The International Cricket Council (ICC) has landed Rs 45 crore ($10 million) bonanza with the Indian cabinet on Thursday exempting the income earned during the World Cup from tax.

At a meeting presid

Buoyed by his cricket diplomacy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that India and Pakistan should put their "ancient animosities" behind them and work for a "permanent reconciliation" and "cooperative solutions" to their problems.

Angry fans broke TV sets, a student took poison and the Lahore High Court was approached with a complaint that the Government had ‘gifted’ the World Cup semi-final to India in a bid to improve bilater

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni warned his team to ignore the hype and national hysteria that will dominate the frenetic build-up to Saturday's World Cup final against Sri Lanka.

After the high octane Indo-Pak match in Mohali, the World Cup cricket final in Mumbai on April 2 is also going to be a high-profile event with President Pratibha Patil and her Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa set to watch the encounter.

BJP on Thursday said cricket and diplomacy between India and Pakistan should be kept separate and the game allowed to remain a game.

Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan is dejected over the manner in which Shahid Afridi's men surrendered the World Cup semi-final to India at Mohali and blamed wrong strategy and lack of self belief for the defeat.

Indian newspapers splashed the country's triumph over bitter rival Pakistan in the World Cup semi-finals across the front pages on Thursday, applauding the game as an "epic showdown."

The India-Pakistan World Cup semifinal got the maximum viewership rating with 67.3 million people staying glued to their television sets in the country to enjoy the showdown, a rating agency said Thur

Pakistanis were shattered by the cricket team's defeat in the World Cup semifinal, causing the death of three men from heart attacks.

India on Wednesday beat Pakistan by 29 runs at Mohali where Pakis