Posts Tagged ‘Harbhajan Singh’
Team India ends the year(2008) on a high
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 24, 2008
Team India’s golden run continues, as skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and boys end the year (2008) on a ‘winning note’, with Dhoni’s brigade winning the Test series against England 1-nil.
Even though the final Test at Mohali ended in a draw, it was celebration time for the Indian players, as Dhoni’s boys lifted the trophy after [...]
ICC Test rankings: Gambhir 10th place
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 24, 2008
Opener Gautam Gambhir’s stupendous year with the willow today (December 24) helped him jump 10 spots to 10th in the ICC Test Rankings, making him the highest-ranked Indian batsman in the list.
The diminutive Delhi batsman has scored more than 1000 runs this calendar year, including three hundreds in his last five Tests.
Gambhir, who made 179 [...]
Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh kept India in control of the second Test
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 22, 2008
Following a fog-delayed start, England resumed on 282-6 in reply to India’s 453 but they were bowled out for 302 as Harbhajan Singh finished with 4-68.
The tourists fought back to reduce India to 44-3 and then 80-4.
But Gambhir (44no) and the explosive Yuvraj (39no) guided the hosts to 134-4 at the close, a lead of [...]
England bundled up for 302: Mohali Test
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 22, 2008
India needed 45 minutes to polish off England’s tail before reaching nine for no loss at lunch in their second innings on the fourth day of the second and final cricket Test in Mohali today (December 22).
Gautam Gambhir (8) and Virender Sehwag (1) were in the middle at the lunch break, having stretched India’s overall lead to [...]
England recover after shaky start: Mohali Test
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 21, 2008
India’s new ball colleagues Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma struck in their first overs to reduce England to 57 for two at lunch on day three of the second and final cricket Test in Mohali today. At the lunch break, England captain Kevin Pietersen (28) and Alastair Cook (25) were in the middle, having scored runs [...]
India v England
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 13, 2008
Andrew Strauss and Paul Collingwood batted England into a commanding 247-run lead with two days remaining in the first Test against India in Chennai.
Strauss, a centurion in the first innings, was 73 and Collingwood 60 in an unbroken 129 for the fourth wicket.
After India had been dismissed for 241 four balls after lunch, England held [...]
India 155/6: Chennai Test Day 2
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 13, 2008
India has been left in a spot of bother on Friday (Dec 12) after the home team ended the day with 155 for 6 at stumps after the top order failed to bat big on Day 2 of the Test match against England in Chennai. Captain Dhoni said the home team would be looking to add at least another [...]
Graeme Swann
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 12, 2008
Graeme Swann took two wickets in his first over in Test cricket as India struggled to 155 for six wickets in reply to England’s 316 by the close of the second day’s play in Chennai.
The off-spinner claimed Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid to leg before wicket decisions to open up the home side’s top order [...]
Australia top order folds as India closes on victory
Posted by: karthik007 on: October 20, 2008
Harbhajan Singh and Ishant Sharma wrecked Australia’s top order to leave India on the verge of victory in the second Test in Mohali.
Australia was 5 for 141 at the close of play on day four after India set an improbable 516-run fourth innings victory target, giving themselves four-and-a-half sessions to seize a 1-0 lead in [...]
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