in-hotdailynews: 2014-12-23 India Sports

Yuvraj, Gambhir dropped from BCCI contract list
Hindustan Times
A few weeks after they were left out of the 30-member preliminary squad for the 2015 World Cup, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh were on Monday dropped from the BCCI contract list while medium pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar was promoted to a Grade A ...

Here is the full list of BCCI's contracted players for 2014-15; No place for Yuvraj ...   Oneindia
Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir do not find their names in the BCCI's annual ...   Economic Times
Bhuvneshwar handed Grade A contract   The Nation
Deccan Chronicle
The Indian Express
Assam Tribune
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Kohli-Dhawan dressing room spat caused 'unrest' during Brisbane Test
Hindustan Times
While the Indian batsmen were falling like nine pins against the pace of Mitchell Johnson and company on the fourth morning of the Brisbane Test, Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan were having a go at each other in the dressing room, it has emerged.
Virat Kohli-Shikhar Dhawan's fight reason for 'unrest' in Indian dressing room ...   Cricket Country
Boxing Day test of India's resolve in Melbourne   IBNLive
Warner to play third Test   Gocricket.com
Stuff.co.nz
Daily News & Analysis
Sydney Morning Herald
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Lyon contradicts Dhoni, says umpires have done a good job
Firstpost
Melbourne: Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni might feel that umpiring in the ongoing Test series needs to improve but Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon on Monday said officials have done a good job and a couple of bad decisions should not ...

Dhoni and his men face an onerous task   The Hindu
'Both the teams need to agree to use DRS'   Deccan Herald
Nathan Lyon slams Mahendra Singh Dhoni for criticising umpiring standards in ...   Daily News & Analysis
Cricket Country
IBNLive
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Afridi to quit ODIs after World Cup
ESPNcricinfo.com
Oddly enough I remember the number of series we have lost because of this man. Several opportunities and matches where Pakistan could win the series were lost because of his epic nonsensical airborne shots where required run rate was less than 3.
Shahid Afridi among players issued with show cause notice for shooting ...   Cricket Country
PCB issues show cause notices to five Pakistan players   Zee News
PCB issues show-cause notice to Afridi among others   The Nation
Taipei Times
The News International
Firstpost
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Abhinav Bindra on target
The Hindu
Ace shooter Abhinav Bindra won the crunch moments to clinch the men's 10 metre rifle gold in the 58th National shooting championships at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex here on Monday. Placed second in the qualification with 621.7 points, India's ...

Bindra nails 10M air rifle gold; Vijay Kumar wins   Deccan Herald
Abhinav Bindra defends air rifle national title, Vijay Kumar too wins   Zee News
Abhinav Bindra defends 10m air rifle national title   Firstpost

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All-rounder Shane Watson forced to leave Australia training by bouncer blow
Daily News & Analysis
Australian all-rounder Shane Watson was forced to cut short his training session in the Melbourne Cricket Ground nets after being hit on the helmet by a bouncer on Tuesday, three days before the start of the third test against India. Watson, under pressure for ...

Shane Watson in distress after being hit by bouncer; Australia's training session ...   Cricket Country
Australia nets session ended by bouncer scare   TVNZ
Watson shaken after being hit on helmet   ESPNcricinfo.com

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IBNLive

Tendulkar named 2015 World Cup ambassador
DAWN.com
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced Sachin Tendulkar as the 2015 World Cup ambassador. “It will be the second successive time that the India maestro will be the ambassador of ICC's pinnacle tournament, after he fulfilled ...

Man evicted from Sydney stadiums for dubious cricket betting   Stuff.co.nz
ICC World Cup 2015: Punter ejection in Big Bash League puts organisers on ...   Cricket Country
Tendulkar named ICC World Cup 2015 Ambassador   The Sentinel
9news.com.au
Firstpost
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I am eagerly waiting to play in Australia: Akshar Patel
Firstpost
Gujarat's promising all-rounder Akshar Patel today expressed happiness over his selection in the Indian squad for the next two Test matches against Australia after Ravindra Jadeja was ruled out of the series due to an injury. File picture of Akshar Patel.
Excited Axar Patel ready for test   Deccan Chronicle
Jadeja out of series   Trinidad & Tobago Express
India calls up Akshar Patel to replace Ravindra Jadeja in touring squad   ABC Online
Pune Mirror
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