Sachin Tendulkar today overtook Australian great Allan Border to become the second highest runscorer in the history of Test cricket. Tendulkar, who is unbeaten on 32 in the second innings of India's first Test against Pakistan at Ferozeshah Kotla, now tallies 11,183 runs in 141 T

Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik today blamed his pace attack's below-par show for the loss against India in the fourth and penultimate one-dayer here. "We lacked in bowling. We gave too many runs with the new ball," he rued after losing the do-or-die match against India by six wickets

The national selectors will meet here this evening to name India's new Test cricket captain amid indication that Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be given the job in the longer version as well. With Sachin Tendulkar turning down the offer and suggesting that "a youngster" be given th

Battered by formidable Australia in the recent one-day series, Indian cricketers used the opening day of the camp today to rejuvenate themselves ahead of the tough engagements against Pakistan. The two-hour session at the floodlit Eden Gardens saw ageing warhorses Sourav Ganguly and

India paid a heavy price for their pathetic batting display against Australia who humiliated the hosts with an emphatic nine-wicket victory in the fifth cricket one-dayer to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the seven-match series here today. The Australians first bundled out the home team fo

After breaking several records in his 18-year-old career, Sachin Tendulkar will achieve another milestone when he plays his 400th one-day international at the Reliance Cricket Stadium here tomorrow. When he turns out against the Australians in the fifth ODI, Tendulkar will become only the

Having managed to halt the Australian juggernaut in its tracks at Chandigarh, India will seek to carry the momentum when they go into the fifth cricket one-dayer here tomorrow, hoping to level the seven-match series. The eight-run victory over Ricky Ponting's men and the semi-final

In complete contrast to chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar's remarks about the senior players in the side, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today sided with the ageing stalwarts and said they are irreplaceable. After his side beat Australia by eight runs in a cliffhanger here, Dhoni said t

Their high-flying balloon of Twenty20 success pricked by Australia's back-to-back wins, India go into the fourth cricket one-dayer faced with the herculean task of winning four matches in a row to clinch the series. The task at hands seems all the more difficult with the Indians failing to

Yuvraj Singh's heroic 121 went in vain as a ruthless Australia maintained their stranglehold in the series with a comfortable 47-run victory over India in the third cricket one dayer here today. The formidable Australians rattled up 290 for seven and then bundled out the home team for 24

Having taken a 2-0 lead in the One-day series against India, Australian captain Ricky Ponting today warned his teammates to guard against complacency and said it was important to keep the heat on the home team. Ponting said the lead taken by his team would be "pretty handy" and i

The Indian and Australian cricket teams arrived here today to a rousing welcome for the third one-day international to be played in the city on Friday. A large number of fans greeted their favourite stars at Begumpet airport. The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) had made elaborate a

Paceman S Sreesanth wants to emulate Sachin Tendulkar and come up with a five-wicket haul on his home ground when India take on Australia in the second cricket one-day international at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium here Tuesday. Sreesanth, who arrived here this morning and drove straight to t

Australian captain Ricky Ponting said today his side was better prepared to tackle the Indian team including big guns Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly as it knows their "strengths and weaknesses". India would be under pressure after their young team clinched th

The whole of country's heart beat may have stopped for a moment when Misbah-ul Haq's scoop was in the air in the Twenty20 World Cup final, but if you believe S Sreesanth, who lapped the victory catch, he had gone blank. "I was blank. I did not feel anything," Sreesanth said when as

India's young brigade may have been exceptional in the Twenty20 World Cup but the side will have to fall back on veterans like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid once it returns to playing "serious cricket", feels former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns. "Of course the yo

The Cricket Board today rubbished a media report claiming Sachin Tendulkar spurned captaincy protesting BCCI allegedly paying more money to foreign players who are being roped in for the Indian Premier League (IPCL). A vernacular channel claimed that Tendulkar was miffed with the BCCI, as wa

Sachin Tendulkar today said injuries were part and parcel of sports, but strong will and determination along with family support were necessary to make a comeback for a sportsperson. "When you push yourself 100 times, there will be injuries. It happens to every sportsperson some day o

Sachin Tendulkar today skirted the issue of captaincy of the Indian cricket team saying he did not have much to say on it. "I don't have much to say about the issue of captaincy. I am not allowed to do so," Tendulkar, one of the strong contenders for the job, told reporters on th

After wielding the willow for close to 18 years, Sachin Tendulkar will try his hand at tennis here tomorrow when he would team up with Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi for a fun doubles match at the Sunfeast Open. The cricket icon is scheduled to play alongside Sania and Bhupathi at the Netaj

Rahul Dravid today sprang a surprise by resigning as the captain of Indian cricket team on the ground that the burden of leadership was affecting his batting. Back from leading India to a rare Test rpt Test series win against England, Dravid submitted his resignation to BCCI Chief Sharad Paw

Traditional rivals India and Pakistan will resume their cricketing hostilities when they square up against each other here tomorrow in a Group D clash of the Twenty20 World Cup at Kingsmead. The two Asian giants could not keep their date in second round clash at the 2007 World Cup in the

Explosive Indian batsman Robin Uthappa says he is ready to light up the Twenty20 cricket World Championship with an array of shots, which he has specially innovated for the slam-bang version of the game. The 22-year-old batsman, whose dazzling performance in England brought him into the s

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today said it has settled a dispute with sports gear firm Nike on sponsorship issue, adjusting 1.228 million dollars compensation claim put on the Board after making some discounts. "There is no outstanding issue, everything has been reso

Pace bowler Jhulan Goswami became the first Indian ever to bag the ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year award making amends for the failure of her more illustrious male counterparts to make it to the list of nominees. The 23-year-old pacer from Bengal pipped rivals Lisa Sthalekar of Australi

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

Sachin Tendulkar today described his farewell tour of England as a "memorable summer" but said a win in the seventh and last one-day cricket match at Lord's would be its crowning glory moment. As he looked back on his final journey in 'Old Blighty' in an exclusive interview, Tend

Legions of Sachin Tendulkar's fans can heave a sigh of relief now with reports about the champion batsman's possible ODI retirement turning out to be mere rumours. Speculation was rife with media reports claiming that Tendulkar, the highest run-accumulator in the history of international cri

With two belligerent sides locked in a 3-3 stalemate, Saturday's series decider at Lord's promises to be a cracker and Team India captain Rahul Dravid oozed confidence that his side would end up on the right side of a humdinger. India showed tremendous resilience in the series against Englan

Sachin Tendulkar, rated as the greatest batsman by legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne in his list of top 50 cricketers, has duly returned the compliment by describing the Australian as "as good a bowler as I faced". While Warne's rankings were being debated for the lowly rating