Ahead of the third Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Sourav Ganguly gave his prediction for the final two Tests between a confident India and a struggling Australian side.
Jacques Kallis remarked that the Proteas players should stick to their roles during the ICC Cricket World Cup in India
The upcoming Test in Indore will be a do or die for Team Australia, who will look for a face-saving victory.
While form is important, Tim Paine's hopes of retaining his spot may ultimately rest on whether selectors feel he might be a major distraction amid the pressures of an Ashes series.
Australian captain Pat Cummins couldn't believe his ears when he found a near 100,000 people at Narendra Modi Stadium go pin-drop silence after Virat Kohli's dismissal giving the vibe of a "quiet library" during the World Cup final against India.
World champions Australia got the better of defending champions the Netherlands 3-2 in a high-voltage first semi-final to progress to the title round of the ongoing Hockey World League (HWL) Final at the Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Stadium, in Raiput, on Friday.
I'm against the whole resting rule. I don't like bowlers resting: Brett Lee
David Miller smashed an unbeaten 53 as South Africa claimed a three-wicket victory over Australia in the first Twenty20 International at Kingsmead on Friday.
Victory over Australia on Saturday will lift India to third place.
It's not all doom and gloom for Australia because they have got an amazing squad and I do believe for the first time that they do have a team that can win this ICC Men's T20 World Cup, says Brett Lee.
It is a tribute to a system so robustly meritocratic that this team represents India's diversity better than any other institution: The Union Cabinet, our chief ministers, the civil services, the leadership of our armed forces and security agencies, the judiciary and more than all of these, our typical newsroom. That is the biggest message from this breathless rise of Indian cricket, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
In a three part series, Rajneesh Gupta highlights all the important numbers from Cricket World Cup held between 1975 to 2015.
A battle-hardened Vidarbha won't make it easy for 41-times Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy final, starting on Sunday.
Fans wearing the India jersey, carrying the Indian flag, laughing, joking and anticipating an India win are moving towards the Narendra Modi stadium. There are families, friends, children, adults, teenagers, middle aged and the senior citizen who have all painted the city blue.
Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana was ruled out of India's opening Women's T20 World Cup game against Pakistan on Sunday.
Smith may lead Asutralia in the fourth and final Test against India as regular captain Pat Cummins stays put in Sydney.
Cinema owners elated with 'extraordinary' advance booking match screenings
India will aim for their first podium finish in 48 years in the men's Hockey World Cup as they begin their campaign with a tricky match against Spain in Rourkela on Friday.
South Africa have now lost five Tests in a row, including two shock home losses to Sri Lanka, and are struggling with on-field know-how to dig themselves out of tough situations.
India put up a lion-hearted performance to beat South Africa 3-1 in their final Pool A match in New Delhi but it was not enough to guarantee the home team a place in the semi-finals as the reigning silver medalist crashed out of the women's hockey event of the Commonwealth Games on goal difference.
India will open their campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan in the Women's ODI World Cup, starting in New Zealand on March 4.
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"I said that about the captain Morgan and everybody went mad, but maybe England aren't either."
You need a big upping of the ante when it comes to the fielding if you have to beat big sides in big competitions.'
Australia booked their place in the Under-19 World Cup 2022 Super League semi-finals with a 119-run win over Pakistan thanks to some fine top-order batting.
India had more good days than bad with the Ravi Shastri-Virat Kohli combination at the helm of affairs and, as the cracking partnership of nearly seven years comes to an end, here's a look at their major achievements.
India led the way in the development of Test cricket under former skipper Virat Kohli, according to South African legend Graeme Smith, who reckons only five or six countries may be playing the longest format in the coming years.
Four-time champions India will back themselves to reach their third successive final at the U-19 World Cup when they face arch-rivals Pakistan in the semi-finals, in Potchefstroom, on Tuesday. Both teams go into the last four clash unbeaten. While India beat Australia in the quarter-finals, Pakistan outplayed Afghanistan.
A match-winning three-wicket bowling stint by Mitchell Marsh lifted Australia to a convincing victory by 58 runs against West Indies in the final of the triangular One-day international (ODI) series in Barbados on Sunday.
India took giant strides towards winning their first ever series on Australian soil in seven decades by retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a comprehensive 137-run win in the third Test in Melbourne on Sunday.
ICC World Test Championship finalists India and New Zealand remain the top two teams in the MRF Tyres ICC men's Test team rankings after the annual update on Thursday.
The Indians may have had an indifferent tour of Australia but Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene has cautioned his teammates to guard against complacency when the two teams clash in a crucial tri-series match in Hobart on Tuesday.
Bengaluru curator says a sporting, Test match pitch being prepared
Ashutosh Sharma broke Yuvraj Singh's record by scoring the fastest T20 half-century off 11 balls in Railways' 127-run victory against Arunachal Pradesh.
South Africa played their last ODI series in the qualification period that ends this week against the Netherlands and had beaten them 2-0 to move up to eighth in the World Cup Super League.
Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar and middle order batsman Praveen Amre, on Sunday, hailed the Indian cricket team which is on the cusp of making history in Australia.
'I think they're feeling the pressure a little bit to be honest'
Check out the Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka teams.
Australia concluded their World Cup preparation on an emphatic note, beating a struggling Sri Lanka by five wickets in their final warm-up game, in Southampton, on Monday. Usman Khawaja, who opened alongside skipper Aaron Finch in place of a rested David Warner, anchored the chase with 89 off 105 balls.
Gilchrist said home conditions would make Australia hard to beat when the World Cup starts next October.
The timing of it may be far from perfect but former pacer Brett Lee today said the upcoming India-Australia ODI series would do a world of good to the team in transition from Down Under as nothing beats the experience of playing in the heat and dust of India.
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