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

Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat against India in their third one-day cricket match here today. Australia omitted Brad Haddin to bring in fit-again Ponting, who had missed the first two games due to hamstring injury. India have made just one change by bringin

Sachin Tendulkar returned here early this morning from what's generally perceived to be his last tour of England as a cricketer along with teammates Zaheer Khan, Ramesh Powar and Wasim Jaffer. The ace batsman, deprived of some well-deserved three-figure knocks by some poor umpiring decisio

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

Indian captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field against England with the skies overcast for the first cricket one-dayer here today. India have left out Ramesh Powar and Robin Uthappa from their playing XI. Teams: India: Rahul Dravid (capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly

Test opener Wasim Jaffer was today chosen to lead Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai against Pakistan's Qaid-E-Azam Trophy winners Karachi in the annual four-day fixture for the Mohd Nissar Trophy to be held in Karachi from September 8-11. The 14-member squad, with Pravin Amre as coach, include

Indian captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field against Scotland in the one-off cricket one-day international here today. India rested key players Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Zaheer Khan besides leaving out Rohit Sharma. Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir and Ramesh Powar

Indian cricket team has complained to its manager that it considers the lodging arrangement in this venue for the second Test as completely rotten. The squad is livid that ahead of the critical second Test with the series evenly poised at nil-all, their accommodation in this city of mythical

Out-of-favour batsman Virender Sehwag and spin bowler Harbhajan Singh are expected to be included in the list of 30 Indian probables for the inaugural World Twenty20 championship when the national selectors meet here tomorrow. Sehwag lost his spot in the one-day team after the Bangladesh tou

Indian captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field against South Africa in the third and final cricket one-dayer here today. Both the teams made two changes to their sides. India brought Ajit Agarkar and Gautam Gambhir in place of Ishant Sharma and Ramesh Powar. Agarkar was one

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

After Jacques Kallis forced a four-wicket defeat down Team India's throat, Rahul Dravid doffed his hat at his opposite number, saying the South African captain made all the difference in the first of the three-one dayers here today. "Kallis made all the difference. If you are playing

Hit by a viral bug which has left several players indisposed, the Indian team management was today forced to seek the services of Baroda paceman Rakesh Patel to make up the numbers for the first ODI against South Africa. Patel, a right-arm paceman, who is currently playing in England has bee

Hit by a virus, which has left half the team indisposed, a worried Indian team management has asked young cricketer Arjun Yadav, son of former Indian test cricketer Shiv Lal Yadav to join the Indian team for the first cricket one-dayer against South Africa here tomorrow. Yadav is the secon

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

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

Wednesday's match against the West Indies is a big one for India because it’s one step closer to finalising their team for the World Cup. And it’s equally big for the West Indies because it's their last international match before the World Cup. Harbhajan Singh, the Indian spinn

Indian skipper Rahul Dravid has virtually named Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh as the two spinners certain to make the World Cup squad. He also said that off-spinner Ramesh Powar was competing for a spot with one of the pace bowlers. "It's good to see Anil Kumble back in action and

Former champions Mumbai will be at full-strength for the Ranji Trophy Super League final against Bengal to be played here from February 2-6. Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar and Ramesh Powar, who are currently doing duty for the country in the one-day series against West Ind