Posted by: devilkarthik on: August 8, 2009
After being out of action for over two months following a shoulder injury that needed surgery, dashing opener Virender Sehwag is hoping to return to top notch cricket through the ICC Champions Trophy next month. I am hoping to play in the ICC Champions Trophy. My rehabilitation is going well, he said .Sehwag sustained the [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: August 7, 2009
India’s only batsman to hit two triple centuries, opener Virender Sehwag says his penchant to hit big centuries in Tests was driven by critics doubting his calibre in the longer version of the game. In Test matches I’m very cautious. I want to score more runs and I want to score big runs and I [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: August 5, 2009
Indian Premier League franchisee Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday said the new captain and coach for the team still remains undecided. After the conclusion of the meeting at team owner Shah Rukh Khan’s residence, the management said the decision will be taken by the end of August and emphasised on Sourav Ganguly’s role as a [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 26, 2009
New Zealand’s top cricketers may choose to play in the Indian Premier League rather than for their country if cricket’s international calendar continues to create conflict between the two, New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori said. Vettori said players may be forced to choose cash over country in future and hinted players came close to making [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 25, 2009
Sourav Ganguly is almost certain to be reinstated as the captain while John Wright is likely to take over as the coach of Kolkata Knight Riders in the third edition of the Indian Premier League in 2010. Even as an official announcement is awaited, that there could be a major reshuffle with former India coach [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 18, 2009
With Andrew Flintoff set to hang up his Test boots after the ongoing Ashes, his English teammates would do everything to win the series as a farewell gift to the burly all-rounder, believes former Australia stumper Adam Gilchrist. Gilchrist paid glowing tribute to Flintoff and felt it would inspire England to put their best foot [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 11, 2009
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly on Friday hit back at former Australian coach John Buchanan for criticising Indian cricketers in his recently released book. “I think we Indians are used to it now. It is not only Sunil Gavaskar, there have been quite a few names. It is unfortunate, we just got to deal with [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 10, 2009
Convinced that Sourav Ganguly was unfit for Twenty20 cricket, former Kolkata Knight Riders coach John Buchanan had asked the left-hander to quit after the first edition of the Indian Premier League. In his latest book ‘The Future of Cricket: The rise of Twenty20′, Buchanan revealed advising Ganguly to quit Twenty20 even though the then Knight [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 10, 2009
Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi is working tirelessly on his next brainchild Champions League that is scheduled to start in October, and is hopeful that it will be successful. Champions League, which was scheduled for December last year, was postponed in the wake of Mumbai terror attacks. It was rescheduled and will now be [...]
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