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Ponting, Ganguly have established their primacyJOHANNESBURG, MARCH 21.India, having entered its second World Cup final, will have to beat the odds to upset the defending champion, Australia, on Sunday at `The Wanderers'. The players, having muffled the remonstrations at home and rebuffed ... Australia is not invincible, says Ganguly JOHANNESBURG, MARCH 21. Not even a single player in the Indian squad knows what exactly it feels like to play in a World Cup final but skipper Sourav Ganguly and his men are determined not to be overwhelmed by the big occasion. The Wanderers ... Vaas and Lee usher in a refreshing change DURBAN, MARCH 21. Brett Lee and Chaminda Vaas have distinguished themselves in a World Cup where the batsmen have also enjoyed testing their skills on some challenging and some docile tracks. These two fast bowlers, having developed their ... The best and worst encounters DURBAN, MARCH 21. The India skipper was vehement. "It's been a high quality World Cup," Sourav Ganguly argued. Has it been so? It can be debatable. The teams now head for The Wanderers, a majestic arena, quite an inspiration for the actors to ... COMMENT Sachin gets his stage, at last! HE is in a trance. He is performing in a trance. It is the trance of a missionary, the exalted state of a sage on the threshold of nirvana. It is the trance of an Edmund Hillary within a few steps of the summit on the Everest, of a Hemingway ... Other Stories
Cricket 
Arun Kumar hits unbeaten centuryBANGALORE, MARCH 21. J. Arun Kumar's bat proved larger than a barn door. The Plate B skipper scored an unbeaten 165 and anchored his side to 316 for three against Plate A in the Duleep Trophy match at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Friday. At ... 
Sriram scores centuryHYDERABAD, MARCH 21. An impressive century by S. Sriram (109, 201b, 14 x 4) was the highlight on the second day as Elite-A scored 287 for seven in 96 overs against Elite-C in the four-day Duleep Trophy cricket championship match at the Gymkhana ... Other Stories
Golf A keen Open in prospect NEW DELHI, MARCH 21. Past champions Arjun Atwal and Jyoti along with holder Vijay Kumar promise to keep alive the hopes of another home triumph in the $300,000 Royal Challenge Indian Open golf championship to be played at the Delhi Golf Club ... Hockey Three-out rule to be tested at Azlan Shah Cup BRUSSELS, MARCH 21. The 3-out rule is to be tested at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, starting at Ipoh on Saturday. The new rule trial states at least three players must at all times be outside their defending 23 metre area. These can be any three ... Top teams for Beighton Cup KOLKATA, MARCH 21. The 108th all-India Beighton Cup hockey tournament, the oldest field hockey meet in the world, has attracted 14 crack combinations from all over the country, including last year's champion Punjab Police and the runner-up ... Tennis Bopanna enters final MUMBAI, MARCH 21Rohan Bopanna allowed himself to be stretched to three sets by a qualifier before conquering frustration and Jonathan Marray on Friday. The fifth seeded Indian won 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 for an appointed place in the Mumbai leg singles ... Shooting 
Manavjit Singh grabs bronzeNEW DELHI, MARCH 21. Olympic silver medallist Ian Peel was in irrepressible form as he captured the Olympic quota with the trap gold, but Manavjit Singh Sandhu warmed the hearts of the Indians fans in grabbing the bronze, in the shotgun World Cup ... Read Today's supplements: | Life | Young World | Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address |
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