Praveen Kumar to get married on November 18

Praveen Kumar, India’s ODI specialist, will be tying the knot with his childhood sweetheart Sapna in Meerut on November 18.

Two new IPL franchises to be revealed on March 8

Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi announced on Wednesday that the two new franchises to be added to the fourth edition of IPL in 2011 would be revealed on March 8.

Second India-SA ODI shifted to Gwalior

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has shifted the second one-dayer between India and South Africa, to be played on February 24, from Kanpur to Gwalior.

I never thought I would play for India again: S Sreesanth

It’s almost a rebirth for S Sreesanth. After being out of the national side for 19 months, he made a remarkable comeback on the third day of the second test against Sri Lanka picking up a five wicket haul and putting his team on the brink of a win. Sreesanth said after his brilliant performance that he had almost given up hope of playing for India again after a series of controversies.

Sreesanth puts India on verge of a win

Controversy’s child Shanthakumaran Sreesanth returned to international cricket in style picking up a five wicket haul in his very first game and putting India on the verge of a test win at Kanpur. Sri Lanka couldn’t manage to save the follow-on and were tottering at 57 for 4 in the second innings, still trailing India by 356 runs at stumps of Day 3.

Sehwag, Gambhir score tons on opening day

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Sri Lanka was left to rue the life that they gave to Virender Sehwag in the very first over of the game when Mahela Jayawardene dropped a sitter. Sehwag was on 0 at that time and he eventually went on to smash 131 off 122 balls while his opening partner Gautam Gambhir scored his seventh century in nine tests as the two openers ran the Sri Lankan team ragged on a day when India notched up their highest first day score in a test match ending the day at 417 for 2.

Gambhir is the best opener India has had after Gavaskar: Sehwag

Virender Sehwag may himself be considered one of the best opening batsmen India has produced. His average of over 50 in test cricket only confirms that fact. But when asked who he thought was the best opening batsmen India has ever seen, he took his hat off to Delhi teammate and his opening partner for India, Gautam Gambhir, saying that he is by far the best opening batsman India has seen since the great Sunil Gavaskar.

Karthik called in as cover for Dhoni

Wicket Keeper Dinesh Karthik has been called to the national squad for the second test against Sri Lanka starting on Tuesday as a cover for the injured skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

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