Paceman Munaf Patel was today ruled out of the first two one-day internationals against West Indies after being advised two weeks of rest for a sore ankle. Patel has hurt the ankle early on the tour of South Africa and had sat out of three ODIs and the first two Tests. He was brought in f

Sourav Ganguly today said India still has a chance to pull off win in the third Test against South Africa as it would not be an easy task for the home team to achieve the target on the final day of the match. Ganguly believed the game was evenly poised and the South Africans might fin

Indian speedster Irfan Pathan returned here early this morning from South Africa, sources said. The left arm pace bowler was sent back by the Indian team management before the conclusion of the ongoing test series against the host to rediscover his bowling form in domestic cricket.

Speedster Irfan Pathan would be returning home from South Africa to play in the Ranji Trophy games for Baroda, BCCI sources said today. BCCI administrative head Prof. Ratnakar Shetty told reporters here that the decision to call back the struggling paceman was taken by chief s

Host South Africa has won the toss and elected to bat first in the second Test which begins at Kingsmead today, while riding high on the success in the first Test after posting a historic win India has fielded an unchanged squad for this Test, sources said. Earlier, Indian skipper

BCCI today ruled out participation in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi stating a busy schedule of the Indian team under the ICC's Future Tours Programme. The BCCI Working Committee also formed a sub-committee to deal with players' contract but there was no discussion on nominating its

South Africa has called left-arm spinner Paul Harris in their squad for the remaining two Tests against India after facing a 123-run defeat in the first Test at the Wanderers Stadium on Monday. Harris, 28, played for English county Warwickshire this year as a Kolpak player, which meant r

Indian coach Greg Chappell has indicated that paceman Munaf Patel might not be considered for the second cricket Test against South Africa as the team would like to field the same bowling attack that earned them the historic victory at the Wanderers. "We're hopeful (about Munaf's fitn

Hailing his team's all-round performance which helped it register its first-ever Test victory in South Africa, master blaster Sachin Tendulkar said he was glad to see things working for the side in the right direction. He urged Indians back home to have faith in Team India. Talking at the

Team India created history at the Wanderers by winning their maiden Test on South African soil courtesy to superb bowling by Sreesanth, Zaheer and off course Anil Kumble, who claimed some important wickets in the hour of crisis and also batting performance of Ganguly and Laxman in particular.

The Indians have failed to get out of the blocks when it came to their turn to bat in the series against South Africa with master batsman Sachin Tendulkar struggling for runs. The poor form of Sachin Tendulkar has put enormous pressure on the rest of the young and inexperienced batsmen a

India has slipped to sixth in the LG ICC ODI ranking table following a 4-0 series defeat at the hands of South Africa. The last time India was lower in the LG ICC ODI Championship table was in October 2005 when it languished in seventh position and if the West Indies wins the series ag

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to prepare fast pitches in every state for Ranji Trophy matches so that our players get used to playing on fast tracks outside the country. According to the sources, at least two fast pitches will be prepared in each state for

Team India will today kick-start their Test campaign when they take on a Rest of South Africa side in a four day match in Potchefstroom. V.V.S. Laxman will lead the side in absence of Rahul Dravid.