NEW DELHI: India's media on Sunday lavished praise on
young Indian cricketers Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj Singh and
Zaheer Khan, whose batting steered the team to a
remarkable two-wicket win over England at Lord's.
India's win on Saturday followed defeats in nine
consecutive one-day finals. Photographs of man of the
match Kaif and reports detailing the nail-biting finish
were splashed across the front pages of the main
newspapers, with the Times of India titling its piece
"India stun England; Hero Kaif scripts historic
win, breaks jinx."
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LONDON:
English cricket bosses insisted Sunday no
disciplinary action would be taken against
captain Nasser Hussain following his emotional
reaction after making a maiden One-day
International century.
Hussain's 115 in Saturday's triangular series
final defeat by India at Lord's was his first
hundred in 72 one-day internationals After
reaching three figures Hussain turned towards
the media centre at Lord's, held up three
fingers and pointed to the number three on his
back with some reports suggesting he also
mouthed an obscenity. [more]