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IPL - Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians

Watch the full match here as Yuvraj Singh’s team registers its first win. The match has ended in controversy with an altercation between Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth. Harbhajan had allegedly slapped Sreesanth after the match and the Mumbai Indians’ captain is likely to face disciplinary action from both the IPL and BCCI.

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Indian Squad for the Triangular Series

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Sledging should not be banned - Part 1

Some interesting tidbits on sledging in cricket:

In a Sheffield Shield game between NSW and SA, a Waugh twin was taking an enternity to take guard, asking the umpire for centre, middle and leg, two legs - the whole lot. Then he steps away towards leg side and has another look around the field, before re [...]

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BCCI Selectors go back a step

The BCCI selectors announced the 14 man squad that will take on the Pakistanis in the first 2 tests. Final impressions is that this is a squad that is based more on political-wrangling than any common sense. For example, why do they have 3 spinners in as we all know that only 2 will ever [...]

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Indian squad for First 2 ODIs

The Indian selectors announced the squad for the first 2 one-dayers against Pakistan:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk,capt)
Sachin Tendulkar
Sourav Ganguly
Gautam Gambhir
Virender Sehwag
Robin Uthappa
Rohit Sharma
Yuvraj Singh
Irfan Pathan
Praveen Kumar
Zaheer Khan
RP Singh
Sreesanth
Harbhajan Singh
Murali Kartik

Rahul Dravid’s omission is a big one. Besides that there are not a lot of surprises here, except for Virender Sehwag making a comeback and Praveen Kumar [...]

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India vs Australia 2007, Second Match Review

Embarrassing. Humiliating. Just two words to describe India’s massive 84 run loss to Australia. Just when India was looking forward after their Twenty20 World Cup win, they have been brought back to the harsh realities of ODI cricket. In a clinical display, Gilchrist and his men from down under completed India’s humiliation in supreme fashion.
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India vs Australia 2007, First Match Review

I guess I will have to eat my own words, thanks to Sachin Tendulkar. When Ricky Ponting let loose a barrage of comments about the Big 3, I had
mentioned that they will let their bats do the talking. Tendulkar seems to have forgotten to bring his bat with him. After rain played spoilsport, [...]

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Windfall for Team India

Just winning the Twenty20 World Cup was more than enough for each member of the Indian squad to be awarded tons of hard cash. On top of the $490,000 prize money from the Twenty20 World cup here is what I have found so far:

$3,000,000 awarded to the team by the BCCI
The Pathan brothers were awarded [...]