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MUMBAI: The world is eagerly awaiting Sachin Tendulkar’s monumental achievement of completing 20 years of international cricket next month. Sunil Gavaskar, though, has more immediate expectations: he wants Tendulkar to complete 17,000 runs in One-dayers in Nagpur on Wednesday. Tendulkar will complete two decades at the highest level on November 15, since he made his [...]

NAGPUR: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, on Tuesday, ruled out the possibility of batting up the order, saying there is no vacant slot for him in top four positions. “It’s a difficult choice to make. We have Viru (Virender Sehwag) and Sachin (Tendulkar) opening the innings, Gauti (Gautam Gambhir) at no. 3 and Yuvraj at [...]

In an age when things move fast and present becomes past even faster, Ashish Nehra’s comeback to international cricket has been extraordinary. Out of sight is out of mind, they say. By leading the Indian attack after being out for close to four years, the left-armer has at least defied that saying. After losing his [...]

NAGPUR: India will be lot more confident when they take on an injury-hit Australia in the second One-Day International on Wednesday. Apart from India’s valiant lower-order fightback, courtesy Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar, Australia did everything right and were the deserving winners in the first ODI in Vadodara. While there is still a lot of [...]