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New Delhi, Mar 19: Australian coach Mickey Arthur has conceded that he put his "neck on the line" when four players, including vice-captain Shane Watson, were axed for not completing a presentation during the ongoing Test series against India. Vice-captain Shane Watson, pacers James Pattinson and Mitchell Johnson and batsman Usman Khawaja were left out from the third Test in Mohali, which India

Mar 19: Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly today said that the current Australian side is the worst-ever to tour India. “They don’t have the batsmen to play spinners and spinners to take wickets here. I don’t want to rate the side but having seen the Aussies since 1996, I think this team is the worst-performing on Indian soil,” Ganguly told a regional news channel here today. Reacting to India’s

Mohali, Mar 18: India's spinners once again worked their magic as they set the hosts on course to achieving their best-ever series win over Australia, who were left trying to salvage a draw in the third cricket Test here today. Resuming on 75 for three, the Australians were bundled out for 223 in their second innings, setting India an achievable target of 133 to win in a minimum of 27 overs on the

London, Mar 18: An India-born Manchester United fan was brutally assaulted by racist thugs while returning with his daughter after watching the club's FA Cup fourth round clash with Fulham. Prakash Patel, 56, was punched 18 times on his face at Trafford Bar in front of 200 witnesses on a packed tram, none of whom intervened or protested. Bank officer Patel, a die-hard Manchester United fan from

Mohali, Mar 17: Murali Vijay (153) cracked his second successive century before young paceman Bhuvneshwar Kumar quickly snapped up three Australian wickets to raise hopes of an Indian victory in the third cricket Test which seemed headed for an exciting finish. After conceding a 91-run first innings lead, the visitors were struggling at 75 for three at stumps, on the penultimate day with

New Delhi, Mar 17: Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan and Ranbir Kapoor will play a football match with Indian cricket team to raise funds for a charity The match titled 'Playing for Humanity' will be held here on March 30 and is being managed by GS Worldwide Entertainment and the All Stars Football Club (ASFC), according to a release here. "ASFC is a lot of fun. We plan to do great work. It's

New Delhi, Mar 16: Debutant Shikhar Dhawan was close to his double ton while Murali Vijay was approaching his second century of the series before the close of the third day play of the third Test with Indian scorecard reading 283/0 against Australia's first innings total of 408 at the PCA stadium in Mohali on Saturday. Earlier, Dhawan hit a 85-ball hundred, fastest by any cricketer on debut in

Ahmedabad, Mar 16: Cricketer Irfan Pathan met Chief Minister Narendra Modi in his chamber in the Assembly building Friday and invited him for the wedding of his elder brother and cricketer Yusuf Pathan in Mumbai on March 27. Yusuf is getting married to physiotherapist Afreen. She works in Vadodara while her parents live in Mumbai. Officials in CMO said Modi, who had so far avoided attending

New Delhi, Mar 16: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar feels that Duncan Fletcher is lucky to have been handed an extension as no Indian coach would have been able to survive after losing 10 Test matches. "If he were an Indian, probably he would not have got an extension. If you look at the past, everytime an Indian coach didn't do well in a series, he was removed," he said. "During his (Fletcher

New Delhi, Mar 15: After a solid opening stand, Australia lost their way as they were reduced to 273/7 in their first innings at close of the second day play of the third Test at the PCA stadium in Mohali on Friday. At stumps, Steve Smith was batting at (58) along with Mitchell Starc (20). Ravindra Jadeja was the most successful bowler as he claimed three Australian batsmen while Ishant Sharma