The last time the two teams played in a World Cup match in Australia was in 1992, the last time they played on Australian soil was in 2000. India won both matches.
Cricket fans booked on an Air India flight to catch Sunday’s India-Pakistan World Cup match were left in the lurch after cabin shortage kept the Dreamliner at IGI Airport some eight hours past departure time.
In a bizarre turn of events, Hindu Sena activists ended up offering white roses to the protesters who were detained outside its office at Mandir Marg on Saturday.
A 23-year-old man waiting at a bus stop in the Thousand Lights area on Friday night did not give a second glance at the ‘woman’ seated beside him until he found his wallet missing and the ‘woman’ walking away.
The last time the two teams played in a World Cup match in Australia was in 1992, the last time they played on Australian soil was in 2000. India won both matches.
India have an overwhelming 5-0 record in the World Cup since the two teams were first pitted against each other at the ICC event in the 1992 edition in Sydney.
Talking about the 2003 World Cup match against Pakistan, Tendulkar said: "I don't think there was a better World Cup match that I have been a part of."
Former law minister and veteran Congress leader HR Bhardwaj on Saturday criticized UPA government’s decision to levy tax on Vodafone over its purchase of Hutchison Essar telecom services saying it brought disrepute to the country.
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on Saturday reported halving of its net profit in the December quarter after being forced to pay fuel subsidises despite plummeting oil prices.
Chiding private telecom operators for repeated call drops on their network, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said lack of spectrum is no excuse for not resolving this problem.
Like they say, there are no permanent friends and enemies in the film industry. Actor Imran Khan and Ekta Kapoor had a fallout post the release of Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara, and it seemed that they would never work with each other again.
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