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Virat Kohli scored a 39-ball half century to help India beat Afghanistan by 23 runs in their opening Group A match at the Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday.In-form and reliable Kohli, along with Suresh Raina, helped India post a score of 159, sharing a 46-run fourth wicket stand off just 33 balls.India bowled out Afghanistan for 136 runs in 19.3 overs with Yuvraj Singh and Lakshmipathy Balaji capturing...
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Mohammedan Sporting continued from where it had left in the qualifiers to down Durand Cup champions Air India by a lone goal in a Group B match of the Federation Cup here at Kanchanjungha Stadium...
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Having lost their first game against India on Wednesday, the Afghanistan camp believes that had it not been for the ‘missed opportunities’, the result could have been different.It was definitely a tale of missed opportunities for both the countries and the point was accepted by both the camps. “We could have won by a bigger margin,” said India’s Virat Kohli after the match.The mood in the opposition...
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India won its first match in the T20 World Cup by 23 runs against Afghanistan, but the match was by no means easy for India.Afghanistan, short on experience but not on enthusiasm or skill, gave the ICC World Twenty20 2007 champions a real run for their money at the R Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday (September 19) night, competing on an almost-equal footing for more than three-fourths of the Group A...
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Virat Kohli says India's bowling in the initial overs has been pretty good but it is the bowling at the death that needs to improve....
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Comeback man Yuvraj Singh provided three crucial breakthroughs but India were far from convincing as they launched their ICC World Twenty20 campaign with a scrappy 23-run victory over minnows Afghanistan in here today.Put into bat, it was man of the match Virat Kohli’s half-century and an useful contribution of 38 from Suresh Raina which helped India reach a decent target of 159 for five in 20 overs.In...
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Wednesday.Sept 19 (Reuters) - Scoreboard in the Twenty20 World Cup Group A match between India and Afghanistan at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday. India innings G. Gambhir b Shapoor Zadran 10 V. Sehwag c Mohammad Shahzad b Shapoor Zadran 8 V. Kohli c Mohammad Nabi b Dawlat Zadran 50 Yuvraj Singh c Shapoor Zadran b Karim Sadiq 18 S.Raina b Mohammad Nabi 38 MS Dhoni not out 18 R Sharma...
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