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Jaffer and Sehwag on Friday registered their first double century partnership for the first wicket - their third 100-plus in Tests.
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Virender Sehwag, who stole the limelight on Day 3 of the first Test against South Africa with an unbeaten 309, said the knock was even better than the maiden triple hundred he scored against Pakistan at Multan in March 2004.
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Opener Virender Sehwag registered the second triple century of his career, scoring 309 as India ended the third day in the first Test against South Africa on 468 for 1. The 29-year-old, who also made 309 against Pakistan at Multan in 2004, became only the third player to achieve the feat of two triple 100s, matching Australian Don Bradman and West Indies batsman Brian Lara.
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Virender Sehwag reached his triple century on Friday off 278 balls which makes it the fastest triple century in terms of balls faced.
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Former India captain and chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar showered rich praise on Virender Sehwag for his blazing triple century on Day 3 of the first Test against South Africa in Chennai on Friday, saying, it was one of the finest innings he's seen in Test cricket.
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Leg-spin great Shane Warne says the ICC must ensure that the world's top players who signed up with the Indian Premier League play in the "revolutionary" Twenty20 venture. He rubbished the notion that the IPL would have negative influence on international cricket.
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With the much-hyped Indian Premier League facing the hurdle of consolidating a place in the cricket calendar, its chairman Lalit Modi confessed that a second season for the star-studded Twenty20 competition is not possible for the next four years. After inaugurating the IPL, to be played from April 18 to June 1 between eight franchise teams, Modi said first space needs to be found for the 'Champions Twenty20.
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South African opening batsman
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India will tour the island in July and August to play in three Tests and five One-Day Internationals. The six-week tour will includes two Test matches in Colombo and one at the newly renovated Galle International Stadium.
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The Calcutta high court on Friday took up Jagmohan Dalmiya's perjury case against the Board of Control for Cricket in India and its president Sharad Pawar for allegedly producing false documents before it. Justice Nadira Patheriya directed that the matter be heard on April 18.
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With the much-hyped Indian Premier League facing the hurdle of consolidating a place in the cricket calendar, its chairman Lalit Modi confessed that a second season for the star-studded Twenty20 competition is not possible for the next four years. After inaugurating the IPL, to be played from April 18 to June 1 between eight franchise teams, Modi said first space needs to be found for the 'Champions Twenty20' in which semi-finals and final matches of the will be staged.
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Opener Virender Sehwag's century steered India to 176 without loss at lunch on the third day of the first Test against South Africa. At the break, Sehwag was batting on 110 with Wasim Jaffer on 60.
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South Africa's number three batsman handled the home spinners and the heat for almost seven hours to register his fourth Test century. 'It was a good wicket to bat on but they were the hottest conditions I've ever batted on, that was the most difficult challenge,' Amla said.
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Former Pakistan Test players Mushtaq Ahmed and Rana Naved will be unable to fulfill their English county contracts after the Pakistan cricket authorities refused to grant them no objection certificates. Both players have signed for the rebel Indian Cricket League Twenty20 series.
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England left-arm fast bowler Ryan Sidebottom entered the top 10 of the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers for the first time in his career after producing a performance than earned him the Player of the Series award against New Zealand. The 30-year-old Yorkshireman jumps 14 places to 10th place after claiming 24 wickets in the series that earned Michael Vaughan's side a 2-1 win.
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Chennai Superstars scored a convincing 22-run victory over Ahmedabad Rockets to make sure of a place in the semi-finals in the Indian Cricket League's Edelweiss 20s Challenge.
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The great Australian leg spinner said he is retiring from all first class cricket but will participate in the Indian Premier League with the Jaipur franchise as captain and coach. Warne, who took 708 wickets in 145 tests following his 1992 debut, was going to play for Hampshire again this season but the county club's chairman, Rod Bransgrove, said the two parties had mutually agreed to a parting of the ways.
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Virender Sehwag on Thursday said India would be looking to post a huge first innings total and put South Africa in to bat on a crumbling pitch on the final day of the opening Test in Chennai.
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South Africa's innings of 540 off 152.5 overs is their highest total against India in India, bettering their 510 for 9 wickets declared at Kanpur in 2004-05.
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Virender Sehwag scored a sparkling half-century as India ended Day 2 in the first Test on 82 without loss. Hashim Amla had earlier in the day scored a brilliant 159.
