South Africa lost the services of their regular captain, Graeme Smith for the ODI series against India due to the finger injury he had sustained at the start of the second Test. He had managed to play the game after it was found that even Mark Boucher would miss the second game due to his back

The first Test match between India and South Africa will be played at the Jamtha stadium in Nagpur. It is a battle between the number one and the number two teams in the world and will see them fight for top position. However, given that only two Tests will be played between the two, it could

India will play Bangladesh in the third game of the tri-series on Thursday. Both the sides had lost their first game in the tournament to Sri Lanka and another loss here will almost most certainly mean that the losing side will need to win both their remaining games in order to have some chanc

The second game of the tri-series will be played between India and Sri Lanka at the same ground, Dhaka. And given that the Sri Lankans have only just lost their previous ODI series to India, this will prove to be a golden opportunity for them to avenge that series loss. India will know that th

The BCCI has been dealt an embarrassing blow by the pitch at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi which ensured that the game between India and Sri Lanka had to be abandoned. The series was won by India by a margin of 3-1, but the victory was soured by the entire pitch fiasco. The day began with the

India has got to the top of the test playing world by beating the Sri Lankan side by an innings in the third and the final test match at Brabourne. India, in the process, also managed to win the series rather easily by a margin of two games to zero. The Indians needed not more than 30 minute

The Indian team for the ODIs and the T20Is for the Sri Lankan series has been announced. And it would be fair to say that there have been quite a few surprises in the side which has been given out by the selectors. For starters, and this is not a surprise, the selectors have seen the form

According to reports, half of the Indian team had trained in Ferozshah Kotla in Delhi on Monday without any security cover that they had been so vehemently talking about during their recent stand-off with WADA. The players who trained at the Kotla were eight cricketers including the Indian s

Zaheer Khan is in for another long break from international cricket, as he goes into rehabilitation to recover from the shoulder injury he is currently suffering from. Zaheer has undergone a major shoulder surgery in South Africa, but it isn't sure as to what the recovery period for the same i

The Indian cricket coach has said that Team India's exit from the ICC World T20 can be majorly attributed to the fatigue and exhaustion that had been brought about by being continuously on the road. Team India played a five ODI series against Sri Lanka early this year before heading off to

India will play England in an important Super Eights game at Lord's after both the teams have already lost one game each in the second stage. The team that loses this match will, in all probabilities need to pack its bag and leave the competition, while the winners will have another

The last group match of the first round of the ICC World T20 will see India take on Ireland at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Both, India and Ireland have already qualified for the Super Eights by the virtue of having beaten Bangladesh in their opening games. The Indian team seems to have gone

Defending champions India will face up to the challenge of the potential giant-killers, Bangladesh in the final game of Saturday at Trent Bridge. Bangladesh had upset the West Indian calculations in the previous edition of the ICC World T20 tournament, while they had also beaten India in the f

India's concerns over the fitness of their strike bowler, Zaheer Khan, suffered yet another jolt after skipper MS Dhoni declared that he wont be playing in either of the warm-up games. Additionally, opener Virender Sehwag too, looks all set to miss out on the opening warm-up on the 1st of June

Sri Lanka will be gunning for revenge after two straight reverses when they come up against India in the fourth One Dayer of the ongoing India Sri lanka give match One Day Series. India have fought back brilliantly into contention after going 1-0 down in the series and this clash will be a tes

India will be hoping to make the most of a fine performance in the second One Dayer when they come up against Sri Lanka in the third One Dayer of the ongoing five match Sri Lanka India cricket One Day series this coming Sunday 24th August 2008. The series is intriguingly poised at 1-1 and wi

India will be hoping for vengeance against arch rivals Pakistan in a crucial encounter in the Asia Cup this coming Thursday in Lahore. The Indian cricket team has come up by leaps and bounds this year and will be hoping to assert their dominance on Asian cricket, with a win over arch riv

India will be hoping to make a dent on Sri Lanka's CB tournament aspirations with a victory in the second one dayer at the Gabba barely two days after the conclusion of the first one dayer at the same venue. India are a couple of paceman short after key injuries to R.P Singh and Zaheer K

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

Despite Sachin Tendulkar being a doubtful starter and a depleted pace attack, India will try hard to pull off a series win against Pakistan, which just managed to come out of a leadership crisis ahead of the crucial third and final cricket Test beginning here tomorrow. That Tendulkar has h

His perfect 10 at the same venue against the same opponents now cricketing lore, Anil Kumble would renew his tryst with Ferozeshah Kotla when he makes his debut as Indian captain in the first of the three Test matches against Pakistan starting here tomorrow. Given a choice, Kumble would ha

Murali Kartik, architect of India's incredible two-wicket win against Australia tonight, revealed he shared jokes with batting partner Zaheer Khan to keep his calm during the chase. After his six-wicket haul broke Australia's back, Kartik shone with the bat as well. He was unbeaten on 21 a

India's historic win at the Twenty20 World Cup had not imposed any pressure on the team which has worked out a strategy to take on the Aussies to fight "fire with fire" in the coming ODI series, Robin Uthappa, part of the victorious team, said today. "The pressure is not on

Just two appearances with the Indian team has made paceman Ishant Sharma wise enough to understand the rigours of international cricket and the teenager is ready to wait to be "best prepared" for a long career at the highest level. The 19-year-old Delhi bowler, who has played one

Just two appearances with the Indian team has made paceman Ishant Sharma wise enough to understand the rigours of international cricket and the teenager is ready to wait to be "best prepared" for a long career at the highest level. The 19-year-old Delhi bowler, who has played one

The hype around them notwithstanding, none of the 'Men in Blue' could make it to the shortlist for ICC annual awards, which has the lone Indian representation in Jhulan Goswami, nominated for the 'Women's Cricketer of the Year' category. The long list for the ICC awards included Zaheer Khan

England Test captain Michael Vaughan lavished praise on Zaheer Khan, saying the Indian pace spearhead's out of the box ideas particularly made the going tough for the hosts and was "something we can all learn from". "India, and Zaheer Khan in particular, deserve a lot of credi

India's stand-in captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field against England Lions in the warm-up one-day cricket match here today. India rested skipper Rahul Dravid along with Sachin Tendulkar, who sat out the one-off ODI against Scotland in Glasgow on Monday too. Sou

Indian captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field against Scotland in the one-off cricket one-day international here today. India rested key players Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Zaheer Khan besides leaving out Rohit Sharma. Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir and Ramesh Powar

Anil Kumble, India's lone century-maker in the three-Test cricket series against England, emerged with the highest batting average for the victorious visiting team. Kumble averaged 54 to top the batting averages chart after scoring an unbeaten 110 in the first innings of the third and fina