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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 [...]

Former Australian wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist expects the seven-match ODI series between India and Australia starting on Sunday to be a “tough and hard-fought” contest with the home team looking to make amends of their Champions Trophy debacle. “I would love to say 7-0 result for Australia but I don’t think that is going to be [...]

VADODARA: Strong rivals India and Australia will resume their cricketing rivalry as they go into the first One-dayer on Sunday with the injury-hit hosts fully aware that a series triumph in the seven-match rubber would catapult them to the number one spot. The Indians will also be keen to make amends for their Champions Trophy [...]

Words like luck and chance hardly make it to an all-rounder’s list of favourite words. But Shane Watson is different. It is because his career, plagued by injuries, has not been smooth. He uses the word “lucky” in every other sentence and it is hard to say if he crosses his fingers under the table [...]

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt is visiting India next week reportedly to hold talks with Indian cricket officials for a bilateral One-day series at a neutral venue next year. Butt confirmed today he would hold meetings with the Pakistan High Commissioner in New Delhi and meet Indian board and government officials there, but [...]