Having taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match cricket Test series against England, India will rest some of their key players when they take on Sri Lanka 'A' in a three-day practice match here tomorrow. The Indians are likely to go into the match without big guns like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav

England Lions' skipper Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to bat against Indians in their final three-day warm up cricket match beginning here today. Indians are being led by Sachin Tendulkar after skipper Rahul Dravid pulled out yesterday due to calf muscle injury. The visitors have l

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

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

Indian captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field against South Africa in the third and final cricket one-dayer here today. Both the teams made two changes to their sides. India brought Ajit Agarkar and Gautam Gambhir in place of Ishant Sharma and Ramesh Powar. Agarkar was one

Paceman S Sreesanth was today ruled out of the second cricket one-dayer against South Africa as India continued to be dogged by injuries and illness in their tour of the United Kingdom. While the Kerala bowler will sit out for the second successive game, there is also a question mark on th

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

Gautam Gambhir believes improving on his consistency will help him cement his place in the Indian cricket team. "At this level it's all about being consistent and that's what I was lacking in the past and it's very important for me," said the Delhi batsman who cracked an unbeaten

India defeated Bangladesh by 46 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match one-day cricket series at the Sher e Bangla Stadium here today. Brief scores: India: 284 for eight in 49 overs (Gautam Gambhir 101, Rahul Dravid 42 not out; M Rafique 3-59, Syed Rasel 2-49). Banglades

The national selectors today announced Indian squad for the forthcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka beginning on February 8 . Out of form opener Virender Sehwag and Munaf Patel have been recalled for the first two one dayers. Gautam Gambhir, Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina and Romesh Powar wer

Wednesday's match against the West Indies is a big one for India because it’s one step closer to finalising their team for the World Cup. And it’s equally big for the West Indies because it's their last international match before the World Cup. Harbhajan Singh, the Indian spinn

India experimented with 11 opening pairs in 2006 but that process doesn't seem to be over quite as yet. With Sourav Ganguly, Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa each striking form against the West Indies, the Indian selectors will have some serious thinking to do about the opening slot.

A pulsating 149 from Shiv Chanderpaul was not enough to save West Indies from a 14-run defeat against India in the first of the four-match one-day series. Sourav Ganguly hit 98 before Mahendra Dhoni and Rahul Dravid smashed a stand of 119 from 71 balls in Indias 338-3. Chris Gayl