Board's Grade A contract for Yuvraj Singh, Ishant Sharma and Virat Kohli

Kolkata, Oct 29 (IANS) The Indian cricket board rewarded Yuvraj Singh, Ishant Sharma and Virat Kohli for their consistent performance with promotion to Grade A contracts and added as many as 14 players in Grade C list for the 2011-12 season.

Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, who played a crucial role in India's 5-0 whitewash of England, have been promoted to Grade B along with batsman Rohit Sharma.

Harbhajan Singh and Suresh Raina, who were dropped from the upcoming Test series against the West Indies for their poor showing on the England tour, have been retained in Grade A along with Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, V.V.S. Laxman. They all will continue to get the Rs.1 crore retainership.

Impressive perfomers in the series against England, batsman Ajinkya Rahane and speedster Varun Aaron have been given Grade C contracts.

Munaf Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Wriddhiman Saha, Parthiv Patel, S. Badrinath, Manoj Tiwary, Piyush Chawla, Dinesh Karthik, Jaydev Unadkat, Umesh Yadav, Rahul Sharma and Abhinav Mukund were also given Grade C contracts.

Mukund's name was missing from the original list issued after the board meeting, but later in the evening the BCCI in a statement said: 'Abhinav Mukund's name was missing from the list of the players contracted by the BCCI for the 2011-12 season, sent earlier today (Saturday). Mukund is in Grade C.'

Opening batsman Murali Vijay has dropped to Grade C from B and left-arm pacer Ashish Nehra, who has not played since his injury in the World Cup semifinal against Pakistan, is the only player from the previous list to miss out on a contract.

The number of cricketers, who made the grades approved by the Board of Control for Cricket in India at its working committee meeting Saturday, has inncreased from 24 to 36 (Grade A-12, Grade B-5, Grade-C 19).

Players graded for 2011-12 season:

Grade A (Rs.1 crore): Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, V.V.S. Laxman, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh, Ishant Sharma, Virat Kohli.

Grade B (Rs.50 lakh): Praveen Kumar, Pragyan Ojha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja.

Grade C (Rs.25 lakh): Shantakumaran Sreesanth, Amit Mishra, Cheteshwar Pujara, Abhimanyu Mithun, Vinay Kumar, Ajinkya Rahane, Munaf Patel, Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Wriddhiman Saha, Parthiv Patel, S Badrinath, Manoj Tiwary, Piyush Chawla, Dinesh Karthik, Jaydev Unadkat, Umesh Yadav, Rahul Sharma, Varun Aaron, Abhinav Mukund.

Board's Grade A contract for Yuvraj Singh, Ishant Sharma and Virat Kohli

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India register first win on tour of England 26 August 2011

HOVE, August 25, 2011 (AFP) - India lifted the gloom after their crushing Test series defeat against England by warming up for the forthcoming one-day internationals with a six-wicket victory over Sussex at Hove on Thursday.

The Indians lost all four Tests against England, but they showed no signs of a hangover as Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma hit half-centuries to secure a first win of the tour.

India, who play further one-day matches against Kent and Leicestershire, reached a Duckworth-Lewis adjusted target of 235 in 45 overs with 4.1 overs to spare and will hope the momentum from this victory can provide some impetus as they prepare for the one-day matches against England, which begin with a Twenty20 clash on August 31.

After India won the toss and elected to bowl, Sussex threatened to post an imposing total thanks to useful contributions from Joe Gatting, Matt Machan and Ben Brown.

But they subsided dramatically after Brown mistimed a slog at Munaf Patel in the 43rd over, losing their last five wickets for 18 runs in 19 balls as RP Singh finished with four for 45.

India included five members of their World Cup-winning side, and Sachin Tendulkar and Patel began confidently enough with a stand of 41 in 7.4 overs before left-armer Chris Liddle foxed Tendulkar with a slower ball which was driven to mid-off.

Patel is anxious to press his claims for a role in the forthcoming one-day series and played attractively for his 55 off 65 balls, including nine fours, before Sussex skipper Chris Nash turned one past him with his first delivery.

Nash and leg-spinner Will Beer occasionally got some sharp turn from a worn pitch but the impressive Kohli and Sharma, who hit two fifties during the one-day series against West Indies in June, improved their chances of facing England in a stand of 104 in 17.5 overs.

Kohli hit six fours and a six off Naved Arif in his 71 in 83 balls before driving to mid-on, but India needed just 27 to win when he departed and Sharma eased to an unbeaten 61 from 65 balls with eight fours and a six.

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Desaster Performance - England complete India whitewash

London, August 22 (AFP): England sealed a 4-0 series rout of India with an innings and eight-run victory at The Oval here on Monday as Sachin Tendulkar fell just short of an unprecedented 100th international hundred.

India, who needed 291 runs to make the hosts bat again, frustrated England during a fourth-wicket partnership of 144 between Tendulkar, who made 91, and Amit Mishra.

But when Mishra was out for a Test-best 84, it was the start of a collapse that saw India lose seven wickets for 21 runs on the way to 283 all out.

Off-spinner Graeme Swann, at last presented with a pitch taking turn this series, did the bulk of the damage with six for 106 to the delight of the majority of a sell-out 23,500 crowd.

It was the first time England had swept a four-match series since a 4-0 home whitewash of the West Indies in 2004.

India resumed on Monday's fifth and final day on 129 for three, still 162 runs shy of England's first innings 591 for six declared featuring Ian Bell's Test-best 235 and Kevin Pietersen's 175.

Tendulkar was 25 not out and Mishra eight not out.

England, who'd replaced India at the top of the ICC's Test Championship table with an innings and 242 run victory at Edgbaston last time out, endured a wicketless morning session.

But Tendulkar, whose previous best score this series was 56 in the second Test at Trent Bridge, should have been out for 70 when Alastair Cook at short leg dropped a bat-pad catch off Swann.

There was further frustration for Swann and England when Tendulkar was dropped by Prior on 85.

But Swann made the breakthrough an increasingly anxious England wanted when Mishra, playing for turn that never came, was bowled, having easily surpassed his previous Test-best of 50 against Bangladesh in Chittagong last year.

It was another fine effort with the bat by Mishra who made 43 in a first innings 300 featuring Rahul Dravid's 146 not out after taking no wickets for a hugely expensive 170 runs with his leg-spinners.

Tendulkar though seemed set to complete his ton of tons.

But nine runs short the 38-year-old was lbw to seamer Tim Bresnan.

Australian umpire Rod Tucker took his time before raising his finger, with replays indicating the ball would have just clipped the top of leg stump.

Tendulkar, walked off to a standing ovation after his best score of the series, topping his 57 in the second Test at Trent Bridge.

He batted for nearly four hours, facing 172 balls with 11 fours.

Wickets then tumbled in quick succession, with Suresh Raina lbw to Swann to complete a 42-ball pair before India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni drove loosely at Stuart Broad, armed with the new ball and was well caught by Swann in the slips for three.

RP Singh was caught behind for a duck off Broad.

Swann then had Gautam Gambhir caught in the gully before ending the match by bowling last man Shanthakumaran Sreesanth.

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Raina bags longest duck by Indian batsmen

Suresh Raina is in the news for all the wrong reasons.

Under-pressure after aggregating only 105 runs in six innings of the previous three Tests against England [ Images ], Raina batted for 39 minutes and faced 29 balls before returning to the pavilion without opening his account.

He now shares the dubious distinction of recording the longest duck by an Indian batsman.

Irfan Pathan [ Images ] also has a 29-ball duck against his name, against Pakistan at Bangalore in 2004-05.

Longest ducks by Indian batsmen

Balls	Batsman	Opposition	Venue	Season
29	Irfan Pathan	v Pakistan	Bangalore	2004-5
29	Suresh Raina [ Images ]	v England	The Oval	2011
28	Munaf Patel [ Images ]	v W Indies	St John's	2006
25	S Manjrekar	v S Africa	Durban	1992-3
24	VVS Laxman [ Images ]	v England	Mohali	2008-9
22	Dattu Phadkar	v Australia [ Images ]	Melbourne [ Images ]	1947-8
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Can India retain their No #1 Ranking in test?

What do u think if performance like ongoing series against Eng Can they hold their status as # 1 test team in world cricket?

Its a tough series & injuries are not helping team India's cause but can't take anything away from a solid English performance in the 1st test. Maybe 2nd test is also not going to go their way. If & when full squad is available for selection, can we think of taking on a rampaging Eng properly. Till then team has to ensure that they don't fall far too behind.

We hope for a better performance from team India & its not that Eng would become invincible, once they attain no.1. India can always take that position back with good performances in Aus & other future matches. Its one thing getting to no.1 but its altogether another matter to maintain it & India has done credit to its no.1 position, no one thought that they would last this long.

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IPL 4 Point Table:

Teams	Played	Won	Loss	N/R	Points	Net R/R
Chennai Super Kings	12	8	4	0	16	+0.54
Mumbai Indians	11	8	3	0	16	+0.31
Royal Challenge Bangalor	11	7	3	1	15	+0.86
Kolkata Knight Riders	11	7	4	0	14	+0.46
Rajasthan Royals	12	5	6	1	11	-0.59
Kings XI Punjab	11	5	6	0	10	-0.34
Kochi Tuskers Kerala	12	5	7	0	10	-0.63
Pune Warriors	11	4	7	0	8	0.00
Delhi Daredevils	12	4	8	0	8	-0.36
Deccan Chargers	11	3	8	0	6	-0.18

IPL 4 Batting Statistics:

Players	Matches	Inns	NO	Runs	Avg.	HS	S/R	4's	6's	100's	50's
Virender Sehwag	11	11	0	424	38.55	119	176.67	51	18	1	2
Chris Gayle	6	6	2	398	99.50	107	195.10	38	30	2	1
Michael Hussey	10	10	2	393	49.12	83	122.43	48	3	0	3
Virat Kohli	10	10	3	387	55.29	71	122.08	40	12	0	3
Paul Valthaty	11	11	1	376	37.60	120	141.89	46	16	1	1
Sachin Tendulkar	11	11	3	371	46.38	100	111.75	42	5	1	2
Shaun Marsh	10	10	0	366	36.60	95	141.31	37	12	0	3
Ambati Rayudu	11	11	1	362	36.20	63	116.40	42	7	0	4
Subramaniam Badrinath	10	10	6	349	87.25	71	133.72	33	8	0	5
Jacques Kallis	11	11	2	341	37.89	80	108.25	38	3	0	3

IPL 4 Bowling Statistics:

Players	Matches	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Avg.	SR	Econ	5 Wkts
Lasith Malinga	11	11	275	254	26	9.77	10.58	5.91	1
Munaf Patel	11	11	238	243	17	14.29	14.00	6.18	1
Rahul Sharma	11	11	247	215	14	15.36	17.64	5.24	0
Ravichandran Ashwin	12	12	288	305	14	21.79	20.57	6.49	0
Doug Bollinger	9	9	198	209	14	14.93	14.14	6.53	0
Albie Morkel	11	11	224	302	14	21.57	16.00	8.39	0
Iqbal Abdulla	11	11	226	226	13	17.38	17.38	6.11	0
Sreenath Aravind	7	7	163	196	13	15.08	12.54	7.54	0
Shane Warne	11	11	262	267	12	22.25	21.83	6.21	0
Harbhajan Singh	10	10	222	225	12	18.75	18.50	6.25	1

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IPL 4 Points Table: IPL 2011 Team Standings

Teams	MP	Win	Loss	NR	RR	Points
Mumbai Indians (MI)	10	08	02	00	+0.735	16
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)	11	07	04	00	+0.464	14
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)	10	06	07	00	+0.223	12
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)	09	05	03	01	+0.495	11
Rajasthan Royals (RR)	10	05	04	01	-0.194	11
Kochi Tuskers Kerala (KTK)	10	05	05	00	-0.394	10
Delhi Daredevils (DD)	11	04	07	00	-0.312	08
Deccan Chargers (DC)	10	03	07	00	-0.125	06
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)	08	03	05	00	-0.898	06
Sahara Pune Warriors (PWI)	09	02	07	00	-0.199	04

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Current points table of IPL 2011

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR
Kolkata Knight Riders	4	3	1	0	0	6	+0.891
Pune Warriors	3	2	1	0	0	4	+1.089
Mumbai Indians	3	2	1	0	0	4	+0.561
Kochi Tuskers Kerala	4	2	2	0	0	4	+0.044
Chennai Super Kings	4	2	2	0	0	4	-0.097
Rajasthan Royals	4	2	2	0	0	4	-0.476
Kings XI Punjab	3	2	1	0	0	4	-0.478
Deccan Chargers	4	1	3	0	0	2	-0.113
Delhi Daredevils	3	1	2	0	0	2	-0.567
Royal Challengers Bangalore	4	1	3	0	0	2	-0.730

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Gearing up for highly flammable couple of months, as the 2011 edition of the ipl gets under way at hepak stadium, Chennai, starting April 8. The IPL4 schedule has rescheduled for few matches due to assembly elections in the five states.

The addition of teams representing Pune and Kochi was to have increased the number of franchises from 8 to 10. The BCCI originally considered extending the tournament format used in previous season to ten teams, which would increase the number of matches from 60 to 94. Instead, the round-robin stage of the tournament was to have been replaced by a group stage with two groups of five, limiting the number of matches to 74. This year of T20 extravaganza will be played at 13 venues across the country and will last 51 days.

Defending Champion Chennai Super Kings will play Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening match of IPL 2011. According to sources, Shah Rukh Khan will dance to the tunes of the IPL anthem. It was not too difficult to rope in the KKR owner as he would have been present anyway, for his team's opening match.

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Kings XI Punjab
Kolkata Knight Riders
Mumbai Indians
Rajasthan Royals
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Sahara Pune Warriors

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Date	Local/IST	No.	Match Details	Venue
8-Apr-11	20:00	1st	Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 1st IPL	Chennai
9-Apr-11	16:00	2nd	Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals, 2nd IPL	Hyderabad
9-Apr-11	20:00	3rd	Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 3rd IPL	Kochi
10-Apr-11	16:00	4th	Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians, 4th IPL	Delhi
10-Apr-11	20:00	5th	Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab, 5th IPL	Navi Mumbai
11-Apr-11	20:00	6th	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers, 6th IPL	Kolkata
12-Apr-11	16:00	7th	Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils, 7th IPL	Jaipur
12-Apr-11	20:00	8th	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians, 8th IPL	Bangalore
13-Apr-11	16:00	9th	Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings, 9th IPL	Mohali
13-Apr-11	20:00	10th	Pune Warriors vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 10th IPL	Navi Mumbai
14-Apr-11	20:00	11th	Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 11th IPL	Hyderabad
15-Apr-11	16:00	12th	Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 12th IPL	Jaipur
15-Apr-11	20:00	13th	Mumbai Indians vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 13th IPL	Hyderabad
16-Apr-11	16:00	14th	Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 14th IPL	Chennai
16-Apr-11	20:00	15th	Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab, 15th IPL	Hyderabad
17-Apr-11	16:00	16th	Pune Warriors vs Delhi Daredevils, 16th IPL	Navi Mumbai
17-Apr-11	20:00	17th	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, 17th IPL	Kolkata
18-Apr-11	20:00	18th	Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Chennai Super Kings, 18th IPL	Kochi
19-Apr-11	16:00	19th	Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers, 19th IPL	Delhi
19-Apr-11	20:00	20th	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals, 20th IPL	Bangalore
20-Apr-11	16:00	21st	Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors, 21st IPL	Mumbai
20-Apr-11	20:00	22nd	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 22nd IPL	Kolkata
21-Apr-11	20:00	23rd	Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals, 23rd IPL	Mohali
22-Apr-11	16:00	24th	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 24th IPL	Kolkata
22-Apr-11	20:00	25th	Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, 25th IPL	Mumbai
23-Apr-11	20:00	26th	Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab, 26th IPL	Delhi
24-Apr-11	16:00	27th	Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians, 27th IPL	Hyderabad
24-Apr-11	20:00	28th	Rajasthan Royals vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 28th IPL	Jaipur
25-Apr-11	20:00	29th	Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors, 29th IPL	Chennai
26-Apr-11	20:00	30th	Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 30th IPL	Delhi
27-Apr-11	16:00	31st	Pune Warriors vs Chennai Super Kings, 31st IPL	Navi Mumbai
27-Apr-11	20:00	32nd	Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Deccan Chargers, 32nd IPL	Kochi
28-Apr-11	20:00	33rd	Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 33rd IPL	Delhi
29-Apr-11	16:00	34th	Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians, 34th IPL	Jaipur
29-Apr-11	20:00	35th	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors, 35th IPL	Bangalore
30-Apr-11	16:00	36th	Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Delhi Daredevils, 36th IPL	Kochi
30-Apr-11	20:00	37th	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab, 37th IPL	Kolkata
1-May-11	16:00	38th	Rajasthan Royals vs Pune Warriors, 38th IPL	Jaipur
1-May-11	20:00	39th	Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers, 39th IPL	Chennai
2-May-11	16:00	40th	Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab, 40th IPL	Mumbai
2-May-11	20:00	41st	Delhi Daredevils vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 41st IPL	Delhi
3-May-11	20:00	42nd	Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 42nd IPL	Hyderabad
4-May-11	16:00	43rd	Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, 43rd IPL	Chennai
4-May-11	20:00	44th	Pune Warriors vs Mumbai Indians, 44th IPL	Navi Mumbai
5-May-11	16:00	45th	Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 45th IPL	Kochi
5-May-11	20:00	46th	Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils, 46th IPL	Hyderabad
6-May-11	20:00	47th	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab, 47th IPL	Bangalore
7-May-11	16:00	48th	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, 48th IPL	Kolkata
7-May-11	20:00	49th	Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils, 49th IPL	Mumbai
8-May-11	16:00	50th	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 50th IPL	Bangalore
8-May-11	20:00	51st	Kings XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors, 51st IPL	Mohali
9-May-11	20:00	52nd	Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings, 52nd IPL	Jaipur
10-May-11	16:00	53rd	Deccan Chargers vs Pune Warriors, 53rd IPL	Hyderabad
10-May-11	20:00	54th	Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians, 54th IPL	Mohali
11-May-11	20:00	55th	Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 55th IPL	Jaipur
12-May-11	20:00	56th	Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils, 56th IPL	Chennai
13-May-11	20:00	57th	Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Kings XI Punjab, 57th IPL	Indore
14-May-11	16:00	58th	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 58th IPL	Bangalore
14-May-11	20:00	59th	Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers, 59th IPL	Mumbai
15-May-11	20:00	60th	Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils, 60th IPL	Dharmasala
15-May-11	20:00	61st	Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Rajasthan Royals, 61st IPL	Indore
16-May-11	20:00	62nd	Pune Warriors vs Deccan Chargers, 62nd IPL	Pune
17-May-11	20:00	63rd	Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 63rd IPL	Dharmasala
18-May-11	20:00	64th	Chennai Super Kings vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 64th IPL	Chennai
19-May-11	20:00	65th	Pune Warriors vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 65th IPL	Pune
20-May-11	20:00	66th	Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals, 66th IPL	Mumbai
21-May-11	16:00	67th	Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers, 67th IPL	Dharmasala
21-May-11	20:00	68th	Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Warriors, 68th IPL	Delhi
22-May-11	16:00	69th	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings, 69th IPL	Bangalore
22-May-11	20:00	70th	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, 70th IPL	Kolkata
24-May-11	20:00	71st	TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 1 IPL	Mumbai
25-May-11	20:00	72nd	TBC vs TBC, Eliminator IPL	Mumbai
27-May-11	20:00	73rd	TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 2 IPL	Chennai
28-May-11	20:00	Final	TBC vs TBC, Final IPL	Chennai

Chennai beat Kolkata in thrilling start to IPL 4

Chennai: New captain, new team, same old result. Kolkata Knight Riders dropped three catches, then allowed Chennai Super Kings' spinners to get on top of them and eventually finished two runs short chasing a moderately challenging 154. Earlier, the fourth season of the Indian Premier League kicked off here at the Chidambaram Stadium accompanied with the usual colour and music.

MS Dhoni's Chennai were tactically ahead than the Gautam Gambhir-led Kolkata. The Knights appeared unreasonably edgy despite a good start to the chase with Jacques Kallis' 54. The South African veteran added 64 with Mavindar Bisla. But all it took to spook Kolkata was some turn and bounce.

Dhoni shuffled his spinners, clawed back into the game, and eventually Tim Southee denied Rajat Bhatia the last-ball four needed for the win. Gambhir oddly came out to bat in the 18th over, a move which failed which his second-ball run-out.

It was a two-paced wicket. Srikkanth Anirudha set up the Chennai charge with his fifty IPL fifty. The opener outpaced Suresh Raina in making 64 after Murali Vijay had fallen for four in the first over. Chennai had earlier elected to bat.

Anirudha was dropped twice, once by Yusuf Pathan on 11 and then by Eoin Morgan on 32. Yusuf also put down Raina on 14. In a game of fine balances, the drops cost Kolkata the match. Raina made 33 and Dhoni 29. Chennai looked good for 170, but had a slow finish to the innings.

After a sturdy start of 64, Shadab Jakati teased Bisla out of his crease for a stumping. Yusuf walked out to finish off things quickly. He powered Jakati down the ground for a six. But the game turned in the 13th over by Suraj Randiv.

The Sri Lankan off-spinner with the ridiculously simple run-up and action kept the ball up to the bat and slipped in the odd doosra that kept Kolkata's batsmen guessing. Yusuf survived a stumping in that over, but ran himself out, courtesy a Dhoni direct hit, trying to steal a single that would have given Kallis his fifty.

Despite admitting later that he was tentative with the new team, Dhoni looked like he thoroughly enjoyed the day; that run out in particular.

Ravichandran Ashwin continued to impress. In four overs, he gave away just 26 and dismissed Kallis, who swept a simple catch to fine leg. Suresh Raina then slipped in a decisive over in which he dismissed Morgan while Gambhir was run out.

Morgan charged Raina, who saw the left-hander coming and fired in a quicker ball. Dhoni finished the easy stumping. Raina has in the past proven himself incredibly useful as a bowler for Chennai. Today was one more of those occasions.

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It will be a classic case of 'friends turning into foes' when Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings (CSK) clash with Gautam Gambhir led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the opening match of the IPL on Friday, less than a week after the duo guided India to their historic World Cup triumph in Mumbai.

As the cash-rich Twenty20 cricketing extravaganza gets underway at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, it will be the beginning of new era sans Lalit Modi, who was the face of the event during the first three editions.

Also this will be the first time that the league will feature 10 teams with the inclusion of Pune Warriors and Kochi Tuskers Kerala.

It will be there for all to see how the BCCI organises an event where Modi used to have a final say in every aspect.

The former IPL commissioner and vice-president of BCCI has since then been suspended and now has taken refuge in London after the cricket board pressed numerous charges of corruption against him.

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India beat Pakistan to reach World Cup final

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Harbhajan Singh took the wicket of Shahid Afridi to sway the match India's way one final time. —Photo by AFP

MOHALI: India beat Pakistan by 29 runs on Wednesday to set-up a World Cup final against Sri Lanka in Mumbai on Saturday.

Pakistan, chasing 261 for victory, were dismissed for 231 in the face of a disciplined effort by India under the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium floodlights.

India’s 260 for nine, after winning the toss, was built around Sachin Tendulkar’s 85.

But they might have made considerably less had not the ‘Little Master’ been dropped four times in an innings that still left him one short of a hundred international hundreds.

Left-arm fast bowler Wahab Riaz led Pakistan’s attack with career-best figures of five for 46.

India’s victory meant they’d won all five of their World Cup matches against arch-rivals Pakistan and kept alive the 37-year-old Tendulkar’s dream of lifting the trophy for the first time in his illustrious career.

Brief scores
India 260-9 (Sachin Tendulkar 85; Wahab Riaz 5-46) v Pakistan 231 all out in 49.5 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 56, Mohammad Hafeez 43)

India won by 29 runs.

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Cricket: Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in World Cup.

ANGELO MATHEWS never doubted Sri Lanka would get over the line in yesterday’s World Cup semi-final against New Zealand.

The co-hosts appeared to be coasting into Saturday’s final, against either India or Pakistan in Mumbai, as Tillekeratne Dilshan (73) and captain Kumar Sangakkara (54) were sharing a second-wicket stand of 120 in pursuit of only 217.

But it all got a little too tight for comfort under the Premadasa Stadium lights after both those batsmen departed in quick succession and Sri Lanka lost four wickets for 25 runs.

It therefore fell to the big-hitting Mathews and Thilan Samaraweera to settle the nerves and finish the job with an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 35.

“I never had any doubt, because I always thought we were going to win,” said all-rounder Mathews, who had to bat with a runner after injuring his thigh while fielding.

He did admit, though, Sri Lanka had not quite bargained for a much closer finish than they had against England in last weekend’s quarter-final.

“It was getting to us, because the pressure was on. We had to pull something out of the bag,” Mathews told Sky Sports.

“I couldn’t ask for any more, doing it in the semi-finals.”

He appears optimistic his injury will not stop him taking part on Saturday.

“We’ll have to see how it is tomorrow, and rest it.”

Master off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan marked the last match of his record-breaking international career in his native country – the forthcoming final will be his swansong – by taking a wicket with his last ball.

Both Mathews and Sangakkara were delighted to pay tribute to their country’s most famous cricketer.

“He’s just a legend – the best spinner in the world,” said the former.

“He’s done a great job right through the tournament. All credit to him.”

Sangakkara added: “He is the icon of Sri Lanka – as a champion, a cricketer and a human being.”

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Top 4 Team of Cricket World Cup 2011, Semi Final of 2011 World Cup

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ICC Cricket World Cup Semi final(s) Schedule

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1	Tuesday 29 March 2011	2:30 PM (IST) 14:30 local, 09:00 GMT	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand First Semifinal	Colombo
2	Wednesday 30 March 2011	2:30 PM (IST) 14:30 local, 09:00 GMT	India vs Pakistan Second Semifinal	Mohali
3	Saturday 02 April 2011	2:30 PM (IST) 14:30 local, 09:00 GMT	FINAL	Mumbai

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