Struggling players Yuvraj Singh and Irfan Pathan lost their places in India's Test squad today with the national selectors including ODI batsman Rohit Sharma and replacing an exhausted Mahendra Singh Dhoni with wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel for the three-match Test series in Sri Lanka lat

Batting lower down the order has denied him several centuries, says former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who feels VVS Laxman too has "suffered" in terms of scoring hundreds because of batting at number six. "I have batted lower down the order for a lot of time and Rahul D

Virender Sehwag was today handed out a fresh lifeline with the national selectors springing a surprise by recalling him while also naming rookie paceman Pankaj Singh in India's 16-member Test squad for the gruelling cricket tour of Australia. Sehwag, who did not figure in the lis

India's vice-captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni today returned to his hometown Ranchi to take a break before the team embarks on the tour of Australia. According to the Indian team management, Dhoni, who suffered an injury on the webbing of his left hand during the Kolkata Test,

India failed to finish the job after pushing Pakistan to the wall as stand-in skipper Younis Khan struck a chanceless century under pressure to salvage a draw on the final day of the second cricket Test here today. Set a winning target of 345, Pakistan were struggling at 78/4 in the post

Wasim Jaffer slammed a majestic unbeaten 192 as India took firm control of the second cricket Test against Pakistan by laying the foundation for a mammoth first innings total here today. The 29-year-old Jaffer notched up his fifth Test century as he stole the limelight with some breathta

Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and decided to bat first in the final one dayer of the seven-match cricket series against India here today. India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said senior player Rahul Dravid has been 'rested', with Dinesh Kaarthick replacing him. Fit-again left

Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first as India, sans star middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh, go into a do-or-die match against South Africa in the Twenty20 cricket World Cup here today. After his heroics in yesterday's win against England which kept alive India's semif

With a batsman of Rahul Dravid's calibre at their disposal, Team India need not explore other options for the crucial number three slot, said chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar. In an exclusive interview, Vengsarkar wondered what made the think-tank try out Dinesh Kaarthick rpt Kaarthick, Yu

Anil Kumble, India's lone century-maker in the three-Test cricket series against England, emerged with the highest batting average for the victorious visiting team. Kumble averaged 54 to top the batting averages chart after scoring an unbeaten 110 in the first innings of the third and fina

On a day when a horrendous leg before decision given against Sourav Ganguly was a topic of debate, Dinesh Kaarthick did well to clear all doubts regarding his own caught behind dismissal that saw him missing a deserving hundred by just nine runs. Kaarthick made a sparkling 91 before being

Former India wicketkeeper Syed Kirmani believes Mahendra Singh Dhoni's struggles behind the stumps in England are borne out of the fact that he is not getting his basics right. Kirmani, who is considered one of country's best keepers, said Dhoni stands flat-footed which is the major reason

India had one eye on the weather as they were struggling to save defeat in the first cricket Test against England, reaching 207 for 5 at lunch on the final day in their pursuit of 380 for an unlikely victory. VVS Laxman and Mahendra Singh Dhoni kept England bowlers at bay after the early d

India will launch their gruelling three-match cricket Test series against England at the historic Lord's here tomorrow, heavily relying on their famed batsmen to provide the inspiration in their quest for a rare series win. It will probably be the last English summer for the famous batting q

Thanks to a packed middle order, Yuvraj Singh's chances of playing in the first Test against England look slim but former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad feels it would be a folly if the Indian think-tank ignores the dashing left-hander. Heaping praise on Yuvraj, Miandad said the Punjab pla

Skipper Sachin Tendulkar was one short of a classy hundred as he pulled his team out of the woods with a fruitful and unbeaten fifth wicket stand with Yuvraj Singh on the second day of India's tour game against England Lions here today. Riding on the brilliance of Tendulkar, India went to

India lost quick wickets in the face of some impressive bowling by the Sussex bowlers and were reduced to 116 for 6 in their second innings on the final day of their tour opener here today. At lunch, India had an overall lead of 204 runs with four wickets in hand. Skipper Rahul Dravid, who

India's bowlers took cue from the top order batsmen as they struck telling blows to reduce English County Champions Sussex to 146 for 5 in their first innings on the second day of the warm up cricket match here today. After VVS Laxman top scored with a sparkling innings of 95 to give the Ind

Indian skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat against Sussex in their four-day opening match of the England tour here today. The Indians included both VVS Laxman and Yuvraj, who are fighting for the last specialist batsman's slot in the Test squad, while Sachin Tendulkar and

Fresh from their one-day cricket series triumph over the South Africans in Ireland, India will launch their gruelling tour of England with a four-day warm-up game against County champions Sussex here tomorrow. The two teams, however, will keep one eye on the quirky weather as it has been ra

With the series levelled 1-1, India will heavily depend on their star-studded batting line-up for a morale-boosting overseas series triumph as they go into the third and final cricket one dayer against South Africa here tomorrow. The six-wicket victory in the second game yesterday has not on

Sachin Tendulkar missed his century by just one run as India overcame early jitters to post a fighting 242 for eight in their first cricket one-dayer against South Africa here today. Tendulkar was run out in tragic fashion going for what would have been his 42nd ODI hundred but not before

Indian cricket team today returned here from Dhaka after a successful tour of Bangladesh where they won both the one-day and Test series. Most of the players left for their home destinations taking different flights and Sourav Ganguly drove home straight while team manager Ravi Shastri,

Indian skipper Rahul Dravid said Dinesh Kaarthick and Wasim Jaffer's rollicking opening stand was the key to the convincing Test win against Bangladesh here today. "It was good effort from everybody.. A good Test match as we piled up a huge score and then knocked them off twice,"

Though India fielded five bowlers in the first Test against Bangladesh, skipper Rahul Dravid lamented the absence of veteran leg-spinner Anil Kumble who did not bowl in the match due to a flu. "There was a lot of time lost in the match. We needed Anil in the middle. He could have been a

Electing to bat, India made 295 for three on the opening day of the first cricket Test against Bangladesh here today. Brief scores: India: 295 for 3 in 77 overs (Dinesh Kaarthick 56, R Dravid 61, S Tendulkar 80 batting, S Ganguly 82 batting).

Bangladesh picked up two crucial wickets to peg back India in the post-lunch session of on a rain-truncated opening day's play in the first cricket Test here today. Opener Dinesh Kaarthick (56) and skipper Rahul Dravid (61), who were going great guns before lunch, went back in quick succes

Skipper Rahul Dravid and opener Dinesh Kaarthick hit strokeful half-centuries to lead India to a comfortable 113 for one at lunch on the opening day of first cricket Test against Bangladesh here today. Kaarthick (54 batting) and Dravid (52 batting) were involved in a rollicking unfinished

Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar today admitted that Mahendra Singh Dhoni was responsible for denying the hosts victory in the opening game of the three-match one-day cricket series. Bashar said the dashing wicketkeeper-batsman made all the difference as the visitors registered a five-wic

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who defied cramps to fashion an Indian victory in the first of the three-match one day cricket series against Bangladesh, today termed his unbeaten 91 as one of the most memorable innings of his career. Dhoni fought a cramped right hamstring to take his team home with a