Sachin Tendulkar’s 48th Test century guided India to stumps on day three of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo on 382 for four – still 260 runs behind Sri Lanka’s mammoth 642 for four declared. Tendulkar became the fourth centurion of the match having seen Kumar Sangakkara (219), Mahela Jayawardene (174) and Tharanga [...]
Batting icon Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday said India have sorted Ajanatha Mendis and they are no easy prey for the Sri Lankan spinner now. Mendis, who tormented India in their last tour and also in the only practice game ahead of current series, today took two of the four wickets but gave away 83 runs [...]
At the receiving end of a scathing attack from Muttiah Muralitharan, his long-time detractor Bishen Singh Bedi hit back at the retired Sri Lankan spin great by maintaining that he was indeed a “chucker” Bedi, an untiring critic of Muralitharan by repeatedly calling him a “chucker”, found support from two other Indian spinners Erapalli Prasanna [...]
Retired spin great Muttiah Muralitharan on Wednesday lashed out at his long-time detractor Bishen Singh Bedi, calling the former Indian captain a controversy monger and ordinary bowler who would have been hammered by any batsman if he was playing now. Bedi has been an untiring critic of Muralitharan by repeatedly calling the Sri Lankan a [...]
Former Australian captain Steve Waugh feels that the Indian cricket team doesn’t deserve to be the No.1 Test side in the world. In the light of India’s struggling performance in Sri Lanka, Waugh said: “India don’t look like the No.1 side. The Indian team is struggling at the moment with their bowling and the team [...]
India’s injury woes compounded on Sunday after opener Gautam Gambhir was rendered a doubtful starter for the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka due to a knee problem. India need to win the crucial match, beginning on Monday, to square the series. The left-hander, who has been struggling of late, was a flop in the [...]
he Cricket Board (BCCI) on Friday invited bids for television broadcasting rights for the coverage of home matches to be played by India till December 2013. The bid documents have been made available from Friday upon payment of Rs five lakh, BCCI said in an advertisement published in a national daily. The bidding parties will [...]
India may have flopped in the opening cricket Test against Sri Lanka but opener Virender Sehwag held on to the number one spot, while Sachin Tendulkar gained a place to be seventh in the latest ICC rankings for batsmen issued. Sehwag, who scored 109 and 31 in the Test which India lost by 10 wickets, [...]
Completely outsmarted by Sri Lanka, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that lack of experience in the pace attack and failure to build partnerships proved costly for his team in the opening Test. India were without pace duo of Zaheer Khan and S Sreesanth and Dhoni said although the inexperienced seamers — Ishant Sharma and [...]
Yorkshire county has expressed its keenness to stage a Test between Pakistan and India at Headingley here if the two arch Asian rivals are to play a series at a neutral venue next year. Pakistan have been forced to play home matches abroad because of security fears and there have been talks of them playing [...]
Under scanner from multiple government agencies, the Cricket Board has been served with fresh summons by the Income Tax authorities seeking details about the conduct of Indian Premier League, including bids for franchisees and payments made by the cash rich T20 League. The summons were issued on July 19 by the Office of Assistant Director [...]
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff could be poised to make his comeback from injury in the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 after he was named in the Chennai Super Kings’ 20-man preliminary squad for the tournament. Eight of the nine already-qualified teams have named their preliminary squads, with Wayamba the exceptions while the tenth place in the [...]
Sri Lanka powered to a ten-wicket win over India on the final day of the first Test at Galle, quickly knocking off the required runs after Muttiah Muralitharan marked his final Test with his 800th wicket. He had Pragyan Ojha caught by Mahela Jayawardene for 13 as India ended their second innings on 338 having [...]
Sri Lanka have named their 16-man squad for the second Test against India, which gets underway in Colombo on 26th July, naming Ajantha Mendis in the squad following the retirement of Muttiah Muralitharan. Mendis was left out for the first match in Galle, which ended with a Sri Lankan ten-wicket victory and Muralitharan bowing out [...]
Central Districts opening batsman Peter Ingram will replace Jesse Ryder in New Zealand’s One-Day International squad which tours Sri Lanka next month. Ryder has been ruled out of the ODI tri-series which also includes India due to an elbow injury and Ingram, who has played two Tests, six ODIs and three T20 Internationals, is set [...]
Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan became the first man in the history of Test cricket to take 800 wickets when he helped his side dismiss India for 338 in their second innings of the first Test in Galle. Muralitharan, playing his final Test, left it late to reach the milestone, as with one Indian wicket [...]
Tharanga Paranavitana stroked a maiden century as Sri Lanka dominated a curtailed opening day’s play of the first Test against India in Galle. The left-hand opening batsman was unbeaten on 112 having shared a second-wicket stand of 181 with captain Kumar Sangakkara, who also reached three figures when play was ended due to bad light [...]
India opened their tour of Sri Lanka with a draw in a three-day game against a Board President’s XI after being behind throughout the match. Three men scored centuries as the Board XI, captained by Thilan Samaraweera, racked up 514 for nine before declaring and India, despite Yuvraj Singh’s century, could only reply with 291 [...]
Suspended Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi, who is abroad, did not attend the Cricket Board’s Disciplinary Committee hearing on Friday and left the job of representing him before the three-member panel to his legal counsels. Modi’s attorney Mehmood Abdi, accompanied by three other lawyers, said before going into the meeting with the BCCI panel [...]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has refused to relent on the schedule of the Test series vs Australia at home, dates of which clash with the 19th Commonwealth Games even after Indian Olympic Association had requested them to change the dates. Although New Delhi does not figure in Australia’s itinerary, the Commonweath [...]