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

India's pace spearhead Zaheer Khan insisted he was an aggressive bowler by nature and the jelly bean incident at Trent Bridge should not dilute his match-winning performance in the second Test against England. The popular perception is that Zaheer, goaded by the attempted insult, dished o

In the absence of Rahul Dravid, who has opted out, Ranchi-born Mahendra Singh Dhoni is expected to be named captain of the Indian squad for next month's Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa by the selectors here tomorrow. The swashbuckling wicket-keeper batsman, who turned 26 on July 7, is set

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

Taking a tough stand on the poor on-field behaviour of players during the second cricket Test between India and England, ICC Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle will have a word with captains of both the sides before the third and final Test at Oval next week. Players from both the teams indulg

England skipper Michael Vaughan has apologised to Team India pacer Zaheer Khan for the jelly bean prank during the second cricket Test here but insisted that the incident had been blown out of proportion. "I guess one of the guys might have left them as a prank for the new batsmen. If

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

Indian paceman Rudra Pratap Singh, who picked his maiden five-wicket haul at Lord's, said useful tips from his senior colleague Zaheer Khan helped him to bowl a right line and length in English conditions. "Zaheer Khan is my senior and has been giving me a lot of help in how to

Rudra Pratap Singh made his Lord's debut memorable by claiming his career-first five-wicket haul but Kevin Pietersen's timely century helped England set India a daunting target of 380 in the first cricket Test here today. Pietersen hit an attacking 134, his first hundred against India, an

If Indian pacers cut a sorry figure on day one of the first cricket Test against England, it was due to butterflies in their stomach, according to team's Cricket Manager Chandu Borde. "The boys over-pitched a bit and also erred in length and direction," said Borde. "But it

England captain Michael Vaughan won the toss and elected to field against India in the first cricket Test beginning at Lord's here today. India left out Yuvraj Singh in the playing XI, which comprises a three-pronged pace attack with Zaheer Khan, RP Singh and S Sreesanth. For England, Stua

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

Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly return to bolster the batting as India look forward to a morale-boosting performance against England Lions in the three-day final warm up game starting here tomorrow. Both Ganguly and Tendulkar were rested from the tour opener against English County Cham

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

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

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