The technical committee of the BCCI - that also comprises of Sourav Ganguly - has advised the BCCI to not have foreign players for the domestic season and to restrict the number of players from regions other than the team itself, to be at maximum of three. The technical committee has also sa

The internal bickering of the Bangalore Royal Challengers is out in the open with team owner Vijay Mallya revealing that he was at loggerheads with captain Rahul Dravid and the outfit's sacked CEO Charu Sharma over players' selection for the Indian Premier League. Mallya made it clear that

Bangalore Royal Challengers may be struggling to find their feet in the Indian Premier League, but skipper Rahul Dravid today said the youngsters should not get disheartened as performance in Twenty20 was not an indicator of a player's ability in longer version of the game. "Success in

The choice of Rahul Dravid as opener for India's opening cricket Test against Australia on Boxing Day next week is not cast in iron yet. Apparently, a rethink is on within the Indian ranks if it would be wise to put their trusted man in the middle order at the top of the ranks. A few thi

After being dropped from the Indian cricket team for the first two one-day internationals against Pakistan, former captain Rahul Dravid today declined to make any comment on his omission. "It's a long season ahead of us," was Dravid's reaction while leaving the city after flaggin

The national selectors today sprung a major surprise by dropping former captain Rahul Dravid and recalling Virender Sehwag in the 15-member Indian one-day squad for the first two matches of the upcoming cricket series against arch-rivals Pakistan. The 34-year-old Dravid, who struggled

Breaking his silence over his surprise resignation as India's cricket captain, Rahul Dravid said today that he was not enjoying the job after two years because "there is a shelf life to captaincy in India". The 34-year-old batsman, who has not said a word in public since his resigna

As the cricket fraternity gropes for the exact reason which prompted Rahul Dravid to quit Indian captaincy, the player himself revealed that he was not enjoying leading the side anymore. "I enjoyed the captaincy, I loved it, but it can get tough after a while and some of the enjoyment

Rahul Dravid's sudden decision to quit the captaincy today surprised the Indian team members here ahead of their crucial match against Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup. Indian team's cricket manager Lalchand Rajput said the team was surprised but its focus was intact for the match against

Rahul Dravid today sprang a surprise by resigning as the captain of Indian cricket team on the ground that the burden of leadership was affecting his batting. Back from leading India to a rare Test rpt Test series win against England, Dravid submitted his resignation to BCCI Chief Sharad Paw

In a surprise development, Rahul Dravid today expressed his desire to step down as the captain of the Indian cricket team. Dravid met BCCI Chief Sharad Pawar here yesterday and expressed his desire to relinquish the post. "Rahul Dravid met Sharad Pawar at Delhi on September 13 and

With a batsman of Rahul Dravid's calibre at their disposal, Team India need not explore other options for the crucial number three slot, said chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar. In an exclusive interview, Vengsarkar wondered what made the think-tank try out Dinesh Kaarthick rpt Kaarthick, Yu

Juggling captaincy, wicket-keeping and batting is no kid's play but Rahul Dravid has immense faith in Mahendra Singh Dhoni and feels the swashbuckler with flowing tresses can lead India to World Twenty20 triumph in South Africa later this month. Dravid said he had advised Dhoni to keep

Indian captain Rahul Dravid, whose on-field decisions have quite often defied logic, has admitted that asking Yuvraj Singh to bowl the last over in the sixth cricket one-dayer against England was a "bad" move. Dravid's inexplicable ploy to ask Yuvraj to bowl the last over very near

Robin Uthappa may not be a permanent fixture in Team India's batting order but thanks to his match-winning knock in the sixth ODI yesterday, he at least has won a couple of admirers in rival captains Rahul Dravid and Paul Collingwood. Uthappa played a blinder under pressure, walking in when

Staying afloat in the seven-match was the main concern for Team India till yesterday but Headingley's morale-boosting victory has injected new optimism in captain Rahul Dravid who is now thinking of winning the series. India went into the fifth ODI trailing 1-3 and just one defeat away from

Captain Rahul Dravid has slammed the fielders for India's heart-wrenching three wicket loss to England in the fourth cricket one-dayer but said his team has the resilience to come back from this "tough" situation. "It's tough, but I think when we reach Headingley we'll be

After a gilt-edged opportunity to level the series slipped through the fingers, an exasperated Team India captain Rahul Dravid said his side fell 25-run short in the fourth one-dayer against England. Defending a total of 212, Indian bowlers did well to remove the top half of the English bat

Defending his decision to field first, captain Rahul Dravid has said India were done in because of their "all round disappointing performance" while England played "a perfect one-day game" in the one-day cricket series opener. Indian bowlers struggled to take wickets aft

"Timid Dravid", the headline in a British mass circulated daily, sums up the reaction to Rahul Dravid's decision not to enforce the follow-on in the third Test despite a 319-run lead against England. In the euphoric celebrations over 1-0 series win for his team, the Indian skipper's

Sitting pretty on their 1-0 lead after the victory at Trent Bridge, India will be looking to end a 21-year-long drought of a series triumph in England as they square up against the hosts in the third and final cricket Test at the Oval here tomorrow. Even as the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Ra

Sourav Ganguly, who skipped the practice session yesterday due to stiff back, is expected to be fit for the second cricket Test with the team management including him in the shortlist of 12 players for the match. Captain Rahul Dravid said Ganguly was in much better shape after a day's rest

Captain Rahul Dravid says India has a good chance of India doing well in the upcoming Test series against England as the hosts were most likely to miss the services of their star all rounder Andrew Flintoff. Flintoff, who underwent an ankle surgery, was still recuperating and is doubtful t

Skipper Rahul Dravid and opener Dinesh Kaarthick hit strokeful half-centuries to lead India to a comfortable 113 for one at lunch on the opening day of first cricket Test against Bangladesh here today. Kaarthick (54 batting) and Dravid (52 batting) were involved in a rollicking unfinished

India's preparation for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh suffered a blow when skipper Rahul Dravid was hit on the face by a bouncer from R P Singh on the penultimate day of the conditioning camp here today. When Dravid, who was having batting practice on a grassy centre wicket track, tried

Indian captain Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan were subjected to dope test after the team had suffered a humiliating five-wicket defeat at the hands of Bangladesh in a group B match. The two players were picked for dope tests from the Indian team according to International Cricket Council's

Indian cricket skipper, Rahul Dravid, today announced playing eleven cricketers for crucial Group B match against Bangladesh. All-rounder Irfan Pathan, veteran leg spinner Anil Kumble, Dinesh Kaarthick and S. Sreesanth have not been included in the final eleven, Dravid said in a press co

Indian captain Rahul Dravid made 10,000 one day international runs on Wednesday. With this he becomes the sixth player and only the third Indian to achieve this feat. Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar are the other two Indians who have made 10,000 ODI runs. Meanwhile, India still require 1