Yuvraj Singh's unbeaten 61 helped India clinch an edge-of-the-seat thriller and beat South Afica by six wickets for a rare cricket series triumph abroad on Sunday. Chasing 149 to win in 31 overs in the rain-curtailed series decider, India faltered and fumbled before picking up themselves t

Heaving a huge sigh of relief after India finally recovered from the World Cup debacle to pocket a rare overseas series, victorious captain Rahul Dravid said his side deserves the win. "After the World Cup disappointment, we needed to regroup and get our confidence back. We have worke

With the series levelled 1-1, India will heavily depend on their star-studded batting line-up for a morale-boosting overseas series triumph as they go into the third and final cricket one dayer against South Africa here tomorrow. The six-wicket victory in the second game yesterday has not on

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

India might field a depleted pace attack as spearhead Zaheer Khan was yet to recover from a groin injury and seemed uncertain to play the one-off one-dayer against Ireland at the Civil Service Club ground here tomorrow. "Zaheer Khan has had an injury coming here. So we are trying to

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

Putting the right infrastructure in place and widening the player base to ensure a steady supply of quality players should be India's priority to keep pace with international cricket, according to Sachin Tendulkar. Talking on the occasion of 75 years of India's Test cricket, Tendulkar salute

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

Continuing his rise in international cricket, Monty Panesar became the highest rated England spinner in 30 years by breaking into the top-10 of LG ICC Test Rankings today. With a tally of 23 wickets in the Test series against West Indies, Panesar rose six places in the latest charts to joi

Australian captain Ricky Ponting today diagnosed the ailments of Indian cricket as "mental pressure" and advised the team to learn to cope with it. "India is playing under a lot of mental pressure. They must learn how to cope with it," Ponting said. Ponting, who led Au

Recalled to the Indian one-day side, Sourav Ganguly says that apart from his regular role with the bat, he could also be useful as a bowler in the favourable conditions of England and Ireland. "I think I can contribute with the ball. It (conditions) will definitely help the ball to mo

The Cricket Board and the players today appeared to have sorted out differences on the contracts issue with both saying that the contracts would be signed in the next few days. "We had a fruitful discussion with the Board today. We are hopeful of signing it in the next few days,"

The Indian cricket board is hopeful that a solution would emerge out of today's crucial meeting between the board and the senior players to settle the players' contract issue. "We hope to find a solution to the contract issue. Players have some reservation which will be discussed at th

Kenya is likely to host the next Afro Asia Cup which would be held in June next year, the Asian Cricket Council said today. "The next Afro-Asia Cup, the third edition, will be held next June in Africa and the likely venue is Kenya where the facilities and weather would be ideal,"

Team India's cricket captain Rahul Dravid, who lost the race for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna to cueist Pankaj Advani last year, has been recommended again for country's highest sports honour. BCCI has also recommended middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh and former women's team captain Anjum C

Contrary to claims made by sports broadcaster Nimbus that it had walked out of the upcoming Afro Asia Cup cricket series, Asian Cricket Council today said it scrapped the deal with the channel for "not fulfilling contractual obligations". Consequently, ACC has awarded the telecas

Riding on his two centuries against Bangladesh, Sachin Tendulkar jumped back in the top-20 of the latest LG-ICC Player Rankings for Test cricket batsmen. The 34-year-old veteran player scored a hundred in each match, at Chittagong and Mirpur, compiling a total of 254 runs at an average of

Sachin Tendulkar today made way for Sourav Ganguly while Zaheer Khan was included as the sixth Indian in the revised 14-member one-day Asia cricket team for the Afro Asian Cup beginning in Bangalore on June 6. Sri Lankan Dilhara Fernando and Mashrafe Mortaza of Bangladesh were the other tw

Global sports goods giant Adidas today said it has approached MRTPC as it felt its exclusive rights to the use of the name of brand ambassador Sachin Tendulkar was violated by rival Nike. "MRTPC has issued notices to the respondents," Adidas said in a statement, while declining to

Bangladesh picked up two crucial wickets to peg back India in the post-lunch session of on a rain-truncated opening day's play in the first cricket Test here today. Opener Dinesh Kaarthick (56) and skipper Rahul Dravid (61), who were going great guns before lunch, went back in quick succes

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

Indian cricketers today slogged it out for over two hours on the last day of the conditioning camp ahead of their Bangladesh tour even as youngster Dinesh Karthik joined his team mates. Karthik, who could not participate in the camp so far due to his marriage, had batting and fielding practi

Cricket lovers should be a little more patient towards senior players like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag, Indian cricket team Manager Ravi Shastri said here today. "Don't forget they are there for 15-16 years and know what to do. Just be patient, give them a littl

Disappointed at Sourav Ganguly being kept out of the coming ODI series, Bangladesh cricket fans are now eagerly looking forward to see the former Indian captain in action in the two Test matches during the latter half of the tour. Ganguly, who has a huge fan following in Bangladesh, was dr

Indian cricket team, led by skipper Rahul Dravid, today arrived here to play three one-dayers and two Test matches against Bangladesh. India will play the first two one-dayers at Mirpur May 10 and May 12 and the third one at Chittagong on May 15. The first Test match will begin at Chittagong

As the Indian cricket team reached here aiming to avenge their World Cup loss, Bangladesh vice captain Mohammad Ashraful said his side had plans to stretch Rahul Dravid's men in the upcoming series. "They will come hard at us as they probably lost out on a Super Eights spot because of u

India's preparation for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh suffered a blow when skipper Rahul Dravid was hit on the face by a bouncer from R P Singh on the penultimate day of the conditioning camp here today. When Dravid, who was having batting practice on a grassy centre wicket track, tried

With his ankle injury improving, Sachin Tendulkar today rejoined Team India's practice session for a few hits on the second day of the cricket conditioning camp here. "He continues to get ice treatment. Physio John Gloster says he is improving," Indian team's administrative manag

Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar turns 34 today. Sachin has rarely celebrated his birthdays lavishly over the years, preferring to spend time with his family - his wife, their son and daughter as well as other members. The batting great has always kept his birthday programmes

Revealing that Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly were rested and not dropped from the team for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh, the chairman of BCCI's national selection committee, Dilip Vengsarkar, has said that every cricketer playing for the nation has to be rested at one point on the oth