England Lions' skipper Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to bat against Indians in their final three-day warm up cricket match beginning here today. Indians are being led by Sachin Tendulkar after skipper Rahul Dravid pulled out yesterday due to calf muscle injury. The visitors have l

India's bowlers took cue from the top order batsmen as they struck telling blows to reduce English County Champions Sussex to 146 for 5 in their first innings on the second day of the warm up cricket match here today. After VVS Laxman top scored with a sparkling innings of 95 to give the Ind

Indian skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat against Sussex in their four-day opening match of the England tour here today. The Indians included both VVS Laxman and Yuvraj, who are fighting for the last specialist batsman's slot in the Test squad, while Sachin Tendulkar and

Buoyed by their Future Cup series victory against the formidable South Africans, the Indian cricket team arrived here from Glasgow to commence the testing tour of England that starts with a warm-up match against Sussex at Hove from July 7. The team has been joined by senior players Anil Kumb

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

Former India pacer Javagal Srinath has sought to debunk the theory that the team would struggle with an inexperienced bowling attack on the upcoming tour of England. India's 16-member squad for the three-Test series in England in July features rookies Ishant Sharma, Ranadeb Bose and the re

Zaheer Khan produced a devastative spell of fast bowling to put Mumbai in a position of strength against Bengal on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Super League cricket final at the Wankhede Stadium here today. Playing his first match for Mumbai, Zaheer claimed five for 40 to dismiss the