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Captain Cool: the MS Dhoni Story
Captain Cool The MS Dhoni Story GULU Ezekiel is one of India’s best known sports writers and authors with nearly forty years of experience in print, TV, radio and internet. He has previously been Sports Editor at Asian Age, NDTV and indya.com and is the author of over a dozen sports books on cricket, the Olympics and table tennis. Gulu has also contributed extensively to sports books published from India, England and Australia and has written for over a hundred publications worldwide since his first article was published in 1980. Based in New Delhi from 1991, in August 2001 Gulu launched GE Features, a features and syndication service which has syndicated columns by Sir Richard Hadlee and Jacques Kallis (cricket) Mahesh Bhupathi (tennis) and Ajit Pal Singh (hockey) among others. He is also a familiar face on TV where he is a guest expert on numerous Indian news channels as well as on foreign channels and radio stations. This is his first book for Westland Limited and is the fourth revised and updated edition of the book first published in September 2008 and follows the third edition released in September 2013. Website: www.guluzekiel.com Twitter: @gulu1959 First Published by Westland Publications Private Limited in 2008 61, 2nd Floor, Silverline Building, Alapakkam Main Road, Maduravoyal, Chennai 600095 Westland and the Westland logo are the trademarks of Westland Publications Private Limited, or its affiliates. Text Copyright © Gulu Ezekiel, 2008 ISBN: 9788193655641 The views and opinions expressed in this work are the author’s own and the facts are as reported by him, and the publisher is in no way liable for the same. -
Attiyah Aims to Win Landmark First Dakar for Toyota
Sports Monday, January 7, 2019 17 After victory, Du Plessis says he’s a fan of Tests, lively pitches AFP more,” he said. were bowled out for 294, leav- rion.” who suffered a badly bruised CAPE TOWN “The speed of play has ing South Africa an easy target. Apart from being down on right thigh while fielding, gone up tremendously. Test “They had an opportu- pace, Sarfraz said the Pakistan made only four before he was FAF du Plessis said on Sunday cricket has evolved and it is nity to get 150 (ahead) on the bowlers delivered too many caught off his glove by Sar- that Test matches were crick- great for the fans. They are get- board but we did really well loose balls to provide scoring fraz while attempting to pull et’s most exciting format after ting fours, sixes, lots of wick- after tea, making sure we did opportunities for the South a bouncer from Mohammad his side clinched their series ets and pace bowlers bowling. not let the opposition get back African batsmen. Abbas. against Pakistan with a nine- Test cricket for me the last few in the game,” he said. Sarfraz acknowledged that Hashim Amla was forced wicket win on the fourth day years has been the most excit- a single warm-up game had to retire hurt on two after be- at Newlands on Sunday. ing format of all.” Poor bowling not been enough to prepare ing hit on the right upper arm The South African captain Du Plessis said the pitch at Pakistan captain Sarfraz Pakistan for South African by a ball from Mohammad disagreed with Pakistan coach Newlands had been challenging Ahmed said the loss of five conditions but he took heart Amir which lifted sharply off a Mickey Arthur’s criticism of on the first two days but there wickets on the first morn- from the second innings in good length. -
Match Report
Match Report GCA, Gujarat vs PCA, Punjab Draw Date: Thu 15 Oct 2015 Location: India - Punjab Match Type: Two Innings Match Scorer: Hima Mohandas Toss: PCA, Punjab won the toss and elected to Bowl URL: http://www.crichq.com/matches/303989 GCA, Gujarat PCA, Punjab Score 467-10 135-4 Score 608-10 Overs 139.1 43.0 Overs 159.3 SB Gohel† M Vohra PK Panchal Jiwanjot Singh BH Merai U Kaul PA Patel* Mandeep Singh Y Venugopal Rao Yuvraj Singh* RH Bhatt G Khera† RB Kalaria H Chawla RR Powar S Kaul RP Singh S Ladda JJ Bumrah Maninder Singh HP Patel B Brainder Sran page 1 of 66 Scorecards 1st Innings | Batting: GCA, Gujarat R B 4's 6's SR SB Gohel† . 2 . 1 4 . 1 . 4 . 1 1 . 1 . run out (S Kaul) 54 116 7 0 46.55 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 4 . 4 . 2 . 4 . 1 . 1 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 1 . 1 4 1 . 1 . 2 1 // PK Panchal . 1 . 4 4 . 1 . 1 . 1 4 . 4 . 2 . c Jiwanjot Singh b B Brainder Sran 105 202 15 0 51.98 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 4 . 2 . 4 . 2 . 1 . 1 . 1 4 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 . 4 1 1 . 2 4 4 . 2 . 1 . 1 1 . 4 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 4 . 4 1 . 1 . 2 . 1 . 1 . 4 . 2 . // BH Merai . 4 . 1 3 . 1 . 1 . 2 . 2 . 4 . 1 . 2 1 . 1 1 . 2 1 c G Khera† b Yuvraj Singh* 29 54 2 0 53.7 . -
NZ Sweep Sri Lanka Series After Taylor, Nicholls Tons
WEDNESDAY 9 JANUARY 2019 SPORT 05 It’s something that I clearly Serena Williams on her bid to FOOTBALL want but I have to be able to FOOTBALL claim a record-equalling 24th get there and beat a lot of EFL Cup semi-final: Asian Cup, Grand Slam by winning the good players to get it. Manchester City vs Group E: Qatar vs Lebanon upcoming Australian Open. ACTION Group F: Uzbekistan vs Oman Burton Albion TODAY’S NBA RESULTS Dallas 97, LA Lakers 107 IPL 2019 to Boston 116, Brooklyn 95 NZ sweep Sri Lanka series be held in Houston 125, Denver 113 Milwaukee 114, Utah 102 India despite New Orleans 114, Memphis 95 Detroit 107, San Antonio 119 after Taylor, Nicholls tons election clash Portland 111, New York 101 Sacramento 111, Orlando 95 AFP NELSON, NEW ZEALAND AFP NEW DELHI Veteran Ross Taylor and rising Popovich ties star Henry Nicholls both The Indian Premier smashed centuries as New League will be held in for third on Zealand thrashed Sri Lanka by India, the cricket board 115 runs in the third One Day said yesterday, quelling victories list International in Nelson speculation that the yesterday to complete a 3-0 Twenty20 extravaganza REUTERS series whitewash. could be held elsewhere DETROIT Taylor top-scored with 137, owing to a clash with a and Nicholls was unbeaten on general election. DeMar DeRozan had 26 124 off just 80 balls, lifting the The money-spinning points, nine assists and seven hosts to 364 for four after they contest that lasts 2 rebounds and Gregg Popovich lost the toss and were sent in to months would be held continued his climb up the bat. -
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THE HIMALAYAN MAIL JAMMU Q MONDAY Q DECEMBER 07, 2020 11 India beat Australia by 6 wickets Boxer Vijender threatens in 2nd T20I, clinch series to return Khel Ratna award CHANDIGARH, DE- SYDNEY, DECEM- the sixth over at the Sydney CEMBER 6: Boxer Vijen- BER 6: India sealed the Cricket Ground whose der Singh on Sunday threat- T20 International series shorter square boundaries ened to return the ‘Rajiv against Australia with a aided batsmen. Gandhi Khel Ratna’ award, game to spare after a swash- However, the introduc- the country’s highest sport- buckling Hardik Pandya tion of Natarajan into the ing honour, if the Centre finished what Shikhar attack saw Australia losing does not withdraw the new Dhawan had set out to their first wicket in the form farm laws. achieve with a scintillating of D’Arcy Short. Boxer Vijender Singh 36-ball 52 in the second and Least perturbed by the along with Arjuna and penultimate match here on dismissal, Wade continued Dronacharya awardees Sunday. to bat aggressively and joins farmers at the Singhu The visitors thus avenged brought up his fifty off just border in New Delhi on their 1-2 ODI series loss, 25 balls with a boundary off Sunday. chasing down a challenging Chahal. Addressing the protesting 195-run target set by the But the stand-in skipper farmers near Singhu bor- home side. They won the got out in a comical fashion, der, Vijender Singh said if Haryana joins the list of sev- from Punjab and Haryana opener in Canberra by 11 run out after Kohli dropped the government does not eral former players, includ- have stayed put at various runs on Friday. -
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2018 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Indian men’s hockey team decimates Hong Surya Bhanu Partap keeps J&K’s flag high, wins bronze Kong China 26-0, betters 86-year old record India at Asiad: Rahi leads the way with gold, JAKARTA, Aug 22 : get on when they earned their first penalty corner but India The Indian men's hockey went for the review which turned wushu delivers best medal haul team today recorded its biggest out to be successful. ever win in international hockey India's chief coach Harendra PALEMBANG/JAKARTA, Aug as it annihilated Hong Kong Singh was happy for his players 22: China by 26-0 in a Pool B match and said they are now part of a of the Asian Games, bettering an legacy which will be always be Rahi Sarnobat beat all expecta- 86-year-old mark here. remembered in the history of tions to become India's first woman Defending champions India Indian hockey. shooter with an Asian Games gold bettered its record set way back "For me it does not matter, and the low-profile wushu players in 1932 when the national team, but for the players it is a proud delivered their best ever perform- ance even in defeat on another high- yielding day for the country at the regional showpiece. With four gold, three silver and James Anderson shakes hands with Virat Kohli after the match. eight bronze medals in their overall tally, India stood seventh in the medal table, which was led by quite Brilliant India pull back a margin by powerhouse China with 82 medals, including 37 gold. -
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Established 1961 25 Sports Thursday, May 23, 2019 Kohli’s India boast firepower to make World Cup charge Wrist spinners to add variety to India’s attack NEW DELHI: India boast the game’s undoubted Indian Premier League season but have played an superstar batsman in Virat Kohli but their bowling important role in India’s recent successes. attack could hold the key to their hopes of World Cup And former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar told glory. Despite their status as the game’s global power- AFP that the spin twins could have a crucial role to play house, India have only won the showpiece tournament for India, who kick off their World Cup campaign twice, in 1983 and 2011. But Kohli’s men, second behind against South Africa in Southampton on June 5. England in the one-day international rankings, will start “In T20 cricket if you don’t have anything in the the tournament in England and Wales among the pitch for these spinners then the batsmen, by slogging favourites alongside the host nation and defending them, have a tendency to get the better of these guys,” champions Australia. he said. “In the 50-over World Cup, in the middle For all the focus on captain Kohli, the number one stages, that kind of pressure won’t be there on these batsman in the world in the 50-over format and Test two guys.” cricket, the ability of India’s seamers to exploit the con- ditions could be the most important factor. Jasprit KOHLI FACTOR Bumrah, the top-ranked ODI bowler in the world, leads Kohli, 30, has scored more than 19,000 runs across the pace battery alongside Mohammed Shami, all formats of the international game and shone during Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hardik Pandya. -
Sharma Says India Must Learn from England Loss Set the Platform
TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2019 16 Cricket World Cup 2019 standings Team Played Won Lost Tied No result Run rate Points Sri Lanka survive Australia 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 14 India 7 5 1 0 1 0.854 11 New Zealand 8 5 2 0 1 0.572 11 England 8 5 3 0 0 1.000 10 Pakistan 8 4 3 0 1 -0.792 9 Sri Lanka 8 3 3 0 2 -0.934 8 Bangladesh 7 3 3 0 1 -0.133 7 Windies run chase South Africa 8 2 5 0 1 -0.080 5 West Indies 8 1 6 0 1 -0.335 3 Afghanistan 8 0 8 0 0 -1.634 0 West Indies fell to defeat by 24 runs after a spirited chase against Sri Lanka Today’s match Avishka Ferando hit India vs Bangladesh 104• runs for Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga took• three wickets Edgbaston Cricket Ground – Edgbaston 12:30pm AFP | Chester-le-Street Shakib-al-Hasan Rohit Sharma ri Lanka held off a West Indies » Bangladesh must win their final two games, against India and Pakistan, to stand any charge at Chester-le-Street yes- chance of qualifying for the semi-finals. Sterday to win an exciting battle of » India will book their top-four place with a win in this match, as they bid to bounce back two World Cup also-rans by 23 runs. from their first defeat of the tournament - a 31-run loss to England. Both teams came into the match » India have beaten Bangladesh in both the Champions Trophy and the Asia Cup in recent aware they could not reach the semi-fi- years - the latter a thrilling last-ball win in their most recent ODI against one another. -
List of All Players Transferred & Retained, IPL 2019 Auction –
IPL 2019 player transfer : List of all players transferred & retained, IPL 2019 auction – Complete List IPL 2019 countdown started with transfer and retention of players from all the ipl teams and to do so, 15th November was the last date for all IPL franchises to finalize their squad retention for the 12th edition of Indian Premier League. See the ipl 2019 auction players list , the IPL 2019 auctions will take place in December month. The biggest release of ipl 2019 auction players list was Mustafizur Rahman by Mumbai Indians, Glenn Maxwell and Gautam Gambhir by Delhi Daredevils, Carlos Brathwaite by SRH, Yuvraj Singh and Aaron Finch by Kings XI Punjab, Brendon McCullum by RCB, Mitchell Starc by KKR. See the complete list of retained and released players from all 8 ipl teams. 1. Mumbai Indians Pat Cummins & Mustafizur Rahman have been released by Mumbai Indians. Quinton de Kock has been lapped by MI from RCB. Retained Players : Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff. Released Players : Mustafizur Rahman, Pat Cummins, JP Duminy, Akila Dananjaya, Saurabh Tiwary, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh, Sharad Lumba, Tajinder Singh Dhillon.Traded: Quinton de Kock from RCB Total Available Balance : 11.15 cr Total Available slots : 7 (Indian- 6, Overseas – 1) 2. Rajasthan Royals Retained Players : Ajinkya Rahane, Steve Smith, Rahul Tripathi, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Prashant Chopra, Stuart Binny, Ben Stokes, Dhawal Kulkarni, Aryaman Birla, S. -
Buzz Missing but IPL Aims to Bring Normality Amid Pandemic
Sport FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2020 15 Yorkshire Buzz missing but IPL aims to lose 4 players after positive bring normality amid pandemic result REUTERS - LONDON REUTERS - ABU DHABI some notable absentees at this year’s Four Yorkshire players, After months of uncertainty due event. including David Willey, will to the COVID-19 pandemic, the The English duo of miss their two remaining delayed season of the popular Chris Woakes and Vitality Blast group matches Indian Premier League will kick Jason Roy, Sri Lanka after the England all-rounder off in the United Arab Emirates pace spearhead Lasith tested positive for COVID-19. tomorrow with a clash between Malinga and the Indian Yorkshire said in a defending champions Mumbai pair of Suresh Raina statement on Wednesday that Indians and Chennai Super and Harbhajan Singh Matthew Fisher, Tom Kohler- Kings. have all pulled out of Cadmore, Josh Poysden and The 2020 edition of the the tournament citing Willey had been advised to world’s richest Twenty20 personal reasons. self-isolate for two weeks after league was originally scheduled The Rohit Sharma- a positive test was received to begin on March 29 in India led Mumbai Indians, within the squad. but had to be postponed indef- bio-secure bubbles in Dubai, their television sets,” former against Chinese companies in who beat Chennai by one run Willey later confirmed he initely by the country’s cricket Sharjah and Abu Dhabi in front India captain Ganguly said. India and a weak business envi- in last year’s final to win their had tested positive. board (BCCI) due to worsening of empty stands but organisers “There is a positive in ronment following the pan- fourth title in seven years, once “My wife and I received situation of the pandemic. -
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Rohit stars in Mumbai Indians’ MISCELLANEOUS PLACEMENT EDUCATION D/L LOST TELECALLER REQUIRED I Manjul Bhatia S/o Pawan Kumar R/o FOR CALLCENTRE JOB 49-run win over KKR Vasuki Vihar, Link road Bhadarwah Distt EXCELLENT FLUENCY IN Doda have lost my Driving License bearing ABU DHABI, Sept 23: Then the Jasprit Bumrah-led blow in quick succession - first No. JK-0620150008611 near KC Theater ENGLISH IS MUST Mumbai attack did most things Karthik was trapped by Rahul Jammu today on 22.09.2020. If any body NIGHT SHIFT, 5 DAYS A WEEK found please contact me on my Mob No. PROPER TRAINING WILL BE Skipper Rohit Sharma's right to restrict KKR to 146 for Chahar (2/26) in front of the 9596997961. effortless batting formed the nine and end their winless streak wicket and then Hardik Pandya I am applying for the issuance of duplicate of GIVEN cornerstone of Mumbai Indians' in the UAE. grabbed a running catch on the the same. Objections if any may be con- LOCATION : Miran Sahib resounding 49-run win over KKR were never on course fence to send back Rana. veyed to ARTO Doda within one week. CONTACT: 9797535863 Kolkata Knight Riders in an for a comfortable chase as they Bumrah (2/32) in the 16th CORRECTION Indian Premier League match lost openers Shubhman Gill (7) over sealed the game for I Sanjay Kumar Amla S/o Late Sh Beli Ram Amla PART TIME VACANCY R/o Block 28 Flat 10 Lane 6 Jagti Migrant Colony here today and Sunil Narine (9) cheaply to Mumbai as he removed Andre Nagrota Jammu applying for the correction of my Female Computer Operator is On a big Sheikh Zayed be in a spot of bother at 25 for Russell (11), who was bowled, Local Youth taking selfie with former Indian Cricketer, wife’s name which is wrongly written as Vijay required for Service Center of Suresh Raina at Kunzar Play Ground, Baramulla. -
No 'Bull', I'm 'Hum-Bull', Says Australia's Warner
SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2019 16 Cricket World Cup 2019 standings Team Played Won Lost Tied No result Run rate Points Australia 6 5 1 0 0 0.849 10 Sri Lanka survive New Zealand 5 4 0 0 1 1.591 9 England 6 4 2 0 0 1.457 8 India 4 3 0 0 1 1.029 7 Sri Lanka 6 2 2 0 2 -1.119 6 Bangladesh 6 2 3 0 1 -0.407 5 West Indies 5 1 3 0 1 0.272 3 South Africa 6 1 4 0 1 -0.193 3 Stokes assault Pakistan 5 1 3 0 1 -1.933 3 Afghanistan 5 0 5 0 0 -2.089 0 Malinga stars as Sri Lanka beat England by 20 runs in Cricket World Cup Today’s matches India vs Afghanistan Veteran paceman Malinga takes• four for 43 to stun hosts The Rose Bowl – AFP | Leeds Southampton 12:30pm asith Malinga and Angelo Mathews played key roles in Sri LLanka’s stunning 20-run World Cup win over England that revived the race for semi-final berths at Headingley Rohit Sharma Hashmatullah Shahidi yesterday. » India are unbeaten so far at the 2019 Cricket World Cup, winning three matches England were all but out of the match with a fourth called off because of the unseasonal rain. after slumping to 186-9 as they chased » Afghanistan have lost five from five, conceding 397 against hosts England in 233 for victory. their most recent match on their way to a 150-run defeat. Ben Stokes’ blistering 82 not out off » India, who tied with Afghanistan when they last met at the Asia Cup, beat Paki- 89 balls, including seven fours and fours stan last time out – scoring 336/5 on their way to an 89-run win.