India drub Sri Lanka, enter finals The humdinger two sides desperate to stake their claims for a tilt at Australia were expected to throw up never materialised as the Bellerive Oval threw up the most lop-sided match of the competition.
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Dhoni praises Praveen All praise for Praveen Kumar, man of the match in his third game, Dhoni went on, Before today, he didnt have a single wicket."
Calls off-spinner an obnoxious little weed
Haydens swipe at Bhajji There is a certain line that you can kind of go to and then you know where you push it and he just pushes it all the time," Hayden said.
Mahela blames it on batsmen A dejected Mahela Jayawardene said Sri Lanka had not been competitive enough during the tri-series, and deserved not to be in the finals after losing by seven wickets to India on Tuesday.
Kirsten for experience Kirsten along with Test captain Anil Kumble held discussions with BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah, Treasurer N Srinivasan and CAO Ratnakar Shetty.
Harbhajan Singh, under-bowled by skipper Dhoni, kicks the ball in an apparent frustration after scalping Sri Lanka’s last wicket in Hobart on Tuesday. AP
Is commercialisation of cricket through the Indian Premier League good or bad? Deccan Herald had invited its readers’ opinion on the issue. Almost all our readers opined that commercialisation of cricket would have negative effect on the game as money would dominate the true spirit and patriotism of players.
The responsibility of players will be measured in terms of their bid amount. Some readers even termed IPL bidding as slave trade.
