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There is something about India's narrow defeat in Thursday's fifth ODI. Not many seem to feel too bad about it although they should. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the first one to admit that poor fielding which included a few dropped catches was a reason apart from some rush of blood while batting.

Cybage Software Pvt Ltd will bring together the top 16 teams from the Information Technology sector to battle for the Inter-IT Cricket Championship.

Though many hundred miles away from his cricketing nursery Mumbai, the railways ground at Maligaon, Assam was a symbolic setting for Amol Muzumdar to reach a deserving milestone of his long career.

Maharashtra lost their opening Ranji Trophy match to Bengal by seven wickets at the Poona Club grounds on Friday.

Led by Zuned's fluent 90, Faridabad Coaching Center, Faridabad registered five-wicket win over DAV Police Line, Ambala in a semi-final match during First B.K.Sharma Memorial Cricket Tournament for Under-14 played at the Banyan Tree School-48 ground in Chandigarh on Friday.

After two unimpressive seasons, off-the-field controversies and a string of spats within the team, Kolkata Knight Riders have decided to hand over the captaincy back to Sourav Ganguly.

The chief ministers of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and several dignitaries have expressed grief at the death of Prabhash Joshi, founder editor of Jansatta and first resident editor of The Indian Express, Chandigarh.

Sahara India defeated LDA Coaching Centre (LDACC) by 102 runs in their quarter-final match of the 1st Rahas Bihari Tiwari Senior Division Prize Money Cricket Tournament in Lucknow on Friday.

Abhimanyu Mithun never expected to claim a bagful of wickets on his Ranji Trophy debut. In his own words, a couple of dismissals would have been satisfying enough. After scripting Karnataka's 185-run win over Uttar Pradesh, with a match-haul of 11 wickets which included a hat-trick in the second innings, Mithun was more concerned about how well he had bowled on the final day.

For a cricket-crazy country obsessed with records and sensitive about statistics, Sachin Tendulkar has accomplished almost every single batting feat he could have.

For all practical purposes, the final day's play in the Delhi-Baroda match ended within 34 minutes and 6.3 overs into the day.

Brendon McCullum smashed a century and Scott Styris picked up three wickets to lead New Zealand to a 64-run win over Pakistan in the second one-day international on Friday.

New Zealand beat Pakistan by 64 runs in the second one-day international at Sheikh Zayed stadium on Friday.

Scoreboard from the second one-day international between Pakistan and New Zealand at Sheikh Zayed stadium on Friday.

New Zealand scored 303 for eight wickets against Pakistan in their second one-day international at Sheikh Zayed stadium on Friday.

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly today returned as the Kolkata Knight Riders' skipper for next year's Indian Premier League, replacing New Zealand's Brendon McCullum.

Guwahati, Nov 6 (IANS) After the run-feast at Hyderabad, fans can expect another high-scoring entertainer between India and Australia in the sixth One-Day International at the Nehru Stadium here Sunday.

Guwahati (Assam), Nov.6 (ANI): Security has been tightened for the sixth one-day international between India and Australia to be played here on Sunday.

Hyderabad/Mumbai, Nov.6 (ANI): Cricket fans here and in Mumbai have hailed batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar's landmark feat of 17,000 one-day international runs.

Hyderabad, Nov 6(ANI): Australian skipper Ricky Ponting and former captain Mark Taylor have said that New South opener Phillip Hughes could re-ignite his Test career during the series against West Indies.