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Suneer Chowdhary

All-rounder Yuvraj Singh wins it for India

By Suneer Chowdhary

 

Kevin O’Brien would have got a good view of how he punctured the English hopes in the previous game. With 41 runs needed and the normally unflappable MS Dhoni having walked back into the pavilion as the fifth batsman out, things had begun to sticky for the Indians.

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Yuvraj Singh pays left-handed compliment to Ireland batsmen

By Suneer Chowdhary

 

On a day when Kevin Pietersen bowled eight overs in his game against South Africa, Robin Peterson grabbed three in the England game, Yuvraj Singh continued the trend by picking up his first five-wicket haul for the India.

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Preview: Ashwin in contention to play against Ireland

By Suneer Chowdhary

 

The tie against England would have hurt the Indians more than it did to the opponents. On more occasions than not, the team would have been expected to win it after getting to 338, but all the side got was a point. Poor bowling has been blamed as the cause of the dropping of the points.

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Preview: Fired-up Australia face Sri Lanka at Colombo

By Suneer Chowdhary

 

One team comes into the tournament without a single loss in World Cup cricket since the semi-final 12 years ago. The other side has entered the final of the World Cup on most occasions after the first team in the last 15 years.

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Zimbabwe capitulate to 162 in must-win game

By Suneer Chowdhary

 

It was deemed to be the virtual pre-quarter-final from Group A. It may have been one but it only went on to reveal the gulf between the virtually fourth-placed New Zealand and their challengers to that spot, Zimbabwe.

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South Africa stroll to easy win over Netherlands

By Suneer Chowdhary

 

All talks of the Dutch side taking inspiration from Ireland’s freak win over England came to nothing today. South Africa brushed Netherlands aside in a clinical fashion to win the 16th game of the World Cup by 231 runs at the PCA Stadium in Mohali.

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BIGGEST SHOCK OF WORLD CUP: Kevin O’Brien blitz floors England

By Suneer Chowdhary

 

Just when England thought that they had it by the scruff of the neck, Ireland came back to bite them hard. And then, Kevin O’Brien bludgeoned his way through to an innings that would elicit inevitable comparisons with Canadian John Davison from the 2003 World Cup.

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Preview: South Africa look to run through Netherlands

By Suneer Chowdhary

 

Very few teams in the World Cup, if any, possess a balance in the bowling attack as South Africa does. Based on the pitch and the prediction about the conditions in the second half, the side can tweak things around with the combination and yet, get it right.

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Lasith Malinga – Cricket’s Lord of Death!

Not everyone is gifted enough to come, see and conquer in the manner that Malinga does.

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Preview: England look to improve against a determined Ireland

By Suneer Chowdhary

 

England have yet to lose a game in this World Cup and have had two woeful performances with the ball. Ireland, on the other hand, had a decent start to the warm-ups with the bat but capitulated to the spin-pace combination against Bangladesh.

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