Royal Bengal Tigers stormed their way to the top of the table after outclassing Mumbai Champs by 12 runs in the Indian Cricket League (ICL) Twenty20 Championship at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Chasing a target of 171 in the allotted 20 overs, the Champs were bowled out for 158 in 19.5 overs to hand Bengal their third successive win in the tournament.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly was on Tuesday named captain and ambassador of Libra Legends in the upcoming Masters Champions League to be played in Dubai and Sharjah from January 28 to February 13. Ganguly will lead a team which will have South African iconic all-rounder Jacques Kallis, left-arm spinner Nicky Boje, English spinner Graeme Swann, Aussie speedster Shaun Tait, spinner Brad Hogg, Netherlands allrounder Ryan ten Doeschate among others.
Delhi Jets entered the semifinals of the ICL Twenty20 tournament in Panchkula on Wednesday after skipper Marvan Atapattu led from the front, hitting an unbeaten 64, to guide them to a six-wicket win over Chennai Superstars.
Delhi Jets did not feel the absence of skipper Marvan Atapattu as former Pakistani opener Taufeeq Umar slammed a sparkling half-century to lead the side to a five-wicket win against Hyderabad Heroes.
Chandigarh Lions snatched exciting nine-run victory over Delhi Jets in the inaugural match of the Indian Cricket League Twenty20 Tournament at the Devi Lal Cricket Stadium in Panchkula, Chandigarh, on Friday night.
Pakistan A players Misbah-ul-Haq, Taufeeq Umar and Zulqarnain Haider landed in jail for getting a speeding ticket in Abu Dhabi
The PCB left out fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar from a 16-member squad for the six-match one day series against India.
The youths, identified as Mohammed Harshad and Taufeeq Pathan, were moving about in a suspicious manner.
Pakistan 'A' were on 31 for 1 wicket at close on day 2 after England scored 256 in their second innings of the three-day tour match.
Pakistan named a 16-member Test squad for the high-profile series against India on Saturday.
Former skipper Zaheer Abbas on Saturday gave thumbs-up to Pakistan Cricket Board for selecting the best available team.
The start of play was delayed by roughly an hour due to bad light.
India has retained the same side that levelled the series 2-2. Pakistan has replace Afridi with Taufeeq Umar.
Azhar Mahmood makes a comeback while Shoaib Akhtar retains his place in the squad.
They were beaten by Pakistan 'A' in one-day warm-up match by six wickets.
They are 24 runs short winning the second Test and posting their first home win over South Africa.
The off-spinner took five wickets as the hosts snatched a dramatic 12-run victory over Pakistan.
Nantie Hayward took three for 29 and Makhaya Ntini three for 45 as Pakistan crashed to 120 for eight, in reply to the home side's first innings of 368.
From assembling bombs to planting them, 10 terror operatives spread across Patna on Sunday and wreaked havoc in the city. Vicky Nanjappa reports
The National Investigation Agency on Monday arrested two persons from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the blasts outside the rally of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on October 27.
Opener Tom Latham struck his second consecutive hundred to keep New Zealand on course for a big first-innings total on the opening day of the second Test against Pakistan on Monday. Opting to bat first after winning the toss at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, the visitors, trailing 1-0 in the three-Test series, reached 243 for three wickets at the close.
New Zealand's batting tail wagged to take them to 403 in their first innings before they returned to dismiss Pakistan's openers on the second day of the second Test in Dubai on Tuesday.
Devika survived a bullet injury on her leg and was one of the eye-witnesses to identify the lone-captured terrorist of the attacks -- Ajmal Kasab.
After a massive manhunt, the National Investigation Agency on Wednesday nabbed the elusive Students Islamic Movement of India operative Haider, who allegedly played a key role in the Patna blasts targeting Prime Minister elect Narendra Modi's rally last October.
A defiant fifth-wicket stand of 74 between Younis Khan and Asad Shafiq ensured Pakistan secured a draw in the second Test against New Zealand on Friday to maintain a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Continuing with the leads provided by the arrested people, National Investigation Agency on Tuesday arrested two more persons from Uttar Pradesh in connection with the blasts outside the rally of the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on October 7.
Voting was held in Maldives on Saturday for the second multi-party presidential elections with long queues of people outside polling stations in this Indian Ocean archipelago, which has seen a series of unsettling political events in the last eighteen months.
'We will continue to support Pakistan as we find no difference. They used to be Indians once upon a time, Yasin Bhatkal told his interrogators, even as Indian Mujahideen has largely transformed into a homegrown terror outfit with tacit support from across the border, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
India have won all their six games against Pakistan in the World Cup.
The win at Edgbaston was not the first time an Indian team had vanquished Pakistan in an ICC competition. Rajneesh Gupta surveys the landscape of India-Pakistan encounters in ICC contests.
