The Indian team that will travel to Australia for the all-important tour that kicks off on Boxing day has been announced this afternoon. There were no major surprises as Harbhajan Singh was left out in favor of Ravichandran Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha, who were selected as the frontline spinners for the tour. The 17-man team [...]
Virender Sehwag is set to lead the Indian cricket team in a series for the first time in two years as the selectors decided to give regular skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni a break from duty for the upcoming 5 match ODI series against the West Indies. Sachin Tendulkar has also been rested keeping in mind [...]
A workshop will be held sometime next month for the franchise owners of the Indian Premier League. The exact date or the venue of the workshop has yet to be finalized but the meet will definitely held in December with the IPL 2012 auctions day approaching fast. It is thought that the workshop will be [...]
James Anderson, the spearhead of the England bowling attack in recent times, has made known his intention of playing in the IPL next year yesterday. Anderson also showed concern about the limited opportunities for English players in the cash rich tournament as England are usually involved in international matches during most of the IPL – [...]
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s decision to give rookie Varun Aaron his maiden Test cap on Tuesday at the expense of Umesh Yadav has drawn mixed reactions from pundits. Umesh Yadav, who was very successful in the past two matches at Delhi and Kolkata would have been gutted to be left out after performing so [...]
After Yuvraj Singh was dropped for the final test match against West Indies for Rohit Sharma, the spot for the sixth batsman in the team was thrown wide open. The fight for the spot was believed to have been between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, whose selection was announced last week. As India aim to [...]
Just a day after Vinod Kambli made startling allegations against former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin saying that the 1996 world cup semi final between India and Sri Lanka was fixed, his former teammates ridiculed the claims and Azhar questioned the credibility and the character of the former left handed batsman. Kambli, however, refused to apologize [...]
Former Indian batsman Vinod Kambli who played for the national cricket team between the years 1989 and 2000 has claimed that the 1996 world cup semi final between India and Sri Lanka that was played in front of a packed house at the Eden Gardens was fixed. Kambli broke down in tears as he made [...]
India went on to record their second win in as many matches to gain an unassailable 2-0 lead in their 3 test match series after defeating the West Indies by an innings and 15 runs here at the Eden Gardens this afternoon. After the likes of Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni had [...]