Yuvraj posts bald picture on Twitter

Undergoing Chemotherapy for a malignant lung tumour, Yuvraj has gone bald and the Indian cricketer has posted his latest picture showing the after-effects of the treatment on Twitter. “Finally the hair has gone! But #livstrong #yuvistrong,” Yuvraj Singh posted alongside a link to a picture of him without hair on the site. The 30-year-old left-hander has been in the U.S. since last month and is currently undergoing chemotherapy in the Cancer Research...

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Ausis manages to come on top in a thriller

As the ball soared high into the night sky, you could have heard a pin drop in the arena. The miscued blow seemed to be in the air forever – such was the tension - before being picked up by Daniel Christian at long-on. The home crowd roared. Mathews and his partner D.Prasad were in agony. Bowler Mitchell Starc's visage reflected relief. And the Australians converged after surviving a scare. What a match! The host, defending 231, clinched a...

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Pull through india against Sri Lanka

India lived at the death at the WACA here on Wednesday. The side found unlikely batting heroes in R.Jadeja and  Ashwin who held their nerve in the cauldron. At the end of it all, M.S.Dhoni's team clinched a match of twist and turns by four wickets. The side now has four points from two matches in the Commonwealth Bank triangular ODI series. Ausis has five from one and Sri Lanka is yet to open its account. India required 53 runs from...

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Peter Forrest's strength comes from battling adversity

At his first cricket training session when he was seven-years-old, Forrest felt so humiliated after he tripped and landed flat on his face as he ran into bowl that he pleaded for his grandfather Ern to take him home because he was ''hopeless''. But those close to Peter Forrest say that the 26-year-old possesses an old-school toughness that's allowed him to cope with events that could have left him broken and bitter. Now, he is on the verge of...

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Top-order batting let us down: MS.Dhoni

India's string of defeats away from home continues . The side has now lost 8 Tests, 3 ODIs and two twenty20 games beginning with the tour of England last year. After yet another set back here on Wednesday, India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the top-order batting let the side down. “If a couple of the top order batsmen had stayed longer, it would have been much easier for the new batsman coming in to play his shots with someone else stable...

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Bharat looks to avoid T20 whitewash

India has to find that exclusive spark of inspiration to end a nightmarish sequence of overseas setbacks. It needs a victory  in any format  like oxygen. The side's 31-run defeat in the first KFC Twenty20 international at Sydney's Olympic Stadium on Wednesday meant India had now lost eight Tests, three ODIs, and two Twenty20 games in its last 15 matches on foreign soil. During this period, an ODI ended in a no-result while another was...

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Dilshan quits, jayawardene takes Over

sri lanka’s successful captain in the post-Muralitharan era, Tillakaratne Dilshan has submitted his resignation as captain of the national team to Chairman of the National Selection Committee with immediate effect. “dilshan has resigned as captain in all three formats of the game. Members of the Executive committee take this opportunity to thank Dilshan for his commitment and dedication during his tenure as the National Captain. We also wish...

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