New Delhi, Apr 11 : Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag on Saturday said he was hopeful that his team would put up a good show in the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in South Africa.

Napier, Mar. 29 : India’s much vaunted batting machinery came to its rescue on Sunday, putting up 252 for the loss of two wickets in the second innings after being asked to follow on by New Zealand on Saturday.

New Delhi, Feb 23 : Coca Cola has signed up Indian opener Gautam Gambhir as its brand ambassador.

The left-handed batsman would be featuring in the company's new campaign, `Coca-Cola Open Happiness', to be rolled out this week.

According to a Coca Cola statement, its new campaign is designed to serve as a platform for all integrated marketing initiatives for brand Coca-Cola globally.

Gambhir has been roped for the first in a series of 2009 summer campaign.

Sydney, Dec 26 : Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been selected to lead the team of the year for his fighting and match winning strategies. The other Indian to make it to the team is opener Gautam Gambhir, who scored heavily in 2008.

Melbourne, Nov 17 : Aussie all-rounder Shane Watson has said that he loved bowling to Indian opener Gautam Gambhir because it were a big dog-fight to get him out, but added that the latter was no “Mr Perfect”. The duo was involved in a spat in the third Test at Kotla, where the opener elbowed Watson after the latter was seen passing some comments at him.

Though the hearing of his appeal against the one-Test ban is pending, cricketer Gautam Gambhir may still get a chance to play the fourth and final Test against Australia, in Nagpur.

The Test starts from November 6, and if a decision does not arrive by then, Gambhir would be eligible to play in the final match. This news came after the International Cricket Council said that Gambhir could continue playing under Code of Conduct regulations.