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Indian team flying high on confidant after beating Sri Lanka in their last league match of Super Four now keen to repeat the same performance against same opposition at same venue to snatch the Asia Cup title from the hands of current defending Champion Sri Lanka. On the other hand Sri Lanka rested their two most valuable players who have performed well so far throughout the tournament and

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Indian team chase down 309 runs quite easily against the Sri Lankan’s to march into the Final of Asia Cup which will be played on 6th of July Sunday against the same opponents. Indian team never looked out of shorts chasing this formidable total set by the Sri Lanka as they went on to achieve the target quite easily in the 47th over with the loss of just four wickets. There were times when India

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After loosing to Pakistan in their last game now India have kept the hopes of Pakistan's alive in the tournament and found themselves in a must win game against Sri Lanka. India needs just a win against the Sri Lanka to ensure their berth in the final nothing more than that. On the other hand if Sri Lanka manages to beat India in today’s important clash then it will all come to the last game

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A well compiled innings from Rohit Sharma (58 runs of 71 balls) and M.S.Dhoni (76 runs of 96 balls) guide their team to reach a formidable total of 308/7 in their 50 overs. Now Pakistan needs some miracle from their batsman to achieve the target of 309 runs. Fist time in the tournament Indian middle order batsman has been tested by the Pakistan’s pace bowlers as they bowled superbly after the

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Indian team who is no doubt played some aggressive and fearless cricket in the tournament so far but it will be another tight battle expected between arch rival Pakistan and India at National Stadium Karachi. The win here will give Indian team a ticket to play in the Final of Asia Cup against the Sri Lankan’s lions. However Pakistan would be hoping for some miracle sort of things from some of

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With the help of centuries from birthday boy S.Jayasurya and K.Sangkara and five wickets haul by M.Muralitharan Sri Lanka went on to beat Bangladesh by 158 runs to get into the final of Asia Cup. Sanath Jayasurya celebrated his 39th birthday in style by smashin 55 ball century. Mahela Jayawardne elected to bat first on a beutiful batting wicket against a toothless attack and superb opening

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Kumar Sangkara scored a brilliant century for his team to post a challenging 302/7 on the board after put into bat by the Pakistan skipper and then their Pace bowler and spinner did a fantastic job to restrict the Pakistanis batsman for just 238/9 to register a 64 runs victory. Chasing the huge total things didn't go well for Pakistan at any stage as Salman Butt was bowled first ball of the

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A brilliant century by Alok Kapali (115 runs of 96 balls) and some good partnership in the middle of the innings Bangladesh posted a challenging total for the Indians in the first match of Super 4’s Asia Cup. After wining the toss Bangladesh Captain M.Ashraful has no hesitation in electing to bat first at National Stadium Karachi. His decision was well supported by his opener Tamim Iqbal who

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India who is flying high on confidence after winning both of there matches in first round will take on Bangladesh in their first match of Super 4’s. India has two points already since they have beaten Pakistan in their group match. So win here will make there task lot easier to make it into the Finals of Asia Cup. In last year World Cup 2007 Bangladesh beaten India by five wickets to shock the

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A special and fastest century by Virendra Sehwag helped his team to register an easy six wickets win over arch rivals. Chasing a huge total of 300 runs for win Indian team looks in total control of the game and achieved the target in just 42.1 overs with the lost off just four wickets. This win gave India a much awaited victory in Asia Cup against Pakistan after the long gap of twenty years.

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So far both teams registered a comprehensive win against the minnows Hong Kong in their first game of Asia Cup. Last time when these two team mate was in final of Kitply cup which surprisingly India lost by 25 runs. However by seeing at the form of Indians it is very tough ask for the Pakistanis to outplay the Indians in their second game of Asia Cup which will be played at national Stadium

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When India posted 374 runs on the board with the help of brilliant century by their captain M.S. Dhoni and Suresh Raina the match was almost in the bag of Indians. The results which are know to everyone even before the start of the game and it was no surprise that Indians able to thrashed the minnows Honk Kong by 256 runs. Piyush Chawla who claimed his career best figure of 4/23 did the rest of

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M.S.Dhoni (109 runs of 99 balls) and Suresh Raina (101 runs of 68 balls) superb century helped India to pile up huge total in their first game of Asia cup against Hong Kong. Earlier Indian captain M.S.Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first on a beautiful batting wicket. Indian openers continued their good form as they put on 127 runs in just 14.3 overs. Virendra Sehwag (78 runs of 44 balls

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Indian team will start their Asia Cup campaign with the game against minnows Hong Kong. Hong Kong has already lost their first game against Pakistan by big margin of 155 runs but they will be looking to put up a good performance against the Indians. India is one of the favorite’s team to win the title and if they do so then it will be their fifth Asia Cup win. The last win came thirteen years

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With the unexpected win in the triangular series Kitply Cup 2008 now Pakistan will start the campaign in front of their home crowd as one of the favoreites to win the today’s game gainst Hong Kong. Both teams are in group B with India is their other opponents in their Group. Pakistan has showed what they can do on their day by beating India by 25 runs in the Final of Kitply Cup earlier this month

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Here are the squads for all six teams participating in Asia Cup 2008. The tournament will begin from 24th of June 2008, when Bangladesh take on United Arab Amirates at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. The tournament will feature total 13 matches including the big Final of Asia Cup 2008 at National Stadium Karachi to be played on 6th of July 2008. Indian Squad: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit

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Australian team will travel to India for four test match series against India after the completion of ICC Champions Trophy. Last time when both teams mate in this format of the game, Indian team had given the Australian a hard time in the middle on their home soil. They even went on to beat Australia in Perth which is one of the fastest wickets in the world where most of the Asian team struggle.

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2008 Champions Trophy which is the second biggest tournament after World Cup will be hosted by Pakistan. The inaugural match of Champions Trophy will be played against the home team Pakistan and West Indies on September 11 at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The defending champions Australia will start their campaign with the game against 2002 Champions trophy winner India on September 13 at Gaddafi

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Before the start of ICC Champions trophy in Pakistan, New Zealand will travel to Pakistan to get the taste of Pakistan pitches for three ODI’s. However the venue used for all three ODI’s against New Zealanders will be different from the one which will be used in upcoming Champions trophy. First ODI will be played on 24th of August in Multan Cricket Stadium and rest of the two ODI’s will be played

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Bangladesh team will travel to Australia for a short period of time to play three one day international against the world champions Australia. They will play all their three ODI at same venue in Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin. The first match of ODI series starts from 31st of August and last ODI will be played on 6th of September. (All timing are mentioned in GMT+05:30) Timing

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South African team will travel to England for two months long tour. They will play four test matches starting from 10th of July but before that they will also two tour matches against Somerset and Middlesex. After the end of four match test series they will play one Twenty20 International against England on 20th of August in Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street. There long tour will end on 3rd of

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Here are the points table of Asia Cup 2008 involving Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Bangladesh and UAE. All six teams are divided into two Groups A and B. Each team will play with each other in their corresponding group. Two top teams from each Group will qualify for the next round. All four teams will play with each other to secure their spot for the Final of Asia Cup 2008 to be played

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After two solid win in Kitply Cup, Indian team are now full of confidence to face the music against the arch-rivals Pakistan. Two big victories in the league matches put Man in Blue a favourite contenders for today’s game against Pakistan. Dhoni teams so far performed exceptionally well both with bat and bowl since they arrived in Dhaka. The top order has scored runs by tons and the bowlers have

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Gautam Gambhir played a brilliant inning of 107 runs of just 101 balls to helped India to reach the target of 223 runs in just 35.1 overs with the loss of three wickets and beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets. This was Gautam Gambhir 5th century of his ODI career and second against Bangladesh. He took just 96 balls to reach the landmark. With this win now India will play against Pakistan in the Final

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Once again Indian opening batsman came out all guns blazing in reply of Bangladesh 222 runs. V.Sehwag once again played a quick fire knock of 59 runs of just 32 balls before he got out in the deep in trying to hit the bowler for another six in the same over. He reached his 27th fifty in just 29 balls. Before departure Virendra Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir put on 85 runs in 10 overs. Earlier

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