Winner of AHAIA Winter Queen, Michri B Sangma flanked by 1st Runners up Vivian Sangma and 2nd Runners up Pachisa B Sangma. (Photo contributed by Loveleen Momin)
Kolkata: Stung by two successive defeats on home soil, the national selectors cracked the whip on Sunday by axing veteran pace spearhead Zaheer Khan and batsman Yuvraj Singh from the squad for the fourth and final Test against England starting on Thursday. India lost the third Test to England by seven wickets here on Sunday, [...]
New Delhi: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said, on Sunday, that veteran pacer Zaheer Khan’s omission from the squad for fourth Test was on expected lines, but Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh were made “soft targets.” “If you ask me, Zaheer’s exclusion was expected but I believe that Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh have been [...]
By Ian Botham The Indian lower order’s resilience ensured play on the fifth day and though not an innings defeat, this was another comprehensive Test win by England. A win at Eden Gardens is a great feeling. What this does is narrow the points gap between England and the number one side South Africa. Over [...]
By Our Reporter SHILLONG: Cricket, an English game but played all over the world, has come a long way in the state of Meghalaya. Cricket has been played in what is now Meghalaya for over a century and the sport that is now played by thousands of youth in the state started in an organised [...]
Vansada (Gujarat): Faulting the BJP government in Gujarat for failing to sustain balanced growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday that the state’s development had only benefited only a few. Addressing an election rally, Manmohan Singh said: “The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has proved to be incompetent. The fruits of development have not [...]
Haveri (Kar): Opening a new chapter in Karnataka politics, former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Sunday formally launched Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) and took over as its President at a massive rally here in North Karnataka. In a potential sign of trouble for the BJP government in the state, at least 10 ruling party [...]