Dhonis gloves found irregular Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been deemed to have been in breach of the Laws of Cricket after the wicket-keeping gloves he used during Sundays one-dayer against Australia were found irregular.
Crucial tie for India, SL The virtual semifinal that Tuesdays clash at the Bellerive Oval has become will be as much a battle of nerves as of skill.
Important not to panic: Mahela If Sri Lanka win on Tuesday at the Bellerive Oval, they will stay alive in the competition, though they will still need to beat Australia at the MCG on Friday to secure qualification to the finals.
BILLIONAIRES BID TO RIVAL IPL
Stanford offers $20m for one Twenty20 tie! Apparently trying to compete with the lucrative IPL, maverick Texan billionaire Allen Stanford has offered the Australian, English and Indian cricketers US$20 million from a single Twenty20 match next year in the West Indies.
India will be hoping for the off-colour duo of Virender Sehwag (left) and Sachin Tendulkar to come good against Sri Lanka in their crucial tri-series encounter in Hobart on Tuesday.
Is commercialisation of cricket through the Indian Premier League good or bad? Deccan Herald had invited its readers’ opinion on the issue. Almost all our readers opined that commercialisation of cricket would have negative effect on the game as money would dominate the true spirit and patriotism of players.
The responsibility of players will be measured in terms of their bid amount. Some readers even termed IPL bidding as slave trade.