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The 23rd over the Indian innings in the second one-dayer saw Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara unleashing his surprise weapon in the form of 24-year-old Suraj Randiv, touted by pundits as the next Muttiah Muralitharan. With an action that resembles India’s yesteryear off-spin wizard Srinivas Venkatraghavan, Suraj made a mark with his 15th ball when [...]

Australian legend Ian Chappell had once said, “You tend to learn a lot when you lose than on the occasions when you win matches.” The statement did not make too much sense as Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat at the Eden Gardens, a move that was to backfire when their spinners [...]

As the year is coming to a close in the next week, cricforu.com analyses the top ten cricketing moments of the year. The moments are purely based on teams pulling off unlikely wins, individuals literally putting their teams on the forefront with their brilliance. Deccan Chargers winning the IPL-2 It was a fairytale ride for [...]

When a young tearaway fast bowler made his one-day debut against South Africa in the picturesque Ireland at the Future Cup in 2007, he immediately caught attention for his tearaway and his first outing brought figures of 7-0-38-0 with an economy of 5.42. But the by caught the nation’s attention in the third Test at [...]

No problems whatsoever for Men in Blue as they took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series after they bundled Sri Lanka out for 239, the hosts cruising to a comfortable seven-wicket victory at the Barabati Stadium here on Monday night. The visitors will rue the fact that from a position of supreme strength at [...]

Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have ended up on the losing side but his personal contributions to the team’s fortunes have skyrocketed in the last one year. On Friday, the elegant right-hander scored his sixth century in one-dayers, a well-made 107 in 111 balls and in the process joined Australian skipper Ricky Ponting as the highest [...]

If the defeat on Friday night in the second ODI against Sri Lanka here wasn’t enough, the slow over-rate maintained by the Indians proved costly for the hosts’ skipper M.S. Dhoni who was banned for two one-dayers. The ban which is effective from immediate effect could mean that Dhoni will not take field in the [...]

Tillakaratne Dilshan (123) beat the Indian bowling to pulp at the Orange city and received tremendous support from the listless Indian bowling backed by some sorry ground fielding to help Sri Lanka sneak home by three wickets and thereby level the five-match one-day series 1-1 at the VCA Stadium, Jamtha here on Friday night despite [...]

For someone who has played cricket with an uncluttered manner, Virender Sehwag comes across as a human being who is shipshape in his approach towards life and almost always lets his willow do the talking. “I have always kept things simple,” the Delhi dasher said. Sehwag may have made batting look ridiculously easy but quiz [...]

Yuvraj Singh who celebrates his 28th birthday on Saturday took 3-23 and smashed an unbeaten 60 off 25 balls as India crushed Sri Lanka by six wickets on Saturday to draw the two-match Twenty20 series 1-1. India, chased down Sri Lanka’s challenging 206-7 with five balls to spare at Mohali. It was the highest successful [...]