Author: Vinod Rawat

Turning tracks for England Tests not unfair – Kohli

Posted by | Oct 29, 2012 | |

In wake of the criticism leveled at India over the absence of spinners in the A-team squad that will play England in a warm-up game, batsman Virat Kohli has said there would be nothing unfair with making England play on spinner-friendly pitches in the Tests. On India’s tour to England and Australia last year, he said, the conditions during the warm-up games and those in the Test matches were vastly different, which was not ‘fair’ to India.

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Ganguly opts out of IPL 2013

Posted by | Oct 29, 2012 | |

Sourav Ganguly will not be available as a player for the Pune Warriors franchise during next year’s IPL, a decision which was agreed upon mutually between Ganguly and the franchise. Ganguly, who was the captain of Pune Warriors last season, spoke to Subroto Roy, the owner of the Pune franchise, on Saturday night in this regard ahead of the October 31 deadline for the submission of the list of players for the next IPL. The decision marks an end to Ganguly’s competitive cricket career which spanned 22 years starting from his first-class debut in 1989-90.

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‘Our worst game’ – Petersen

Posted by | Oct 29, 2012 | |

There is a lot to be said for an honest assessment of a bad performance, and Lions’ captain Alviro Petersen managed to say it all. With a straight face, he summed up their showing in the final as nothing short of what it was: abjectly poor. “We just played some terrible cricket

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Wade in Test squad, Haddin misses out

Posted by | Oct 29, 2012 | |

Matthew Wade has been confirmed as Australia’s first-choice Test wicketkeeper but Brad Haddin remains a “player of significant interest”, according to the national selector John Inverarity. Wade was named in a 12-man squad to take on South Africa in the first Test, starting at the Gabba on November 9, and there were no surprises in the group, with Mitchell Starc included and Pat Cummins, who has not played first-class cricket for nearly a year, left out

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