Indian cricket skipper, Rahul Dravid, today announced playing eleven cricketers for crucial Group B match against Bangladesh. All-rounder Irfan Pathan, veteran leg spinner Anil Kumble, Dinesh Kaarthick and S. Sreesanth have not been included in the final eleven, Dravid said in a press co

Team India is ready to begin its World Cup campaign with their match against Bangladesh today even as Indian captain Rahul Dravid said he'd rather keep Bangladesh guessing discussing all 15 opposition players than 11. Interacting with newsmen here at the Queens Park Oval after a practice

Team India is ready to begin its World Cup campaign with their match against Bangladesh today even as Indian captain Rahul Dravid said he'd rather keep Bangladesh guessing discussing all 15 opposition players than 11. Interacting with newsmen here at the Queen's Park Oval after a practice

Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat against Bermuda in the World Cup Group B encounter today. Lankans openers Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya were helped their team to cross 50 in 6.1 overs. Sri Lanka were 74 for one in 11th overs. Jayasuriya wa

Sri Lanka will take on debutante Bermuda in their opening World Cup Group B clash of on Friday. The 1996 winners have served a warning after deciding to field both their strike bowlers, off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and left-arm paceman Chaminda Vaas. Vaas, 33, would be buoyant

Indian team coach Greg Chappell has allayed fears on Sourav Ganguly's ankle injury, saying the brief break gave the side a chance to be fully fit before their opening game in the cricket World Cup scheduled against Bangladesh on Saturday."We're prepared for it, and we are ready to go. Mos

Sourav Ganguly's sour right ankle will be tested by team physio John Gloster during the nets today. Ganguly reported of soreness in his ankle on the eve of their warm-up match against the West Indies last week and took part for only 11 overs in the practice game. Although Captain R

Hours before the start of the World Cup, Indian cricket team dealt with a blow as opener Sourav Ganguly injured his ankle during net practice today to be doubtful for the warm-up match against the West Indies. Indian team sources said Ganguly hurt his ankle during the practice session and

Bringing shock for Stephen Fleming's New Zealand squad, minnows Bangladesh registered victory, shattering the joy of the kiwi's last month's series win over Australia. Fleming struggled to explain an upset two-wicket loss to Bangladesh in a World Cup warm-up match yesterday, while Austra

A confident India will warm-up against cricket minnows the Netherlands at Trelawny stadium here tomorrow, seeking to acclimatise to the Caribbean conditions before launching their quest of regaining the World Cup after nearly a quarter of a century. The Rahul Dravid-led team, which is regar

The BCCI President Sharad Pawar, who could not meet the World Cup-bound Indian team here yesterday to convey his best wishes in person, is planning to visit the West Indies in the first week of April to watch a couple of Super 8 Series games. "He could not make it to Mumbai and meet t

Former Bermuda captain Lionel Cann and his Scotland counterpart George Salmond have hit back at West Indian bowling great Michael Holding for his remarks that participation of non-Test playing nations 'devalued' the World Cup. "I was surprised and appalled by Michael Holding's remarks

Veteran pace bowler Chaminda Vaas believes Sri Lanka have a great chance of repeating their 1996 World Cup triumph at the 2007 tournament in the Caribbean over the next two months. "The current side is in the same mould as the outfit that won under Arjuna Ranatunga and we are peaking

Trinidad and Tobago's Tourism Development Company has announced plans to teach the Indian and other cricket fans vising during the World Cup how to play steel pan, the only musical instrument to be developed in the 20th century. The Tourism organisation has prepared a programme 'Pan Sensation

India captain Rahul Dravid has urged the younger members of his squad not to be overawed by the World Cup. Six of India's 15-man squad for the March 13-April 28 World Cup in the Caribbean will be making their debut in the tournament, including three of the five-man pace attack. "

In early February, Zimbabwe broke a 13-match losing sequence by beating Bangladesh, leaving their record going into the World Cup standing at 15 defeats in 16 matches. All of those defeats were against Kenya, Bangladesh and South Africa's second string and included a 5-0 whitewash in Ban

With the one-day cricket series tantalisingly poised at 1-1, India`s ability to perform in a crunch situation will be tested when they go into the series decider against Sri Lanka on Saturday without the services of Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar, who had shown glimpses of his vintage fo

Australia are in danger of losing their top position to a resurgent South Africa in the International Cricket Council (ICC) One-day International (ODI) Championship table following the Proteas' series win over Pakistan. ICC said Thursday that if Australia (120 points) lose their up

Just around 25 cricket fans from Pakistan have applied for visas for the cricket world cup with the tournament organisers yet to decide on setting up a satellite visa outlet in Pakistan. "We had anticipated and informed the organisers that we are expecting some 500 people to

The England World Cup squad that lands in the West Indies next month could look very different from the one announced by Chairman of selectors David Graveney on Wednesday. The selectors decided it was worth the risk of naming captain Michael Vaughan and seamers Jon Lewis and James Anderso