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Dashing batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan today (Januaru 23) stepped down as Sri Lanka captain following his side’s dismal performance in South Africa where they lost both the Test and ODI series. Veteran batsman Mahela Jayawardene is likely to replace him as captain but Sri Lanka Cricket is yet to make any formal announcement.

MS Dhoni is not sure if he will play the next edition in 2015 and may have to quit one format namely Tests.”If I have to see through the 2015 (World Cup), I would have to retire from one of the formats,” Dhoni said. Dhoni, who has played in 66 Tests so far and won 17 of the 36 matches in which he has skippered, almost casually mentioned it which took everyone by surprise at the press conference on the eve of the third Test against Australia. This disclosure by Dhoni seems to convey what he feels about his future in the game if read together with what he had said earlier that he will decide by 2013 whether to play in 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Last month, Dhoni had said that he wasn’t sure where he would stand after two years. “If you see 2015, still three, three and a half years to go. I don’t really know where I will stand. Everything needs to go off well, and then by close to 2013, I will have to take a call whether I can really 100 per cent be available for the 2015 World Cup,” Dhoni had said. On the eve of the third Test against Australia, Dhoni was asked by the media to clarify his stance. “What I really meant by that was that by 2013 I will have to see whether I can stay on till 2015 World Cup. It’s too early to comment if I will survive till the next World Cup,” Dhoni clarified. “Of course form is a big factor but also what I need to say is that all of a sudden in 2014 if I feel I can’t survive the 2015 World Cup and there comes a new wicketkeeper …

Yuvraj Singh has spoken exclusively to TIMES NOW for the first time post his illness. Yuvraj spoke to Cricket expert Boria Majumdar on how he is fit and raring to go for the ODI series. The man of the Series of the ICC Cricket Workd Cup 2011 Yuvraj Singh was suffering from a non-maligned tumour in his left lung.

cricket Chris Gayle of RCB making 86 of 46 balls with 8 sixes not only gave them the highest score in this years championship, but also took them from below the rankings to a level, where they are 3 notches above even on run rate

cricket Adam gilchrist shaun marsh raised the bar in twenty twenty cricket by putting the first ever double century partnership in its short history with gilchrist making 106 of 55 balls to take the man of the match and put up 232 runs of 20 overs and roll out rcb for just 121 to win by 111 runs.

Ricky Ponting could be in the final week of his nine-year reign as captain after a troubled build-up to the World Cup, a report said on Tuesday, citing a Cricket Australia official. The Sydney Morning Herald said there was stiff opposition at boardroom level to the 36-year-old retaining the job for next month’s tour of Bangladesh, although his position as a player was not in jeopardy.

Report: Shahid Afridi’s shirt at the Lord’s Museum

www.instablogs.com Pakistan protests after Australia announces India tour Pakistan cricket board sounds really justified in accusing the Australian cricket team of practicing double standards after it confirmed to go ahead with the test tour of India. The team had postponed a test tour to Pakistan after raising concerns over its safety and the security situation within the country. The Australians have been unabashedly biased in their outlook towards Pakistan. We agree with country’s grim security situation given the frequent bombings that rock the country, now and then, but since when did India become an exception to bloodshed? It too has witnessed spate of terrorist bombings in recent months at all the major cricket venues. How does that make India fair any better than Pakistan? All the talk about Pakistan’s inability to provide security to the players is sham. In the end it is all about big money the Australians get to chase and possibly win in India and not Pakistan.