Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today received his Pakistan counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani at the cricket stadium here where they will watch the Indo-Pak World Cup semi-final and hold bilateral talks

Work across India and Pakistan will come to a grinding halt on Wednesday as bureaucrats, factory workers, farmers and millions of other cricket fans gather to watch the World Cup semi-final.

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Sachin Tendulkar led a charmed life as he reached fifty against Pakistan in the World Cup semi-final on Wednesday.

'The Little Master' came into this match needing just one more century to become the

Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan celebrated his last ball in international cricket on home soil with a wicket in the World Cup semi-finals on Tuesday.

Muralitharan had Scott Styris lbw off the

Sri Lanka reached the World Cup final on Tuesday with a five-wicket win over New Zealand.

The 1996 champions will face either India or Pakistan in Saturday's final in Mumbai.

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New Zeal

The ICC on Monday night barred electronic media from covering the remaining matches of the cricket World Cup for breaching the media guidelines.

An ICC spokesman said that non-rights holders will no

Ricky Ponting is widely expected to quit as Australian captain on Tuesday with Cricket Australia scheduling a press conference for a ‘major announcement involving a senior Australian cricketer’.

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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will fly down to India's Chandigarh city and he will then leave for India-Pakistan World Cup semi-final venue at Mohali by an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicop

Embattled Ricky Ponting on Tuesday stepped down as Australia's captain from Test and one day cricket teams in the wake of the team's shocking quarter-final exit from the ongoing World Cup, but will be available for selection as a batsman in both the format.

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will fly down to India's Chandigarh city and he will then leave for India-Pakistan World Cup semi-final venue at Mohali by an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter on Wednesday morning, a media report said.