The stage is all set for the second test match between India and Australia in Mohali, but it is still not clear whether the Indian skipper Anil Kumble would play the match or not. Kumble, the highest wicket taker for India, failed to pick up a single wicket in the first test match at Bangalore. Due to a shoulder injury, he also dropped two vital catches in the match.
Commenting over his shoulder injury, the 37 year old Jumbo said, “I’m feeling better now, will decide on my playing tomorrow morning.”
The International Cricket Council (ICC) re-scheduled the postponed Champions Trophy to September 2009, and also decided to make a final decision on the location following India's tour to Pakistan early next year. The Champions trophy will now be played between 24 September and 5 October 2009.
Speaking on this, David Morgan (President, ICC) said, “The 2008 Champions Trophy has been postponed as you know. We now have a firm date with the final on the 4th October, 2009, reserve day for the final on Monday, October, 5th.”
On Tuesday at the opening round of the World Chess Championship at Bonn in Germany, World Champion Viswanathan Anand displayed a fine performance when he took the match to a draw against Russian Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik.
The World Championship campaign was started by Anand with black pieces against Kramnik, and the match soon reached to a draw after 32 moves.
This Championship will be played over 12 classical games. If in case a tie happens then the winner would be decided through rapid and blitz games.
On Wednesday, Asher Noria, the double trap shooter stole the show adding on to the excellent performance by Indian athletes currently on the lead on the fourth day of third Commonwealth Youth Games being held at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex at Balewadi in Pune.
Shooting seemed to be the India’s expertise with 3 gold and one bronze in a day. It was Noria however who was in the limelight as he performed better than Athens silver medalist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore's score by one bird. The 16-year-old shot a total of 180 en route leading to the top spot while his nearest rival Philip Smith ended with eight birds behind.
Leading from the front, Hyderabad Heroes’ skipper Chris Harris played a match-winning innings against Dhaka Warriors at the Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium last night.
Cricket is one such game where one doesn’t know what’s in store for you, any point can mark a U-turn and turn the tables around for the seemingly loosing team. One such instance was noticed in the Indian Cricket League T20 match among the Chandigarh Lions against Mumbai Champs where the Lions were overwhelmed by loosing their six wickets when Sarabjeet came as a saviour from their front leading them to victory with his 41 not out in just 22 balls.
The stage is all set for the second test match between India and Australia in Mohali, but it is still not clear whether the Indian skipper Anil Kumble would play the match or not. Kumble, the highest wicket taker for India, failed to pick up a single wicket in the first test match at Bangalore. Due to a shoulder injury, he also dropped two vital catches in the match. 
On Tuesday at the opening round of the World Chess Championship at Bonn in Germany, World Champion Viswanathan Anand displayed a fine performance when he took the match to a draw against Russian Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik. 
Leading from the front, Hyderabad Heroes’ skipper Chris Harris played a match-winning innings against Dhaka Warriors at the Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium last night.
Cricket is one such game where one doesn’t know what’s in store for you, any point can mark a U-turn and turn the tables around for the seemingly loosing team. One such instance was noticed in the Indian Cricket League T20 match among the Chandigarh Lions against Mumbai Champs where the Lions were overwhelmed by loosing their six wickets when Sarabjeet came as a saviour from their front leading them to victory with his 41 not out in just 22 balls.
