Opener Gautam Gambhir’s stupendous year with the willow on Wednesday helped him jump 10 spots to 10th in the ICC Test Rankings, making him the highest-ranked Indian batsman in the list. The diminutive Delhi batsman has scored more than 1000 runs this calendar year, including three hundreds in his last five Tests. Gambhir, who made [...]
Narain Karthikeyan has criticised Force India owner Vijay Mallya and has denied that he wants to join Mallya’s team. Mallya was recently said that Karthikeyan, who became the first Indian to drive in Formula One when he turned out for Jordan in 2005, and rising star Karun Chandhok were not good enough to drive for [...]
Admitting that cricket has taught him “how hard life is”, Sourav Ganguly said it’s time to give something back to the game as he embarks on a new innings in life. “My life will begin now. I don’t miss cricket anymore. There are lots of things to do in life. I come from a business [...]
Saurashtra’s middle order batting mainstay Cheteshwar Pujara wants to utilise the chance when he plays against Rahul Dravid’s Karnataka team in the Ranji Trophy quarter final here from December 26 to pick the batting great’s brains and get useful tips. “I am looking forward to have a chat with Rahul Dravid whenever I get the [...]
Pakistan is likely to pull out from upcoming sporting events in India, who last week called off its cricket team’s tour across the border following the Mumbai terror attacks. Statements by Pakistan’s Sports Minister Pir Aftab Shah Jillani and Federal Secretary of Sports Ashraf Khan expressing serious doubts over their national teams’ tour to India [...]
ICC’s three top officials David Morgan, the president, Sharad Pawar, the vice-president and Haroon Lorgat, the chief executive met Subhash Chandra, the owner of the unauthorised league, in a New Delhi hotel on Monday. The official cricket establishment has been working for a while on resolving the problem, which affects more than a hundred banned [...]
India’s 1-0 series win over England following the drawn second Test in Mohali has put them in second spot in the ICC Test rankings. India reclaimed their second place from South Africa, who had briefly taken over the spot after their win over Australia in the recent Perth Test. India won the first Test in [...]
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday thanked the England cricket team for returning to India for the Test series and said it proves the country remains safe even after the recent terror attacks in Mumbai. “I would like to thank the entire England team for coming back to India and playing the (Test) series. [...]
England captain Kevin Pietersen on Tuesday turned an admirer of the Indian left-hander, describing him as one of the cleanest strikers of the ball in world cricket. Pietersen said he always felt a little chitchat is both good and natural when two strong characters battle it out playing for their countries. All said and done, [...]
Bhaichung Bhutia was chosen the All India Football Federation’s Player of the Year. He was inspirational in India’s win in the AFC Challenge Cup that fetched him the most valuable player award and it came as no surprise. The India and Mohun Bagan skipper, who won the award the first time in 1995, is the [...]
Flamboyant Indian business tycoon Vijay Mallya is pitched against Mexican billionaire and one of the world’s richest persons, Carlos Slim Helu, among others for buying the Formula One team of Japanese auto giant Honda, a report said on Monday. Honda put its Formula One team on the block earlier this month as it decided to [...]
With their sensational 6-wicket win in Chennai in the first test, India clinched the two-Test series 1-0 against England on Tuesday after the second test ended in a draw. The hosts had taken a 151-runlead after bundling England for 302 runs in their first innings. They declared their final innings for 251/7 and set England [...]
After bundling England for 302 runs, India made 134 runs for 4 wickets and took a lead of 285 runs at the close of day’s play in Mohali. Gautam Gambhir (44 n.o) and Yuvraj Singh (39 n.o) will resume batting on the final day at the PCA Stadium. Indian openers Gambhir and Sehwag stretched India’s [...]
Vijay Mallya has dismissed all speculations about the Bangalore Royal Challengers putting their entire team up for sale in the transfer window. A statement was issued by Mallya himself post speculations in some section of the Indian media on Monday evening that all his players except Rahul Dravid up for sale in the transfer window [...]
The month-long trading window of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for franchises to sell and buy players from other franchises commenced on Tuesday. The first list of players of one franchise available for picking by other franchises would be known by December 28, while the second and third lists would be known on January 5 [...]
The month-long trading window of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for franchises to sell and buy players from other franchises commenced on Monday. The first list of players of one franchise available for picking by other franchises would be known by December 28, while the second and third lists would be known on January 5 [...]
Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik on Sunday expressed his desire to continue playing in the Indian soil despite strained relations between the two nations after India cancelled their tour to the neighbouring country following Mumbai terror attacks. However, Malik, who plays for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League, said although he and other Pakistani players [...]
Star Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh on Monday returned the compliment and said if he is a pie-chucker then the England captain is a useless batsman. Yuvraj walked into the press conference room himself announcing “pie-chucker is coming”. Insisting that he loved the nickname, the left-hander said, “I got up in the morning and read the [...]
Pakistan is ready to accept the Indian Cricket League ‘rebels’ back in domestic cricket but wants to lift the ban on these players in a manner which would not spoil relations with BCCI which does not recognise ICL, according to sources. Sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board told PTI that PCB is seriously considering lifting [...]
After bundling England for 302 runs, India extended their 151-run lead in the second innings and were 9/0 at lunch on Day 4 of the Mohali Test. Resuming the day with the overnight score of 282/6, England finished their innings on Monday adding just 20 runs at the loss of their remaining four wickets. Harbhajan [...]