Sri Lankan spin sensation Ajantha Mendis may have wrecked havoc in the Asia Cup final but Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni refuses to consider him a major threat in the upcoming Test series, saying the experienced players in the Indian Test line-up will sort him out. Mendis picked up six

The Cricket Board today said it has not received any intimation from India's ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to exclude him from the Sri Lanka-bound squad. The BCCI was reacting to media reports which claimed that Dhoni was set to pull out of the Sri Lanka tour as he was tired of playing n

With their bowlers looking quite ordinary, India will heavily rely on their in-form batsmen to to do the job when they take on a confident Sri Lanka in the final of the Asia Cup cricket tournament here tomorrow. While the Indian bowlers have not made much of an impression on the batting

India will be hoping to secure a place in the final of the Asia Cup when they come up against in from Sri Lanka in the Super four fixture of the ongoing Asia Cup in Pakistan. India have been in fine fettle till date and Sri Lanka will represent the biggest test for the Indians as they look t

The ongoing Asia Cup in Pakistan has generated a lot of interest and fan following amongst the millions of cricket fanatics all over the Indian subcontinent and for that matter, the entire world. The tournament will indeed decide the reigning cricketing champion of Asia and with six team

It will be match of intense proportions when the two top guns of the south, the Deccan Chargers and the Chennai Superkings come up against each other in the Indian Premier League this coming Tuesday. The Chennai Superkings need to win at all costs to stay alive in the Indian Premier Leag

It is the battle of West vs South when Mumbai Indians come up against the Chennai Superkings in the Indian premier League this coming Wednesday at home. Both these sides are on a good run of win and with Sachin Tendulkar making a much anticipated debut for this clash, expect the playing field

In a remarkable game of twists and turns in Sydney, India wrapped up a memorable trip down under with a nail biting nine run victory over Australia in what has been among the finest three days of Indian cricket this century Winning the CB Series 2008 Finals. After winning the first f

India get set to lock horns with World Champions Australia in the first of a highly memorable CB series this coming Sunday at the SCG. Both the teams deserve their place in the finals with some scintillating cricket so far and while Sydney pays homage to one of the finest cricketers

India enter into Match day XI against Sri Lanka this coming Tuesday in Hobart needing a win to secure entry into the finals of the CB Series. India are currently six points ahead of Sri Lanka and with the Lankans in dire straits, India will be hoping to wrap up qualification process with

The Indian cricket team will be determined to avenge for the abandonment of their previous group game clash against Sri Lanka with a thumping victory over Sri Lanka in the second round of CB Series matches, a victory that would indeed go a long way in determining India's future prospects in th

India will be hoping to further their CB series ambitions with a giant killing victory over the mighty Australians in the fourth one dayer of a pulsating CB series at the MCG this coming Sunday. The first round of battle has been badly interrupted by rain and India will be anxious for so

India and Australia get ready to lock horns in a familiar territory on a whole new different cricketing level when India take on the World Champions in the first one dayer at Brisbane this Sunday. Australia have the edge going into this what is expected to be a scintillating clash having

India shot themselves into the driver's seat in the ongoing India Australia series with some amazing late order batting performance to deny the Aussies any quick breakthrough and post up a mammoth 526. Anil Kumble continued his fine form with the bat, the skipper having scored a centur

India rode on the back of a sensational hundred by batting legend Sachin Tendulkar to move away from a position of adversity to a position of relative strength at the end of an exciting day's cricket at the Adelaide Oval. India itched up to 305/5 at the end of the day, courtesy half

India pulled themselves back into reckoning with a sublime bowling performance in the second day of the third test match in the India Australia cricket test series. The Indian bowlers especially RP Singh were bang on target from ball one and the substantial lead of 118 given to team India by t

Australia pegged India back towards the fag end of an intriguing day after India had moved on to a position of strength courtesy a fine middle order partnership between Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar. Virender Sehwag who had scored a fine century in the previous three day warm up

The Indian cricket team has dropped the charges of misconduct and foul language against Brad Hogg barely a week after the most infamous test in recent years between India and Australia. Anil Kumble reportedly held a long meeting with Australian skipper Ricky Pointing and he later r

Australian quick Stuart Clark said his team had done adequate homework on how to decimate the Indian batting line-up and the result was there before all to see. "Most of the guys have those PSPs, the portable Play-stations, but I take my laptop with me everywhere we go. "

Indian vice-captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has admitted that the side goes into the Boxing Day Test against Australia short of match practice as just one warm-up game before the four-Test series was not enough to get acclimatised with the conditions here. "It's always better to have

Australia have warned India of a hostile series Down Under but vice-captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said they will not shy away from maintaining that aggressive tempo which unnerved the World Champions during their visit here for the ODI series. "It will be interesting. They are famo

Skipper Anil Kumble and his teammates today left for Australia bidding to create history by becoming the first Indian team to conquer the Aussies in their own backyard. Kumble and his men left by a morning flight to Singapore en-route to Melbourne, firm in their belief that they had

Showering accolades on Yuvraj Singh, Sri Lankan cricketing great Aravinda de Silva described the middle order batsman as the Brian Lara of India. Admiring Yuvraj's entertaining batsmanship, de Silva expressed surprise that a player of his calibre was being kept out of the Test eleven.

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,

Indian team today suffered a major jolt with Sachin Tendulkar being a doubtful starter for the third and final cricket match against Pakistan here due to knee pain. Indian skipper Anil Kumble said Tendulkar had aggravated his knee pain which he first felt during the one-day series an

India would look to set Pakistan a challenging second innings target after landing themselves in a position of safety as they look for a series-clinching win on the final day of the second Test at the Eden Gardens here, wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said today. With the wicket helping

Local boy Sourav Ganguly shook off his Eden Gardens jinx to post a century as India piled on the misery on the Pakistan bowlers by reaching an intimidating 552 for five at tea on the second day of the second Test here today. Ganguly (102) played an array of scintillating strokes while

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today expressed surprise at his Pakistani counterpart Shoaib Malik's decision to bat first in the fourth one-dayer which the hosts won to clinch the five-match series here. "I was surprised to see Shoaib batting first. I had seen the wicket ye

A buoyant India will look to wrap up the five-match one-day cricket series against Pakistan when the arch rivals clash in the fourth tie which promises to be another high-scoring tussle here tomorrow. India displayed excellent temperament to win the previous match at Kanpur and take 2-1

The national selectors will meet here this evening to name India's new Test cricket captain amid indication that Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be given the job in the longer version as well. With Sachin Tendulkar turning down the offer and suggesting that "a youngster" be given th