committee picked the 30-year-old in a 30-man preliminary squad for the

Karachi, July 18: Pakistan cricket chiefs on Wednesday dismissed reports they had sought a share of revenues from their planned tour of India later this year -- the arch-rivals' first series in five years. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman Nadeem Sarwar said the first priority was to revive cricket with India and money had not been a consideration. India announced on Monday they will host

Karachi, July 18: Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan today welcomed the decision to revive the bilateral cricket ties with India, saying the on-field contest between the two nations was good for the sport. "I welcome India's decision to revive cricket with Pakistan. Anything which can bring both the countries to negotiations and normalcy is very good and we must appreciate that," Khan told

Chennai, July 17: Brushing aside voices of criticism over playing against Pakistan, Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today said the series will have to be played and there is no room for sentiments. "We are professional cricketers. The series will have to be played and we have to get ready for it. Sentiment does not play any part since we are taught to be professionals on field," he

New Delhi, July 18: Double trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi put the new, hungry breed of Indian shooters in perspective at the Asian Games in Guangzhou two years ago. "We are winning medals because the concept of victory has changed. We are now focusing on the medal right from training. Earlier, we used to think of qualifying for the finals." The 32-year-old from Ferozepur, who took to shooting as a

New Delhi, July 17: India's transformation from a laggard to a nation waking up to its sporting potential would be put to test when the biggest-ever contingent of 81 athletes sets out to prove that the three Olympic medals in Beijing were no fluke in the London edition of the biggest sporting show on earth. From just making up the numbers and fetching an odd medal every four years, India have come

One of cricket's greatest rivalries is all set to resume as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has invited Pakistan to travel to India for a One Day International and T-20 series in December. The invitation by the cricketing body assumes significance because the bilateral ties between the neighbours have been in cold storage since the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai in November 2008. The 26

New Delhi, July 16: Bilateral cricketing relations between India and Pakistan will resume in December with CNN-IBN learning that the BCCI has confirmed a three-ODI series at home. The short visit will be Pakistan’s first to India since 2007 and has been created during the short span of time that the England cricket team goes home for Christmas after the Test series and before it returns for the

New Delhi, July 16: Their on-field face-offs were among the most exhilarating sights in international cricket and as Australian speedster Brett Lee drew curtains on his injury-ravaged career, senior Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar paid tribute to him saying that it was a "joy" to pad up against the pacer. "BrettLee_58 Its been a joy to play against u Binga. Congratulations for a successful career