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BCCI recommend Dravid and Gambhir`s names for Padma awards

The BCCI has decided to recommend the names of former Indian captain Rahul Dravid and opener Gautam Gambhir`s names for the prestigious Padma Bhusan and Padma Shri awards respectively. According to a ...

Posted On: Aug 27, 2012 | Comments : 0

Tendulkar is my hero: Kohli

Sachin Tendulkar, while being felicitated at a function in Mumbai recently for his 100th hundred, said that he expected a few young Indian batsmen to break his feat and specifically mentioned the name...

Posted On: Aug 27, 2012 | Comments : 0

Cheteshwar Pujara century puts India in control against New Zealand

Cheteshwar Pujara's unbeaten century put India in a strong position as home side recovered from the loss of their star batsmen to reach 307 for five at the close of the first day in the first Test...

Posted On: Aug 25, 2012 | Comments : 0

Tendulkar starts practice ahead of NZ series

Sachin Tendulkar has started his preparations for the coming New Zealand Test series at the National Cricket Academy here. Sachin faced Indian pace spearhead Zaheer Khan in the nets on the fast-paced ...

Posted On: Aug 16, 2012 | Comments : 0

In Saina’s mind, the celebrations will still be muted

In 2006, not too many of us were live-tweeting Saina Nehwal’s matches, nor were we following her every move. But that was the year a 16-year-old Saina created history by becoming the first India...

Posted On: Aug 06, 2012 | Comments : 0

India registers 20-run win to make it 4-1

Irfan Pathan claimed five wickets and contributed valuable 29 runs as India managed a 20-run win over Sri Lanka in the dead fifth rubber to complete a 4-1 series drubbing on Saturday. India posted a c...

Posted On: Aug 06, 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 hockey: Scoring first will help India against NZ

An overawed Indian men's hockey team, which has 14 of the 16 men making their Olympic debut in London, got off to a losing start against Netherlands, but they will like to leave the past behind an...

Posted On: Aug 01, 2012 | Comments : 0

Virat Kohli slams 13th ton, leads India to series win against Sri Lanka

Indian vice-captain Virat Kohli continued his phenomenal form against the Sri Lankans as he slammed his 13th ODI ton in the 4th ODI match played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo which India won by 6 wi...

Posted On: Aug 01, 2012 | Comments : 0

London Olympics 2012: Sania Mirza, Rushmi Chakarvarthi crash out of women’s doubles

Indian women's doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakarvarthi were knocked out of the tennis competition of the 2012 London Olympics by Chia-Jung Chuang and Su-Wei Hsieh of Chinese Taipei in ...

Posted On: Jul 30, 2012 | Comments : 0

We need to bowl better at the death: Gambhir

India might have won the third ODI against Sri Lanka, but the architect of the triumph, opener Gautam Gambhir, feels the team has to get its act together as far as bowling at the death is concerned. &...

Posted On: Jul 30, 2012 | Comments : 0
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