Surrey’s hopes for promotion in the Championship have been hit with the news that Harbhajan Singh, the India offspinner, won’t be joining the club as expected due to international commitments. It had been hoped that Harbhajan would return to The Oval following stints in 2005 and 2007 but, as happened in 2008, his commitments [...]

A galaxy of country’s top players, including India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, are expected to take part in the inaugural Corporate Trophy limited overs tournament to be held from September 1 to 8. Six centres, Chennai, Bangalore, Mohali, Cuttack, Dharamsala and Delhi, have been short listed as venues and the draw and fixtures are [...]

Harbhajan Singh on Tuesday said he would like to “stay with SG balls” for domestic cricket but would prefer the Duke balls to Kookaburra if a change was necessary. “If I have to choose, any day I will go with the Duke. It’s the best ball I have ever played with. It is better [...]

After an indifferent showing in the second editionof the IPL, the Sachin Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians are mulling another change of coach, their second in two seasons. Before the start of IPL 2, the Mukesh Ambani-owned team signedon Shaun Pollock as mentor-cum-advisor (supposed to work as the head coach), with Praveen Amre taking over as assistant [...]

What is common between noted writer from Bangladesh Taslima Nasreen and John Buchanan, former coach of Australia and Kolkata Knight Riders? It goes without saying that on hearing this question, you would naturally say that there is hardly any similarity between these celebrities. One is a writer and the other coaches Cricketers. That is [...]

Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has hit back at John Buchanan for taking a swipe at some of the Indian cricketing greats, saying he was habituated to being criticized by the Australians but was surprised at the pot shots on the likes Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar.
In his newly released book titled ‘The Future of Cricket: [...]

Buchanan, however, has ensured that he won’t fade away anytime soon from the collective memory of Indians, as he has taken a dig at some of India’s most popular cricketers including Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh amongst others in his new book ‘The Future of Cricket: The Rise of Twenty20′. [...]

That John Buchanan, the former coach of the Australian national team and the Knight Riders IPL squad, had a troubled relationship with Sourav Ganguly and Shane Warne is no secret. What comes as a revelation, though, are the swipes he has taken at Sunil Gavaskar, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Kevin Pietersen, Shoaib Akhtar, Vijay [...]

(TOI) After the disastrous T20 World Cup, MS Dhoni and company have shown a welcome return to form in winning the ODI series against West Indies 2-1. The victory may be inconsequential but this is not a trivial triumph. India has won only one ODI series in the Caribbean before. Rain or no rain, [...]

India won the toss and chose to field in the third ODI against West Indies at Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia. The four-match series currently square up at 1-1 after the teams split the two matches in Jamaica last week. West Indies unchanged from the team which won the previous ODI by eight-wicket where India [...]