Dhoni is still one of the best captains in World Cricket: Muralitharan

Sri Lanka’s champion off-spinner, Muttiah Muralitharan, believes that India’s World Twenty20 flop show notwithstanding, Mahendra Singh Dhoni remains one of the best skippers in international cricket and it is unfair to criticise him on the basis of just one bad tournament.

Kieron Pollard can’t be called a cricketer: Michael Holding

Legendary West Indian fast bowler, Michael Holding, says that he did not watch a single match of the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean’s, refuses to call T20 matches cricket and he doesn’t consider IPL’s costliest player Kieron Pollard a cricketer!

Clarke keen to continue as Australia captain

Australia’s T20 skipper, Michael Clarke, said he has no intention of quitting as captain of Australia in the shortest format of the game despite struggling with his batting in the recently concluded Twenty20 World Cup in West Indies, where Australia were beaten by arch-rivals England in the finals, while adding that he may need to rediscover his aggressive approach of batting to become a successful T20 batsman.

Shahid Afridi satisfied with Pakistan’s performance in World T20

Pakistan skipper, Shahid Afridi, has said that he is satisfied with his team’s overall performance in the World Twenty20 but admitted the shock defeat against Australia in the semis, after having dominated the bulk of the game, hurt them more than a loss in the final, had they qualified, would have done.

T20 tournaments should have best of three finals: Ricky Ponting

Disappointed with Australia’s loss in the summit clash of the Twenty20 World Cup, Test and ODI captain Ricky Ponting said the finals of such tournaments should be a best-of-three affair.

Don’t rest on your laurels: Paul Collingwood to England team

England’s World Cup winning T20 skipper Paul Collingwood has asked his team to enjoy their World Cup win but at the same time use this win as a springboard to dominate World Cricket.

Yuvraj, Zaheer among players issued show cause notice by BCCI

The BCCI on Tuesday issued show cause notices to six cricketers, including star players Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan, for their alleged involvement in a pub brawl after India’s humiliating exit from Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies.

England is no longer scared of Australia: Shane Warne

With a win in the T20 World Cup final against Australia, England has now scored two major victories over the Aussies in less than a year. They had earlier beaten their arch-rivals in the Ashes series in 2009 and now the World Cup and legendary Australian leg-spinner, Shane Warne, believes that this England team is not scared of the Australians, a quality which most England teams didn’t have.

Australian media mourns T20 loss

Australian media, on Tuesday, mourned Australia’s loss to England in the final of the T20 World Cup, saying that the defeat may not hurt as much as an Ashes loss but it still “hurts”.

World Cup winning England team is not an “English team”: Mike Atherton

Former England skipper, Mike Atherton, believes that England deserved to be the champions of the T20 World Cup in the West Indies but this win won’t be remembered for long since the team that has won is not an “English team”.

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