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New Delhi, December 23: It did not take much for the cricket pundits to spot a genius in Sachin Tendulkar after he made his international debut in a Test match in Karachi Nov 15, 1989. He was 16 then. More than two decades later, he has gone on to become one of the greatest batsman the world will ever see. Twenty-three years, one month, and eight days from his debut, the five-feet-five-inch

Mumbai, December 23: Eoin Morgan smashed a stunning six off the final delivery bowled by Ashoke Dinda as England registered a six-wicket win to level the Twenty20 series and dashed India’s hopes of taking the No. 1 ranking in this format for the first time. Needing nine off the last over, Dinda conceded just three singles off the first three. Jos Buttler managed a two from the fourth ball before

Bangalore, December 23: Amid unprecedented security arrangements, the Pakistan cricket team arrived here on Saturday night for its first bilateral series since the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks in 2008. Following the brutal carnage, India had cancelled all the bilateral engagements with its neighbours and had excluded Pakistan players from the cash-rich Indian Premier League. More than four years

Mumbai, December 22: National cricket selectors will meet here tomorrow to pick the Indian squad for the limited-overs series against Pakistan amid speculation that struggling senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar has made himself available for ODI selection. The panel, headed by Sandeep Patil, will be meeting for the first time after the humiliating Test debacle against England. The T20 matches against

Mumbai, December 22: If Yuvraj Singh has been looking for a clue about charting the remainder of his cricketing career, the first T20 against England at Pune offered it. There was Yuvraj Singh scything through the England top order with a three-wicket burst and tearing the visitors’ bowlers apart with a powerful cameo. He was the guiding force behind India’s comfortable five-wicket victory at the

Bangalore, December 21: Cricket fans turned up in large numbers as the sale of tickets for the first Twenty20 match between India and Pakistan to be played here on December 25, opened today. The first bilateral series between the two neighbours since 2007 has generated a lot of hype with the ticket seekers queueing up in front of the counters since midnight, police said. Online sale of tickets had

Pune, December 21: Yuvraj Singh on Thursday showed his humane side as he dedicated his man-of-the-match award against England to the girl, who was gang raped and is now battling for her life in a hospital in New Delhi. A budding 23-year-old physiotherapist was gang raped and manhandled in a moving bus on Sunday, an incident which shook the nation, leading to angry outburst across the country

Pune, December 21: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he was worried when England were cruising at one stage and lauded his bowlers, especially Yuvraj Singh for turning the tide for them in the first Twenty20 match. England were off to a flying start, reaching 76 in just eight overs. "The pressure was on the bowlers and it was important from the eighth over onwards that we were on top. Yuvraj

New Delhi, December 20: Former skipper Kapil Dev came to the defence of underfire Indian captain MS Dhoni, saying that there was no one in the current Test team who could replace him at the helm, mostly because most of the claimants are out of form. Kapil also dismissed the talk of pitch-forking Virat Kohli into the job. "Virat is undoubtedly a very good cricketer and doing exceedingly well for

Pune, December 20: As the Indian team went through its rigours on the eve of the first T20 against England, one couldn't stop thinking if India are gradually going the English way. Parvinder Awana and Ambati Rayudu, if they get to play on Thursday, at 26 and 27 respectively, won't be the youngest of debutants for India. Ashok Dinda, 28, has played only five T20s so far. And we thought the