Riding on the back of his powerful comeback, left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan has jumped ten places to 27th position in the latest LG ICC ODI rankings. Another Indian pacer Munaf Patel leaped eight spots to 39th to record his career best haul of rating points. Zaheer was rewarded for his m

Australia are in danger of losing their top position to a resurgent South Africa in the International Cricket Council (ICC) One-day International (ODI) Championship table following the Proteas' series win over Pakistan. ICC said Thursday that if Australia (120 points) lose their up

Swashbuckling batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni climbed to the third spot while Sachin Tendulkar slipped to the 19th in the International Cricket Council (ICC) one day international rankings released here Thursday. Dhoni, who gained thanks to his unbeaten 67 in the third ODI against Sri La

The Indian team has suffered a severe setback with star batsman Sachin Tendulkar pulling out of the 4th and final ODI against Sri Lanka to be played on Saturday. The BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah announced on Thursday that Tendulkar pulled out of the crucial tie due to a stiff back. Th

Sachin Tendulkar today joined India's list of fitness concerns with a stiff back and would be "rested" for the fourth and final cricket one-dayer against Sri Lanka. "Tendulkar has a stiff back and the team management has decided to rest him for the final ODI against Sri

Indian pacer Zaheer Khan has sent shock waves across the Sri Lankan camp as he has taken three Sri Lankan wickets. Last ODI charmer Kumar Sangakkara was bowled by Zaheer Khan as the ball kept a little low and nipped back in only to take the bottom edge from Sangakkara’s bat to hit on his

West Indian cricketer Marlon Samuels, involved in conversation with a cricket bookie, is allowed to play in the Cricket World Cup, if selected, as the ICC has not set up a timeframe for probe into the matter. International Cricket Council Media Manager Brian Murgatroyd said the game's gov

Sri Lankan coach tom moody believes that Australia would regroup after their shock loss to England in the tri-series finals and come back with renewed vigour to mount a tough challenge in the Cricket World Cup. "World cup is a completely different tournament. Obviously Engl

Kerala speedster Shanthakumaran Sreesanth today said it was a dream come true for him to book a berth in the next month's icc cricket world cup west indies 2007 squad and a great opportunity to perform well. "It is a dream come true for me. It is God's grace. It is really a great opp

Goa will have heavy security in place next fortnight for two major crowd pulling events - the Feburay 14 India-Sri Lanka ODI. Gun-wielding Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) coupled with the Goa Police are deployed at different locations while local intelligence has been put on ale

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

The cricket teams of India and Sri Lanka have reached Rajkot today to play the second One Day International of the four-match series. The activities of Indian and Sri Lankan players for the Rajkot ODI will be under a heightened surveillance after the Nagpur incident. The ICC team, in coo

Indian skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field in the first ODI against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens here today. Dravid's decision to field first backfired as Sri Lankan opener Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya started on an aggressive note. But Tharanga did not last l

Swashbuckling Indian wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni jumped one place to occupy the third position in the ICC ODI player rankings. Dhoni, who blazed a 20-ball 40 against West Indies in Vadodara, has 762 points and has Mike Hussey (848) and Kevin Pietersen (778) above him in the lates

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

The Sri Lankan cricket team arrived here on Friday for a four-match ODI series against India, According to the channel, the 15-member Sri Lankan team has come without off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and left-arm pacer Chaminda Vaas, who have been rested as the World Cup is round the corner.

Under pressure to perform, Virender Sehwag has been advised to be more careful with his shot selection and concentrate on spending more time in the middle to regain his form. Sehwag, who was dropped for the one day series against the West Indies to sort out his batting problems after his

India has slipped to sixth in the LG ICC ODI ranking table following a 4-0 series defeat at the hands of South Africa. The last time India was lower in the LG ICC ODI Championship table was in October 2005 when it languished in seventh position and if the West Indies wins the series ag