Category: Cricket

  After two resounding victories, India will be looking to seal the series in a “ruthless” fashion when they take on Sri Lanka in the third One-Day International (ODI) of the five-match cricket series here Sunday. An aggressive India skipper Virat Kohli declared that they will be ruthless, adding that the team is treating every…

By Radhika Bhirani  India’s performance in the forthcoming Australia tour will significantly impact the defending champions’ showing at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, says former Kiwi captain Stephen Fleming, adding Indian batsman Suresh Raina could emerge as the star of the tournament. “I think India…

Pakistan fast bowling legend Wasim Akram said that former Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar’s illustrious career would not have been complete without the 2011 World Cup victory, which eventually made him the greatest cricketer. “Personally, I think a World Cup triumph completes the career of a professional cricketer. And the testament to this are the…

Former Indian cricket coach Greg Chappell  denied Sachin Tendulkar’s claim that the Australian had asked the Indian legend to replace then skipper Rahul Dravid prior to the 2007 World Cup. Chappell had initially refused to respond to Tendulkar’s claims but then released a statement through Cricket Australia (CA), where he is working as a national…

  Twin centuries by openers Ajinkya Rahane (111) and Shikhar Dhawan (113) helped India register a mammoth 169-run win in the first of the five One-Day Internationals (ODI) against Sri Lanka at the Barabati Stadium here . After being put in to bat, the openers posted a 231-run partnership to help India reach a huge…

  The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will have to cough up nearly $42 million in order to stave off a lawsuit from the Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI), stemming from the abandoned tour of India last month. Indian authorities  told the WICB that its losses as a result of the abandoned…

Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne were so daunted by the prospect of meeting Austalian cricketing legend Donald Bradman for his 90th birthday that they could not decide who should speak first, the Indian batting great said. “I remember Warnie was with me in the car and we were discussing who was going to ask the…

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Dave Richardson said the game had reached the “straw that broke the camel’s back” with suspect bowling actions, forcing the governing body to launch its controversial crackdown on chucking. Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal, Sri Lanka’s Sachitra Senanayake and Zimbabwe’s Prosper Utseya are among those who have been banned since the…

  The Indian cricket board Tuesday decided to initiate legal action against the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and cancel all bilateral series against the Caribbean side whose players withdrew mid-way from an ongoing India tour last week. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took the decision at its working committee meet…

  India’s Virat Kohli moved up to the second spot in the batting chart while Bhuvneshwar Kumar earned his maiden entry into the top 10 bowler’s list, following their 2-1 One-Day International (ODI) series win over West Indies, in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings released Monday. Kohli benefitted in the rankings following his…

Former West Indies Test batsman Bryan Davis has condemned the move by the West Indies players to abort the tour of India as “selfish and inconsiderate”. In an impassioned response Saturday to the development, the 74-year-old said the players’ actions were unacceptable and could not be justified, especially in the middle of an international series,…

  A high powered team was being sent to India to address the impasse between the West Indies one-day squad and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced. In a statement made late Friday, following an emergency teleconference of its directors, the WICB said a contingent comprising WICB Chief…

Indian bowlers, led by pacer Mohammed Shami, came back strongly from the hammering they received from the West Indies batsmen in the first One-Day International (ODI) at Kochi to turn the match here Saturday around for the home side and help them win by 48 runs to level the five-match series 1-1. Chasing India’s competitive…

India suffered a batting collapse losing five wickets for 63 runs as West Indies, riding an unbeaten century from Marlon Samuels, started the five-match series with a massive 124 runs win in the first ODI at the Nehru Stadium here Wednesday. Marlon Samuels struck a superb unbeaten century to fire the West Indies to an…

India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni  said the toss is going to be very crucial for the first ODI against the West Indies to be played here Wednesday. “The toss is going to be crucial, so is the weather and hence bowling second would be very tough for the spinners. The dew is also going…

  Suresh Raina (109 not out) played an innings of lifetime to help Chennai Super Kings to an eight-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in the final of the Oppo Champions League T20 tournament at the packed Mangalam Chinnaswamy Stadium here Saturday. It was a knock to remember as Raina unleashed a flurry of shots,…

 It will be an all-IPL final of Oppo Champions League T20 as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) crushed Kings XI Punjab by 65 runs in the second semifinal to set up a clash with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) who earlier defeated Hobart Hurricanes by seven wickets. The powerful Kings batting came a cropper chasing a target…

England selectors today announced a 16-man squad for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. The squad will depart for the seven match ODI series against Sri Lanka on 16 November. Nottinghamshire batsman James Taylor, who has been capped twice for England in the 50-over format, is included in a one-day squad for the first time…

  England beat India by three runs in the only Twenty20 international of the series at the Edgbaston here Sunday. Chasing a target of 181, India made 177 for five in 20 overs after Virat Kohli top scored with 66 and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni remained unbeaten on 27 in 18 balls. India captain Mahendra…

Former cricket captain and legend Sunil Gavaskar feels that defending champions India are a good enough side to retain the title in the 2015 World Cup, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, Feb 14-March 29, 2015. Gavaskar, who had blasted the team after the 1-3 humiliating loss in the Test series against England, praised Mahendra…

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar’s “Playing It My Way – My Autobiography” will be released Nov 6, the publishers announced here Tuesday.“I knew that agreeing to write my story would need me to be completely honest, as that is the way I have always played the game. It would require talking about a number of aspects…