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S. Africa send India on leather hunt in Chennai Test
South Africa on Wednesday sent Indian bowlers on a leather hunt, making 304 runs for the loss of four wickets on the first day of the Chennai Test being played at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium. ANI
Cricket fans say Team India will win Chennai Test against Proteas.
Cricket fans and enthusiasts today said they were looking forward to an entertaining contest at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here between South Africa and India. ANI
Telecast of India-South Africa test cricket series
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, keeping in mind the Delhi High Court Order in the matter of Ravi Dev Gupta V/s. Union of India and Another, has decided not to declare the India-South Africa test cricket series starting from March 26, 2008 as a sporting event of national importance for the purpose of sharing of broadcast signals with Prasar Bharati. ANI
Harbhajan, Yuvraj to play in first two Tests against South Africa
The national cricket selectors announced the 14-man Indian squad for the first two Tests, of the three-Test series, against South Africa at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Monday. ANI
Selection of team for Tests against S.Africa postponed
The selection of the Indian test team for the first two Tests against South Africa has been postponed from March 9 to March 17. ANI
Oz players should expect sledging: Dhoni
With Australian opener Mathew Hayden likely to be hauled up by Cricket Australia for his obnoxious weed description of Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh just days before the two sides square up for the first of the best of three Commonwealth Bank one-day series finals, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has warned the Australians that they can expect a dose of their own sledging. ANI
Kapil Dev bats for senior pros excluded from ongoing ODI squad
Former World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev has come out in favour of experienced batsmen that were dropped for the ongoing triangular series in Australia, which also includes Sri Lanka. ANI
Sehwag shines in drawn Adelaide Test, touching farewell for Gilchrist
Returning back to form with a majestic 151 (11 boundaries and two sixes), Indias Virender Sehwag made Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrists final day as a Test player all the more memorable, even as Australian crowds got accustomed to the possibility that they would also being seeing the last of Indian greats Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman and Anil Kumble in a five-day game on their soil. ANI
Ponting, Clarke shine on the fourth day of Adelaide Test
Centuries from Australian captain Ricky Ponting and vice captain Michael Clarke ensured that the fourth Test match against India would probably end in a draw, but Adam Gilchrist who was playing the final innings of an exceptional career stole the limelight. ANI
Kumble confident about squaring Test series against Australia
Team India skipper Anil Kumble on Wednesday said that his team is looking forward to squaring the four-match Indo-Aussie Test series during the Adelaide Test, which gets underway from tomorrow. ANI
Ganguly fans block movement of trains over his omission from Oz tri-series
Fans of cricketer Sourav Ganguly today blocked the movement of a couple of trains in two sections of Eastern Railwayat Barasat in West Bengals North 24 Parganas District in protest against his exclusion from the Indian team for the triangular tournament in Australia. ANI
Fans protest exclusion of Ganguly from ODI squad
Fans reacted violently and took to the streets to protest against the selection committees decision to drop Sourav Ganguly from 16-member ODI squad for the tri-nation CB Series to be played in Australia from February 3. ANI
Ganguly dropped, Dravid not considered for ODI team
India has dropped Sourav Ganguly from 16-member ODI squad for the tri-nation CB Series to be played in Australia from February 3. ANI
Perth Test: Australia need 348 to win
Australia need 348 runs to win the Perth Test against India. Chasing a target of 413 runs, Australia were 65 for loss of two wickets in their second innings at close on the third day of the third Test today. ANI
India 297/6 at stumps on Day 1, Dravid misses century
Team India made 297 runs for the loss of six wickets against Australia at the end of first days play at Perth. ANI
India score 325/9 declared against Australia Combined Territories team
Indian opener Wasim Jaffer roared back into form on Thursday with a smashing 92 and helped the Indian cricket team to declare their first innings at 325 runs at the loss of nine wickets against the Australia Combined Territories team at Manuka Oval in Canberra. ANI
India likely to field Kumble, Harbhajan against Aussies
Indian team is all set to play to its strength of batting big and spinning the ball in tandem in a bid to build the pressure on Australia in the first cricket Test at the MCG starting fron December 26. ANI
Ganguly, Dravid prop up India against Victoria
Torrential rain limited the first day of Indias warm-up match against Victoria to one session. ANI
Wild card entry for Virender Sehwag in Indian Test squad for Oz tour
In a surprise move, the selectors of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday recalled Virender Sehwag back into the Test squad for the forthcoming four-Test series against Australia. ANI
Yuvrajs century puts India in command
A cracking century by Yuvraj Singh and equally brilliant half-century by Sourav Ganguly put India (277/4) in command on the opening day of the third and final Test match against Pakistan at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here. ANI
Tendulkar, Dhoni may miss Bangalore Test
Former skipper Sachin Tendulkar and wicketkipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni may not play the Bangalore Test against Pakistan beginning Saturday, because of injuries. ANI
Pathan, Ishant, VRV replace Zaheer, Munaf and RP Singh for Bangalore Test
With the injury ruling out three bowlers-- Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel and RP Singh from the Indian squad for the Third Test against Pakistan, the selectors on Wednesday chose to induct Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma and VRV Singh into the team. ANI
Laxman back into top 20 Test batsmen rankings
Indias Very Very Special batsman VVS Laxman today jumped back into the top 20 of the ICC Test batsmen rankings for the first time in three years following his excellent knock in the first innings of the first Test against Pakistan in New Delhi last week. ANI
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