Ravichandran Ashwin has become the fastest Indian bowler to take bag hundred Test wickets during the second match against West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Inspirational men's team captain P R Sreejesh and fast-rising drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh are the two Indians in contention for different honours at the FIH annual awards which will be given away in a formal ceremony for the first time, in Chandigarh on February 23.
In a bid to further deepen ties with India, Australia is looking forward to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he is expected to attend the G20 Summit in Brisbane.
Five-time World Cup winners Australia were whitewashed 5-0 by hosts England in the ODI series which concluded last month, extending their poor ODI run having won only 16 of their last 18 matches.
The Australian government has taken Shiv Sena's threat against the country's cricketers 'very seriously' but has left it to the players to decide whether they want to travel to India for the upcoming Indian Premier League in March.
Terror threats notwithstanding, Hockey Australia on Thursday said it remains committed to sending its team for the World Cup in India even as jittery family members of the players demanded that the country pull out of the event.
Australia captain Michael Clarke praised his bowlers for knocking over India's potent batting line-up to win the first Test in Melbourne on Thursday and paid tribute to their ability to cobble together runs after the hosts' batsmen failed to fire.
India coach Duncan Fletcher has made both local media and Cricket Australia set-up paranoid ahead of the four-match Test series starting on December 26.
Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland on Wednesday backed the team management that had axed four players, including then vice-captain Shane Watson, ahead of the Mohali Test against India in March on grounds of breach of discipline.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly said Anil Kumble was nearly dropped for their famous tour to Australia in 2003-04 but it was him who fought with the selectors till late in the night to take the legendary leg-spinner on board. According to Ganguly, the selectors were keen for a left-arm spinner Murali Kartik for the tour Down Under but on Ganguly's insistence Kumble was taken as he returned with 24 wickets, the highest in the series with India retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after drawing the series 1-1.
Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith, who had pitched for reversing ruling Labor party's policy on uranium export to India, has ruled out similar treatment to Pakistan, citing its poor proliferation record.
Star batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has recovered from a minor injury suffered in the nets on Tuesday and has been declared fit for the third Test starting Mohali on Thursday.
Playing alongside Australian partner Matthew Ebden, the eight-time doubles Grand Slam champion Leander Paes showed his class during a clinical victory over defending champion and second seed Sharan, who was playing alongside New Zealand's Artem Sitak.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the interesting numbers from the second day of Kingston Test between West Indies and India
New Zealand and Australia will reassess the security measures put in place for the forthcoming hockey World Cup in India in the wake of the reported terror threats issued to foreign teams during the 12-team quadrennial event.
It was R Ashwin's first Test match on his home ground and the 26-year-old had made it an occasion to remember with figures of six for 88.
A superlative 175 by Sachin Tendulkar was in vain as Australia beat India by three runs in the fifth ODI in Hyderabad on Thursday.
The quartet of Shane Watson, James Pattinson, Usman Khawaja and Mitchell Johnson doesn't deserve an ounce of sympathy for their disgraceful behaviour that led to their sacking from the squad facing India in the third Test match in Mohali, according to sports journalist Peter Badel.
Australia captain Michael Clarke has been signed by Pune Warriors India for the forthcoming season of the Indian Premier League.
The veteran Sri Lankan batsman, who will retire from One-Day Internationals at the end of the World Cup, is on a record-breaking spree.
Former South African tweaker Johan Botha believes Pakistan refugee spinner Fawad Ahmed is the missing link in Australia's plot to regain the Ashes and No.1 Test ranking.
Australian Test captain Ricky Ponting on Monday picked Nathan Hauritz as his first choice spinner for the Test and ODI cricket tour of India this October.
In an unprecedented move, Australia axed vice-captain Shane Watson and three other key players from the side on Monday for the third Test against India for failing to obey team management orders. Watson, pacers James Pattinson and Mitchell Johnson and batsman Usman Khawaja were dropped for failing to make a presentation on how to improve their personal as well as the team's performance after the innings and 135 runs defeat in the second Test in Hyderabad.
Dashing India opener Virender Sehwag on Saturday exuded confidence that he would be fully fit for the seven-match one-day international series at home against Australia, commencing in Baroda on October 25.
Australian media has blasted Michael Clarke's men after their humiliating innings and 135 runs defeat against India in the Hyderabad Test, branding the rout as death of Australian Test cricket.
India suffered a humiliating 319-run defeat at Nottingham. This was despite the fact that India gained first innings lead of 67! The margin is the biggest ever in Test history for a side that conceded first innings lead.
The Haryana Police has arrested a member of an international gang for allegedly indulging in online betting on the first cricket Test between India and Australia at Chennai.
His Test future is not secure, says Clarke
The former Aus leg-spinner then went on to place a bet with Ganguly, asking him to buy him dinner and wear the Australian jersey if the Aussies would win the June 10 ICC Champions Trophy match against England and he in turn would wear the England jersey if the Poms won.
India suffered a humiliating 0-4 Test series whitewash against Australia last month and had the dubious distinction of losing eight straight matches overseas, but the Board of Control for Cricket Board, on Monday, ruled out an inquiry into the team's performance on the tour.
Top seed Dipika Pallikal entered the finals of the Australian Open squash event, a PSA world tour event, after posting a 6-11 11-6 11-7 11-4 win over Hana Ramadan of Egypt. Dipika, who recently finished runner-up in the Victoria Open a few days ago, faced an initial scare from the Egyptian qualifier before she managed to grab an opportunity and turn the tables around in her favour.
Board of Control for Cricket in India chief Sharad Pawar says the threat of India pulling out of the cricket tour of Australia is real if the ban on spinner Harbhajan Singh is not lifted. "Let's see what happens, but allegations of racism against a member of our cricket team are not acceptable. After the meeting, we then will take action," he was quoted as saying in The 'Hearld Sun'.
The vacation bench of the Delhi high court on Thursday ordered in favour of ESPN Software India Pvt Ltd (ESIPL) in its suit for permanent injunction filed against cable operators across the country against unauthorized broadcast of India's ongoing cricket tour of Australia.
An Australian radio show host facing criticism for using a derogatory word against India and calling river Ganga a "junkyard" has issued an apology.
Australia on Thursday warned its citizens to exercise a high degree of caution and avoid some of the shopping areas and markets in New Delhi because of the high risk of terrorist activity.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand gave a fine endgame lesson to young Alireza Firouzja, jumping to joint sixth position at the end of 11th round of Tata Steel Masters, in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands, on Saturday. With his second victory, Anand clawed his way back to a fifty percent score and will now hope to end the tournament on a high. At just 16 years, Firouzja is less than one third of Anand's age, and the Indian ace showed that the Iranian still has a lot to learn.
West Indies have recalled batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan for the upcoming One-day series in Australia, but all-rounder Marlon Samuels has not been named in the 15-man squad.
Britain qualified for the Olympic field hockey semi-finals for the first time since it won the 1988 Seoul Games by surviving a dramatic finish to 1-1 draw with Spain on Tuesday. Britain will face the Netherlands in the semi-finals.
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