The BCCI has been dealt an embarrassing blow by the pitch at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi which ensured that the game between India and Sri Lanka had to be abandoned. The series was won by India by a margin of 3-1, but the victory was soured by the entire pitch fiasco. The day began with the

The fifth and the final ODI between India and Sri Lanka will be played at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. However, with the series having already been decided, the game will be rendered for almost academic purposes only; India leading 3-1 in the series with one to play. Despite having already

India will face Sri Lanka in the fourth ODI of the series at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. India leads the series 2-1 and will be looking to finish off the series by winning this game, whereas Sri Lanka will make sure that the Indians do not have it easy and try to take the series into the fift

The third ODI between India and Sri Lanka will be played at Cuttack in the Barbati Stadium. It will be a day-night game, and with the teams tied at one game apiece, this match will assume great importance as a win for either team will mean that the other side will have to win two successive ga

The second ODI between India and Sri Lanka will be held at Nagpur on Friday. India had just about scraped through the first game by a wafer thin margin of three runs after having piled up 414 batting first. And with Nagpur having had shown its penchant for some big runs, it may not be too diff

The Pakistan Cricket Board has said that they are looking at options to play a home series against India at another venue. The security concerns in the country have ensured that none of the countries will be touring Pakistan, and with the relations between India and Pakistan having cooled off

It is possible that India will host South Africa for two test matches and three ODIs instead of five ODIs that was originally planned in a series in India, early next year. Earlier, there was a test series that was planned as well, however, it was later changed to accommodate only the five ODI

India will play Sri Lanka in the first of the five ODIs at Rajkot and after a batsman-dominated test match and a T20I series, things may not be too different in the ODIs either. India will look to get back to their original ODI form in which they had won five consecutive ODI series, includ

The second and the final T20I between India and Sri Lanka will be played at Mohali. Sri Lanka had won the first T20I by beating India by 29 runs at Nagpur, and the side will now look to drill home the advantage by making it 2-0 at Mohali. India, on the other hand, will look to stall the four m

India has got to the top of the test playing world by beating the Sri Lankan side by an innings in the third and the final test match at Brabourne. India, in the process, also managed to win the series rather easily by a margin of two games to zero. The Indians needed not more than 30 minute

India will play Sri Lanka in the first of the two T20Is on Wednesday at Nagpur. The second game will be played on Saturday at Mohali. The Indians will be on a high after having achieved the number one slot after having beaten the Sri Lankans rather easily by an innings in two successive games.

The Indian team for the ODIs and the T20Is for the Sri Lankan series has been announced. And it would be fair to say that there have been quite a few surprises in the side which has been given out by the selectors. For starters, and this is not a surprise, the selectors have seen the form

The fast bowling department of most teams around the world is continuously getting eroded due to the perpetual injuries that the leading men find themselves inflicted with. With four bilateral series going on in parallel, there is not a single series which does not have its own share of fast b

Muthiah Muralitharan has proclaimed that he may retire from international cricket well before the 2011 World Cup if his body does not hold up to the rigours of international cricket. He is currently in India on a tour and so far has been mesmerised by the Indian batsmen. He has managed only fi

India will take on Sri Lanka in the third test match of the series at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. This is the first ever game that will be held on this ground after almost 35 years, and with the series poised at 1-0 in favour of the Indians, it looks like it could be a venue for a very exciti

It will come out as a shock for most, but if not taken care of, it could just be a huge problem in the making. The Indian team jersey deal with Sahara which will soon end does not have any sponsors for the time being! The tenders for the same had been floated by the BCCI on the 2nd of November,

The Green Park Stadium Kanpur is the venue of the second test match between India and Sri Lanka. It is also a venue which has had a lot of talk surrounding it in the recent past, especially after the first game of the series in Ahmedabad had ended in a high-scoring draw, with only 21 wickets

The second test match between India and Sri Lanka will be played at the Green Park in Kanpur. The first game at Ahmedabad ended in a draw as the two teams failed to make any inroads on a pitch that was anything but bowling-friendly. India will understand that the pitch could hold the key to th

The Indian Cricket League has finally taken the ICC and the two cricket boards, English and Indian to the court. The official reason that has been mentioned by the ICL is that they have done it because of the unlawful ban that on all those players who were associated with the ICL in any form -

The third edition of the Indian Premier League which will be played between February and March next year could see the influx of many Pakistani cricketers if everything goes to plan. The IPL committee, which had set a deadline of 20th of November for the NOCs and the visas of all the players w

India will face Sri Lanka in the first test match of the three test match series at Ahmedabad. The game will begin on the 16th of November. The Indians will go into the series having just lost a seven match ODI series to Australia after they had gone into the series as favourites. This means

The ICC has announced the World Cup schedule for the 2011 edition in Mumbai. According to this schedule, India will open the campaign against Bangladesh at Mirpur on the 19th of February. India will play the remaining five of its league stage games in India itself. Sri Lanka will have a new

The Sri Lankan cricket captain, Kumar Sangakkara, realises that their record in test matches in India is as poor as it could get and hence would like to change that in the forthcoming series that his team plays against hosts India. In the last 27 years, the Lankans have played 14 test matches

Australia beat India in the sixth game at Guwahati to make the final game at Mumbai turn into an inconsequential encounter. The Aussies have already won the series 4-2, and a win here would ensure that India end with the same number of wins as they had on Australia's previous ODI tour to India

The sixth game of the ODI series between India and Australia will be played at Guwahati on Sunday. And this will be a day game, which will mean that the team fielding first could have a distinct advantage with the moist pitch conditions. The Indians would be heart-broke like most of

The fifth game of the rather long and arduous seven game series between India and Australia will be played in Hyderabad, as the tourists continue to battle injuries to overcome the hosts. The series is tied at two games apiece, and despite having numerous opportunities, the Indians failed to g

The fourth ODI between India and Australia will be played at Mohali on Monday. The Indians won the third ODI at Delhi thanks to the huge century run partnership between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh and that enabled the Indians to take a 2-1 lead in the series. There are four more game

A thumping performance by India in the second game of the seven game series against Australia meant that the two teams will go into the third game at Delhi on Saturday with the series tied at 1-1. And with the Aussies having suffered injury woes, and not knowing whether they would have the ser

India will play Australia in the second game of the seven ODI series at Nagpur. Australia beat the Indians in the first game by a narrow margin of four runs, and that has set the tone for an interesting series ahead. The India would have taken out positives from the game despite having lost it. T

The first ODI between India and Australia will be played at Baroda on the 25th of October. Earlier, this game was planned to be held in Jaipur, but with the problems in the Rajasthan Cricket Associations between the incumbent and Lalit Modi, the match has been shifted to Baroda. The last time