SR Tendulkar registered his 100th fifty when he scored exact 100 in this game. It was his 46hth hundred. Coupled with 54 half centuries, he scored his 100th fifty to become the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to register 100 fifties.
IPL team Rajasthan Royals' tie-up with Hampshire is likely to be opposed by England and Wales Cricket Board which feels sanctioning such a competition may divert attention away from the re-launch of its own Twenty20 series.
Nagpur, Feb 9 (IANS) Shell-shocked by the massive loss to South Africa in the first cricket Test, the Indian selectors dropped two young seamers and brought in Dinesh Karthik and Suresh Raina to bolster batting for the second cricket Test, starting at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Sunday.
Nagpur, Feb 9 (IANS) India's loss by an innings and six runs to South Africa here Tuesday is Mahendra Singh Dhoni's first defeat as a captain in Tests.
London, Feb 9 (IANS) England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is likely to oppose Rajasthan Royals' tie-up with Hampshire.
Nagpur, Feb 9(ANI): South African skipper Graeme Smith on Tuesday praised his team for crushing India by an innings and six runs in the first Test played at the Vidarbha Cricket Association stadium in Nagpur.
Nagpur, Feb 9(ANI): Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday admitted that his team was completely outplayed by South Africans, as they crashed to an innings and six runs defeat on the fourth day of the Nagpur Test.
Nagpur, Feb 9 (IANS) Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that India were completely outplayed by South Africa in the first cricket Test that was over in four days here Tuesday.
Trust Yusuf Pathan to make the impossible possible. He did it in on more than a few occasions in the Indian Premier League, but his achievement in the Duleep Trophy final on Saturday surpassed expectations.
The Team India batting sensation is quite content with his current form and is hoping that India does really well against the visiting South African team.
India has never had a tearaway fast bowler. The fastest we have had is arguably Javagal Srinath who would in his prime consistently bowl in the early 140s, or a Ashish Nehra who could miraculously cross 145kph.
If the series were in South Africa, I would be backing Graeme Smith's side as India do not travel well, but the sub-continent pitches will represent a significant factor as always.
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