MS Dhoni

Dhoni, Tendulkar unwilling to tour Pakistan

Top Indian players including captain MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar have said that they are unwilling to tour Paksitan in January for their scheduled three-Test and five-ODI series.
According to sources Dhoni, Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh have all expressed their unwillingness to go to Pakistan. The players believe that in spite of […]

India v England, 5th ODI: India make it 5-0

Virender Sehwag helped India win the fifth one-dayer with a scintillating 91 as India thumped England by six wickets to stretch their lead to 5-0 at the Barabati Stadium on Wednesday.
Chasing a victory target of 271, openers Sehwag (91) and Sachin Tendulkar (50) made it look like a stroll in the park and raised 136 […]

Scorecard - India beat England - 5th ODI - Hero Honda Cup

England in India, 2008

India vs England, 5th ODI

Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, November 26, 2008

Match Information

Umpires:
Daryl Harper (Aus) & Amiesh Saheba (Ind)

Third Umpire:
S K Tarapore (Ind)

Match Referee:
Roshan Mahanama (SL)

Toss:
India (Elected to field)

Match Status:
India won by 6 wkts

Man of the Match:
Virender Sehwag

Batting: England Innings

Batsmen
England (270/4 in 50 ovs)
Runs
Balls
4’s
6’s
SR

Ravinder Bopara
c Y Singh […]

Dhoni aiming for 7-0 win

India’s skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is aiming at a 7-0 whitewash in the ODI series against England, despite having clinched the series by taking an unassailable 4-0 lead after winning a thriller here.
The Indian team for the fifth match in Cuttack is likely to undergo changes in order to rest some senior players, who have […]

Scorecard - India beat England, win series - 4th ODI - Bangalore

England in India, 2008

India vs England, 4th ODI

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, November 23, 2008

Match Information

Umpires:
Daryl Harper (Aus) & Amiesh Saheba (Ind)

Third Umpire:
S K Tarapore (Ind)

Match Referee:
Roshan Mahanama (SL)

Toss:
England (Elected to field)

Match Status:
India won by 19 runs

Match State:
Rain reduced game (22 overs)

Man of the Match:
Virender Sehwag

Batting: India Innings

Batsmen
India (166/4 in 22 ovs)
Runs
Balls
4’s
6’s
SR

Virender Sehwag
c J Anderson […]

BCCI warns selectors over Dhoni issue

The BCCI has warned the selectors against passing on information regarding selection matters to the media, a day after skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s threat to resign during one of the meetings was leaked.
“The selectors have been pulled up and categorically told to ensure that selection matters and whatever transpires in the meeting is not leaked […]

Angry Dhoni denies rift with selectors

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday denied rift with selectors on dropping of Rudra Pratap Singh and preferring all-rounder Irfan Pathan for the remaining part of the on-going One-Day series against England.
“I don’t know who is spreading this kind of rumors. Whoever is leaking confidential matters to the press is not doing any good […]

India v England, 3rd ODI: India wins by 16 runs (D/L)

India won the 3rd ODI against England by 16 runs on Duckworth Lewis method as bad light stopped play in Kanpur. This means India has won three out of three matches so far in the series.
Scorecard - India win 3rd ODI
Kevin Pieterson won the toss for England and chose to bat first on a not […]

Scorecard- India beat England - D/L method, 3rd ODI

England in India, 2008

India vs England, 3rd ODI

Green Park, Kanpur, November 20, 2008

Match Information

Umpires:
Amiesh Saheba (Ind) & Russell Tiffin (Zim)

Third Umpire:
Suresh Shastri (Ind)

Match Referee:
Roshan Mahanama (SL)

Toss:
England (Elected to bat)

Match Status:
India won by 16 runs (D/L Method)

Match State:
Match reduced to 49 overs

Man of the Match:
Harbhajan Singh

Batting: England Innings

Batsmen
England (240/10 in 48.4 ovs)
Runs
Balls
4’s
6’s
SR

Ravinder Bopara
st M Dhoni […]

India v England, 3rd ODI: Preview

India and England go head to head in the 3rd ODI of the seven match RBS series at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. The first two matches of the series were played at Rajkot and Indore, and the home team won both and lead the series 2-0.
India have been riding high after the series […]

Scorecard - India beat England, 2nd ODI

England in India, 2008

India vs England, 2nd ODI

Maharani Usharaje Stadium, Indore, November 17, 2008

Match Information

Umpires:
Amiesh Saheba (Ind) & Russell Tiffin (Zim)

Third Umpire:
Suresh Shastri (Ind)

Match Referee:
Roshan Mahanama (SL)

Toss:
India (Elected to bat)

Match Status:
India won by 54 runs

Man of the Match:
Yuvraj Singh

Batting: India Innings

Batsmen
India (292/9 in 50 ovs)
Runs
Balls
4’s
6’s
SR

Gautam Gambhir
b K Pietersen
70
76
6
1
92.11

Virender Sehwag
b S Broad
1
4
0
0
25.00

Suresh Raina
c […]

India v England, 1st ODI: India win by 158 runs

India beat England by 158 runs in the first ODI at Rajkot to take a 1-0 lead in the seven match series.
Scorecard- India thrash England, 1st ODI
England won the toss and chose to field first and they were made to regret this decision almost instantly. Sehwag and Gambhir made a great start bringing up the […]

India vs England ODI Series: Preview

India takes on England in the second series at home this summer. The tour begins with a seven match one-day series and then there is a week’s break to allow for the Champions League T20 before the two test matches at Ahmedabad and Mumbai.
The first ODI is to be played at Rajkot. The wicket is […]

India v Australia, 4th Test: Review

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 and […]

Aussie media condemns Indian tactics

India’s defensive tactics on the third day of the ongoing fourth Test against Australia came in for scathing criticism from the media Down Under which lambasted the hosts for “killing the game” and showing scant respect for the spectators with their “negative” approach.
“Towards the end of the first session the screen reported that ‘of 100 […]

India v Australia, 4th Test Preview

India and Australia take on each other in the fourth test beginning November 6th at the newly built Vidarbha Cricket Association on the outskirts of Nagpur city.
Australia will only be too happy that a long arduous tour will come to an end soon enough, but they would want to go out on a high, winning […]

Dhoni is ready for Test captaincy: Kumble

Former Indian Test captain Anil Kumble has tipped ODI skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni as his suitable successor for Test captaincy.
“It was a transitory phase, can’t expect to be a captain for 5 years. We have an able leader in Dhoni and he is perfectly suited to take over Test captaincy. Team is also looking very […]

Most defensive Aussie side: Dhoni

India’s stand-in Test skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday rubbed salt to Australia’s wound, saying he has never seen the world champions getting so throughly outplayed.
“Honestly speaking, we have not seen this before. I mean in their first innings, they were 22 for two wickets after 13 overs. I was so surprised that I told […]

Dhoni backs Kumble to lead

Indian one-day and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has come out in support of Test skipper Anil Kumble amid talks of the Test captaincy be also handed over to him.
In Vadodara for the Irani Cup tie between Ranji champions Delhi and Rest of India, Dhoni revealed that he was pleased to be playing under the […]

Dhoni good, Sachin best: Adam Gilchrist

Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have pipped Sachin Tendulkar to the ICC ODI Player of the Year award but Adam Gilchrist believes the Little Master is still the best batsman around. In India on a promotional tour, Gilchrist said he does not doubt Dhoni’s ability but Tendulkar is simply the best.
“Well, it’s hard to compare whether […]