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| Kohli, Umesh exceptions in Aussies tour |
Young Virat Kohli and Umesh Yadav have emerged as two notable bright spots in an otherwise disastrous Australian tour during which India's reputation as a cricketing giant took a beating.
If the 0-4 humiliation in the Test series was not enough, India, after a decent start to the tri-series, are almost on their way out of the one-day tournament, too.
In all likelihood, the world champions in the 50-over format are a week away from bringing the curtains down on their disastrous summer Down Under.
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| Sehwag drops to 18 in ICC batsmen rankings |
The continuous failure with the bat cost Indian opener Virender Sehwag four places as he slid to 18th in the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen but skipper Mahendra Singh moved up by two places to number four.
Sehwag has failed to fire in the ongoing tri-series in Australia while Dhoni has been a success.Young batsman Virat Kohli continues to be India .... |
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Sri Lanka beat India by 51 runs in BrisbaneSri Lanka produced fine display of bowling and batting to register convincing 51-run victory over India in the 8th ODI of the tri-series at the Gabba in Brisbane.
This is India's second defeat in a row after losing to Australia by 110 runs on Friday. With this defeat, Sri Lanka moved to second spot as India went down to .... |
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Difficult task to select best 18 for qualifiers: NobbsIndia''s hockey coach Michael Nobbs has a problem of plenty after impressive debuts by youngsters in the ongoing Test series against South Africa and he says it would be difficult to select the best 18 for next month''s Olympic qualifiers.
As many as four players -- Harbir Singh, SK Uthappa, Kothajit Singh, Chinglesana S .... |
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Ronaldo treble sends Real 10 points clearReal Madrid opened a 10-point lead over Barcelona at the top of La Liga after Cristiano Ronaldo's sixth hat-trick of the season clinched a 4-2 comeback win at home to 10-man Levante on Sunday.
A fifth-minute Gustavo Cabral header gave Levante, the only team apart from Barca to beat Real this season, a surprise lead at th .... |
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Saina sails into quarters of Korea OpenAce Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal sailed into the Korea Open Super Series quarterfinals after notching up a straight-game victory over Shao Chieh Cheng of Chinese Taipei in the second round in Seoul today.
Fourth seed Saina registered a 21-14 21-10 win over Cheng in a 36-minute battle in women’s singles. The Indian will n .... |
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Sania-Elena reaches semifinalsSania Mirza and Elena Vesnina showed nerves of steel under pressure as they shocked second seeds Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond to breeze into the women’s doubles semifinal of the Australian Open on Tuesday.
The sixth-seeded Indo-Russian pair staved off very strong resistance from the Americans for a 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (6) win .... |
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No Rolling Stones show at London OlympicsPopular band The Rolling Stones will not perform at a musical engagement to mark the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, a representative has said.
The representative has shot down reports that the rockers are being lined up to perform at a Best of British concert in the city's Hyde Park, playing alongside soul .... |
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