'If Indian Prez can be over 70, why can't we be in BCCI'
Jadeja scored 154 off only 69 balls for Jamnagar against Amreli as his side posted 239 for 6 in 20 overs.
Having beaten Saurashtra in the league stage, Punjab are aiming for an encore when the two sides square off in the Ranji Trophy semi-finals from Wednesday, at the SCA stadium, in Khandheri, Rajkot. Punjab captain Harbhajan Singh is hoping his side continues playing good cricket.
Amit Mishra troubled England's batsmen in the warm-up game against Haryana and should have been picked instead of Piyush Chawla for the fourth Test at Nagpur, says Manu Shankar.
The two hotels have been turned into virtual fortresses with policemen and other security personnel outside and inside.
Prolific Saurashtra middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, who slammed his career's second Ranji Trophy triple hundred, may have to wait a little more to make his ODI debut, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni indicated on Thursday.
The ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh on Monday said all scams reported during tenure of the previous Bahujan Samaj Party government are being probed and if former chief minister Mayawati is found guilty, legal action would be initiated against her.
'The US-India relationship is in a different league altogether,' Obama administration officials tell Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com in Washington, DC.
Riding on a cracking half-century by middle-order batsman Rohit Sharma, followed by some splendid slow bowling by Ankit Chavan, Mumbai thrashed Maharashtra by 99 runs in the West Zone T20 match played at SCA stadium, Khandheri, in Rajokt, on Monday.
Yusuf Pathan hammered an unbeaten 86 as Baroda defeated Mumbai by 15 runs in the opening match of West Zone T20 tournament, at the Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) stadium, in Rajkot, on Thursday.
The Nifty closed at 5,099, up 125 points.
Inclement weather poses a threat to the India-Australia T20 international in Rajkot on Thursday, with the Met department forecasting rainfall over the next 48 hours.
It is worth wondering how far the fulsome national coverage Jyoti Basu received this week was warranted, except on the basis of his record as India's longest-serving chief minister.
Pakistan's tainted trio of Test captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir will be quizzed by Scotland Yard for the second time on Wednesday but they are not in danger of being arrested, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official said.
The shocking match-fixing scandal, involving the Pakistan team, turned out to be a money spinner for the bookies with reports suggesting that the fixers may have raked in at least 20 million pounds from Pakistan's matches in England this summer.
Ravindra Jadeja on Thursday stood firmly behind under-fire spinner Ravichandran Ashwin stating that it's not the responsibility alone of the Tamil Nadu tweaker to get England to get all the wickets. - Scorecard On first two days, there wasn't great help for the spinners from the SCA Stadium track. Ashwin went for 167 runs from 46 overs with only two wickets to show for his efforts as England scored 537 with help of centuries from Joe Root, Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes.
Arvind Pujara, who usually does not go to watch any Test in which his son Cheteshwar plays, says he is "very keen" to be at the SCA Stadium from Day One.
Removing the administered price mechanism for oil could see valuations of PSUs jump, writes Devangshu Datta.
The Delhi police probing the firing outside the Jama Masjid in Delhi are yet to pin point the perpetrators of the blast. While they have managed to find the link between the firing and the pressure cooker blast, they are yet to ascertain as to who carried out the strike.
Less than we used to --but we like some banks better than before.
A summary of Thursday's matches in the Vijay Hazare Trophy limited-overs' tournament.
A summary of Day 2 action in the Ranji Trophy matches, played at various venues across the country.
'In modern cricket, many batsmen play innovative strokes which I think are not enough to score runs in T20 format.'
Dr SK Gupta, Senior Consultant -- Cardiology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals explains the difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest and how to tackle both the situations.
In a surprise move, the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Wednesday decided to include former Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) president Niranjan Shah as 'Special Invitee' in the newly formed committee which will study the Lodha Panel Reforms.
Reliance ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani on Friday expressed hope that the Indian industry and the government will work as partners to seize the opportunity to create largescale infrastructure across all sectors in the country.
An unbeaten 87 by middle order batsman Bhavik Thakkar and his 47-run unfinished eighth-wicket partnership with Rohit Dahiya helped Gujarat beat Mumbai by three wickets in a thrilling Ranji one-day match at the SCA stadium in Khanderi, Rajkot, on Monday.
The department has now sent the reports of such accounts to the respective chief commissioners of Income Tax in various parts of the country to check the veracity of such accounts in their regions. More than 6,50,000 frozen demat accounts were taken under scanner and investigated by the Income Tax department in December last year on the suspicion of huge evasion of taxes and benami transactions.
Reader Shishir Saxena sends us this photograph of Naseeruddin Shah.
Sanathana Dharma has laid out some of the best principles for humanity to achieve equality, social justice, a violence-free society, and a prejudice-free mind. Let every Indian strive for educating oneself and the society in these golden principles.
Rajkot Municipal Government Grounds, Rajkot
If England have reached a commanding position in the first Test, the dropped catches have contributed immensely, said England all-rounder Moeen Ali, who himself struck a century. Indian fielders dropped three chances in the first hour of the match yesterday (Day 1) and today (Day 2) also Ben Stokes was dropped twice (on 60 and 61) by Wriddhiman Saha off Umesh Yadav.
Crucial knocks by middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara (75 not out) and Sagar Jogiyani (77) helped Saurashtra register their first win in the Ranji one day league as they defeated Baroda with five wickets and two balls to spare at the SCA stadium in Khandheri.
Ferrari, the Italian automobile giant, had launched its Magic India Discovery Drive in association with the Tata Group, in Mumbai on 25 February, 2008. The car featured in this tour is the 612 Scaglietti, Ferrari's flagship GT model. The car will cover 13220 kms, touching 57 cities in India for over 74 days. The tour will end on May 8, 2008. Apart from the Tata Group, this tour is sponsored by Fiat Automobile, Shell, Alcoa, Pirelli, Saima Avandero and OMR.
The Lankan president threatened serious action if the LTTE does not stop the killings.
A bench of Justice H L Gokhale and S Dharmadhikari, decided to watch the movie before hearing the arguments of the party and adjourned the matter to February 10.
Anurag Thakur is set to be unanimously elected as the BCCI's youngest President in the Board's Special General Meeting (SGM) in Mumbai on Sunday, replacing Shashank Manohar who quit the position to take up the ICC chief's job.
The capital market, which moves up and down at the drop of a hat, lacks complete sense of humour, observed Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
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