Harbhajan Singh applauds Sri Lanka spin legend Muthiah Muralitharan, who will retire at the end of the first Test against India. He also assesses the team's chances in the island nation.
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Teenaged Grandmaster D Gukesh shocked world number 5 Fabiano Caruana as India 'B' pulled off a superb 3-1 win over number 2 seeds USA in the eighth round of the Open section of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram, Chennai on Saturday.
The other Indian in the fray, Bhawna Jat finished eighth and last with a personal best time of 47:14.13.
Kuruthi is let down by poor execution -- there are too many loose ends and most of the arguments seemed too forced, like there was an urgent responsibility to balance the blame without taking sides, points out Divya Nair.
John Howard had called him a chucker but Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan says he has forgiven the former Australian Prime Minister, who has been nominated to take over as ICC President from 2012.
The Indian teams made winning starts in the Open and women's sections of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai on Friday.
The round involving Shubhankar Sharma, Gaganjeet Bhullar, Kapil Dev and Murali Karthik was termed 'Champions for a Cause - Charity Golf Match'.
Sri Lanka suffered an injury scare on Tuesday when Muttiah Muralitharan was taken to hospital after complaining of side strain. However, he was ruled fit for the third Test against India, in Mumbai, starting on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has passed himself fit to participate in the fundraising match for tsunami victims.
Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has been cleared to bowl his controversial "doosra" under a recommendation from an ICC committee.
England and Sri Lanka will eye a possible Champions Trophy semi-final against Australia.
The Sri Lanka spinner will have surgery on a career-threatening shoulder injury on Monday.
The world Test wickets record holder is the first Sri Lankan to engage an Indian company to handle his commercial interests.
A matchmaking website features a purported profile of the Sri Lankan off-spinner.
"I'm sure the Australian public would love to see him here," the Australia captain said.
The Zimbabwe batsman was suspended for one Test for his comments regarding Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.
The Sri Lankan off-spinner said he will boycott the tour because of comments made by Australian prime minister John Howard about his bowling action.
The game incidentally was an old Sicilian where Shirov tried an unconventional ninth move.
The Sri Lankan off-spinner equalled Courtney Walsh's world mark of 519 Test wickets on the first day of the first Test against Zimbabwe.
Biomechanics experts have concluded Muttiah Muralitharan should be allowed to bowl his doosra even though his action exceeds official guidelines
Sri Lanka Board officials said match referee Chris Broad made the report after the close of the third and final Test
England lost four wickets for 30 runs either side of tea to close on 163 for four, still 219 adrift of the Sri Lankan total.
India will be fielding three teams each in the Open and women's sections respectively.
The off-spinner is hopeful of winning the battle against the Trinidadian on the the tour of the Caribbean.
Slipping out of the usual top-five was seen as a real possibility in absence of shooting but phenomenal success in athletics and lawn bowls propelled India to a commendable fourth place finish at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham
Bengal may be excited about having roped in Test cricket's leading wicket-taker Muttiah Muralitharan to revive its fortunes in the Ranji Trophy Plate League, but the Sri Lankan off-spinner says he is yet to sign a formal contract and his priority is his country. Speaking from Colombo on Tuesday, Muralitharan said he is still unsure about his availability though the Sri Lankan Cricket Board has given him a go-ahead.
Kapil Dev has bagged the International Cricketer of the Century award.
Former Australia Test umpire Lou Rowan said players are unwilling to comment on the bowler's action because they will be accused of racism.
Spinners Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis bowled Sri Lanka to an innings and 239-run victory in the first Test against India on Saturday.
Harbhajan Singh does not doubt mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis' potentials but the star off-spinner believes it is old trickster Muttiah Muralitharan who would pose bigger threat for the Indian batsmen in the forthcoming Test series. Harbhajan heaps praise on Mendis, who ran through India's batting order in the Asia Cup final in Karachi, and said it was an extraordinary display of quality spin bowling.
India 'B' blanked Estonia 4-0 in the second round of the Open section in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram, Chennai, on Saturday while the second-seeded India 'A' team defeated Moldova 3.5-0.5 to make it two wins from as many matches.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 3 of the India-England Test at Leeds.
Retired Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan feels his former teammate Hashan Tillakaratne should either furnish proof of match-fixing by the country's cricketers or stop making such allegations.
Buoyed by a strong start to the season, Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is primed to clinch his maiden Diamond League podium finish in his first appearance in four years in the prestigious one-day meet in Stockholm on Thursday.
With the ICC finally terming it 'run out' and removing 'unfair play' in its rule book, the de-stigmatization of running players out at non-striker's has started.
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