London, June 7 (IANS) Whosoever wins the World Twenty20 will be the title holders for a mere 10 months. There is no doubt that this rather diminishes the prize on offer. It seems hardly worth the bother. The winners and indeed everybody else must go through it all again next ...

Nottingham, June 7 (IANS) Yuvraj Singh's four sixes and Pragyan Ojha's four wickets saw defending champions India to a comfortable 25-run victory against Bangladesh in their opening Group A match in the World Twenty20 championship at Trent Bridge here Saturday. After skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni decided to bat, India reached ...

London, June 6 (IANS) West Indies captain Chris Gayle struck a hurricane 88 off 50 balls to stun Australia by seven wickets in a Group C World Twenty20 match at the Oval here Saturday. Chasing 170 for victory, West Indies rode on Gayle blitzkrieg and Andre Fletcher's sparkling 53 to ...

New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) A slew of Bollywood biggies are lined up for release with the row between producers and multiplex owners having ended. Multiplex owners are now doing a re-think on whether to go ahead with the proposed screening of T20 World Cup matches, especially after the "exorbitant" ...

India will be wary of sticky customers Bangladesh when they begin their title defence in the World Twenty20 at Trent Bridge here Saturday. India are strong favourites to retain the trophy, but they would be aware that any slip-up can spoil the party. This is something Bangladesh did in the ...

London, June 6 (IANS) The Netherlands stunned hosts England with a thrilling four-wicket win in the World Twenty20 opener at Lord's here Friday. Put into bat first, England made 162 for five after Luke Wright top scored with 71 and Ravi Bopara 46. In reply, the Netherlands scampered to a ...

New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Former India cricket skipper Anil Kumble, like his team mate Sourav Ganguly, will start a new innings as a commentator and will make his debut with the Twenty20 World Cup. Both Kumble and Ganguly will be part of ESPN STAR Sports commentary team as expert ...

The soaring popularity of Twenty20 cricket has prompted the International Cricket Council (ICC) to expand its base and reach a record 216 countries through television coverage in World Twenty20 beginning in England from June 5. The inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in South ...

Spinners will play an important role in the upcoming World T20 in England as they did in the Indian Premier League (IPL) where they were innovative and did not allow freebies to batsmen, feels former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram. Akram said Twenty20 requires a different set of skills and is a ...