| Kumble,
Ganguly, Dravid, Laxman declared fit for South Africa series
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Bangalore,
Mar 8:
Skipper Anil Kumble and veteran team-mates Rahul Dravid, V V
S Laxman and Sourav Ganguly were on Saturday declared fit for
the upcoming Test series against South Africa starting on March
26 in Chennai.
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| Anand
retains Morelia-Linares title
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Linares
(Spain), Mar 8:
World Champion Viswanathan Anand asserted his supremacy at the
Morelia-Linares tournament for the second time on the trot after
settling for a facile draw with former world champion Veselin
Topalov of Bulgaria in the 14th and final round here.
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| Vengsarkar
wants BCCI to adopt Inter-Universities cricket
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Mumbai,
Mar 8:
Chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar has asked the Cricket Board
to adopt the Inter-Universities cricket tournament for the Rohinton
Baria Trophy to bring back the glory days of the tournament
when a number of future Test cricketers graduated from this
event.
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| Those
9 overs were the turning point of my life: Ishant
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New
Delhi, Mar 8:
The 54 balls that he bowled to the world's highest-ranked Test
batsman Ricky Ponting was the "turning point" of his
life, says India's pace sensation Ishant Sharma.
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| Aussies
allowed Harbhajan to get under their skin
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Melbourne,
Mar 8:
Australia made the "mistake" of allowing Harbhajan
Singh to get under their skin during the just-concluded series,
according to renowned columnist Peter Roebuck who blamed captain
Ricky Ponting for not checking his side from getting "overheated".
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| No
need to overreact to tri-series loss: Hilditch
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Melbourne,
Mar 8:
There was no need to panic or over-react to Australia's shocking
tri-series defeat against India, according to chairman of selectors
Andrew Hilditch who said the world champions would analyse their
mistakes and bounce back.
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