Global sportswear major Adidas today said cricket body BCCI has no rights over personal endorsement contracts of a player, countering rival Nike's claim that it derived rights from BCCI to use Sachin Tendulkar name and image for advertising purpose. In their ongoing battle over the cricket

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was today appointed captain of the Indian cricket team for the upcoming Twenty-20 World Cup in South Africa as the selectors recalled Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh for the inaugural edition of the new version of the game. With regular captain Rahul

Having taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match cricket Test series against England, India will rest some of their key players when they take on Sri Lanka 'A' in a three-day practice match here tomorrow. The Indians are likely to go into the match without big guns like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav

Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly batted resolutely to help India stretch their first innings lead and take control of the second cricket Test against England at Trent Bridge here today. At lunch on the third day, India were 338 for three in reply to England's 198, with Tendulkar batting

Showering praise on Sachin Tendulkar, former South African pacer and England bowling coach Allan Donald said the Mumbaikar is the best batsman of present era and deserves to become the highest run-getter in Test cricket. Donald said the veteran Indian willower, who became the third player to

Zaheer Khan's two-wicket burst helped India make early inroads into the England batting and reduce the hosts to 94 for three at tea after overnight rain forced a four-hour delay on day one of the second cricket Test here today. At the break, opener Alastair Cook on 35 (112m,70b,5x4) and Paul

The Indian squads for the seven-match ODI series against England and for the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa will be chosen here on August 7, the Cricket Board announced today. The selectors also have to name the captain for the inaugural Twenty-20 championships as Rahul Dravid, alongwi

Former Indian captain Kapil Dev today kept up his attack against Sachin Tendulkar for his failure to win matches for India and said the Mumbai batsman has to rediscover his "aggressive style" to make an impact again. Kapil said Tendulkar was no doubt a great player, but he has not

Australian spin bowling legend Shane Warne has given a split verdict in the case of who's the best contemporary batsman between Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara. Warne rated the Indian maestro above the West Indian genius in case of technique but altered his preference when it came to flair

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

Practitioner of perhaps the most spectacular celebration in cricket, England's left-arm spinner Monty Panesar revealed he almost lost his mind after trapping Sachin Tendulkar in the Lord's Test. Tendulkar had scribbled "once in a blue moon" on the ball with which Panesar had remo

Come October and Wankhede Stadium, India's second largest cricket ground, will undergo massive renovation. Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) will demolish a few of the stands of the Wankhede Stadium and remodel it to host the finals of the 2011 World Cup, slated to be held in the sub-contin

India will launch their gruelling three-match cricket Test series against England at the historic Lord's here tomorrow, heavily relying on their famed batsmen to provide the inspiration in their quest for a rare series win. It will probably be the last English summer for the famous batting q

Thanks to a packed middle order, Yuvraj Singh's chances of playing in the first Test against England look slim but former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad feels it would be a folly if the Indian think-tank ignores the dashing left-hander. Heaping praise on Yuvraj, Miandad said the Punjab pla

Sachin Tendulkar says his opting out of the inaugural Twenty20 World Championships does not signal a possible imminent retirement from other forms of the game as well, at least for the time being. Ever since India's disastrous World Cup campaign in the Caribbean earlier this year, there ha

After smashing a superb 171 against England Lions, Sachin Tendulkar has said he was relieved at spending some time in the middle to go in the upcoming cricket Test series with a confident frame of mind. Tendulkar, who is leading the Indians in the three-day warm up match, had not pla

Skipper Sachin Tendulkar was one short of a classy hundred as he pulled his team out of the woods with a fruitful and unbeaten fifth wicket stand with Yuvraj Singh on the second day of India's tour game against England Lions here today. Riding on the brilliance of Tendulkar, India went to

Former Pakistan offie Saqlain Mushtaq says India can make the English team bite dust in the upcoming Test series, if their bowlers back the glittering batting line up. "India has depth in its batting which just needs to be backed by the bowlers. It is very easy to lose control in the

Indian cricketers may be poor travellers but their former coach John Wright feels the team could be "very competitive" if they get their batting right and big players perform in the upcoming series against England. "Always the key for India is their belief that they can win aw

Veteran spinner Anil Kumble has lavished praise on Monty Panesar, saying the England left-arm bowler had quickly picked up nuances of spin bowling since his debut 18 months ago. "From the start, I liked him - he was steady, bowled with good control and he maintained attacking lines. A

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

The Future Cup win against South Africa in Ireland has pushed India to fifth spot and helped four of its players to jump into the top ten of the Maruti Suzuki ODI rankings. Team India, ranked as low as eighth in April, now has 69 points. World champions Australia continue their dominance i

Sitting on piles of runs in both forms of cricket and with virtually every batting record in his pocket, Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest batsman of the modern era, according to former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns. Enjoying every bit of his stint with the Lashings World XI after

It looked like a stroll in the park as England blanked the West Indies in the recent Test series but life would be difficult against India, host captain Michael Vaughan warned his teammates. Back in the side after a nagging knee injury that kept him out of action for a whole year, Vaughan

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 will have a new captain at the Twenty20 cricket World Cup in South Africa with Rahul Dravid today opting out of the inaugural edition of the tournament, alongwith seasoned campaigners Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, to make way for youngsters. The three stalwarts, in their 30s,

India, grouped with arch-foes Pakistan and minnows Scotland in Group D, will commence their campaign in the ICC Twenty20 World Cup at Kingsmead in Durban, South Africa, on September 13. India, who did not include their top three players - Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly -

Fresh from their one-day cricket series triumph over the South Africans in Ireland, India will launch their gruelling tour of England with a four-day warm-up game against County champions Sussex here tomorrow. The two teams, however, will keep one eye on the quirky weather as it has been ra

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

India's 2-1 triumph over South Africa in the off-shore series has been a tale of two batsmen. If Sachin Tendulkar hogged the headlines at the start with his two 90-plus knocks but Yuvraj Singh put the smiles back on the Indian team by sealing victory in the last two matches. While the ret