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When Gautam Gambhir was struggling to cement his place in Team India, the appointment of Gary Kirsten as India coach proved to be a godsend. The Delhi batsman gives the former South African opener a lot of credit for understanding him both as a cricketer as well as a person. Gambhir, 29, feels Kirsten's presence in the India dressing room has done a world of good to his game as he has given him a lot of confidence. Kirsten, who joined the India team in March 2008, carried it to the top of Test rankings, and Gambhir says he is one of the players to prosper in the process. "Kirsten worked on my game, he has helped me a lot. Unlike other coaches, he has never asked me to make changes in my game. Importantly, he understood me both as a player and person," Gambhir "Kirsten worked on my basics and tried to improve on them. It was quite encouraging coming from a person who has played 100-odd Tests." The left-hander, who made his debut in 2004, had only one Te...

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Kirsten's contract with the Indian team ends after the World Cup and he is unlikely to renew it as he wants to spend more time with his family in South Africa. But a coaching job in the month-long IPL is something that he might fancy. "Indian cricket had hoped to persuade Kirsten to change his mind about not renewing his contract, but gave up on it this week. Future options for Kirsten could involve the Indian Premier League," a report in The Times said. "The close relationship that Kirsten has with Sachin Tendulkar may lead to cooperation between the two at the Mumbai Indians, who are expected to appoint a director of coaching before the next IPL season," The report said. "Kirsten could easily take up such a position while still developing his international academy that is in the planning stage at Claremont Cricket Club in Cape Town

The team India has to search for new coach after the World Cup.Kirsten had said that he will not continue as coach after World Cup.Still now lot of discussions are taking place on Kirsten.Every one wants Kirsten continued as coach but due to his family only he is leaving the Indian team.So Lets wait Who will be next Coach for India.

Indian Yusuf Pathan raises his bat after scoring a century (100 runs ) during the 5th and final One Day International (ODI) between India and South Africa at Super Sports Park in Centurion on January 23, 2011.India lost their match by 33 runs.Though Pathan made an excellent century could not save India to win the series and South Africa won the series with 3-2 finally.

Australia took a three nil lead in the seven-match one-day series against England, with a four wicket victory in the third one-day international that was played at the Sydney Cricket Ground here on Sunday. England have to fight back with Australia to level the series.

In the first ODI Pakistan were bowled out for just 125 runs in 50 overs.Tim Southee took five wickets with the ball which made Pakistan in big trouble. None of batsman was successful though Misbah scored 50 that could not help Pakistan to a decent total.

Legendary Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan Friday confirmed that he would retire from international cricket after the 2011 World Cup beginning Feb 19 in the sub-continent.

The Kochi franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL) neither confirmed nor denied reports that they have approached the IPL governing council to rope in former India captain Sourav Ganguly.

Duminy excellent 71* and Amla half century helps SA to reach 265 for 7 in 50 over. Later India started slowly and early fall of Rohit and Parthiv puts India in trouble. Though Virat Kohli played an excellent innings 87* could not help as wickets are falling on the other side.Due to rain match was called off and due to D/L method South Africa won by 48 runs and Man Of The Match is JP Duminy.

Australian batsman Shaun Marsh acknowledges the crowd after scoring a century against England during the One Day International (ODI) cricket match at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart on January 21, 2011.

Port Elizabeth: Before coming to South Africa India won only 3 matches out of 20. In the present series they won the 2 matches with lead 2-1.If they won  4th ODI this will be the first series won by the Indian team in South Africa.Today they might be two changes in the team one is Parthiv Patel and the other is Piyush Chawla.All the Best To Dhoni Team Good Luck.

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Team M.S.Dhoni (C/WK) Virender Sehwag (VC) Sachin Tendulkar Gautam Gambhir Virat Kohli Yuvraj Singh Suresh Raina Harbhajan Singh Zaheer Khan Ashish Nehra Munaf Patel Yusuf Pathan R Ashwin Piyush Chawla Praveen Kumar.

  Since he started his career, we have been waiting that some day, he will bring cup to India. This seems last world cup for Sachin. Will he be able to do this? Will he ever be part of a world cup winning team? Team India wants to win World Cup for Sachin.India opener Gautam Gambhir exuded confidence that the national team would do all it takes to win the upcoming World Cup for a certain Sachin Tendulkar, who will be making his sixth appearance in the quadrennial extravaganza. "I sincerely wish that this would not be Sachin's last World Cup and he would play one more. All members of the Indian side would like to win it for him," Gambhir said.

The Durban loss wouldn't have shocked too many Indian fans, given India's well-known batting woes on bouncy pitches. Suresh Raina struggles to handle extra bounce, Rohit Sharma and Yuvraj Singh get into trouble when seam movement is thrown into the mix, MS Dhoni is not in danger of losing his wicket but doesn't score as fluently against such deliveries and India don't have Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. Virat Kohli has improved on this front - in 2008, Zaheer Khan troubled him with a lot of bouncers in an Irani Cup game - but India are still heavily dependent on Sachin Tendulkar to set the pace. He failed in Durban, and the rest, barring Kohli, couldn't handle the heat.

Royal Challengers Bangalore owner Vijay Mallya has said Daniel Vettori was the ideal replacement for RCB retired skipper Anil Kumble, and added that he “kept a little back” to secure the New Zealand captain amid the auction frenzy. Mallya said: “Anil Kumble, who was our captain and the specialist spinner in the side, decided to join us as chief mentor, so I was looking for a quality spinner who could also bat.” Mallya, who was on a flying visit to Christchurch yesterday, said he was delighted to have the experienced all-rounder''s services for the 2011 IPL. He said it was bargain to buy Vettori for 550,000 dollars at last week’s IPL auction. “I bought many of my players early, before the auction really started warming up,” he said. “When Vettori turn came, everybody had already spent so much money on the Indian players. I kept a little back, so I had the money to grab him,” he said.

Gul began Pakistan's dominance with a new-ball spell that oozed intent from the outset. Resisting the natural urge to crank up the pace when aided by a breeze, he relied on subtle sleight of hand and a high release to probe away at the top order. In the first over, he got a swerving inducker to strike Brendon McCullum - who was not offering a shot - above the knee roll. Umpire Daryl Harper ruled in Gul's favour, though replays suggested the bounce was taking it over the stumps. Things were evened out in Gul's next over, when Martin Guptill edged a legcutter on its way to Adnan Akmal, unnoticed by Harper.

Pakistan's seamers punctuated spells of ordinariness with sparks of brilliance to dismantle New Zealand's top order and put their side ahead at stumps. Umar Gul and Tanvir Ahmed were lethal in the first hours of the first two sessions, and though Ross Taylor survived their bursts with a mix of caution and enterprise, the home batsmen suffered from a general lack of confidence that prevented them from counterattacking when the bowlers were on song, and from dominating when they weren't.

The five-match one-day India-South Africa cricket series beginning here Wednesday is the last opportunity for the two countries to test their players before finalising their World Cup squads.Let us wait for Praveen to be fit for the World Cup 2011.

Pakistani selectors on Wednesday retained Shahid Afridi as captain for the upcoming one-day series against New Zealand, boosting his chances of leading the side in next month's World Cup.Let us see how Afridi takes this challenge and lead the team.

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar  attends a training session at Kingsmead Stadium in Durban on January 10, 2011. India and South Africa will play thier One Day International (ODI) on January 12, 2011.

South African cricketer Makhaya Ntini gestures after the Twenty20 match between India and South Africa at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on January 9, 2011. The match marked the last international appearance of South African fast bowler Ntini, who got a rousing reception from a crowd of about 47,000 but conceded 46 runs off four overs without taking a wicket.

Rajasthan's strategy, according to franchise officials, will be to use players such as Rahul Dravid and Shane Warne to attract and mould younger, talented domestic players.

Brett Lee, Shaun Tait and David Hussey have all been given the chance to impress the selectors in Australia's only ODI before the World Cup squad.

The WICB has raised the prize money for the Caribbean T20 tournament to US$62,500 for the winning team, a raise of US$37,500 from what reigning champions Guyana took home last year.So Let us see who is going to win this jackpot this season.

Gilchrist, the former Australia wicketkeeper, will be the captain of Kings XI Punjab for the fourth season of the IPL, the Punjab coach Michael Bevan has said. Bevan said Punjab bought Gilchrist, who led Hyderabad to the trophy in the IPL's second season, specifically for his leadership skills. Gilchrist was bought on the first day of the auction for $900,000.

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