Shane Warne to retire from cricket after IPL season

Australian spin bowling legend Shane Warne says he will retire from professional cricket at the end of the current Indian Premier League campaign.

'Comeback King' Ganguly back in IPL with Pune Warriors India

KOLKATA: Ignored at this year's IPL auctions, former India captain Sourav Ganguly made a dramatic return in the cash-rich league on Tuesday signing for Pune Warriors India in place of an injured Ashish Nehra.

Tillakaratne alleges match-fixing in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: The ghost of match-fixing has returned to haunt international cricket with former Sri Lankan skipper Hashan Tillakaratne claiming that his country has been rigging matches since 1992 and questioned the selections made in the World Cup final loss to India.

Kumar Sangakkara quits Lankan captaincy

Kumar Sangakkara has quit the post of the Sri Lankan captian. This comes just three days after Sri Lanka's World Cup final defeat at the hands of India.

Sachin, Zaheer, Yuvraj make it to ICC's team of the World Cup

NEW DELHI: Their crucial contribution in guiding India to their first World Cup title in 28 years on Saturday fetched the trio of Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan a place in the International Cricket Council's Team of the Tournament.

Cricket World Cup: Indians dedicate win to Tendulkar

India's cricketers have dedicated their World Cup final victory over Sri Lanka to legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar.

 

India deserved to win World Cup, says Sangakkara

MUMBAI: Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara said his team were disappointed at missing out on a second World Cup title but proud to go down to a team that deserved victory more. 

Shahid Afridi is "THE MAN" -

Shahid Afridi Arrival Home Sibteintv Exclusive - This is an interview which was recorded.

3000 Pak fans selling final tickets in black?

Mumbai: For the match in Mohali on Wednesday, the city hosted over 3,000 guests from across the border. The visitors from Pakistan had come to the country hoping they would see their team go on to win the World Cup. They had bought tickets online for both the semi and the grand finale on Saturday.

A look back at all the nine World Cup finals

India, who had won just one match in the previous two editions, stunned West Indies in the 1983 World Cup final when they defended a modest 183 by dismissing their rivals for 140. 

Team India fought on empty stomach in Mohali!

MOHALI: The Indian and Pakistani fans were not the only ones to be hit by the heavy security and traffic situation in Mohali on Wednesday. It has been learnt that MS Dhoni's team began the all-important semifinal clash with their neighbours without having their lunch!

Why India won, Why Pakistan lost

We will remember this game all our lives: a needle contest where fate hung by the narrowest of threads. In the ultimate analysis, Pakistan's fine bowling could not compensate for its abysmal catching skills. India's batting was below its best but MS Dhoni's men showed admirable fighting qualities whenever the chips were down. Team India deserved to win this game; Pakistan didn't. Hard luck, my friends!

Employees go on mass leave for Indo-Pak clash

Pak federal interior secretary Chaudhry Qamar Zaman had made a recommendation to the Establishment Division a few days ago that Wednesday be declared a public holiday. In India, around one lakh Facebook users agree to this, and more than 36,000 have decided to skip work and college as India and Pakistan meet in a World Cup semifinal at Mohali today. 

I have realised my dream of helping India beat Australia: Yuvraj Singh

Star batsman Yuvraj Singh on Thursday said that he has realised the dream of piloting India to a victory against defending champions Australia in the World Cup though it was very difficult to keep his emotions in check in the high-octane quarter-final match in Ahmedabad.

Cricket World Cup 2011: India v Australia match report

Quarter-final: India (261-5) beat Australia (260-6) by five wickets.

Australia’s 12-year monopolisation of the World Cup ended in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Their captain Ricky Ponting may have scored a vintage century, but his was a lone fight against a superior India team. 

After the match, Ponting confirmed that he wants to play on for Australia, despite claims to the contrary in a British newspaper.