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Kolkata, May 25 -- The Rajasthan Royals almost shot themselves in the foot till an innovative Dishant Yagnik and an experienced Brad Hodge staged a last-ditch effort to take them to a total that will challenge the Mumbai Indians. Had it not been for the suicidal shots of the Royals' batsmen, they could have found themselves in a better position. Rahul Dravid again...
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Kolkata, May 25 -- It's a norm for the Chennai Super Kings to enter with a bang. They have been the most consistent team in this Twenty20 meet, possess a constellation of stars and are led by one of the most gripping characters of the game. But how things change once the whiff of fixing gets to even the top team!...
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Mumbai, May 25 -- Has the betting-fixing scandal that has rocked the domestic T20 league prised open N Srinivasan's iron grip on the Board of Control for Cricket in India?...
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Mumbai:, May 25 -- One of the most sought after cricketers in the Indian T20 league was relaxing in the lounge chair by the team hotel's poolside. Amid blaring music, the skimpily clad cheerleaders cannot keep their hands off him. This was a scene at an after party following Royal Challenge-rs Bangalore's loss in a decisive clash to Kolkata Knight Riders in Ranchi on...
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New Delhi, May 25 -- If you're talking cricket, Dr Rudi Webster has seen it all and dealt with them all. Ask Greg Chappell, arguably Australia's greatest batsman since Sir Donald Bradman, how Webster helped him end a barren run in 1983. Or why Sir Vivian Richards, fresh from a magnificent double century at the MCG in December 1984, believed cricket's "witch doctor"...
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New Delhi, May 25 -- In one of the Indian T20 league matches recently, the entire band of cheerleaders had disappeared to the team hotel immediately after the match. The reason was that a post-match party was being held at the hotel and the cheerleaders were supposed to attend it. In fact, the home team was supposed to play another match at the same venue following a...
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Mumbai, May 25 -- Gurunath Meiyappan, the team principal of two-time T20 league winners Chennai Super Kings (CSK), used to place bets through the book 'Jack' that Virendra Dara Singh Randhawa alias Vindoo operated. Vindoo under sustained interrogation had told investigators that Meiyappan had placed bets. But the officials found further corroboration from one of two...
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Kolkata, May 25 -- It's inevitable that with time, Harbhajan Singh and Rahul Dravid will be consigned to the pages of history. But Friday showed they still have the mojo that helped them fashion one of India's most memorable Test wins. Friday's venue was the same but the stage was different. And while both starred for opposing teams, they performed nevertheless,...
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Kolkata, May 25 -- It's inevitable that with time, Harbhajan Singh and Rahul Dravid will be consigned to the pages of history. But Friday showed they still have the mojo that helped them fashion one of India's most memorable Test wins. Friday's venue was the same but the stage was different. And while both starred for opposing teams, they performed nevertheless,...
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Mumbai, May 25 -- N Srinivasan is likely to face grave consequences if his son-in-law M Gurunath's involvement with bookmakers is proven by the police, but the most damning fall-out of it could be the scrapping of the Chennai Super Kings. It will need a really strong stand on the part of the other Indian cricket board members to take the extreme step of terminating...
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