Twenty20 no guide to Ashes line up, says PontingSYDNEY - Australian captain Ricky Ponting has said next month’s Twenty20 championship would have little or no impact on the hotly debated bowling line-up for the first Test against England. ‘India favourites to retain Twenty20 World Cup’NEW DELHI - India will be overwhelming favourites to retain the Twenty20 World Cup as Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s boys had huge successes in international cricket in the last couple of years and are well-equipped to handle pressure, feel former internationals Wasim Akram and Sanjay Manjrekar. Making IPL final, Deccan Chargers, Royal Challengers turn jeers to cheers (Preview)JOHANNESBURG - After 36 days of scintillating action and 58 dazzling encounters, the penultimate stage of the Indian Premier League (IPL) could not have been more exciting as the two bottom-placed teams of the inaugural edition - Deccan Chargers and Bangalore Royal Challengers - made it to Sunday’s title clash. |