Continuing his rise in international cricket, Monty Panesar became the highest rated England spinner in 30 years by breaking into the top-10 of LG ICC Test Rankings today. With a tally of 23 wickets in the Test series against West Indies, Panesar rose six places in the latest charts to joi

Ricky Ponting today said the Indian cricket selectors can take a leaf out of their Australian counterparts' book while managing the transition of players in the team. "I think the Australian selectors handled it very well. Whenever there was a group of players of the same age on the ve

The Cricket Board and the players today appeared to have sorted out differences on the contracts issue with both saying that the contracts would be signed in the next few days. "We had a fruitful discussion with the Board today. We are hopeful of signing it in the next few days,"

Injured pace spearhead Zaheer Khan is available for selection for the tours of Ireland and England, the Cricket Board announced here today. "The MRI scan taken of Zaheer Khan's groin is clear and he should be available for selection though a final report from team physio John Gloster is

The Indian cricket board is hopeful that a solution would emerge out of today's crucial meeting between the board and the senior players to settle the players' contract issue. "We hope to find a solution to the contract issue. Players have some reservation which will be discussed at th

Kenya is likely to host the next Afro Asia Cup which would be held in June next year, the Asian Cricket Council said today. "The next Afro-Asia Cup, the third edition, will be held next June in Africa and the likely venue is Kenya where the facilities and weather would be ideal,"

Team India stumper Mahendra Singh Dhoni gained a spot to be fourth in the latest LG-ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, released today. Dhoni, who was the man of the series in the one day international (ODI) series against Bangladesh, has a chance to move up to third if he continues his f

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 Cricket Board has expressed its inability to pencil in more than one tour game prior to the four-match Test series in Australia later this year as desired by the players. "There's no chance to add any extra games. The players may want more but where's the time," BCCI secretary

Indian skipper Rahul Dravid said Dinesh Kaarthick and Wasim Jaffer's rollicking opening stand was the key to the convincing Test win against Bangladesh here today. "It was good effort from everybody.. A good Test match as we piled up a huge score and then knocked them off twice,"

Jharkhand Director General of Police J B Mahapatra today denied reports that cricket star Mahendra Singh Dhoni faced any naxal threat. "There is no danger or threat to Dhoni," said Jharkhand's top police officer. Mahapatra was responding to a query as to whether Dhoni had bec

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

Though India fielded five bowlers in the first Test against Bangladesh, skipper Rahul Dravid lamented the absence of veteran leg-spinner Anil Kumble who did not bowl in the match due to a flu. "There was a lot of time lost in the match. We needed Anil in the middle. He could have been a

Impressed with the new-look Indian team, Bangladesh vice-captain and dashing willower Mohammad Ashraful said the visiting side is high on quality. Drawing a comparison between the present Indian team and the one that toured Bangladesh in 2004, Ashraful said the current lot was a more you

Bangladesh picked up two crucial wickets to peg back India in the post-lunch session of on a rain-truncated opening day's play in the first cricket Test here today. Opener Dinesh Kaarthick (56) and skipper Rahul Dravid (61), who were going great guns before lunch, went back in quick succes

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 defeated Bangladesh by 46 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match one-day cricket series at the Sher e Bangla Stadium here today. Brief scores: India: 284 for eight in 49 overs (Gautam Gambhir 101, Rahul Dravid 42 not out; M Rafique 3-59, Syed Rasel 2-49). Banglades

India grappled with more injury worries ahead of their one day cricket series with Bangladesh as young Manoj Tiwary hurt his shoulder during the team's first practice session here today. Tiwary, the prolific Bengal batsman who is on his first tour with the senior team, suffered the injury

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

Virender Sehwag is likely to lead Team India in the first ODI against Bangladesh on May 10 in case regular captain Rahul Dravid sits out of the match with a nose injury. Dravid was hit by an RP Singh bouncer on the penultimate day of the conditioning camp in Kolkata and though he is stated

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

As the Indian cricket team reached here aiming to avenge their World Cup loss, Bangladesh vice captain Mohammad Ashraful said his side had plans to stretch Rahul Dravid's men in the upcoming series. "They will come hard at us as they probably lost out on a Super Eights spot because of u

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

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

Indian cricketers continued their free fall in the ICC ODI Rankings with stumper Mahendra Singh Dhoni dropping two places to eighth and skipper Rahul Dravid slipping one spot to 14th in the latest list. The other Indians in the list also dropped down with Yuvraj Singh barely maintaining h

Australia cricket skipper Ricky Ponting became the seventh batsman in One Day International cricket history to join the 10,000 run-club. Ponting achieved the milestone while scoring 91 runs against South Africa in St. Kitts on Saturday in a World Cup match. The dashing Aussie batsman n

Thanks to their disastrous Caribbean campaign, Team India can slump to as low as eighth position in the ICC ODI Championship ladder after the cricket World Cup. Rahul Dravid's men cut a sorry figure in the West Indies, managing their lone win against a lowly Bermuda and losing to Sri Lank

Indian skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat first in the Group B match against Bangladesh today at the Queens Park Oval in Port of Spain. Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag came out to open the Indian innings. India were six runs for loss of Sehwag’s wicket after th

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