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 [...]

The squad boarded a connecting flight from London, which landed at approximately 0100 hours at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.Most of the players barring skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, all-rounder Abhishek Nair and batsman Rohit Sharma managed to avoid the media glare and sneaked through the backdoor.
The team won the first and third one-dayer, at [...]

The selectors finally took a step that clearly indicated that they were worried with India’s batting following the T20 World Cup and the West Indies series. They have brought Rahul Dravid back into the fray for a spot in the ODI side by including him in the 30-member probables list for the Champions Trophy, [...]

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 enters the one-day international cricket series against West Indies knowing recent history suggests the low-ranked home side will be no pushover. West Indies, ranked No. 8, whipped third-ranked India in this month’s World Twenty/20 in England to help consign the defending champion to an embarrassing early exit. Archrival Pakistan went on to victory. [...]

India start their campaign on Friday to put the bad memory of their failure in the World Twenty20 behind them, when they face West Indies in the first One-day International of the four match series. India and their opponents settle back down to the bump and grind of 50 overs-a-side matches, following a heavy [...]

Chris Gayle’s big-hitting prowess has posed enough concerns in the Indian team and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that the visitors will have to be wary of West Indies’ skipper if they are to dominate the four-match ODI series, starting . The 16-man Indian squad arrived at the Norman Manley International airport and the [...]

Now that T20 WC is done and dusted, it’s time for India to fly down to the Caribbean for a 4 match ODI series. The team announced is sans Sachin, Sehwag, Zaheer and Pathan and is quite an inexperienced one. Ashish Nehra gets a call back to the Indian team due to his fine [...]

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 [...]

After a gap of 45 months, Delhi left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra (72 ODI matches, 92 wickets) has been recalled for the four-match one-day international series to be played against the West Indies at Kingston and Gros Islet from June 26 to July 5. Nehra played his last international against New Zealand at Harare in [...]