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4:00 AM Sources: Samay Live
Miffed with the docile pitch in the drawn Ahmedabad Test against Sri Lanka, feisty Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh today said such batting-friendly tracks would kill cricket's longest format. "Such pitches will kill Test cricket. It's a free ticket to batsmen and offer no contest," Harbhajan told PTI over phone from Ahmedabad. Tthe Motera track has drawi flak from all quarters and both captains Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kumar Sangakkara said they expected the pitch to offer some assistance to the bo

Such pitches will kill Test cricket. It's a free ticket to batsmen and offer no contest   -Harbhajan Singh

 

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3:30 AM Sources: Express India
Miffed with the docile pitch in the drawn Ahmedabad Test against Sri Lanka, feisty Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said on Saturday that such batting-friendly tracks would kill cricket's longest format. "Such pitches will kill Test cricket. It's a free ticket to batsmen and offer no contest," Harbhajan said over phone from Ahmedabad. The Motera track has drawn flak from all quarters and both captains Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kumar Sangakkara said they expected the pitch to offer some assistance to

Such pitches will kill Test cricket. It's a free ticket to batsmen and offer no contest   -Harbhajan Singh

 

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11:56 PM Sources: IBN Live News
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Friday described the Motera featherbed as a bowler-hostile track but his Sri Lankan counterpart Kumar Sangakkara had no issues with the strip which he described as a "true" wicket. Dhoni said the pitch lacked bounce and it also did not deteriorate after the third day, as he had expected. "We were expecting a batting pitch but thought it would deteriorate after the third day. But it did not. It also lacked bounce. At the end it did not help any bowler - pacers or

We were expecting a batting pitch but thought it would deteriorate after the third day. But it did not. It also lacked bounce. At the end it did not help any bowler - pacers or spinners   -Mahendra Singh Dhoni

 

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11:37 PM Sources: Cricket Premier
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's defence mechanism antenna is always up. While he didn't have much ammunition to defend his spinners' insipid show in the Ahmedabad Test, he surely had this to say: " Sri Lanka have a great spinner in Muttiah Muralitharan, and also Rangana Herath. But ...  

Nov
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11:28 PM Sources: Mid Day
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Nov
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10:06 AM Sources: NDTV
Relieved after his batsmen eked out a draw in the first Test against Sri Lanka, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said it was just a matter of seeing through the early overs and his team never panicked. Eight wickets separated Sri Lanka from a win but the Indian batsmen came with a much improved show in the second essay to walk away with a draw, scoring 222 runs today while losing just a couple of wickets. "We needed a good partnership at start of the innings. We knew if we don't give early wickets

We needed a good partnership at start of the innings. We knew if we don't give early wickets to Sri Lankan bowlers, it would be very difficult for them to get 10 wickets. That's what really happened   -Mahendra Singh Dhoni

 

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9:10 AM Sources:
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni predicted that Twenty20 will catch fire with a vengeance back home following his team's unexpected victory in the first-ever world championships on Monday. Dhoni, whose side ...  

Nov
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1:18 AM Sources: The Economic Times - India
Their one-dayer against Australia at the D Y Patil Stadium may have been washed out by rains brought on by Cyclone Phyan (the one that didn't hit Mumbai). However, Indian skipper M S Dhoni and teammate Harbhajan Singh's trip to Mumbai wasn't an altogether waste. Two days prior to the match, the two were spotted at a property registration office at the Old Custom House, Fort, registering a property the two had purchased together at Lower Parel.  

Nov
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1:16 AM Sources: rediff.com
Gautam Gambhir [ Images ] hit his seventh Test century to boost India's [ Images ] chances of saving the first Test against Sri Lanka [ Images ] on the fifth and final day in Ahmedabad [ Images ], on Friday. Gambhir showed tremendous application to score 105 from 213 deliveries, inclusive of 12 boundaries as India went into the lunch break at 256 for three in 74 overs, still trailing the visitors by 78 runs. Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] hit four boundaries in his 56-ball knock 22 as the two batsmen put  

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