India moved up a rung to swap places with Pakistan, who lost the last two matches in the series against England.
Former Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis believes that tainted left-handed batsman Salman Butt, who served a five-year ban for his involvement in 2010 spot-fixing scandal, should be recalled to the national team on the basis of his current form. Waqar, who was Pakistan's coach during the infamous Lord's Test in 2010, when Butt was found guilty of orchestrating the delivery of no-balls from fast bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif, said he was he was in favour of Butt returning based on his recent domestic form.
England could play a World XI if Pakistan pull out of the Twenty20 game in the ongoing dispute over the actions of captain Inzamam-ul-Haq.
Chaminda Vaas and Sanath Jayasuriya will be back in the reckoning for the match against West Indies.
Rajneesh Gupta picks instances of sledging which backfired spectacularly and the players had to pay dearly for their misadventures.
Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq said the pace spearhead had failed to recover from a strain in his ankle
Indian team Media Manager G S Walia said the team was given an off day as the members had travelled yesterday and were tired.
Pakistan's Younis Khan did not blame Inzamam-ul-Haq for his run out on 173 against England.
The Indian batsman reached the milestone in 359 matches and scored 39 ODI hundreds
Danish Kaneria and Mohammad Sami were dropped for the team for the first three one-day internationals against India.
Veteran leg spinner Mushtaq Ahmed could be recalled to the injury-hit Pakistan squad in England.
The two countries will play three Tests and five ODIs in Pakistan between Jan 14 to Feb 11, 2006.
The Pakistan Cricket Board let off Inzamam-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi and stand-in skipper Younis Khan with a warning for a dressing-room argument
The Pakistan fast bowler has been diagnosed with a hairline fracture to his ankle and could miss the early part of the four-Test tour.
Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors hit out at team management for not giving youngsters a chance.
Inzamam-ul-Haq has denied that the fast bowler was kept out of the West Indies bound squad because of injury
The 24-year-old Indian pace bowler says aggression comes naturally to him.
Pakistan are introducing a player rotation policy to prevent burnout before next year's World Cup in the West Indies
It was Pakistan's last roll of the dice that saw them throw Sarfraz Ahmed into the role of opener at the World Cup and the gamble looks to be paying off.
The South-African all-rounder was named the joint ICC player of the year and Test player of the year
The PCB left out fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar from a 16-member squad for the six-match one day series against India.
John Wright said that team was hungrier for a win in Kolkata after failing to give the final push for victory in the Mohali Test.
The Pakistan coach also said that the series is evenly poised after the Mohali fightback.
The Pakistani cricket team landed in New Delhi on Monday for its first full-fledged tour of India in six years.
The Pakistan captain said the speedster would definitely tour India provided he is fit.
The Sri Lankan left-hander became the fourth batsmen to score 10,000 runs in one-day international cricket.
He failed to recover from an ankle injury that prevented him from playing in the first two games.
Sourav Ganguly is a surprise omission; so is Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu.
Pakistan were 242 for five when bad light ended play six overs early on day 1 of the first Test.
The Indian opener made his fourth hundred in seven matches against Pakistan and has also scored 1,236 runs at an average of 112.36 against them.
Both teams are considering adding extra pacemen to their bowling stocks in anticipation of a speed war in the first Test at Perth.
