India Cricket - Latest News 16th February 06. -> Itsonlycricket, is only cricket!

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India Cricket - Latest News 16th February 06.

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1) Doordarshan has opted out of the race to have the telecast rights of matches that will be played in India. Doordarshan has made it clear that they are ready to share pictures with channels like espn-star, Zeesports and others. In return they are asking for 25 % of the revenue, giving away 75 % to the channel which wins the actual telecast rights. Here is more information related to this move of Doordarshan. To know more about the upcoming live telecast of International cricket matches, try this..

2) Although I hate to include this news in my blog, I feel I should - Australian cricketers are getting death threats when they come to the sub-continent later this year. This happened during the second final of the VB series and the top of list is Australian Captain

Ricky Ponting. Here is more to this, but I suggest you avoid this. Its certainly not related to the game we love - cricket.

3) Australia has announced their team for the up coming tour of South Africa. They have included seam bowling all rounder Shane Watson and fast bowler Mitchell Johnson in their squad of 14 for the ODI series. Here is more to who is selected and who misses out in the Australian ODI team, and if you want the schedule of Australia vs South Africa series, click here!!

4) Here is a very interesting interview with Indian cricket coach Greg Chappell where he discusses his 10-point checklist which is a must for any cricketer to pass before entering into Indian cricket team. In the interview, he tells us how important the coach's job is for him and he is making sure that he succeed. Read it..