India’s opening batsmen Virender Sewhag and Sachin Tendulkar will miss the upcoming three-match One-Day International series with Australia. The big-hitting pair were absent from a 14-man squad named for the series, which begins in Kochi on 17th October. Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, fast bowler Zaheer Khan and left-arm spinnner Pragyan Ojha are also missing and the [...]
Sachin Tendulkar hit the winning runs as India sealed a seven-wicket victory over Australia on the final day of the second and final Test in Bangalore. They successfully chased 207 – the highest fourth-innings score to win at the ground – after Australia were bowled out for 223 in their second innings. And although it [...]
In yet another first, India’s all time great Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday became the only person to scale the 14,000 peak in Test cricket during their five-day match against Australia. Needing 27 runs to reach into the landmark, the 37-year-old cut off-spinner Nathan Hauritz through coverpoint for a boundary and accomplish the feat in his [...]
Senior India batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday said playing for the country has been his childhood dream and that he has enjoyed every moment during the last 20 years. “I have always been focused towards my game. When I started playing cricket, I never had any goals but always wanted to perform for my country [...]
India closed day two of the second and final Test in Bangalore 350 runs behind Australia after Marcus North scored a century in Australia’s first innings of 478. He made 128 and India then closed the day on 128 for two as they began their reply, with Sachin Tendulkar becoming the first man to reach [...]
Australian fast bowler James Pattinson has been ruled out of the One-Day International series in India and has been replaced in the squad by Victoria team-mate John Hastings. “During the past week, James has complained of some back stiffness during preparation for the second Test of the VB Tour of India in Bangalore,” physiotherapist Kevin [...]
Master batsman Sachin Tendulkar and rest of the Indian batting need to fire in unison to overcome a slow and deteriorating Chinnaswamy wicket to surpass the first innings huge total of Australia in the last Test of the two-match series on Monday. “We have a lot of work to do. The wicket is deteriorating now [...]
An unbeaten half-century from VVS Laxman guided India to a nerve-jangling one-wicket victory over Australia on the final day of the first Test in Mohali. Having been reduced to 124 for eight in pursuit of 216, Australia looked favourites to win but a ninth-wicket partnership of 81 between VVS Laxman (73 not out) and Ishant [...]
Australian captain Ricky Ponting will be urging his side to focus on the positive aspects of the one-wicket defeat suffered at the hands of India in the first Test in Mohali. Ponting maintains that his team of relatively inexperienced international cricketers played well and on another day the honors could have gone to his side. [...]
India will go into the second and final Test against Australia, which begins in Bangalore on 9th October, missing opening batsman Gautam Gambhir and fast bowler Ishant Sharma. Both players have knee injuries which will prevent them from playing while batsman VVS Laxman, whose unbeaten 73 guided India to a nerve-wracking one-wicket win in the [...]
Australian captain Ricky Ponting, fast bowler Mitchell Johnson and all-rounder Shane Watson are to be rested for the three-match One-Day International series against India which gets underway on 17th October. Michael Clarke will assume captaincy duties and there is a recall following a knee injury for batsman Callum Ferguson as Australia named a 14-man squad [...]
The first Test between India and Australia in Mohali was left tantalisingly poised at the close on day three after India were bowled out for 405 in reply to Australia’s first innings of 428. A first-innings lead did not look likely for the tourists as Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and then Suresh Raina all compiled [...]
In an injury scare, Indian opener Gautam Gambhir was on Sunday rushed to a local hospital here after being hit on his right wrist by a delivery during Board President XI’s game against Australia only to be discharged later without any problem. At nearby PCA Stadium at Mohali, which is to host India’s first Test [...]
Out-of-form Yuvraj Singh was on Monday dropped while young Saurashtra batsman Cheteshwar Pujara was selected in the 15-member Indian squad for the two-Test series against Australia, starting October 1 in Mohali. Pujara was the lone new face in the team announced by the Cricket Board selection committee. Selection committee chairman Krish Srikkanth said the criteria [...]
Strong rivals India and Australia will resume their cricketing rivalry as they go into the first One-dayer on Sunday with the injury-hit hosts fully aware that a series triumph in the seven-match rubber would catapult them to the number one spot. The Indians will also be keen to make amends for their Champions Trophy debacle [...]
India have named a 15-man squad for the first two One-Day Internationals against Australia later this month showing a number of changes from the ICC Champions Trophy squad. Australia-India ODI series Schedule Batsmen Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh return from injury while uncapped fast bowler Sudeep Tyagi is rewarded for good early season form, which [...]
The Indian board (BCCI) has sacked bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad and fielding coach Robin Singh ten days before the start of a seven-match One-Day International series against Australia. The 15-man squad for the first two matches of that series shows several changes after the disappointing Champions Trophy exit and former internationals Prasad and Singh have [...]
Young spinner Jon Holland was the surprise selection on Friday in an injury-hit Australian squad for their seven one-day match series in India in October-November. Also Read – India announces team for Austalia ODI series The 22-year-old left-arm finger spinner from Victoria impressed playing for Australia A in their recent home series against Pakistan as [...]
India beat Australia 2-0 and regained the Border Gavaskar Trophy in style and this heralds a new world order in world cricket. Australia are no more the dominant force that they were once. It is now very clear that Ricky Ponting is an ordinary captain who squandered the chance to win a test in Bangalore [...]
Gautam Gambhir, the Indian opener, says he does not regret elbowing Shane Watson, an action that earned him a one-Test ban. Gambhir, who missed the final Test of the series India won 2-0, also felt “sledging should be stopped” if the authorities felt what he did was wrong. “No gentleman can hear things that Aussies [...]