Ashish Nehra has been afforded a retainer contract by the BCCI after he had made a remarkable comeback to the Indian team in the last six months or so. Ashish Nehra had been out of the Indian side for almost four years between 2005 and 2009 before he made a comeback to the side and made it count

The last game of Group B will have the Sussex Sharks take on the Diamond Eagles at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. Both the sides have played one game each against the New South Wales Blues and lost both the games comfortably. Hence, it has all boiled down to this game to decide on which team w

After a month long break, international cricket gets underway when India host Australia in the first of the four match test series this coming Thursday in Bangalore. Both these sides are right atop the test cricket ratings and with all the rivalry and past history coming into the fra

With no certain word still on Sachin Tendulkar's Indian Premier League debut tomorrow, Kings XI Punjab will be eager to take the opportunity to clinch an elusive win at home turf against Mumbai Indians here. The Yuvraj Singh-led Punjab team, having lost both its matches -- against Chenna

Sachin Tendulkar once again proved his penchant for scoring big runs in Sydney with a fabulous century to guide India to a triumph over the Australians in the first CB Series final. A solid start from Robin Uthappa and Sachin Tendulkar gave India a perfect platform chasing a relativ

The India one day international cricket team for the upcoming VB triseries in Australia has been declared and in many surprising moves for the series, ex- India captain Sourav Ganguly has been dropped from reckoning for the upcoming challenge against the world champions. Sourav Ganguly

Skipper Mohammad Kaif struck a determined 91 as Uttar Pradesh opened up a vital first innings lead over Bengal on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group B outing here today. At stumps, the visitors were 437 for seven with Praveen Kumar (50) and Amir Khan (30) unbeaten in the middl

National selectors today recalled left-arm spinner Murali Kartik to strengthen the struggling Indian bowling against Australia while keeping rest of the 15-member squad unchanged for the fourth and fifth cricket one-dayers. The selectors, who met here, decided to include the 31-year-old Kart

Former Australian spinner Terry Jenner, mentor to Shane Warne, has termed Anil Kumble as the best in the business and also predicted that Piyush Chawla would turn out to be a matchwinner. "There is no question and no doubt in my mind that Anil Kumble is the best in business now. Mural

Grappling with a cold bug and struggling to stay afloat in the three-match series, a depleted India face a do-or-die battle when they meet South Africa in the crucial second cricket one-dayer here tomorrow. With a flu virus reducing the dressing room virtually to a medical ward, India stru

India might struggle to put 11 players on the park even as they look for revenge when they take on South Africa in the first one-day international of the three-match Future Cup series here tomorrow. After Mahendra Dhoni pulled out of India's opening game due to high fever, players like Sac

The cricket camp for the Ireland-bound Indian one-day squad began in full swing on the second day here today following the arrival of six players who could not reach yesterday because of flight delays. Former captain Sourav Ganguly and wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Sing