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Jaipur, Oct 5: Ajinkya Rahane hit a resolute fifty and spinner Pravin Tambe scalped three crucial wickets as Rajasthan Royals notched up a 14-run victory over Chennai Super Kings to advance to the finals of the Champions League Twenty20 here today. Rajasthan posted a competitive 159 for eight, courtesy a 56-ball 70-run innings by opener Rahane, after they were sent into bat by Chennai skipper

Shimoga, Oct 4: Overnight batsmen Vasudevan Jagadeesh and Abhishek Nayar missed out on centuries as India A trailed West Indies A by 137 runs in their first innings at lunch on the third day of the second unofficial Test here today. When umpires called for the end of the first session, India's score read 269 for five with Mohammad Kaif and Uday Kaul batting on 24 and 13, respectively. West Indies

Jaipur, Oct 4: There is little to separate the teams as Rajasthan Royals, who have turned the Sawai Mansingh Stadium into a fortress with a 12-match winning streak, lock horns with the ever-formidable Chennai Super Kings in the first semifinal of the Champions League Twenty20 here on Friday. Royals breezed into the last-four stage of the tournament with an unbeaten four-match streak while the

Mumbai, Oct 3: Rubbishing reports that Sachin Tendulkar has been asked by the BCCI to retire after his 200th Test, the Board's Secretary Sanjay Patel today said it was the senior batsman's prerogative to decide on his future. "That is is absolutely absurd and rubbish. Let me tell you, it will be the prerogative of Mr Sachin Tendulkar. Board has not talked or asked him to resign (retire) and the

New Delhi, Oct 3: Trinidad and Tobago rained on Chennai Super Kings’s parade with a commanding eight-wicket victory to waltz into the semifinals of Champions League Twenty20 with flair at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on Wednesday. The Caribbean side needed a win or had to keep the margin of loss within five runs to pip the Titans for a place in the last four. They executed it to perfection, in

Lahore, Oct 2: Pakistan's spin duo Saeed Ajmal and Abdul Rehman have called for restoration of bilateral cricket ties with India. "Such is the importance of Indo-Pak contests that even if both the teams play in a third country their match attracts big crowds," Ajmal said in an interview. "So I see no reason for India and Pakistan not to be playing more regularly against each other. Politics should

Chennai, Oct 1: In-form senior batsman Yuvraj Singh was recalled but pacer Umesh Yadav was dropped from the 15-member Indian cricket team announced on Monday for the lone Twenty20 International and the first three ODIs against Australia starting October 10 in Rajkot. Yuvraj, who last played for India against England in an ODI in Dharamsala in January, was recalled after a string of fantastic

New Delhi, Sep 30: Olympian Swaran Singh Virk led the Indian rowers' impressive showing by clinching a gold medal at the 15th Asian Senior Rowing Championship at Luan, China on Sunday. Besides Virk's gold, India won two silver and as many bronze medals in the championship. In the finals that concluded this morning, Virk got the better of rowers from Iran and China in 7:31.88 minutes to bag the

Jaipur, Sept 30: Rajasthan Royals produced a disciplined all-round performance to notch up a convincing nine-wicket victory over Perth Scorchers and seal their semi-final berth in the Champions League Twenty20 here today. Riding on a fine bowling performance by Kevon Cooper (4 for 18) and resolute unbeaten half-centuries by Ajinkya Rahane (62) and Sanju Samson (50), Rajasthan continued their

Ranchi, Sep 29: Chennai Super Kings opener Mike Hussey has said his side would look to keep the winning momentum going after sailing through the semifinals of the Champions League Twenty20 with a clinical eight-wicket win over Brisbane Heat. "I am happy that we are in the semifinal and will keep up the momentum," Hussey said at his post-match press conference at the JSCA stadium here last night