Team India's cricket captain Rahul Dravid, who lost the race for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna to cueist Pankaj Advani last year, has been recommended again for country's highest sports honour. BCCI has also recommended middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh and former women's team captain Anjum C

The International Cricket Council will soon appoint an acting president in place of Percy Sonn, who died of complications from a colon operation. Sir John Anderson of New Zealand and Malaysian Prince Tunku Imran are said to be in the running for the post vacated after the demise of the 57-ye

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,

India would look to brush aside the minor concern about opener Wasim Jaffer's form and finish off their Bangladesh tour with a flourish by clinching the Test series with a victory in the second and last match beginning here tomorrow. While the unproductive first Test ended India's all-win

After the disappointment of the rain-marred opening Test in Chittagong, the Indian cricket team arrived here today for the second and final match of the series begining on Friday. The Indian players reached Dhaka by a GMG Airlines flight in the morning and headed straight for the team hote

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today squarely blamed public broadcaster Doordarshan for denying millions of Indian fans the chance of watching the ongoing Test series between India and Bangladesh. "Doordarshan is to be blamed for this. They should have prepared an underst

The Technical Committee of the Cricket Board, headed by Sunil Gavaskar, is to meet on June four at Bangalore, the BCCI said today. "The Technical Committee is to meet at Bangalore on June four. It will discuss the suggestions put forth by captains and managers of last year's Ranji Trophy

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).

Asserting that the Indian Cricket League was not meant to antagonise the BCCI, former player and one of the directors on ICL's executive board Kiran More said the planned series would contribute to the game's growth in the country. "We should see the ICL as an opportunity which will p

Unwilling to lose momentum after clinching the series, Indian skipper Rahul David today stressed that his team will stick to the target of making a clean sweep of the three-match series to gear up for tougher challnges in the coming months. "We are very keen [to make it 3-0]. That was o

Indian cricketers today slogged it out for over two hours on the last day of the conditioning camp ahead of their Bangladesh tour even as youngster Dinesh Karthik joined his team mates. Karthik, who could not participate in the camp so far due to his marriage, had batting and fielding practi

Indian cricket team, led by skipper Rahul Dravid, today arrived here to play three one-dayers and two Test matches against Bangladesh. India will play the first two one-dayers at Mirpur May 10 and May 12 and the third one at Chittagong on May 15. The first Test match will begin at Chittagong

India's Bangladesh tour preparations for the coming cricket tour of Bangladesh got off the ground with a light fielding and fitness regime at the Eden Gardens here today. Under the watchful eyes of physical trainer Gregory Allen King, the Indian team members went through their paces for on

With the World Cup disaster behind them, the Indian team think-tank assembled here today to begin a new innings with a five-day conditioning camp from Wednesday before embarking on the Bangladesh tour. Newly-appointed cricket manager Ravi Shastri and skipper Rahul Dravid flew in here to w

Impressed by the nagging discipline shown by the pacemen in their final warm-up game against the West Indies, Indian captain Rahul Dravid said it had given them an idea about their bowling attack for the World Cup matches.He said even though the pitches in the Caribbean were expected to suit t

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

A two-member team of International Cricket Council (ICC) today received tapes of alleged conversation between West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels and bookie Mukesh Kochar ahead of the January 21 ODI. "We have handed over the tapes and transcripts to N.S. Virk -- regional security

Indian Cricket team face the threat of dropping to sixth position in LG ICC ODI ranking while South African cricket team sniff a chance to topple Australian cricket team at top. Indian cricket team, now fifth with 107 points, may slide one place if they lose the remaining two ODIs of the