India (258-9) beat Australia (249) by 9 runs in the thrilling second Commonwealth Bank series in Brisbane on Tuesday.

Sachin Tendulkar made 91 in India’s 258 for nine after winning the toss and batting, following his match-winning 117 not out in the first game at Sydney.

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• India win by 9 runs
• Australia Innings - 249 all out (Overs 49.4)
• India Innings - 258-9 (Overs 50.0)

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US-based Indian Sunitha Rao, second best Indian women’s tennis player(181) on the WTA Tour after Sania Mirza(Sania Mirza boycotted WTA Bangalore Open) failed to make it to the main draw of the $600,000 WTA .

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She lost in straight sets to Tiantian Sun of China at the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSTA) Monday.

Indian Premier League complete list of the players of each team and the money that they are being paid.

• The price mentioned is for one year in USD and the contract is for three years.
• Each Franchisees have a window in February to trade players if they wish.

Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai), Sourav Ganguly (Kolkata), Rahul Dravid (Bangalore), Yuvraj Singh (Mohali) and Virender Sehwag (Delhi) are considered as “The five icons”. These five icons will get 15 % more than the highest-paid player in their side.

Team: Bangalore
Jacques Kallis (RSA), $900,000
Anil Kumble (Ind) $500,000
Cameron White (Aus) $500,000
Zaheer Khan (Ban) $450,000
Mark Boucher (RSA) $450,000
Nathan Bracken (Aus) $325,000
Dale Steyn (RSA) $325,000
Shivnaraine Chanderpaul (WI) $200,000
Wasim Jaffer (Ind) $150,000

Team: Kolkata

Ishant Sharma (Ind) $950,000
Chris Gayle (W.I) $800,000
Brendon McCullum (NZ) $700,000
David Hussey (Aus) $625,000
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) $425,000
Murali Karthik (Ind) $425,000 Continue reading…

Indian charismatic one-day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was sold to Indian Premier League franchise Chennai for a $1.5 million (approximately Rs 6 crore) in the IPL auction at Mumbai.

The 26-year-old Dhoni set the mark for the first-ever auction of world’s top cricketers when he was acquired by the Chennai franchisee for a three-year period.