Cricket: Batting holds the key to India's Cup fortunes
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If India manage to match their last World Cup runners-up finish in the latest edition in the Caribbean, it will be considered a big achievement considering their horror story in 2006.
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Disciplined batting by VVS Laxman helped India take control of the first test against South Africa on Sunday.
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Sourav Ganguly has, over the last few months, often stated that India are the second-best side in the world. Now, he has the opportunity to see his team climb to that position in the official ICC Test Championship
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Indian cricket could be set for a Â£173m windfall following the sale of TV rights for the national team's matches.
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Recalled Sourav Ganguly scored a gritty half-century to bolster India's batting on the second day of the first test against South Africa in Johannesburg on Saturday.
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"The team is unrecognizable from the World Cup but I hope the boys who have been to the West Indies can led from the front and put up a strong performance"  Belfast , June 22: A revitalised India will be seeking to launch their lengthy tour of the United Kingdom on a positive note when they take on World Cup giant-killers Ireland in a one-off limited overs cricket ... via Central Chronicle
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Chennai, Oct. 17: There is hope but there is also that hint of caution ahead of the final day. History does not rule in Indiaâs favour and the Australians are drawing inspiration from that as well as Shane Warneâs exploits in the first innings.
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India enjoyed their best day of the first Test here yesterday but still face defeat on a pitch that is starting to favour the spinners.
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Southampton, September 12: The Indian team might have regained its momentum with an easy victory over Kenya in their ICC Champions Trophy opener, but captain Sourav Ganguly wants batsmen Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh to strike form before the crucial
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The ICC Champions Trophy finally burst into life on Sunday with Pakistan and West Indies recording thrilling victories over India and South Africa to set up an intriguing semi-final showdown.
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India held the advantage in a tantalisingly poised second cricket test against Australia by the close of the third day&#39;s play today.
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India lost four wickets in the final session to undo much of their earlier good work with the bat on the first day of the third Test against Australia at the WACA here Wednesday.
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India will face a rejuvenated West Indies side in a must-win encounter in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.
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CHENNAI, OCTOBER 16: The slugfest at Chepauk is finally turning Indiaâs way, the series is being split wide open. And the knockout punches were delivered by two batsmen who are just finding their feet in
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THE OVAL, SEPTEMBER 3: Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly could only watch in disbelief from the dressing room at The Oval as his team crashed against a renewed English one-day outfit, wondering which set to lash out at: his batsmen or his bowlers.
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India need another 210 runs to win the Chennai Test after ending the fourth day at 19-0. Virender Sehwag was batting on 12 and Yuvraj Singh on 7. Earlier, Anil Kumble claimed 6-133, his 26th fifth-wicket haul, to help India bowl Australia out for 369.
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Birmingham: With both joint holders out, the Champions Trophy will have a new champion. While India exited on Sunday, Sri Lanka went out 24 hours earlier.