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Mumbai's crowds vanish from streets to cheer Team India
Mumbai's crowded thoroughfares shed their vast multitudes as cricket fever gripped the city with passionate fans packing themselves into restobars, pubs and multiplexes to watch the titanic tussle for cricket's most coveted trophy.As afternoon approached, the weekend crowds started vanishing from bustling streets and marketplaces, city's lifeline--...
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India vs Sri Lanka: A final that could define Sangakkara's legacy
Kumar Sangakkara has never been shy of attaching a higher significance to cricket. After winning the semi-final against New Zealand, which also ended their hosting involvement in the tournament, he said life in Sri Lanka seems normal when cricket is played. Before the final against India, he said in a similar vein, "It [winning the World Cup] means...
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Informers to be city's superheroes for a day
The Mumbai Police is banking heavily on the humble informer or khabri its oldest and most reliable source of intelligence inputs to avoid law-and-order problems during the eagerly awaited India-Sri Lanka match.Senior officials in the force said they have asked the informer network to be alert and asked them to relay any information they may come ac...
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Gawli, Salem to hear commentary on radio
842 prisoners languishing in Taloja Jail, including underworld don Abu Salem and gangster Arun Gawli, will be able to get a ball-by-ball account of the World Cup final today, courtesy a considerate prison administration. The jail authorities have decided to relay radio commentary of the match into the inmates' cells using the public address system....
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Why Murali is such a threat to India
The war between India and Sri Lanka in Mumbai tomorrow will be built on many mini-battles.One of cricket's oldest rivalries will play out on the field for the last time: the world's leading wicket-taker Muttiah Muralitharan against the world's biggest run-getter, Sachin Tendulkar.Of the 74 wickets that Murali has taken against India in 62 games, Te...
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Sachin will have a good night sleep and be at his best: Dhoni
Indian skipper M S Dhoni today said that batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar would not have an anxious night ahead of tomorrow's World Cup final at his home ground at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, although he is just one short of his century of centuries in international cricket."Ever since he made his debut in 1989, for last 21 years the whole of I...
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Mumbai's crowds vanish from streets to cheer Team India
Mumbai's crowded thoroughfares shed their vast multitudes as cricket fever gripped the city with passionate fans packing themselves into restobars, pubs and multiplexes to watch the titanic tussle for cricket's most coveted trophy.As afternoon approached, the weekend crowds started vanishing from bustling streets and marketplaces, city's lifeline--...
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India vs Sri Lanka: A final that could define Sangakkara's legacy
Kumar Sangakkara has never been shy of attaching a higher significance to cricket. After winning the semi-final against New Zealand, which also ended their hosting involvement in the tournament, he said life in Sri Lanka seems normal when cricket is played. Before the final against India, he said in a similar vein, "It [winning the World Cup] means...
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Informers to be city's superheroes for a day
The Mumbai Police is banking heavily on the humble informer or khabri its oldest and most reliable source of intelligence inputs to avoid law-and-order problems during the eagerly awaited India-Sri Lanka match.Senior officials in the force said they have asked the informer network to be alert and asked them to relay any information they may come ac...
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Gawli, Salem to hear commentary on radio
842 prisoners languishing in Taloja Jail, including underworld don Abu Salem and gangster Arun Gawli, will be able to get a ball-by-ball account of the World Cup final today, courtesy a considerate prison administration. The jail authorities have decided to relay radio commentary of the match into the inmates' cells using the public address system....
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Why Murali is such a threat to India
The war between India and Sri Lanka in Mumbai tomorrow will be built on many mini-battles.One of cricket's oldest rivalries will play out on the field for the last time: the world's leading wicket-taker Muttiah Muralitharan against the world's biggest run-getter, Sachin Tendulkar.Of the 74 wickets that Murali has taken against India in 62 games, Te...
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Sachin will have a good night sleep and be at his best: Dhoni
Indian skipper M S Dhoni today said that batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar would not have an anxious night ahead of tomorrow's World Cup final at his home ground at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, although he is just one short of his century of centuries in international cricket."Ever since he made his debut in 1989, for last 21 years the whole of I...
