Mahendra Singh Dhoni is epitome of humility as he surpassed Sourav Ganguly to become most successful Test captain in the history of Indian cricket.
Photos of Group B match Champions Trophy match between India and Pakistan at Edgbaston.
A busy cricketing schedule has led to Indian team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni failing to even appear in the first semester examination of Bachelor of Commerce degree after enrolling himself for the course five years ago at a city college.
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly on Monday welcomed the national selectors' decision to recall off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for the first two Tests of the upcoming series against Australia.
Dhoni's unbeaten knock of 56 runs against Windies had Twitter applauding his gutsy effort.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels his side played a "perfect game" at Edgbaston as the visitors thrashed England by nine wickets in the fourth One-Dayer to take an invincible 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
Under-fire Indian skipper MS Dhoni on Sunday got a bit of backing from former captain Sourav Ganguly who said the team has to cope up with this transition phase.
Veteran Karnataka medium pacer R Vinay Kumar, who also represented India and led his state team to successive Ranji Trophy titles, on Friday announced his retirement from international and first-class cricket.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals at the MA Chidambaram stadium on Monday.
India discard Parthiv Patel tells Bikash Mohapatra he continues to work hard on his game every season because of the motivation of regaining his place in the team.
Indian batsman Virat Kohli was on Sunday rendered a doubtful starter for the second ODI against Pakistan to be held in Kolkata on Thursday after he suffered a foot injury in the first match in Chennai.
'Never leave your crease with M S Dhoni behind the stumps!'
On his trip to the capital city of Jharkhand, the actor added a page of memories to his personal diary -- on his visit to the city, he was hosted by former India captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Captain MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli gave India a slender chance of coming back into the game after a fight back. But England struck late to level their chances as well. Here are the statistical highlights of the third day's play of the fourth Test between India and England played in Nagpur on Saturday.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's participation in the Asia Cup is in doubt after he suffered an injury during a training session in Dhaka on Monday.
Cricketer-turned-commentator Navjot Singh Sidhu says the spirit for which Harbhajan is known for was never visible during the second Test in Mumbai.
If former India captain and local hero Sourav Ganguly is to be believed, Prabir Mukherjee's negative response to M S Dhoni's demand for a turning track wasn't exactly unexpected.
Bikash Mohapatra analyses what went wrong for India, and right for England, in the just-concluded second Test in Mumbai.
India's wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul in the limited overs format said the legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni has shown the way to all wicketkeepers on to how to do the role perfectly in different situations.
Just a week ahead of the ICC World Cup, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become a father. The Indian captain's wife Sakshi gave birth to a baby girl at a private hospital in Gurgaon.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar's opening spell has to be the turning point of the day.
India won the opening match in the four-Test series against Australia by eight wickets on Tuesday. Captain MS Dhoni and spinner R Ashwin were the wreckers-in-chief, as the Aussies were outplayed on a dustbowl of a pitch through the five days of the Test. Rediff.com looks back moments from the memorable victory.
Captain MS Dhoni's heroics with the bat and spinner R Ashwin's 12 wickets in the match, helped India register a comprehensive 8-wicket victory against Australia. Here are a few statistical highlights from Day 5 of the first Test played in Chennai on Tuesday.
Discuss the first Test, with India Abroad's Bikash Mohapatra on Rediff ZaraBol at 14.45 IST.
The aggressive instincts of MS Dhoni provides for the turning point of the day.
India ended the third day at 515 for eight (after 141 overs), an overall lead of 135 runs. MS Dhoni was unbeaten on 206 and giving him company was Bhuvneshwar Kumar on 16, the two having added, 109 runs for the ninth wicket.
Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan, KL Rahul and Yuzvendra Chahal were among the big names to be released ahead of the mega auction.
Ahead of the World Twenty20 Championships in India between March and April, batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has voiced his support for the winners of the inaugural edition.
Chopra also said that of all the eight franchises currently in the IPL, CSK is the one that needs a mega auction to happen ahead of the next year's IPL. Currently, it is not known whether CSK will stick to the players which played this year.
Hosts Australia will pull on a classic uniform from the 1980s featuring green strip on bright gold top and pants when they take on India in the three-match ODI series.
A Rajasthan Royals official had told ANI that Buttler wasn't part of the bubble that was created for the players travelling from the UK to UAE and that is the reason he had to do a full six-day quarantine.
Under-fire Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni got much-needed support from former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram who said the "hullabaloo" about his leadership is "ill-timed" as speculated replacement Virender Sehwag is not qualified for the job.
Dhoni, who is hailed as the best finisher in the world by many, brought many laurels to the country.
Three-time champion Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals would look to build on their first wins and gain momentum when they clash in the Indian Premier League in Mumbai on Monday.
Former India batting great Rahul Dravid believes Mahendra Singh Dhoni is still the best man to lead India in Test cricket but needs to give up the India T20 and Chennai Super Kings captaincies because "it is making him stale".
India might have lost the recent ODIs against Pakistan but former England captain Geoffrey Boycott feels that the hosts still tand a better chance of winning the five-match series against England, starting in Rajkot on January 11.
A couple of horrendous decisions by Indian umpire S Ravi contributed to India's six-wicket defeat to arch rivals Pakistan in the first cricket ODI in Chennai on Sunday.
When Indian skipper MS Dhoni has commissioned a film on his life, why should other cricketing luminaries be left behind? Raja Sen presents his wishlist for potential cricketing biopics.
MS Dhoni, who has not played since the World Cup semi-final loss to New Zealand in July, will be making his highly awaited comeback in the IPL beginning March 29. The national selection committee has not changed the panel's stance on Dhoni, who will 'have to perform' in the upcoming Indian Premier League to be considered for T20 World Cup selection.
India will miss Pant in World Cup, said Ganguly
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