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The last straw - Tendulkar goes, India go

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

At 254 for 6 on the last afternoon, India needed only 17 to win with Tendulkar still at the crease

Six and done - Javed saves the best for last

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:23:08 GMT

This is the moment that fans from India and Pakistan recall whenever the two teams meet in one-day cricket

When Imran turned demolition man

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Just ten months after they met in a historic series, India and Pakistan are ready for another battle which promises to be just as exciting and closely fought as the previous one was

A suitable beginning - Tendulkar takes Qadir on

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The official one-dayer had been abandoned because of bad light and a 20-over exhibition match organised instead

'I don't think anybody is a favourite' - Ganguly

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sourav Ganguly, named Indian captain only for the series against Pakistan, reflected on his years as captain, playing Pakistan and John Wright's future in an interview with Mumbai's Mid Day

The swing thing - Imran runs through

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Imran decimated the Indian top order in the second innings with a spell of 5 for 3 in 25 balls

Pakistan's envy, India's pride

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

If bygone generations of Indian fans were openlyenthralled by - and secretly coveted - an unendingline of Pakistani pacemen, so too will this generationof Pakistani fans come to appreciate and marvel at thecurrent generation of Indian batsmen

United Nations praise for India and Pakistan

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The United Nations has recognised the key role that cricket has played in improving relations between India and Pakistan

Shoaib hopes to be fit for ODIs

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shoaib Akhtar, who pulled out of the Test series against India due to a hamstring injury, is hoping to recover in time for the one-day internationals beginning on April 2 at Kochi

India v Pakistan, 6th ODI, Delhi

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

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Contrasting opening salvos

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

On the Ball

A memorable series with memorable performances

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Osman Samiuddin considers the player of the tournament: officially it should be Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan, he says, but is this really the case he wonders

Inzamam: 'The more you captain, the more you learn'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After Pakistan fought their way back from 2-0 down in the one-day series against India, a delighted Pakistan captain, Inzamam ul-Haq, addressed the media

Dravid: 'Our one-day performance has not been good'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After India let their 2-0 series advantage slip, Rahul Dravid and their coach John Wright addressed the media

Anything's possible in Delhi

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Roving Reporter

Timber falling

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Plays of the day

Pakistan seal series with emphatic win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A series which began so disappointingly for Pakistan ended in absolute delight as they thrashed India by 159 runs in the last one-day international, at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi, to take the series 4-2

A happy hunting ground for Tendulkar

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi has played host to 12 one-day internationals so far, ten of which have involved India

Naved's first spell will be crucial - Dravid

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After two weeks of hectic travel, both teams have landed in Delhi for the last match of the one-day series, a game that India must win to level the series

Gripping series reaches climax

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Just like in the Test series, Pakistan have managed to beat the odds and comeback into the series

Front-foot blaster

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A statistical analysis of Shahid Afridi's century

India v Pakistan, 5th ODI, Kanpur

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

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'They tried to get me out but I was fortunate'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After blasting the Indians all around the park, Shahid Afridi tried to play down his innings, attributing it to the Almighty's grace, his captain's backing, and good fortune

Blown away

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sachin Tendulkar, the only survivor from the October 1997 team, could probably remember what it had been like that evening at the Gaddadi Stadium in Lahore when Ijaz Ahmed - who would have been a natural as a woodcutter or axe-murderer - savaged

The mad world of television production

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The bundles of thick cables by Gate 7 at Green Park were a dead giveaway

Afridi's luck

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Plays of the day from the Kanpur one-day international

Beloff to adjudicate Ganguly appeal

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Honourable Michael Beloff QC, the chairman of the ICC's code of conduct commission, has been appointed adjudicator in Sourav Ganguly's appeal against the six-match ban imposed on him for slow over-rates

Pakistan ride on Afridi blitz

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A volcanic hundred from Shahid Afridi, the second fastest in one-dayers, made a fighting total look paltry as Pakistan eased to a six-wicket win to take a 3-2 lead in the six-match series

Where's the run-fest?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

What the numbers say about Green Park, Kanpur

All to play for

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

With the six-match series level at two games apiece, India and Pakistan take on each other in the fifth ODI of the series at Kanpur

Ganguly unlikely to play fifth Pakistan ODI

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sourav Ganguly is unlikely to play the crucial fifth one-dayer against Pakistan, despite being eligible to do so after the Indian board appealed against his six-match ban

Ganguly appeals against six-match ban

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sourav Ganguly has appealed against the six-match ban imposed on him by the ICC for India's slow over rate in the current one-day series against Pakistan

Harbhajan's action still under ICC scrutiny

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Contrary to reports that have appeared in sections of the Indian media, Harbhajan Singh's action, and especially his doosra, has not been given the all clear by the International Cricket Council

India to appeal Ganguly ban

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ranbir Singh Mahendra, the president of the Indian board, has said that an appeal is being planned against the six-match ban imposed on Sourav Ganguly after India failed to bowl their overs quickly enough in Tuesday's fourth ODI at Ahmedabad

More steel, less flash

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Verdict

India v Pakistan, 4th ODI, Ahmedabad

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

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Can't do nothing right

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Plays of the day

Cut to the chase

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Roving Reporter by Amit Varma

Pakistan level series after fantastic run-chase

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Pakistan overcame a mountain of a target in a fantastic run-chase and equalled the series 2-2 after a three-wicket win at Ahmedabad

India bat after delayed start

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

India won the toss and elected to bat first at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium after early morning dew had delayed the start by an hour, reducing the contest to 48 overs a side

'Can't say anything till the game begins' - Ganguly

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sourav Ganguly and Inzamam-ul-Haq speak to the press ahead of the Ahmedabad one-dayer

Series comes alive before Ahmedabad clash

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A series that seemed to be one-way traffic after two matches has suddenly, and most emphatically, come to life after Pakistan's outstanding display at Jamshedpur

A high-scoring trend

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Stats for the 4th ODI between India and Pakistan

Ganguly fined for over-rate

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sourav Ganguly has been fined his entire match fee for India's slow over-rate in the third one-dayer against Pakistan at Jamshedpur

India v Pakistan, 3rd ODI, Jamshedpur

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

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Butt cashes in

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

On The Ball for the 3rd ODI

Inzamam - 'The toss was important'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

For the first time in three matches Inzamam-ul-Haq came to the post-match press conference as the victorious captain

Dhoni - 'The boys are not shattered'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mahendra Dhoni speaks to the press after India's crushing loss to Pakistan in the third one-dayer at Jamshedpur

Police hospitality

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Rarely, through the bizarrely grueling itinerary this tour has charted, has cricket and all its pre-match rituals - the scouring of the ground, pre-match press conferences, press box arrangements, coming to the stadium in the morning - been as

The perfect one-day performance

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It was the perfect one-day performance by Pakistan

Sami and the spitting cobra

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Play of the Day

A steel city, a wicketkeeper and four litres of milk

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

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Butt and Naved script a crushing win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

When Inzamam-ul-Haq finally won the toss, a balance was restored

Pakistan will bounce back, says Dravid

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Two vice-captains, two in-form batsmen

Agarkar called in for injured Balaji

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ajit Agarkar has been called in to the side for the third one-day international against Pakistan as a replacement for the injured Laxmipathy Balaji

Expect a Pakistan counter-attack

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Dhoni frenzy has caught on in the Steel City, the Indians are on a roll, and scorching temperatures or not, the Keenan Stadium will be choc-a-block when the third one-day international gets underway at Jamshedpur tomorrow

Younis, Kaneria back for third ODI

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Pakistan has recalled Danish Kaneria for the third one-day international against India at Jamshedpur, in place of Arshad Khan

Inzamam reprimanded for equipment abuse

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Inzamam-ul-Haq has had his second run-in with the ICC match referee, Chris Broad, in the space of a fortnight, after receiving a reprimand for his reaction to being given out in the second one-day international against India at Visakhapatnam

'I need a bit of luck' - Ganguly

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sourav Ganguly is hoping luck will favour him as he attempts to get out of his run of poor form

Stone-throwing incident startles Pakistan camp

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Pakistan's tour of India, well-conducted so far, was blemished when an unidentified person threw a stone at the Pakistan team bus at the Ranchi airport

Front-foot king

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

What the numbers say about the second one-dayer at Visakhapatnam

'I knew that even 350 might not be enough' - Dhoni

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

At the post-match press conference Sourav Ganguly expressed satisfactionwith India's win, saying that a 2-0 lead in the series would really putthe pressure on Pakistan going into the third game at Jamshedpur

Inzamam's bat slipped, says Woolmer

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Bob Woolmer spoke after the game on where his team went wrong

A man possessed

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

When Mahendra Singh Dhoni left the field today after having lashed 148 inonly his fifth innings in international cricket, he had imprinted such anarray of astounding strokes on the memory of those watching that a dozenknowledgeable observers could

Inzy's slip

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

For most of the day the cricket ball is seen against the brown of thepitch or the green of the outfield, but when it is struck mightily by thebatsman it can be glimpsed against the blue of the sky

Dhoni shines in Indian win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

An explosive century by MS Dhoni helped India to 356 in the second ODI against Pakistan

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Napier

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

All the news from the first Test between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in Napier

A test of endurance

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The picturesque ACA-VCDA Stadium, located on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam, will host its first international game tomorrow when India defend their 1-0 lead against Pakistan before an estimated 26,000 spectators

Dravid backs beleagured Ganguly

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Rahul Dravid has backed a beleagured Sourav Ganguly who is currently attempting to fight his way into form

India v Pakistan, 1st ODI, Kochi

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

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Tireless Dravid

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

What the numbers indicated in the first one-dayer at Kochi

'The target of 282 was gettable' - Inzamam

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Inzamam-ul-Haq admitted that a target of 282 was achievable, but blamed the sudden batting collapse for Pakistan's tame defeat

Sehwag - 'It was very hot and humid in the morning'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Virender Sehwag's rollicking 108 provided the impetus for a healthy Indian total, while Sourav Ganguly had another match to forget with the bat

India's men in form deliver again

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In the end India's victory over Pakistan at Kochi was a surprisinglyresounding one, considering that they would have rated their chances at nomore than even at the interval after a somewhat sloppy batting performance

Midsummer madness

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Towards the end, he was reduced to walking singles, one of the fittest men in the side reduced to a heat-exhausted wreck by the capricious whims and fancies of a cricket board that cares only about two things - the bottom line and top dollar

Shoaib gives Pakistan something to think about

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shoaib Akhtar has given the Pakistan management something fresh to think about by making himself available for the remainder of the Indian tour

The right hand of Zak

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Plays of the day

India romp to comprehensive victory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag made fine centuries, while Sachin Tendulkar took another five-for at Kochi as India romped to an easy 87-run win in the first one-day international

A venue for part-time bowlers

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

What the stats say about Kochi, the venue for the first India-Pakistan one-day international

Ganguly's moment of reckoning

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ganguly's place in the one-day pantheon is secure, and beyond dispute

Pakistan start favourites

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It is not often in a series that one team starts favourites for the Tests and the other for the one-day internationals

'Its our duty to win this series,' says Wright

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After failing to win the Test series, India is all set to face Pakistan tomorrow in the first one-day international at Kochi

Indian government says Delhi ODI should go on

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Delhi District Cricket Association has found itself in a tricky situation over hosting the final India-Pakistan one-dayer after the Indian government said security concerns could be overcome and that the match should be played as scheduled

Delhi likely to lose final ODI

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In what will be a highly embarrassing climbdown, it is likely that Delhi's Ferozeshah Kotla stadium will not stage the final ODI against Pakistan scheduled for April 17

Sehwag blasts fellow batsmen for Bangalore defeat

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Virender Sehwag has said that he was the only batsman capable of leading India to a win in the third Test against Pakistan at Bangalore

Pakistan win at a canter

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Flushed with confidence after their series-equalling heroics at Bangalore this week, Pakistan launched the one-day leg of their tour of India with similar panache, as they swept to a facile eight-wicket victory over India A at Hyderabad

Inzamam appeals more in hope than expectation

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Pakistan will appeal against the one-match ban slapped on Inzamam-ul-Haq by Chris Broad, the ICC's match referee, following incidents on the final day of the Bangalore Test

Pakistan's stars in the ascendancy

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Marks out of ten for Pakistan

A few good men

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Marks out of ten for India

Former greats shower accolades on Pakistan

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Pakistan's outstanding win at Bangalore has come in for high praise from their former cricketers

Ultra-defensive Indians

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

How Pakistan choked the Indians on the final day at Bangalore

Inzamam banned for one Test

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Inzamam-ul-Haq has received a one-Test ban for showing dissent against umpiring decisions on the last day of the Bangalore Test

Kumble and Laxman omitted from one-day squad

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Anil Kumble and VVS Laxman have been omitted from the Indian squad for the first two one-day internationals against Pakistan

Inzamam banned for one Test

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Inzamam-ul-Haq has received a one-Test ban for showing dissent against umpiring decisions on the last day of the Bangalore Test

A moment to savour

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It is difficult to downplay the magnitude of what Pakistan, and this Pakistan side in particular, has accomplished

The silence of Pakistan's victory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Rahul Bhattacharya on Pakistan's famous victory

Ganguly - 'My future is up to the selectors'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sourav Ganguly on defeat at Bangalore

Inzamam - `The only option was attack'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Inzamam-ul-Haq savours victory at Bangalore

A palpable lack of desire

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

While a drawn series will be cause for celebration in Pakistan, it felt very much like a defeat for those present at the Chinnaswamy Stadium

India to play six ODIs in Pakistan next year

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

India has agreed to play an additional one-day international when it tours Pakistan early next year, reciprocating Pakistan's gesture to play six one-dayers on the current tour