Team India is yet to be Wada compliant. Even as the players from other countries have submitted details as per the International Cricket Council’s anti-doping code, the Indian players have not done that. The deadline is July 31.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) says a communique will be issued soon. “You [...]

Opener Gautam Gambhir, who hasbeen ranked first in the latest ICC test batsmen rankings, has credited his success in the International cricketto his aggressive opening partner Virender Sehwag. Gambhir has maintained an impressive average of 54 in the 25 test matches to emerge as only the sixth Indian batsman to top the ICC Test [...]

India’s Gautam Gambhir has moved to the top of ranking in the Reliance Mobile International Cricket Council’s rankings for Test batsmen. Gambhir, who climbed two spots, has become the first India batsman in over four years to head the batting rankings after a failure by Pakistan’s Mohammad Yousuf against Sri Lanka in the second [...]

When it comes to batting for life, Sachin Tendulkar is the choice for most of the Kiwi cricketers, who rate the Indian batting maestro as the most accomplished player of his generation. New Zealand’s ‘Herald on Sunday’ newspaper asked a few former cricketers who was the best batsman in the world and whom they [...]

Rahul Dravid’s selection for the Champions Trophy is perplexing. In sheer respect of his stature and achievements one refrains from calling this move regressive. I am not sure what Dravid himself makes of this, as he must have moved ahead in life and will all of a sudden have to make some instant changes [...]

Gautam Gambhir is country’s highest ranked Test batsman at number three and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, at sixth, is the highest placed Indian bowler in the latest ICC rankings issued on Thursday. Gambhir, the Delhi left-hander with 847 rating points, is the only Indian to figure in the top 10 batsmen’s chart, followed by Sachin [...]

In complete contrast to their innings of 339 in the first one-day international at Jamaica, the Indian batting mystery machine produced a poor display as they capitulated to 188 all out getting hammered by the West Indies by 8 wickets as the hosts levelled the series heading to the last couple of games next [...]

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has reportedly warned his team mates against hiding injuries, asking them to take a break and recuperate if they are not 100 per cent fit. The statement comes close on the heels of India’s disastrous World Twenty20 campaign, which began on a wrong note with Virender Sehwag failing to [...]

Former captain Sourav Ganguly has rejected coach Gary Kirsten`s claim that fatigue was a reason behind India`s early ouster from the Twenty20 World Cup and said Mahendra Singh Dhoni`s men missed Virender Sehwag badly in the tournament. While Kirsten had blamed an overdose of cricket and Indian Premier League as the cause for the [...]

AB de Villiers scored 63 as South Africa beat India by 12 runs to head into the Twenty20 World Cup semifinals unbeaten on Tuesday. De Villiers hit seven fours in 51 balls, as South Africa made 130-5 and finished off India, which made 118-8 at Trent Bridge to complete the Super 8s. “I think [...]