With the help a 314-run stand between Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid, India on Saturday finished their first innings with a total of 453 runs on the board against England in Mohali. Bad light again played a spoilsport and stumps were called before England could start the chase on the second day. Gambhir, who had [...]
Rahul Dravid on Saturday said that the century he scored against England here would rank among the most significant knocks of his career. “It’s a quite significant knock, considering the form I was in coming into the match. It’s one of the most significant hundreds I scored and I now just hope we go on [...]
Rattled by Yuvraj Singh’s breach of security, the Chandigarh police have issued a fresh advisory to the Indian and English teams, asking the players to inform in advance of their plans to venture out. Chandigarh police SP (security) Hardeep Singh Doon said on Saturday that if any player breaks the security cordon the police will [...]
Steve Harmison admitted the Test series gave them the perfect platform to impress the franchise owners for mega-buck deals to play in the Indian Premier League. “It’s like the X Factor. You come out here and if you do well you have a chance of playing in the IPL and I think everyone would be [...]
England in India, 2008 India vs England, 2nd Test Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali, December 19-23, 2008 Match Information Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) & Asad Rauf (Pak) Third Umpire: Suresh Shastri (Ind) Match Referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ) Toss: India (Elected to bat) Match Status: Match drawn Batting: India 1st Innings Batsmen India (453/10 in 158.2 ovs) [...]
Guiding India to victory with a four that also fetched him his 41st Test hundred, Sachin Tendulkar on Monday rated his knock in the first Test against England among his “very, very special” centuries. Scorecard – India bt England – 1st Test “If the team wins the 100 become very very special, so this is [...]
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday described the enthralling six-wicket win over England in the first Test here as the toughest of his four-match old tenure as captain. Scorecard – India bt England – 1st Test “The toughest win. We were not present for the first three days of this Test, did not take [...]
Sachin Tendulkar (103*), Virender Sehwag (83) and Yuvraj Singh (84*) galloped India from behind to beat England by 5 wickets in the first Test at Chennai and take a 1-0 lead. Scorecard – India vs England – 1st Test Tendulkar came to the crease after Dravid’s dismissal and guided India to victory as he slammed [...]
Indian opener Virender Sehwag fired all cylinders to mellow down the pressure and along with Gautam Gambhir added 117 runs for the first wicket. With the help of his blazing 83 runs and Gambhir’s unbeaten 41 runs, India finished the fourth day of the Chennai Test with 131 runs on the board at the loss [...]
England declared their innings for 311/9 and set India a target of 387 runs on Day 4 of the Chennai Test. The highest score chased by India in Chennai is 155/8 against Australia in 2001. Zaheer Khan dismissed England’s Paul Collingwood, Graeme Swann and Steve Harmison in succession to give India a chance to comeback [...]
England took a handy first innings lead of 75 runs by dismissing India for 241 immediately after lunch and then recovered from a jittery 43 for three to reach a comfortable 172 for three at close on the third day. England have taken an overall lead of 247 runs with seven wickets still intact and [...]
England may have got the upper hand but India coach Gary Kirsten today said the hosts were not out of the first cricket Test yet, insisting that his wards would raise their game in the next two days. England ended day three at 172 for three, which has given them a 247-run lead seven second [...]
Rahul Dravid’s prolonged lean patch seems to have become a national obsession but the Karnataka middle-order batsman found an ally in former India skipper Sourav Ganguly who rubbished claims that the ‘Wall’ is showing signs of vulnerability. “Dravid is a great cricketer with lot of maturity. It will be wrong to say that it’s over [...]
India surrendered a 75 run lead to England in the first test at Chennai of the RBS Cup 2008. Live score – India vs England – 1st Test : Live Streaming Cricket Resuming at 155 for 6, Harbhajan Singh and MS Dhoni put up 75 runs for the seventh wicket and frustrated the English bowlers [...]
In reply to England’s 316, India finished the second day of the Chennai Test with 155 runs on the board at the loss of six wickets at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Indian skipper MS Dhoni (24*) and Harbhajan Singh (13*) will resume batting on Saturday. Live score – India vs England – 1st Test : [...]
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Friday admitted that the two crucial dismissals in the last over before tea by Graeme Swann put the hosts on the back foot but asserted his side was very much in the game against England. India were 155 for six at the end of the second day and Dhoni [...]
Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf has been issued visa by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to travel to India to officiate in the second Test between England and India at Mohali from December 19. Rauf confirmed on Friday that he had been issued the visa by the Indian High Commission. “I am supposed to now [...]
England reached a somewhat shaky 229 for 5 at the end of the first day against India at chennai in the first test of the RBS cup. Live score – India vs England – 1st Test Electing to bat first, England made a solid start but the run rate was quite slow as they struggled [...]
Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh felt that England were far too defensive and wasted a good opening stand on the first day of the first Test on Thursday. Live score – India vs England – 1st Test Harbhajan said Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma bowled extremely well to restrict the visitors to 229 for five after [...]
Sunil Gavaskar, the former Indian captain, has said it will be “impossible” for India to tour Pakistan early next year given the deterioration in political relations between the two countries following the Mumbai terror attacks. “It will be difficult in any case for the Indian players to play against Pakistan at the moment,” Gavaskar told [...]