Fired-up bowlers will hold the key It is perhaps uncommon to focus on the bowlers when two strong batting line-ups, comprising players like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Kevin Pietersen, face off against each other. But that less celebrated tribe will grab attention when the second Test between India and England gets under way at Trent Bridge on Friday...
VISHY WAY
Indians continue to flounder overseas Indian cricket can clearly be divided into two distinct halves, one of which involves matches played in India and parts of the sub-continent, and the other matches played outside the comfort zone, in England, Australia and South Africa.
Middle-order runs needed Indian skipper Rahul Dravid said he would like to see the middle order scoring runs in the second Test beginning here on Friday...
ATHLETICS / Asian Championships
Preeja wins silver on first day National record holder Preeja Sreedharan fetched India their first medal, winning the silver in the womens 10000M race, at the 17th Asian Athletics Championship here on Wednesday....
TENNIS / Sania-Peer advance
Osterloh ousts fancied Bartoli Sania and her Israeli partner Shahar Peer had to dig in deep to clinch a marathon 6-1, 0-6, 11-9 victory against Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus and Anastasia Rodionoa of Russia to earn a doubles quarterfinal berth.
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