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| • Daljit under fire for poor Mohali pitch |
| Reportedly, the Maharashtra Under-19 team, who were playing Punjab in the Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy semi-final, staged a walkout on the second day after claiming the Mohali wicket was "underprepared and poor" |
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| • Harbhajan criticises lifeless pitches |
| Pitches such as the one used in the high-scoring draw between India and Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad were unfit for cricket, Harbhajan said |
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| • 'I should have insisted on trials' - Daljit Singh |
| Daljit Singh, who was sacked as chairman of the BCCI's grounds and pitches committee in the wake of the fiasco at Feroz Shah Kotla, has said his fault was in not insisting on holding practice games on what was essentially an unused wicket |
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| • Match referee gives harshest assessment of Kotla pitch |
| The possibility of the Feroz Shah Kotla being disqualified from hosting the 2011 World Cup remains high |
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| • Sri Lanka 'chickened out', says DDCA vice-president |
| Former India Test player Chetan Chauhan has said that Sri Lanka "chickened out" out of the final ODI against India after finding themselves in trouble at 83 for 5 |
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| • Kotla pitch fiasco |
| Full coverage of the pitch fiasco at the Feroz Shah Kotla |
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| • ICC November inspection slammed pitch |
| The DDCA was warned twice from different sources that the Kotla pitch needed a lot of attention before the fifth ODI |
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| • DDCA pitch panel members resign |
| The members of the pitch and ground committee of the Delhi & Districts Cricket Association have put in their papers after taking responsibility for the pitch fiasco which led to the abandonment of the fifth and final ODI between India and Sri Lanka |
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| • No immediate decision on Kotla's WC status - ICC |
| Haroon Lorgat, the ICC's chief executive, has said New Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla can still retain hopes of hosting the 2011 World Cup matches, despite the pitch fiasco |
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| • BCCI dissolves ground and pitches committee |
| The Indian board (BCCI) has disbanded its ground and pitches committee with immediate effect |
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| • Former players lead criticism of Delhi pitch |
| Russel Arnold and former Indian captains have reacted with shock and dismay at the dangerous pitch prepared for the fifth ODI at the Feroz Shah Kotla |
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| • Match abandoned because of dangerous pitch |
| It was surprising it took them 23.3 overs to call off play on a Kotla pitch where the bounce varied from shin to shoulder in as short a spell as three deliveries |
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| • Dhoni confident of one more win |
| Since MS Dhoni took over the captaincy India have played four dead-rubbers and lost all four, and he firmly stated his intention to finish the contest with a win |
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| • India look to break dead-rubber jinx |
| Preview for the fifth ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Delhi |
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| • Tendulkar opts out of Bangladesh tri-series |
| Sachin Tendulkar has opted out of the tri-series in Bangladesh starting on January |
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| • Eden Gardens may not host day-nighters in IPL 3 |
| The venue may not host day-night matches in the third edition of the IPL, after a floodlight glitch held up play in the fourth ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Kolkata |
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| • Kumar Sangakkara erred by batting first - Virender Sehwag |
| Virender Sehwag believed his team was handed an advantage when Kumar Sangakkara opted to bat |
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| • No tickets sold at Eden Gardens |
| No tickets were sold for the fourth ODI between India and Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens after the Cricket Association of Bengal decided to offer available seats to its members and affiliated clubs |
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| • Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli tons hand India series |
| Virtually chanceless centuries from Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir made sure they would go to their home ground, Feroz Shah Kotla, with the series in the bag |
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| • Sri Lankan players involved in security breach - reports |
| The players had the Kolkata Police worried after they went for a late night-out without any security cover on Tuesday |
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