Left-arm pacer Irfan Pathan is back in the Indian team, hoping that Wednesday will be a day of atonement for him. Exactly three weeks ago Irfan Pathan played his last ODI match at Centurion. He bowled six overs and conceded 48 runs without taking a wicket, and was subsequently sent ba

After the defeat at Chennai, Team India will be keen to field their best combination and wrap up the one-day cricket series against the West Indies here tomorrow. The three-wicket defeat in the third ODI has reduced India's advantage in the series to 2-1 and the hosts would like to regai

Indian cricket team's biomechanical expert Ian Fraser today expressed satisfaction over Irfan Pathan's current form, saying the left-handed paceman had found his natural rhythm back. "Irfan seems to have got his bowling rhythm back. The break from international cricket and th

Brilliant knocks by the West Indies captain Brian Lara and Marlon Samuels helped their side post a three-wicket victory over India in the third Pepsi Cup ODI at Chepauk Stadium last night, sources said. According to the sources, Samuels' authoritative 95-ball 98 and his 127-run pa

Chennai, Jan 27: India blew away a blazing start given by rookie opener Robin Uthappa and were restricted to 268 by the West Indies in the third cricket one-dayer here today. Uthappa smashed a hurricane 70 and his tempo was sustained by Sachin Tendulkar and skipper Rahul Dravid who hit s

India were racing along at 232-3 but collapsed to 268 before the tourists survived a slump of their own to win. Skipper Lara said: It didn't look good after 29 overs but the guys bowled well after that and pulled the game back. It was unbelievable, the guys held everything in the field a

Host South Africa has won the toss and elected to bat first in the second Test which begins at Kingsmead today, while riding high on the success in the first Test after posting a historic win India has fielded an unchanged squad for this Test, sources said. Earlier, Indian skipper

Team India created history at the Wanderers by winning their maiden Test on South African soil courtesy to superb bowling by Sreesanth, Zaheer and off course Anil Kumble, who claimed some important wickets in the hour of crisis and also batting performance of Ganguly and Laxman in particular.

Team India will today kick-start their Test campaign when they take on a Rest of South Africa side in a four day match in Potchefstroom. V.V.S. Laxman will lead the side in absence of Rahul Dravid.