The Indian Team for next month’s ICC Twenty20 World Championship in England has been declared today. Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni alongwith vice captain Virender Sehwag will lead a 15-member squad to England next month. The 15 member squad includes Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir , Suresh Raina , Yuvraj Singh , Yusuf [...]
India had New Zealand on the mat at a precarious 60 for six but allowed the hosts to stage a remarkable recovery through fighting centuries by skipper Daniel Vettori and Jesse Ryder on the first day of the first Test on Wednesday. Put into bat, the Kiwis suffered a dramatic top-order collapse in the first [...]
India’s pace sensation Ishant Sharma is likely to miss the first one-day international against New Zealand due to injury. The sinewy fast bowler had hurt his shoulder while fielding in the second Twenty20 international against New Zealand at the Westpac Stadium on Friday night. An MRI scan carried out on his shoulder on Saturday revealed [...]
Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardena and Indian bowling spearhead Ishant Sharma, who got a taste of the ICC World Twenty20 glory when they launched the trophy in Colombo on Monday, said they would aim to get their hands on it again at Lord’s on 21 June. “I saw and heard the reception for a winning [...]
India beat Sri Lanka by 15 runs in the second ODI at Colombo to lead the five-match series 2-0. They had already won the first match by six wickets. Scoreboard – India vs Sri Lanka – 2nd ODI – Colombo Pacer Ishant Sharma grabbed three wickets in the late overs to make India’s position stronger. [...]
Young India pacer Ishant Sharma has credited his recent exploits with the red cherry to his senior pace colleague Zaheer Khan. Ishant said it was Zaheer who helped him immensely during the last year which which saw him torment top batsmen around the world with both new and old balls. “No one expected us to [...]
Four Indians, including Sachin Tendulkar and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, were included in the world team of the year 2008 chosen by Australian newspaper ‘Herald Sun’. Dhoni, whom the newspaper compared with retired Australian great Adam Gilchrist, was made deputy to skipper of the team South African Graeme Smith, while “impossible to drop” Tendulkar bats [...]
Indian pace man Ishant Sharma might have acquired the reputation of bumping off top batsmen like Ricky Ponting but he thanks his stars for not having Sachin Tendulkar as an opponent. “Sachin Tendulkar is one batsman who is not easy to bowl to. Be it in nets or in the middle, he always bats as [...]
Ishant Sharma has got a dressing down from the BCCI for a similar reason for supporting a gully cricket tournament! The appearance at the launch of a new ‘T10 Gully cricket’ league has Ishant Sharma in a bit of the spot. The BCCI is apparently not too happy with the young bowler for signing on [...]
Ishant Sharma, who missed the first two ODIs against England due to an ankle injury, has been assessed match-fit but the team management is yet to take a call on whether he will play the third game on Thursday in Kanpur. Immediately after the Nagpur Test against Australia, Ishant flew to Mumbai to have his [...]
In-form batsman Yuvraj Singh’s back injury is India’s only concern as they prepare to take on a battered England in the second one-dayer of the seven-match cricket series here on Monday. After drubbing the visitors by a massive 158 runs, the Indians are hoping that Yuvraj, who pummelled the English attack with an unbeaten 138, [...]
Ishant Sharma, the Indian fast bowler, has been ruled out of the first ODI against England in Rajkot on Friday due to an ankle sprain. Ishant, who was Man of the Series in the recent Test series against Australia, has been advised five days’ rest, a BCCI release said. “He is undergoing his rehabilitation at [...]
In a match filled with controversy and media slamming, Dhoni took his men home convincingly by thrashing the Aussies to a 172 run win and winning the series 2-0. India regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and truly emerged on top as they won their first test series against the Aussies after 2001. Scorecard – India vs [...]
Australia finally declared early in the morning session of the fifth day of the first test against India at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore. This means that the Aussies set India a target of 299 from a minimum of 80 overs to win or save the match, or even lose it if the visitors can [...]
Australia were placed in a somewhat strong position at the end of the first day of the first test against India at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Zaheer dismissed Hayden in the first over of the day and with Ishant Sharma kept the scoring on a tight leash. But Katich and Ponting built a strong foundation with [...]
Visitors Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) fast bowler Imran Ali ruined Ranji champions Delhi’s opening day of the domestic season with six wickets including a hat-trick in his first ever game on Indian soil at the Feroz Shah Kotla here on Monday. Delhi, packed with international stars, were folded out for a measly 134 [...]
India’s ODI and T20 captain MS Dhoni leads his country’s charge in this year’s shortlists for the LG ICC Awards 2008 as he is one of the four Indian players who have a chance of taking home a prize from cricket’s night of nights. Also nominated are Sachin Tendulkar (ODI Player of the Year), fast [...]
Speaking to reporters after the test series was lost 2-1 to Sri Lanka, India captain was looking for responsibility on the part of the senior team members who failed to deliver the goods in the three test matches. “The batsmen did not put up a good show here and that probably cost us the series. [...]
Sri Lanka won the third test against India at the PSS ground in Colombo by eight wickets and that too inside eight days. Scorecard On the fourth day, India started a fight back with Dravid and Laxman at the crease, but Dravid was out once he got his fifty. Laxman though carried on reaching his [...]
Sri Lanka just managed to get a 2 runs lead on India at the end of Day 2 of the third test at Colombo. Riding high on a gritty century by Kumar Sangakkara, who was due a good score after he failed in the last two tests, the hosts reached 251 for 6 when bad [...]