Shahrukh n Sourav Lauches Kolkata Team For IPL

Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan and former India captain Sourav Ganguly Tuesday unveiled the name and logo for the team which will be called Kolkata Knight Riders for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL), at a glittering ceremony here.

As the team’s theme song ‘Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo’ (We will do it, fight it and win it) blared, the superstar who is the Kolkata team franchise owner raised his hands with team captain Ganguly, coach John Buchanan and actor Juhi Chawla.

The black and gold jersey of the team was also unveiled.

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ICC Champions Trophy 2008 Groupings

After a volatile tri-series Down Under, India and Australia are set to face off again in September as the two teams find themselves in the same group for the ICC Champions Trophy scheduled to be held in Pakistan.


The following are the two groups (with seedings in brackets):

Group A: Australia (1), India (4), Pakistan (5), West Indies (8)
Group B: South Africa (2), New Zealand (3), Sri Lanka (6), England (7)

The groupings were finalised on the basis of teams' rankings in the ICC ODI Championship table as on March 12, which was the cut-off date for the determination of the seedings for the Champions Trophy.

The event will be played in a round-robin format with the top two sides from each group progressing to the semi-finals with the winners of these matches contesting the final.

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Rs. 10 Crore Reward For Indian Cricket Team by Sharad Pawar

BCCI president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday announced a cash reward of Rs 10 crore for the Indian cricket team that won the ODI tri-series in Australia for the first time.

He also announced a prize money of Rs 1 crore to the selection committee of the Under-19 winning squad as well as the selection committee of the senior Indian team at a function organised to felicitate the world champion junior team here.

BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah says Indian fans are savouring the win over the world's best team.

"It is every cricketers dream that they want to beat Australia, In any sport any team who beats the best team is the best feeling"

Mr Shah said.

India Wins Commonwealth Series 2008 Beating Australia by 9 Runs in the 2nd Final

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India did it !! and did it in style. India has won the Commonwealth Series 2008 beating Australia in the two consecutive finals on their own ground. In the first final we won by 6 wickets and in the secondy by 9 runs.

Again Sachin's knock of 91 helped India to score 258 runs to which Indian bowlers, specially Praveen Kumar who took 4 wickets, managed to stop the champion Australian for 249 runs leading to a historical win.

Once again Harbhajan Singh took the wicket of his fellow friend Andrew Symonds and in the same over Mathew Hayden got run which proved to be turning point of the game.

Praveen Kumar was declared Man of the Match and Nathan Bracken got player of the series award.

This is really a moment of joy...I am going to celebrate and will be back soon with more updates on this.S

India Beats Australia by 6 Wickets in the 1st ODI Final at Sydney

India defeated Australia in first final at Sydney in 46th over with six wickets and 20 balls to spare. Dhoni scored winning shot to fence 15 runs in 12 balls took India’s score to 242 runs for the loss of four wickets.

Harbhajan Singh got his revenge on top-scorer Matthew Hayden (82) for his "little obnoxious weed" radio comment by dismissing both him and his great mate Andrew Symonds (31) to restrict Australia to 8-239.

Then Sachin Tendulkar, in his farewell appearance at the SCG, scored his first one-day century on Australian soil.

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India-Australia 1st Final at Sydney - Scorecard

Here is the scorecared of 1st Final between India and Australia at Sydney. India won easily by 6 wickets.

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Harbhajan Singh Took His Revenge in The Finals

India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh won the latest round of his feud with Australia's cricketers when he captured the vital wickets of Matthew Hayden and Andrew Symonds in Sunday's first tri-series final in Sydney.

Harbhajan Singh got his revenge on top-scorer Matthew Hayden (82) for his "little obnoxious weed" radio comment by dismissing both him and his great mate Andrew Symonds (31) to restrict Australia to 8-239.

India Beats Sri Lanka by 7 Wickets to Enter Finals

India claimed a spot in the tri-series finals with a crushing seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in their one-day match here on Tuesday.

A spectacular middle-order collapse saw Sri Lanka make just 179 from 47.1 overs and India had few problems reaching the target in 32.2 overs, scoring 180 for three.

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Importantly for India, star batsman Sachin Tendulkar burst out of his form slump ahead of the finals against Australia with his first half-century of the series.

Gautam Gambhir continued his impressive form with an unbeaten 63, while Yuvraj Singh looked dangerous with a rapid 36.

Looking good at 71 for loss of just one wicket, Sri Lanka lost 6-21 in just over 11 overs to slump to 93 for seven.

Sharma and Kumar both grabbed 4 wickets each.

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India Crushed Sri Lanka By 7 Wickets : Scorecard

Here is the scorecard of match where India Crushed Sri Lanka by 7 wickets to secure their place in finals.

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India Beats Sri Lanka by 2 Wickets in Do or Die Match at Adelaide

India beat Sri Lanka by two wickets with just five balls to spare in a thrilling tri-series clash at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit the winning runs in the last over to reach his half-century and help his team sneak past Sri Lanka's total of 238-6.

Yuvraj Singh, who has struggled for runs all summer, found form at the perfect time to score an invaluable 76 and guide his team to their second win from six matches in the series. (AFP Photo)

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