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Just for the record

Thursday 5 February '09

In ‘The Mix’, the pub at the team hotel, Praveen Kumar asked the DJ to play the right music while his team mates — skipper MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, L Balaji and Ravindra Jadeja.....
Everyone says I'm fine

Wednesday 4 February '09

GS Vivek Cricketers such as Yuvraj and Sehwag who can pick their bats after a week and start whacking the ball around.
Sehwag times the shots, mistimes celebration

Wednesday 4 February '09

Virender Sehwag had managed to throw away a couple of good starts in the series before...
Yuvraj, Sehwag run riot

Wednesday 4 February '09

Left-right combination hurts Sri Lanka with twin tons as India seal series with 147-run victory
Bat with a bang

Tuesday 3 February '09

GS Vivek His scores might not suggest any problems, but Yuvraj, like all batsmen, is finicky about his bat.
A study in contrast

Tuesday 3 February '09

Confident India and struggling Sri Lanka prepare differently for third ODI
If players are punished, why not umpires?

Monday 2 February '09

G.S. Vivek It was noon on Sunday. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina were busy sampling seafood...
After close shave, calm Dhoni reveals stern side

Monday 2 February '09

“Thilan Kandamby played really well last night,” Venkatesh Prasad said as he settled down for breakfast on a lazy Sunday morning.
Lankan chase falls apart

Sunday 1 February '09

Kandamby’s 93 in vain as Ishant’s four-wicket haul gives India a 2-0 lead
Dry tracks soak up runs

Saturday 31 January '09

It seems ironical, but the country that changed one-day cricket by making 300 as the new par score is struggling to put together decent totals at home.
'Is that all?'

Friday 30 January '09

GS Vivek It's rather unusual for an Indian cricket captain to be sitting with just five cameras and a handful of print reporters.
CEO Mendis happy to pass on his name-tag

Friday 30 January '09

What’s in the name? Quite a bit, if you’re involved with Sri Lankan cricket.
Murali on the threshold of another record

Wednesday 28 January '09

In a country where little details matter the most, fans will sit in anticipation as a Tamil looks to break into the record books on Wednesday....
India arrive for whirlwind tour

Tuesday 27 January '09

The Indian team’s flight from Chennai to Colombo on Monday afternoon ran into take-off trouble because its passengers, standing in the aisle with their snazzy cell phones....
Indians gear up for Mendis test

Wednesday 21 January '09

For Team India, it’s time to finish their last-minute shopping for equipments and arrange their kitbags. But as Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his team limber up to start 2009 proceedings with the one-day series in Sri Lanka...
India head to Sri Lanka with one eye on New Zealand tour

Tuesday 20 January '09

An Indian team travelling to Sri Lanka with five new-ball options seems excessive given the conditions, but the national selectors on Monday indicated that their picks were not necessarily keeping in mind the Sri Lanka series...
In T20’s flat world, a forgotten Indian invention from the past

Saturday 10 January '09

Australia’s latest contribution to cricket, a double-sided bat used by David Warner in a domestic match last week...
Wish this year never ends: Gambhir

Wednesday 24 December '08

It was his first Man of the Match award in Test cricket, and Gautam Gambhir’s big smile bounced off the gleaming trophy clutched tightly in his hands on Tuesday evening.
A tame farewell

Wednesday 24 December '08

The sense of urgency was unmistakable as the sun set behind the PCA Stadium on Tuesday. The match, meandering towards a dull draw, was called off early in the evening on the fifth day to help in transporting the bulky red-and-blue baggage of the English team to their chartered flight
Harbhajan in race for year-end high

Tuesday 23 December '08

There’s one man in the Indian dressing room desperate to get a bowl on the fifth day, irrespective of the possibilities of win or draw.
India hit the brakes

Tuesday 23 December '08

The year 2008 seems to be heading towards a paradoxical end for India. Flipping the pages of the last 12 months...
KP calls Yuvraj a ‘pie-chucker’

Monday 22 December '08

He almost got him first ball to a little inside edge that rolled near the stumps, while another one looped anxiously past VVS Laxman at short cover.
Skipper leads England defiance

Monday 22 December '08

The English cricket team must have a reason to believe that going down on their knees is the best way to stand tall on sub-continental wickets.
India’s two-man army

Sunday 21 December '08

Dravid and Gambhir’s 314-run stand could prove decisive as hosts’ first innings folds up at 453
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