Kuldeep Yadav says his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket was a result of going back to the drawing board in his bid to improve as a red-ball bowler after being dropped from the Indian team during the England series.
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From 19 matches in four World Cup appearances, Gavaskar amassed only 561 runs (@ 35.06).
The men in green, with a current negative NRR 2.40 will need to win big enough to surpass the Netherlands' NRR of +0.050. Here's what exactly the numbers, calculated in precision to the 4th decimal place, say.
"Growth is expected to moderate gradually in China... pick up in India, and remain broadly stable in the Asean-5 region."
'Baby Fed' steals hearts with the same ease that he wins matches.
Needing to overturn a 0-1 first leg defeat in their away match on September 27, Bengaluru conceded a goal in as early as the fourth minute when Nuriddin Davronov converted a penalty, to put the Tajikis 1-0 up.
I am really happy what we could achieve as a team. If you know me, at no stage of my career has personal glory been important. The milestones (2442 runs in a year as opener) are fine but winning every series is what we focus on, says Rohit, who is keen on winning a big ICC event before hanging up his boots.
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India gave wings to their ferocious ambition of winning a maiden series Down Under, beating Australia by 31 runs in the opening Test with an irresistible fusion of self-belief, hunger and talent in Adelaide.
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A Mumbai-based producer/distributor has been sued by Warner Bros for the title of its upcoming film Hari Puttar -- A Comedy of Terrors, which they believe is a tad too similar to their Harry Potter franchise.
Oil product consumption in November was 10.99 million tons, a tad higher than 10.77 million tons in the same month last year, according to latest data available from the petroleum ministry. Diesel sales, which had during the first part of current fiscal seen a growth rate of 15-16 per cent, rose by 8.6 per cent to 4.46 million tons in November while demand for petrol was up 5.9 per cent to 914,900 tons.
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The rupee had eased by 2 paise to close at fresh 2-month low of 62.78.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said he expected India's economy to grow by a healthy 7 to 7.5 per cent in 2009, despite the global financial crisis eroding output across sectors."Due to the current financial crisis, growth rate may come down somewhat next year, but I am still confident that we will be able to achieve a rate of between 7-7.5 per cent," he said while addressing the Indian community in Oman.
Ajinkya Rahane has admitted he was stunned to be named India captain for their upcoming Zimbabwe series, after being dropped just a week earlier.
Financial frauds in the cyber space may rise in 2008, warn online security vendors.
Air travel may get a tad more expensive during the coming festive season with at least one major carrier thinking of raising fares, but the hike is expected to be only in single digit in percentage terms. "We are looking at raising the fares during the festive season. No concrete decision has been taken yet. But the increase will not be very high because of competition. It will not be in double-digit," Jet Airways CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer told reporters.
The Indian economy is likely to grow at 6.6 per cent in the current fiscal on the back of new investment proposals and additional capacity building by companies, economic think-tank CMIE said in a report.
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The silver lining in the GDP number is the manufacturing sector.
Despite the government and the Reserve Bank's desperate efforts, inflation is on the rise. For the week ended July 19, inflation rose to 11.98 per cent from 11.89 per cent in the previous week.
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Renewed buying interest in banking stocks helped the index recoup losses in the second half of the trading day. The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 63 points at 8,892. The index, however, was up 49 points for the week. The NSE Nifty ended down 22 points at 2,764.
Bearish dollar overseas also supported the rupee
Vernon Philander is enjoying being "mentor" in the twilight of his career and wants more of his contemporaries to give back to the game instead of looking for "greener pastures".
The rupee has declined by 24 paise in four days of losses.
A first person account of the train-walk-bike-taxi journey on Wednesday to the office, which is usually covered in an hour, took five-long but enlightening hours, as the city observed a bandh called against violence on the anniversary of a battle fought 200 years ago.
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The rupee closed marginally stronger against the dollar on Wednesday.
Gold plunged sharply to hit a three-month low.
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After consistent performances this season Vikram Raj Vir Singh is back in the reckoning for a regular place in the Indian Test team.
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For someone who had an outstanding 2006 -- four wins, the Asian Order of Merit title and a top-50 world ranking to mention just some of his achievements -- 2007 was relatively quite disappointing.
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