- The Indians return home without much fan fare from their World cup campaign.
- The Pakistanis return home too. But their home coming has been far from quiet, with the fans taunting the players upon arrival.
- Australia easily finish off the Windies
- In the other game, South Africa choked, but survived to win the game against Sri Lanka. Malinga turned the game on its head by taking four wickets in four balls
- The original master blaster, Viv Richards believes that the problems facing the Indian team are all in the mind and has offered to help.
- Vengsarkar is going to raise the SMS issue with the BCCI president Sharad Pawar. Rajan Bala had earlier claimed that Chappell had SMS-ed him soon after the team’s selection to express his unhappiness.
- In the Telegraph, Mukul Kesavan talks about the flawed process that led to India’s exit from the WC. In another article in Hindustan Times, Srinath has questioned Chappell’s “processes”
- The Indian Express asks If Sachin is loosing his charm over the nation
- Suresh Raina has had surgery on his injury and is out for the next few weeks.
-Mahesh-
