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Chasing 297-run target, South Africa lost Jacques Kallis (69) and Hashim Amla (61) after the duo steadied their run-chase against India in their World Cup clash at the VCA stadium in Nagpur on Saturday. However, the poor bowling performance form India helped SA win by 3 wickets. Sachin Tendulkar slammed a blistering 111 before... 

It is Pakistan’s burden that they will be pursued by whispers and innuendo through this tournament and, most likely, for a long time after the final has come and gone. It is the price that the team pay for the bans given to three of their players earlier this year. Even as Shahid Afridi was clapping Ross Taylor off the... 

New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that being reduced to 99 for four by minnows Netherlands here Wednesday did put them under pressure but said it tested the middle-order which would stand them in good stead in the knockout stages of the World Cup. Chasing a modest of 190 to win, India slumped... 

Interceptor missile testfired successfully – India on Sunday conducted another successful test of its ballistic missile defence system when it successfully destroyed an attacker. At about 9.32 am, DRDO scientists launched a target “attacker” missile from launch pad P-3 from Interim Test Range in Chandipur in... 

Yuvraj Singh’s all-round performance against Ireland not only powered India to a 5-wicket win Bangalore but also made him the first ever bowler in the history of World Cup to take a five-wicket haul and score a half-century in a single match. Yuvraj’s brilliant bowling figures of 5 for 31 are his best ever in ODIs... 

What a World Cup England are producing. From a thrilling tie against India to the shock of losing to Ireland they produced a stunning fightback. They took all ten wickets for 102 through a combination of spin, reverse swing, perseverance and the never-say-die attitude which is such a trait of this team, with Stuart Broad... 

Virender Sehwag doesn’t believe in setting targets or even making basic plans; so it was interesting to see him come out with a semblance of a strategy for this World Cup. “I want to bat 50 overs,” he said grandly, a couple of days before the opener against Bangladesh. After a dazzling opening display... 

DHAKA: Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni may find it difficult to recollect when he had last taken a rickshaw ride, but he is scheduled to take one on Thursday when captains of all the 14 participating countries are taken around the new-look Bangabandhu Stadium on tri-cycles during a glitzy opening ceremony of the 2011... 

India’s most successful captain, Sourav Ganguly, created a flutter on Monday when he announced his retirement to a TV news channel. “I have already retired from international cricket. I was playing Ranji only to stay fit for the IPL. I see no possibility of playing in the IPL any more. And now, I don’t see... 

Four of India’s senior cricketers — Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Ashish Nehra — met BCCI president Shashank Manohar, here on Friday, to discuss the ambush marketing guidelines put in place by the ICC for the World Cup. The meeting also saw the players seek the Board’s permission to write newspaper...