Virender Sehwag was today handed out a fresh lifeline with the national selectors springing a surprise by recalling him while also naming rookie paceman Pankaj Singh in India's 16-member Test squad for the gruelling cricket tour of Australia. Sehwag, who did not figure in the lis

Indian paceman Rudra Pratap Singh, who picked his maiden five-wicket haul at Lord's, said useful tips from his senior colleague Zaheer Khan helped him to bowl a right line and length in English conditions. "Zaheer Khan is my senior and has been giving me a lot of help in how to

A breezy knock by Rudra Pratap Singh helped India set Sussex a challenging target of 273 on the fourth and final day of the cricket tour match here today. RP Singh cracked a 46-ball 41 with seven fours before the Indians declared their second innings at 184 for 8 about 40 minutes after lunch

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

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

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

Sachin Tendulkar today joined India's list of fitness concerns with a stiff back and would be "rested" for the fourth and final cricket one-dayer against Sri Lanka. "Tendulkar has a stiff back and the team management has decided to rest him for the final ODI against Sri

The Board of Control for Cricket in India today announced the 15-member cricket squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, west indies with Virender Sehwag finding a place in the team despite his recent not so good performances. The National Selection Committee, along with skipper Rahul Dravid