Indian batting stalwart Sachin Tendulkar credits coach Gary Kirsten with helping the team become a force in world cricket again. India won their first Test series on New Zealand soil in four decades this week, their third successive Test series victory since defeating top-ranked Australia in November. “The secret to this success is the players [...]
Harbhajan Singh believes India have what it takes to beat the best in the world on their home soil. India’s Test series win in New Zealand this week was their first in four decades. It was also their third successive Test series victory since beating top-ranked Australia in November. “This team is capable of winning [...]
Sachin Tendulkar and four other victorious Indian teammates returned to Mumbai in the wee hours on Thursday and thanked the countrymen, saying the entire nation supported the team in its quest of creating history in New Zealand. “It’s an achievement. Everyone is happy. The entire country has supported us. It was victory after 41 years,” [...]
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his four teammates returned to a tumultuous welcome after clinching a historic Test series against New Zealand at their backyard, here this morning. Dhoni, along with opening batsmen Gautam Gambhir, his partner Virender Sehwag, paceman Ishant Sharma and spinner Amit Mishra arrived in the wee hours at the Indira [...]
India might have clinched a historic Test series triumph over New Zealand but the team did not gain from it in the ICC rankings, remaining static at the third spot in the latest list issued. Rain and stubborn New Zealand resistance led by centurion Ross Taylor prevented India from gaining a point and keeping up [...]
Indian opener Gautam Gambhir, who was adjudged the man of the match and the man of the series, said playing in New Zealand was a big test for him. “This was my first time in New Zealand, and when I went to Sri Lanka there was a lot of talk that this is going to [...]
India claimed their first Test series victory in New Zealand since 1968 after rain forced the third and final Test to end in a draw on Tuesday. Bad weather disrupted the final day of the last Test of the series at the Basin Reserve in Wellington, allowing the hosts to pick up a draw after [...]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India today announced a bonus of Rs 15 lakh for each player after the India team’s historic Test and one-day series victory in New Zealand. India clinched the three-match Test series 1-0 after the final Test ended in a draw in Wellington today. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team won [...]
President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday congratulated the Indian cricket team for winning the Test series in New Zealand in 41 years. The President conveyed the message soon after the third and final Test in Wellington ended in a draw, giving India a 1-0 series victory. India won the first Test in Hamilton by 10 wickets [...]
Under fire for his delayed declaration, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday defended his decision, saying 110-120 overs would have been enough for his team to win the match and there was no need to change his plan just because of rain prediction. “Of course, it is a bit disappointing not to win this [...]
Outplayed by India in their first Test series loss at home in 41 years, New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori said Tuesday the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side is the best in the world along with Australia and South Africa. “India obviously outplayed us in all departments (in the Third Test). Apart from our first day when [...]
Rated the greatest batsman ever by legendary all-rounder Richard Hadlee, star Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar said the accolade was a pleasant surprise for him, coming from a player of such unquestionable credentials. Hadlee recently rated Tendulkar even higher than Don Bradman, considering the Indian’s staggering success in both the long and short formats of the [...]
Rahul Dravid became the cricketer with most catches when he held on a Tim McIntosh edge off Zaheer Khan on the fourth day of the third and final cricket Test here. Dravid snapped the catch, his 182nd in 134th Test, at third slip during lunch session in New Zealand second innings to go past former [...]
Former New Zealand skipper Martin Crowe has apologised for being too “harsh” and “impatient” while criticising Virender Sehwag’s captaincy during the second Test in Napier which ended in a draw. “I often have bad days and so I wish to apologise for being too harsh, too quickly,” Crowe wrote in his column for a cricket [...]
Sachin Tendulkar may not boast a Bradmanesque average but his ability to adjust to all formats of the game makes him the greatest batsman ever, legendary New Zealand all-rounder Richard Hadlee believes. Hadlee, who was inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame on Friday, was in absolute awe of the Indian run-machine and [...]
India and New Zealand go head to head in the third test match of the three test series at Wellington on Friday. The Indians have taken a 1-0 lead in the series and can only either go on to win their first test series win in New Zealand after 1968 or can draw it, they [...]
Indian batsman VVS Laxman returned to the top-20 of the ICC Rankings, up six places to 15th in the latest list. In the rankings for Test bowlers, Indian pacer Ishant Sharma’s 3-95 in the drawn match helped him leapfrog Jacques Kallis of South Africa, Pakistan’s Danish Kaneria and England’s Monty Panesar to a career-best 17th [...]
Australian Daryl Harper will replace Billy Doctrove as the on-field umpire for the third and final cricket Test between India and New Zealand starting here April 6. Doctrove was diagnosed with chest infection during the second Tst in Napier and had to be replaced by stand-in umpire Evan Watkins on the third day. India lead [...]
New Zealand included young pacer Tim Southee in their squad for the series-deciding third and final cricket Test against India starting April 3 here. The host bowlers’ failure to grab Indian wickets despite having two days at their disposal allowed the visitors to force a draw in the second Test, which the Kiwis initially dominated. [...]
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who skipped the second Test against New Zealand with a back injury, will undergo a fitness Test on Wednesday to assess his chances of playing the third and final match in Wellington. Virender Sehwag, who led here in Dhoni’s absence, could not confirm Dhoni’s participation in the final Test starting [...]