After the exciting win in the World Cup semifinals, the Indian cricket team is all set for Saturday’s final against Sri Lanka and astrologers say that luck favours the hosts, who will lift the trophy they first won in 1983.
After the exciting win in the World Cup semifinals, the Indian cricket team is all set for Saturday’s final against Sri Lanka and astrologers say that luck favours the hosts, who will lift the trophy they first won in 1983.
DUBAI - Fly Emirates XI were dethroned as the Emirates Airline Twenty20 champions on Thursday evening as Durham squeezed home to a 12-run victory at 7he Sevens ground.
Sachin Tendulkar was on the verge of hitting his 100th international century during the semi-final against Pakistan in Mohali on Wednesday.
When Mahendra Singh Dhoni dropped Ravichandran Ashwin and went ahead with three seamers for the crucial semi-final against Pakistan, many experts wondered whether it was a wise move.
Not many pundits had predicted a place for Pakistan in the semi-final before the start of the World Cup. But Shahid Afridi and his boys showed how dangerous they could be by defeating top sides like Sri Lanka and Australia during the group stage.
When Pakistan played their semi-final in Mohali, a majority of fans thought it would be a perfect scenario for Shoaib Akhtar to make his presence felt in a World Cup tie. But Akhtar, who earlier announced his plans to retire after the World Cup, had to leave the scene without getting a proper chance to end his career on a high. It was a sad end to the tearaway fast bowler, who led Pakistan to so many memorable victories in the past. One bad display against New Zealand ended his career in an abrupt way.
DUBAI — The reigning Emirates Airline Twenty20 champions are confident of defending their title with the calibre of the competition spurring them on to even greater heights.
India were desperate on Thursday to prevent their World Cup campaign from being overwhelmed by a wave of national hysteria ahead of Saturday’s final against Sri Lanka in Mumbai.
Legends Sachin Tendulkar and Muttiah Muralitharan face-off in a mouth-watering duel for the last time when India and Sri Lanka clash in the World Cup final.
In the end it was India. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Men in Blue will face Sri Lanka in the World Cup final on Saturday after winning their semi-final against arch-rivals Pakistan in Mohali on Wednesday.