The legendary Indian cricketer was the Man of the ODI series, but the Most Valuable Player title went to an unlikely Aussie, point out Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji.
India's batting line-up came up with a stunning display of strokeplay to achieve the highest successful run chase in Twenty20 history as the hosts defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the second game and levelled the two-match series 1-1 in Mohali on Saturday.
India captain M S Dhoni was clearly unhappy with the sloppy fielding by his side for the second consecutive game in Mohali but said there was "something funny and fishy" in Saturday's T20 International as Sri Lanka were also not at their best in that department of the game.
Virat is No 1, Rohit is No 2, but guess who are 3, 4 and 5?
Amitabh Bachchan, Shweta Tiwari and Sachin Tendulkar, who were at the first, third and fifth place in 2006, respectively, were not among the top five in 2008.
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M S Dhoni's winning percentage after the first Test against New Zealand is 83.33. Among all captains who have led their respective sides in five or more matches, only one, England's Brian Close (85.71 per cent) -- has a higher winning percentage.
Team India captain M S Dhoni has crossed one more hurdle seeking to own the prized 9mm pistol as his application for a license reached the Jharkhand home department from the commissioner's office, which had last week referred it back to the deputy commissioner's office asking for a character certificate of the iconic player.
Although the Indian captain M S Dhoni performs well in all three forms of cricket, he seems best equipped to play ODI cricket. In ODI cricket, a strike rate just below 100 which is the rate Dhoni is now most comfortable with is considered excellent. Also the 50 overs allow the calm captain sufficient leverage to swing close matches his team's way.
India are 0-1 down after an inexplicably poor batting performance led to a three-wicket loss in the lung-opener in Visakhapatnam
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The Indian cricket team arrived in Napier on Monday for the five-match ODI series against New Zealand, starting January 19.
The all-rounder is at the top of the MVP table more because of his batting than his bowling, note Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji.
Barely a few days after India's shock exit from the Twenty20 World Cup, the BCCI was on Friday left grappling with a fresh controversy when it came to light that many key players, including captain M S Dhoni, were selected in the England-bound squad despite carrying injuries.
Under Dhoni's captaincy, India has won just 2 out of 21 away Tests while losing 13 Tests.
Reader Siraj, who has worked as a body double for Dhoni in a few ads, sent us pictures of the two.
The amendments were adopted with a significant margin, with the difference of votes ranging between 27 and 34 votes.
After the first week of the DLF IPL, the Australians appeared to be dominating. From the second week onwards, especially after Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Brett Lee and Andrew Symonds left, the Indians seemed to be gaining ascendancy with fine performances from Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, the Pathan brothers and M S Dhoni.
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The court said that the Malayalam folk song has been in the public domain since 1978 and the song video cannot be termed as blasphemous.
A resolute 98 off just 55 balls (10x4, 5x6) by Suresh Raina and good bowling by Lakshmipathy Balaji (four for 21), Albie Morkel (two for 21) and Jacob Oram (two for 27) helped Chennai Super Kings beat Rajasthan Royals by 38 runs in their Indian Premier League match at the Centurion on Thursday.
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His prolonged slump in form notwithstanding, Rahul Dravid retained his place in Grade A as the BCCI on Monday offered new contracts to 37 players. The players have been clubbed in four grades in the new contract which would cover the October 2008 - September 2009 period, BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan said in a statement.
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While Ajinkya Rahane always scores good runs, he seldom scores them quickly enough. And he doesn't bowl, although he is a handy fielder. Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji assess the India-West Indies ODI series.
In a tribute to batting legend Sachin endulkar, a pavilion in his name was declared open by India captain M S Dhoni at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Kochi on Wednesday.
Riding on Samson's record-breaking unbeaten 212 off just 129 balls, Kerala posted a mammoth 377/3 on the board and restricted Goa to 153/3 after play was called off due to inclement weather.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international on the reserve day in Colombo on Wednesday. India fielded an unchanged team while Sri Lanka brought in Malinda Warnapura for Chamara Silva.
Former Australia captain Michael Hussey said he was surprised by reports that just-retired Test captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had suggested his name for the coach's job of Indian cricket team once Duncan Fletcher's contract expired at the end of World Cup 2015.
The burden of playing in all the three formats eventually took a toll on India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who decided to retire from Test cricket with immediate effect in the middle of the ongoing four-match Australia series.
England captain Kevin Pietersen won the toss and elected to field in the fourth one-dayer against India in Bangalore on Sunday. India made one change to the side that won the third one-dayer in Kanpur, bringing in Sachin Tendulkar in place of Rohit Sharma.
South Indian actress Laxmi Raii, who was reportedly dating India's limited overs cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, is hoping that she or her relationship with Dhoni, doesn't feature in the biopic based on the cricketer's life. "It's so strange that people are unnecessarily focusing on my past. While I and Dhoni have moved on, it looks like some people are still stuck with it.
'Over the last 12 months Virat's averaged 133, Shikhar 75, and Rohit 50; so there's a lot of runs and balls faced from their top three. It's important to get them as early as you can because once they get in, they score fast and they don't seem to get out too easily'
'The biggest motivation is being a part of the Indian cricket team.'
Rishabh Pant's flamboyant batting exploits have impressed Farokh Engineer so much that he wondered how the Indian selectors can afford to leave him out in favour of the seasoned Mahendra Singh Dhoni for this year's World Cup in England.
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Virat Kohli, who recently became the fastest batsman in ODIs to score 9,000 runs, is the Most Valuable Player of the ODI series against New Zealand. Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji explain why the Indian skipper is tops.
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