Yuvraj Singh snatched carrier best second position ICC ranking

September 14th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sachin Tendulkar slammed his 44th One-day International (ODI) century as India scored a 319 for five against Sri Lanka in the final of the Compaq Cup tri-series cricket at the Premadasa stadium here Monday. Sachin hit 138 runs off 133 balls.

September 12th, 2009 COLOMBO - Following is the scoreboard of the Compaq Cup tri-series One-Day International cricket match between India and Sri Lanka at the R. Premadasa stadium here Saturday: Sri Lanka: Tillekaratne Dilshan c Dhoni b Sharma 23 Sanath Jayasuriya lbw b Nehra 98 Mahela Jayawardene st Dhoni b Pathan 17 Kumar Sangakkara lbw b Harbhajan Singh 5 Angelo Mathews st Dhoni b Raina 19 Thilina Kandamby not out 91 C.K.

September 11th, 2009 COLOMBO - India's Ashish Nehra and Yuvraj Singh bowled inspiring spells to pack off New Zealand for 155 runs in their opening One-day International match of the Compaq Cup tri-series cricket here Friday. New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori elected to bat but the batsmen kept losing wickets and the Kiwis were bowled out in 46.3 overs.

September 11th, 2009 COLOMBO - The following is the scoreboard of the Compaq Cup One-day International cricket match between India and New Zealand here Friday: New Zealand: Brendon McCullum lbw b Nehra 3 Jesse Ryder lbw b Nehra 0 Martin Guptill c Dravid b Yuvraj Singh 22 Ross Taylor c Dhoni b Singh 11 Grant Elliott c Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 22 Jacob Oram c & b Sharma 24 Neil Broom c Raina b Yuvraj Singh 21 Daniel Vettori b Sharma 25 Kyle Mills b Singh 6 Ian Butler c Harbhajan Singh b Nehra 6 Shane Bond not out 10 Extras (lb-4, w-1) 5 Total (all out in 46.3 overs) 155 Fall of wickets 1-1 (Ryder, 0.3 overs), 2-4 (McCullum, 2.2), 3-19 (Taylor, 5.5), 4-51 (Guptill, 14.6), 5-66 (Elliott, 20.3), 6-101 (Oram, 28.1), 7-116 (Broom, 32.1), 8-134 (Mills, 37.6), 9-142 (Vettori, 42.3), 10-155 (Butler, 46.3) Bowling Ashish Nehra 8.3 0 24 3 RP Singh 8 2 22 2 (1w) Ishant Sharma 10 2 26 2 Yuvraj Singh 10 0 31 3 Harbhajan Singh 8 0 39 0 Suresh Raina 1 0 4 0 Yusuf Pathan 1 0 5 0 India: Dinesh Karthik lbw b Mills 4 Sachin Tendulkar c Guptill b Vettori 46 Rahul Dravid lbw b Oram 14 Yuvraj Singh c Guptill b Vettori 8 Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 35 Suresh Raina not out 45 Extras (lb 3, w 1) 4 Total (for four wickets in 40.3 overs) 156 Fall of wickets1-7 (Karthik, 2.3 overs), 2-67 (Dravid, 18.1), 3-71 (Tendulkar, 19.2), 4-84 (Yuvraj Singh, 23.6) Bowling Kyle Mills 5.3 1 25 1 Shane Bond 10 3 30 0 (1w) Ian Butler 4 0 25 0 Daniel Vettori 10 0 33 2 Jacob Oram 7 1 19 1 GD Elliott 2 0 9 0 Martin Guptill 2 0 12 0 Toss: New Zealand, who chose to bat Man of the match: Ashish Nehra (India) Umpires: K. Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and B.

August 28th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) has rejected middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh's claims regarding discrimination in selection procedure at the junior level. PCA secretary, MP Pandove said Singh's allegations were 'ill-founded' and claimed that the process of selection was 'foolproof' carried out on merit only.

August 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh has said that the players were wary of the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) controversial 'whereabouts' rule as it infringed on their privacy. "We play cricket 9-10 months a year and our concern is whatever free time we get, we should be left to ourselves," Singh said on the sidelines of a function here on Saturday.

July 4th, 2009 St.LUCIA - The following is the scoreboard of the match between India and the West Indies in the rain marred third One-day international of the four-match series at the Beausejor Stadium here Friday. West Indies innings: (27 overs maximum) Chris Gayle c Dhoni b Nehra 27 (14 balls) Runako Morton st Dhoni b Harbhajan 22 (34) Ramnaresh Sarwan run out (Gambhir/Dhoni) 62 (59) Shivnarine Chanderpaul c Nehra b Pathan 15 (14) Dwayne Bravo c Dhoni b Nehra 14 (19) Darren Bravo b Nehra 21 (15) Denesh Ramdin not out 14 (6) Jerome Taylor c Ishant b Harbhajan 1 (2) Extras (lb 7, w 2, nb 1) 10 Total (seven wickets in 27 overs) 186 Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Gayle, 3.4 overs), 2-78 (Morton, 12.3), 3-125 (Chanderpaul, 18.3), 4-135 (Sarwan, 20.5), 5-170 (Darren, 25.1), 6-173 (Dwayne, 25.6), 7-186 (Taylor, 26.6) Bowling: Ishant Sharma 5-0-35-0 Ashish Nehra 5-1-21-3 Rudra Pratap Singh 5-0-34-0 Harbhajan Singh 5-0-35-2 Yuvraj Singh 2-0-19-0 Rohit Sharma 1-0-7-0 Yusuf Pathan 4-0-28-1 India: Dinesh Karthik run out (Rampaul) 47 (43 balls) Gautam Gambhir c Ramdin b Benn 44 (38) Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 46 (34) Yuvraj Singh c Darren b Bernard 2 (6) Rohit Sharma c Bernard b Dwayne 11 (9) Yusuf Pathan not out 1 (2) Extras (lb 4, w 3, nb 1) 8 Total (for four wickets in 21.5 overs) 159 Fall of wickets: 1-84 (Karthik, 12.1 overs), 2-108 (Gambhir, 15.1), 3-117 (Yuvraj, 16.6), 4-148 (Rohit, 20.5) Bowling: Jerome Taylor 3.5-0-39-0 Ravi Rampaul 4-0-26-0 Dwayne Bravo 4-0-27-1 David Bernard 3-0-21-1 Suleiman Benn 5-0-31-1 Chris Gayle 2 0 11 0 5.50 Toss: India, who chose to field Result: India won by six wickets (DL method), led the 4-match series 2-1 Player of the match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India)

June 27th, 2009 KINGSTON - Scoreboard of the first one-day international between India and West Indies at Sabina Park here Friday. India: K.D.

June 26th, 2009 KINGSTON - A cracking 102-ball 131 by Yuvraj Singh and his 135-run third wicket stand with opener Dinesh Karthik (67) powered India to set the West Indies a 340-run target in the first of the four one-day internationals here at the Sabina Park Friday. Deciding to bat first, India lost Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma cheaply, but Karthik and Yuvraj set them on the highway to a big total.

June 26th, 2009 KINGSTON - Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against the West Indies in the first One-dayer of the four-match Digicel cricket series at Sabina Park here Friday. Teams India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wicketkeeper), Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, R.P.

June 16th, 2009 NOTTINGHAM - Scoreboard of the Super Eight Group E match between India and South Africa in World Twenty20 at Trent Bridge here. South Africa Greame Smith c Jadeja b Harbhajan Singh 26 (26) Herschelle Gibbs b Singh 5 (3) AB de Villiers c & b Jadeja 63 (51) Jean Paul Duminy st Dhoni b Raina 10 (15) Mark Boucher c Singh b Khan 11 (15) Albie Morkel not out 8 (8) Johan Botha not out 4 (2) Extras (lb-2, w-1) 3 Total (for five wickets in 20 overs) 130 Fall of wickets 1-13 (Gibbs, 1.4 over), 2-59 (Smith, 8.3), 3-98 (Duminy, 14.4), 4-110 (de Villiers, 17.2), 5-120 (Boucher, 19.2) Bowling Zaheer Khan 3 0 26 1 RP Singh 2 0 21 1 Ishant Sharma 1 0 6 0 Ravindra Jadeja 3 0 9 1 Rohit Sharma 2 0 15 0 Yuvraj Singh 4 0 25 0 Harbhajan Singh 4 0 20 1 Suresh Raina 1 0 6 1 India Gautam Gambhir c Duminy b Botha 21 (19) Rohit Sharma c Steyn b Duminy 29 (28) Suresh Raina c M Morkel b Botha 3 (8) Yuvraj Singh c Boucher b Steyn 25 (25) Mahendra Singh Dhoni run out (Boucher/M Morkel) 5 (12) Yusuf Pathan c de Villiers b van der Merwe 0 (2) Harbhajan Singh c de Villiers b Botha 14 (15) Ravindra Jadeja not out 7 (6) Zaheer Khan c de Villiers b Steyn 4 (3) RP Singh not out 2 (2) Extras (lb-4, w-4) 8 Total (for eight wickets in 20 overs) 118 Fall of wickets1-48 (Gambhir, 6.2 over), 2-55 (Raina, 8.6), 3-56 (RG Sharma, 9.5), 4-67 (Dhoni, 12.5), 5-69 (Pathan, 13.3), 6-100 (Harbhajan Singh, 17.2), 7-106 (Yuvraj Singh, 18.2), 8-110 (Khan, 18.5) Dale Steyn 3 0 25 2 Wayne Parnell 3 0 22 0 Morne Morkel 4 0 23 0 5.75 (1w) Albie Morkel 1 0 12 0 Johan Botha 4 0 16 3 Roelf van der Merwe 4 0 13 1 Jean Paul Duminy 1 0 3 1 Man of the match: AB de Villiers, South Africa

June 14th, 2009 LONDON - Scoreboard of the World Twenty20 Group E Super Eights match between England and India at Lord's here Sunday. England: Ravi Bopara b Jadeja 37 (37) Luke Wright c Pathan b RP Singh 1 (7) Kevin Pietersen lbw Jadeja 46 (27) Dimitry Mascarenhas not out 25 (27) Owais Shah c Jadeja b Harbhajan Singh 12 (10) Paul Collingwood lbw Zaheer Khan 7 (5) James Foster c & b Harbhajan Singh 6 (5) Graeme Swann b Harbhajan Singh 0 (1) Stuart Broad not out 3 (1) Extras (lb 2, w 14) 16 Total (for seven wickets in 20 overs) 153 Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Wright, 1.4 overs), 2-74 (Bopara, 10.5), 3-92 (Pietersen, 12.6), 4-122 (Shah, 17.2), 5-138 (Collingwood, 18.3), 6-145 (Foster, 19.3), 7-145 (Swann, 19.4) Bowling: Zaheer Khan 3-0-26-1 RP Singh 3-0-13-1 Ishant Sharma 4-0-36-0 Yuvraj Singh 2-0-20-0 Harbhajan Singh 4-0-30-3 Ravindra Jadeja 4-0-26-2 India (target: 154 in 20 overs) Gautam Gambhir c Broad b Mascarenhas 26 (26) Rohit Sharma b Sidebottom 9 (8) Suresh Raina c Wright b Sidebottom 2 (5) Ravindra Jadeja c Broad b Swann 25 (35) Yuvraj Singh st Foster b Swann 17 (9) Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 30 (20) Yusuf Pathan not out 33 (17) Extras (lb 4, w 4) 8 Total (for five wickets in 20 overs) 150 Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Sharma, 1.5), 2-24 (Raina, 3.4), 3-62 (Gambhir, 10.4), 4-85 (Jadeja, 13.3), 5-87 (Yuvraj Singh, 13.6) Bowling: James Anderson 4-0-32-0 Ryan Sidebottom 4-0-31-2 Stuart Broad 4-0-21-0 Kevin Pietersen 1-0-9-0 Luke Wright 2-0-16-0 Graeme Swann 4-0-28-2 Dimitry Mascarenhas 1-0-9-1 Toss: India, opted to bowl Man of the Match: Ryan Sidebottom, England

June 12th, 2009 LONDON - Yuvraj Singh has been named vice-captain of the Indian cricket team in place of injured Virender Sewhag for the ongoing World Twenty20. Sehwag was ruled out of the championship with a shoulder injury.

June 12th, 2009 LONDON - Scoreboard of the Group E World Twenty20 match betwen India and West Indies at Lord's here. India Gautam Gambhir c Simmons b Bravo 14 (13) Rohit Sharma c Simmons b Edwards 5 (3) Suresh Raina c Ramdin b Edwards 5 (8) Yuvraj Singh c & b Edwards 67 (43) Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Fletcher b Bravo 11 (23) Yusuf Pathan b Bravo 31 (23) Irfan Pathan c Simmons b Bravo 2 (3) Harbhajan Singh not out 13 (4) Zaheer Khan not out 0 (0) Extras: (lb-1, w-4) 5 Total: (for seven wickets in 20 overs) 153 Fall of wickets 1-12 (Sharma, 1.2 overs), 2-27 (Raina, 3.5), 3-29 (Gambhir, 4.2), 4-66 (Dhoni, 12.1), 5-130 (Yuvraj Singh, 17.4), 6-140 (YK Pathan, 19.1), 7-141 (IK Pathan, 19.3) Bowling Jerome Taylor 4-0-44-0 Fidel Edwards 4-0-24-3 Dwayne Bravo 4-0-38-4 Chris Gayle 3-0-13-0 Kieron Pollard 2-0-7-0 Sulieman Benn 3-0-26-0 West Indies (target: 154 in 20 overs) Chris Gayle c Khan b Yusuf Pathan 22 (28) Andre Fletcher c Yuvraj Singh b Irfan Pathan 0 (2) Lendl Simmons c Irfan Pathan b Ojha 44 (37) Dwayne Bravo not out 66 (36) Shivnaraine Chanderpaul not out 18 (9) Extras: (lb-3, w-3) 6 Total (for three wickets in 18.4 overs) 156 Fall of wickets 1-9 (Fletcher, 1.2 over), 2-42 (Gayle, 7.4), 3-100 (Simmons, 14.3) Bowling Zaheer Khan 2.4-0-26-0 Irfan Pathan 2-0-9-1 Yusuf Pathan 4-0-27-1 Harbhajan Singh 4-1-31-0 Ishant Sharma 3-0-31-0 Pragyan Ojha 3-0-29-1 Man of the Match: Dwayne Bravo (West Indies)

June 11th, 2009 NOTTINGHAM - Scoreboard of the World Twenty20 Group A match between Ireland and India at Trent Bridge here Wednesday. Ireland William Porterfield c Yusuf b Zaheer 5 (8) Jeremy Bray b Zaheer 0 (7) Gary Wilson b Harbhajan 19 (23) Andre Botha c Yusuf b Zaheer 8 (5) Kevin O'Brien b Ojha 2 (4) John Mooney c Yuvraj b Ojha 19 (22) Andrew White c Dhoni b Zaheer 29 (25) Regan West run out (Raina) 1 (1) Alex Cusack not out 12 (6) Kyle McCallan not out 9 (7) Extras (lb-6 w-2) 8 Total (for eight wicktes in 18 overs) 112 Fall of wickets 1-4 (Bray, 1.6 ov), 2-9 (Porterfield, 3.1), 3-17 (Botha, 3.6), 4-28 (O'Brien, 6.1), 5-48 (Wilson, 9.4), 6-72 (Mooney, 14.4), 7-73 (West, 14.5), 8-92 (White, 16.2) Bowling Irfan Pathan 3-0-22-0 Zaheer Khan 3-0-19-4 Ishant Sharma 3-0-18-0 Yuvraj Singh 1-0-4-0 Pragyan Ojha 4-0-18-2 Harbhajan Singh 4-0-25-1 India (target: 113 in 18 overs) Gautam Gambhir c Rankin b West 37 (31) Rohit Sharma not out 52 (45) Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Bray b McCallan 14 (13) Yuvraj Singh not out 3 (4) Extras (lb-4, w-3) 7 Total (for two wickets in 15.3 overs) 113 Fall of wickets 1-77 (Gambhir, 10.5 ov), 2-100 (Dhoni, 13.4) Boyd Rankin 4-0-28-0 Kevin O' Brien 2-0-17-0 Alex Cusack 2-0-13-0 Regan West 4-0-23-1 Kyle McCallan 3.3-0-28-1 Toss: India, elected to field Man of the Match: Zaheer Khan (India)