Decision to fall Harbhajan right

Former India captain Kapil Dev has backed the selectors' judgment to drop Harbhajan Singh from the squad for the first two ODIs against England next month. "From the point of view of country's interest, nothing is amazing. If they have dropped him, it must be for the betterment of the team," the famous all-rounder said at the Dilip Sardesai Memorial lecture. "You do get hurt if a spinner of the calibre of Harbhajan is dropped. But if his exclusion...

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Jones, Reeve in organization for PCB job

Former Australian batsman Dean Jones and ex-England all-rounder Dermot Reeve are said to be in the list of five candidates, short-list by the PCB for the coaching job. Former Pakistan captain Intikhab Alam refuse to reveal the names of the short-listed candidates but sources exposed that Jones and Reeve were on the list. "I can't give you the names of the people on the select we have made of five candidates. But we conventional a total of 37 application...

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Kallis and Gambhir stay Knight Riders alive

Kolkata Knight Riders 171 for 1 (Kallis 64*, Gambhir 55*) strike Royal Challengers Bangalore 169 for 9 (Vettori 44, Bhatkal 25) by nine wickets Kolkata Knight Riders hit Royal Challengers Bangalore by nine wickets in Bangalore, thanks to a winning second-wicket stand by Jacques Kallis and Gautam Gambhir. South African Kallis ablaze 64 from 47 balls, ably assist by Gambhir who scored an winning 55 from just 31 delivery, as they chase down Bangalore's...

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Injured de Villiers to Miss Aus series

South Africa's ODI and T20 captain AB de Villiers will miss the forthcoming series with Australia after being ruled out for up to six weeks with a broken hand. De Villiers broke his finger while training with the Royal Challengers Bangalore this week and will undertake surgery on Friday. "The hand expert found that AB (de Villiers) fractured the hand bone (metacarpal) of his middle finger," said Proteas team manager Dr Mohammed Moosajee. "He...

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Harbhajan place to captain India Green

Harbhajan Singh has been named captain of the India Green team for the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy to be detained in Nagpur from October 10 to 13. The new BCCI secretary, Sanjay Jagdale, announce the 14-member squads of India Blue, India Green and India Red teams for the 50-over-a-side tournament after a meeting of the national selection board in Chennai on Thursday. Opener Gautam Gambhir, who miss the ODI series in England because of a head injury,...

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