Rajasthan are all set to retain the Ranji Trophy after ensuring a huge lead against hosts Tamil Nadu at stumps, on the fourth day of the final in Chennai on Sunday.
Amit Mishra claimed three wickets and David Warner four catches as Delhi Daredevils scored a convincing 67-run victory over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League match at the Ferozshah Kotla, in Delhi, on Wednesday. Mishra, who took the big wicket of Yusuf Pathan, finished with three for 23 as Rajasthan, chasing 189 for victory, were dismissed for 121 in 17.4 overs.
The Rohit Sharma-led, Indian team, on Sunday, departed for the Nidahas T20 Trophy to be played in Sri Lanka from Tuesday.
How many hundreds did Rohit Sharma miss in this World Cup? At least five if not more. But how many hearts did he win with his new found no-holds barred attacking approach? May be a billion.
India after taking a 100+ run lead at the end of the first innings in a Home Test: Instances: 106. Won: 70. Drawn: 35. Lost: 1 (vs England, Hyderabad 2024).
Deepak Chahar was once again terrific with the ball for CSK as he took 4 for 29 from his four overs.
History was made on Saturday when Rahul Dravid, Dinesh Karthik and Sachin Tendulkar scored centuries in India's first innings of the second Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur.
Dashing opener Virender Sehwag has stepped down as captain of Indian Premier League team Delhi Daredevils. Gautam Gambhir was named his replacement, and will lead the side in next month's Champions League Twenty20. Dinesh Karthik will be Gambhir's deputy.
Saba Karim reveals when he first saw MS Dhoni's brilliance while playing for Bihar
Reader Aravinda Ram sent us this photograph from Johannesburg.
Though India comprehensively lost their tri-series match against Sri Lanka in Dambulla, they were distinctly unlucky to be at the receiving end of at least four dodgy decisions on Sunday.
Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara was on Sunday in no mood to implicate the umpires for the dodgy decisions they handed to Indian batsmen in the tri-series match in Dambulla and said India should have agreed to the use Decision Review System to have a level playing field.
But he once again tried to assert that Kohli's form is least of concerns as far as he is concerned and also urged people not to be obsessed about one particular player's numbers.
Tamil Nadu all-rounder Washington Sundar, on Saturday, replaced injured Kedar Jadhav in the Indian squad for the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, commencing, in Dharamsala, on Sunday.
From a maths perspective, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans can still reach the IPL playoffs, but they need to ward off inner gremlins on Saturday to notch a mandatory win to keep that dream flickering.
Statistical highlights of Sunday's Indian Premier League match between Delhi Daredevils and Rajasthan Royals in Bloemfontein.
Shaun Marsh hit a quick-fire 71 and Paul Valthaty smashed 46 runs as Kings XI Punjab spanked Rajasthan Royal by 48 runs to score their third consecutive win in the Indian Premier League in Mohali on Thursday.
Here are the Indian Super Moms' at the Hangzhou Asian Games beginning on September 23.
For KKR, the biggest cause of concern will be the availability of big-hitter Andre Russell, who hurt his knee when he dived into the advertisement boards after missing a catch on Saturday.
Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League match between Kings XI Punjab and Pune Warriors.
KKR are gradually emerging as a strong contender for a third IPL title
The 21-year-old had limited opportunity to showcase his skills in the last edition, but this time Kolkata Knight Riders coach Brendon McCullum has already given the opener's slot to him.
India's champion batman Sachin Tendulkar was withdrawn from an exhibition match in Wellington on Friday at the eleventh hour as the Board of Control for Cricket in India objected to presence of an Indian Cricket League player in the team he was to represent. The BCCI objected to the presence of Hamish Marshall, a former New Zealand batsman who featured in the rebel ICL tournament last year, in the Kiwi side that Tendulkar was to play for.
Pat Cummins's gutsy half-century and Captain Eoin Morgan's cautious 39 runs helped Kolkata Knight Riders post 148 after an awful start.
Soon after India had suffered a humiliating innings and six runs defeat in the opening Test at Nagpur on Tuesday, the selection panel made changes in the squad for the second Test at Kolkata that weren't too convincing. The All-India Senior Selection Committee decided to include Dinesh Karthik, S Sreesanth and Suresh Raina in the squad at the expense of Wriddhiman Saha, Abhimanyu Mithun and Sudeep Tyagi.
South Zone have an overall lead of 191 on Day 2 of the Duleep Trophy final after finishing with 400 in their first innings and dismissing West Zone for 251. They were 42 without loss in their second innings.
Top ranked India will go into the first Test against lowly Bangladesh in Chittagong on Sunday, without their charismatic captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who has been ruled out because of a back injury.
Irfan Pathan predicts playing XI for India in T20 World Cup
India left out off-spinner Ramesh Powar, preferring young leg-spinner Piyush Chawla instead for the day-night encounter.
The world's tallest building showcased a breathtaking LED display and honoured KKR
IMAGES from the IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru played in Hyderabad on Thursday
Former India cricketer V V S Laxman backed the government's decision to not play a bilateral series against Pakistan, saying it is 'beyond sport at the moment'.
Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Pat Cummins says it's time to make amends for the team's opening match reversal when he leaked 49 runs from his four overs as KKR suffered a record 20th loss to Mumbai Indians.
Cloaked in an aura of formidability acquired from back-to-back wins but struck by injury problems, the Indian team would be gunning for a treble of triumphs to stretch their lead against a depleted Australia in the fourth cricket one-dayer at Mohali.
Skipper Unmukt Chand anchored the chase to perfection with an unbeaten 77 to guide India B to a five-wicket victory against India A in the opening match of the Deodhar Trophy one-day cricket tournament at Kanpur on Monday. Put into bat, India A could manage only 161 in 44.2 overs with skipper Ambati Rayudu (58) and all-rounder Parvez Rasool (66) adding 104 runs for the sixth wicket after they were reeling at 29 for five. In reply, India B scored the runs in only 29.2 overs with skipper Unmukt remaining unbeaten from 82 balls, his innings laced with nine fours and a six. He had two partnerships ---56 for the opening stand with Shreyas Iyer (24) and 75 for the fifth wicket with veteran Dinesh Karthik (34).
Loudest cheer was reserved for skipper Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma.
Rory Kleinveldt and Justin Ontong scalped two wickets each as Cape Cobras restricted a hapless Delhi Daredevils to a paltry 114 for six in an inconsequential League B match of the inaugural Champions League at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground on Monday.
India Green comfortably beat India Red by six wickets in an NKP Salve Challenger Trophy match in Indore on Saturday.
India captain Anil Kumble won the toss and opted to bat in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Friday. Lanka called up uncapped pace bowler Dammika Prasad in place of Nuwan Kulasekera. India replaced wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik with Parthiv Patel.
