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 [...]

Indian aggreesive opener Virender Sehwag has visited National Cricket Academy for his regular check up of shoulder injury with the physio Paul Close on Wednesday. This was second time Sehwag has came to the academyas earlier he visited for shoulder injuryreview, which he received during Indian Premier League (IPL-2) while playing for Delhi Daredevils.
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Abhishek Nayar has been a busy man of late, spending the first half of his day developing his skills on different pitches, and the second half honing his fitness at the National Cricket Academy gymnasium in Bangalore. Weeks after walking on to the field as part of Team India, the 25-year old Mumbai all-rounder [...]

Gautam Gambhir had no idea he had just become the world’s best Test batsman when HT contacted him. Once he was sufficiently convinced that he had indeed topped the latest ICC rankings, the satisfaction in his voice was palpable. “I had no clue about it, but yes, it sure feels great,” Gambhir said. “It [...]

It was an event that deeply moved some Indian parliamentarians, including Minister of State for Rural Development Agatha Sangma, when nearly 50 HIV positive children Thursday urged them to put an end to the stigma they face by passing the AIDS bill. “How long can we live with stigma and discrimination,” asked a 14-year-old [...]

The National selectors sprung a major surprise on Monday, naming Rahul Dravid in a 30-man probables list for September’s ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa. Dravid last played an ODI for India against Australia in October 2007. While chairman of selectors K Srikkanth said he would not be commenting on any aspect of the [...]

India will go into the third ODI against West Indies low on confidence following the eight-wicket drubbing in the last game. But they had a much-needed break following the debacle and it should have helped them to analyze where they went wrong. The positive among all the gloomy facets for India ironically is that it [...]

They may well be weary after a surfeit of cricket in recent months, but West Indies and India will have plenty to prove as they begin their Digicel four-match One-Day International series with today’s opening clash at Sabina Park. Following their disastrous experiences in the cold and damp of the early English spring – [...]

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. [...]