Dominant Royal Challengers beat Guyana by 9 wickets

The Royal Challengers Bangalore had come into the tournament looking like the most well-rounded team, and they did their reputation no harm as they thrashed Guyana by 9 wickets in their opening contest at SuperSport Park on Sunday.

India’s batting line-up looked monstrous in Sri Lanka: Wasim Akram

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram reckons that the trio of Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid gave India’s batting line-up a ‘monstrous’ look in the just-concluded Test series against Sri Lanka.

Uthappa, Dravid demolish Knight Riders

Watching Robin Uthappa crush the Kolkata bowlers to pieces, only one thing kept cropping up in my mind – why the hell is this man not in India’s T20 World Cup team?! This was not the first time that Robin had bailed Bangalore out of trouble and took them home, and with the kind of form he is in, it certainly wouldn’t be the last!

Sachin’s absence in World T20 blessing for other teams: Afridi

Tendulkar’s absence from the upcoming World Cup is going to be an advantage for the other countries, as was evident in Pakistan’s Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi’s statement today.

Uthappa powers Royal Challengers’ win over Super Kings

Robin Uthappa is the man of the hour for Royal Challengers Bangalore. His 38-ball 68 at the match against Chennai Super Kings yesterday rescued the sluggish RCB innings and pushed it to the top of the points table.

Youngsters today are not desperate to do well in test cricket: Dravid

Former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid feels that youngsters today don’t have the “all-consuming” desperation to do well in test cricket because they have so many other options, which is not good for the future of test cricket in India.

Fire me if you want but selection was not the reason for India’s loss: Srikkanth

With everyone blaming faulty selection for India’s humiliating defeat against South Africa in the first test at Nagpur, Chairman of Selectors Kris Srikkanth has come out in defense of the selectors saying that as the chairman he is ready to take responsibility and if he is sacked he would gracefully accept it but selection was the not the reason for India’s loss.

We have everything to gain and India have everything to lose: Smith

South African skipper Graeme Smith began the mind games ahead of the all-important test series against India, saying that with their No. 1 test ranking at stake, India have everything to lose while his side can only gain from the two-match series starting Saturday.

Absence of Dravid and Yuvraj an opportunity for youngsters: Harbhajan

India’s star off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said on Tuesday that although the team will surely miss the services of experienced players like Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh in the series against South Africa, but at the same time, this is a good opportunity for the youngsters to stand up and be counted.

Dravid’s absence against SA a big blow: Gambhir

India’s opening batsman Gautam Gambhir said on Sunday that Rahul Dravid’s absence in the middle order is a huge blow to the Indian team but the team is confident of a good showing against the Proteas after starting the year on a winning note against Bangladesh.

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