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Squad for India’s t20 series against Sri Lanka announced, Virat rested for this home series.

 February 3, 2016   Vishal Pandey

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The BCCI on Monday announced the squad for upcoming three-match T-20 series against Sri Lanka. Virat Kohli who had a phenomenal series down under has been rested for this home series.Kohli was in supreme form in the just-concluded Australia T-20 series, where he scored 199 runs at an average of 199 with three half-centuries. Though […]

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India Score Historic Series Win by Beating Sri Lanka in Colombo’s Third Test on Tuesday

 September 4, 2015   R K Gupta

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In test cricket history, it was the first instance in an overseas tour that India bounced back from a 0-1 deficit to record a series victory. They have done that twice in home series. Once during England’s tour of India in 1972, the visitors had taken a 1-0 lead but India won the series 2-1 […]

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On Last Day Lanka Require 319 Runs to Upstage India Who Need 7 Wickets to Do the Same

 September 1, 2015   R K Gupta

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On paper, India look the favorites before the start of the final day’s play but the manner in which Dinesh Chandimal batted was an indicator that Sri Lanka do not want to take it lying down. After India removed opener Upul Tharanga and one-drop batsman Dimuth Karunaratne, both of whom got the identical 7-ball ducks, […]

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India Lose Early Advantage Falters Towards Closing Stages of Third Day in Colombo Test

 August 31, 2015   R K Gupta

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Though India couldn’t add much to their overnight score and ended up at 312 all out, they ran through the early part of the Sri Lankan innings. At 47 for 6, Sri Lanka looked like heading to a disastrous first innings’ finish but once again the much-hyped bowling couldn’t complete the kill. The last four […]

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Cheteshwar Pujara and Amit Mishra Rescue India on Second Day of the Third Test

 August 30, 2015   R K Gupta

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After the opening day’s wash-out, India’s batsmen either couldn’t sustain the Sri Lankan bowling attack or fell by committing avoidable errors in a test match situation. They ended the second day at 292/8. Come to think of it; Cheteshwar Pujara’s unbeaten 145, unexpected 59 from Amit Mishra and 18 extras in the innings amounted to […]

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India Rout Sri Lanka for Their First Test Win in Thirteen Months

 August 25, 2015   R K Gupta

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It was on the Lords cricket ground that India registered their last test match victory against England. That was July 2014 and Ishant Sharma emerged as the hero of that victory. Since then, there have been only losses and draws. They looked like taking the Galle test but Dinesh Chandimal stood in their way. Finally […]

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Kumara Sangakkara Bids Adieu to Test Cricket at Colombo As India Dominate the 4th Day

 August 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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Kumara Chokshanada Sangakkara visited the cricket pitch for the last time in his career after the dismissal of Kaushal Silva in the third over of Sri Lanka’s second innings. He didn’t have a fairytale ending to his cricketing career but that didn’t stop his fans from getting emotional after he fell to Ravichandran Ashwin for […]

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Despite Mathews’ Century India End Third Day of the Colombo Test with Some Advantage

 August 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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Indian bowling was fully tested in the first session of the third day. They couldn’t find a wicket and looked helpless against the determined Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews. Sri Lanka began the day in trying to prevent India gaining any further advantage after they posted 393 runs and took three wickets for 140 at […]

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Nothing Spectacular From India’s Viewpoint on Second Day of the Colombo Test

 August 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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Overnight not out batsman Wriddhiman Saha helped India stretch the morning and caused enormous frustration to the Sri Lankan bowlers. If it was not for Saha, who recorded his highest test score of 60 at Galle, the innings could have folded much earlier. Saha was the 9th India wicket that fell on the second day […]

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Riding on Lokesh Rahul’s Century India Reach 300-Plus on First day of the Colombo Test

 August 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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Just when, he should have thought of preparing himself for the next day, Rohit Sharma fell leg before to Mathews. It was a similar delivery that the Sri Lanka skipper had used against Rohit in the first test. Rohit, however, had done the job by scoring 79 but his wicket yielded a psychological advantage to […]

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