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India win over Zimbabwe is country’s first-ever ODI Series whitewash on foreign soil

August 6, 2013

History was created when India thrashed Zimbabwe in the final match of the five-match ODI series played in Zimbabwe. The victory marked India’s first-ever five-match ODI series whitewash on foreign soil. The Indian team, under the captaincy Virat Kohli, achieved ..

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ICC World Cup 2015 to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand

August 3, 2013

Defending champion India will take on Pakistan in its opening match of the ICC cricket World Cup, 2015 on February 15, 2015 which is to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand from February 14 to March 29, 2015. India has ..

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Aussie Spinner Shane Warne included in ICC Hall of Fame

July 25, 2013

Legendary leg spinner, Australia’s Shane Warne was inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame at Lord’s, England. Shane Warne’s Achievements: He represented Australia in 145 tests between 1992 and 2007. He took 708 test wickets at an ..

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“Helicopter Shot” discoverer Santosh Lal, a friend of M.S.Dhoni dies

July 21, 2013

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s childhood friend Santosh Lal , a first-class cricketer who invented  helicopter shot passed away. What is the “Helicopter Shot”? It is an unorthodox cricket shot played by a batsman. The shot was popularized by Indian skipper M.S. ..

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Parveez Rasool is the first J&K cricketer in Team India

July 7, 2013

Parveez Rasool (24) created history by becoming the first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to be named in the Indian team as the selectors chose to rest captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and four other key players for the upcoming ODI ..

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India to host 2016 World T20 and 2023 ODI World Cup

July 3, 2013

As per the announcement made by the International Cricket Council (ICC), India will host the World T20 in 2016 and the 50-over World Cup in 2023. The Champions Trophy, the last edition of which was won by India recently has been replaced with World ..

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India vanquishes England to clinch ICC Champions Trophy

June 24, 2013

India defeated England in the final match played at Edgbaston in Birmingham city of Englnad to clinch the ICC Champions Trophy which was tournament’s last edition. India defeated Egland by 5 runs, giving their skipper M S Dhoni, the unique record of being the first ..

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HC directs ESPN to provide add free live signal of ICC Champions Trophy to DD

June 10, 2013

A bench of justices which is hearing a petition filed by ESPN TV channel which sought a direction to Prasar Bharati not to insist on the live signal of the ICC Trophy without any commercial, has directed ESPN to provide ..

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