India have been drawn in the same group as Australia and England for the ICC Champions Trophy
LG Electronics, the official sponsor for ICC World Twenty20, announced the third edition of their association with ICC and promoting the national spirit among the kids and realising their dream of walking with the cricket heroes to the ground through their unique campaign Lead XI.
LG Electronics, the official sponsor for ICC World Twenty20, announced the third edition of their association with ICC and promoting the national spirit among the kids and realising their dream of walking with the cricket heroes to the ground through their unique campaign Lead XI.
India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named captain of ICC's ODI Team of the Year, but none of the Indian players found berth in governing body's Test Team of the Year, led by Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews.
Videocon will continue to focus on Shah Rukh Khan as its brand ambassador in both its print and television ads.
If it beats Pakistan 2-0 in the three-Test series it can displace England from the No. 2 slot in the ICC rankings.
Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting regained the top spot in the LG ICC Test rankings for batsmen after Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara slipped two places to move to the third position.
The ICC also decided to introduce a formal pitch-monitoring process for international cricket.
Bangladesh players made a big impact on the ICC Player Rankings for ODIs following a very successful series against Zimbabwe.
India are placed sixth, and it could get even worse for Rahul Dravid's team if the West Indies puts in a good performance in the five-match ODI series against Pakistan.
India can put pressure on Australia and South Africa at the top of the ICC ODI Championship with a good showing in the ICC Champions Trophy.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni slips down to eighth position in the ICC ODI Player rankings after a poor showing in the DLF Cup tri-series.
England were confirmed as qualifiers for the second stage of October's ICC Champions Trophy in India.
Pakistan is now level on 100 points with Sri Lanka and South Africa.
Gautam Gambhir, Mitchell Johnson, Andrew Strauss and Mahendra Singh Dhoni have all been short-listed for the top honour at the LG ICC Awards 2009. In addition, Gambhir, Johnson and Strauss are also short-listed for the Test Player of the Year alongside Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera at the sixth annual LG ICC Awards, presented in association with the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA).
The public might be enchanted with the Twenty20 format but swashbuckling Indian opener Virender Sehwag prefers to play Tests and ODIs more than the shortest form of the game that has taken the cricket world by storm.
Irfan Pathan is fifth in the all-rounders' list.
Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka and Australia's Ricky Ponting share the No 1 position in the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen in one of the closest battles for top spot in many years.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's unbeaten 76, which along with the weather helped India escape with a draw from the first Test against England, soared four places to fifty in the latest ICC Test charts.
Only two points separate the two teams in the ICC Test ranking before their three-match series.
A century in each Test of the Bangladesh series propelled the ace batsman to 15th position in the ICC rankings.
Among other Indian batsmen, skipper Rahul Dravid also improved his position by moving a step up to 15th.
England left-arm fast bowler Ryan Sidebottom entered the top 10 of the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers for the first time in his career after producing a performance than earned him the Player of the Series award against New Zealand. The 30-year-old Yorkshireman jumps 14 places to 10th place after claiming 24 wickets in the series that earned Michael Vaughan's side a 2-1 win.
South Africa swapped places with Australia and ensured that it will hold the top spot in the LG ICC ODI Championship table at the April 1 cut-off after convincingly wrapping up the series 3-0 against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Friday. South Africa gained 0.720 points from the series victory and although it stayed on 127 ratings points along with Australia, this fraction of a point was enough to put it ahead of Ricky Ponting's side by 0.191 of a point.
South Africa has the opportunity to dethrone Australia and secure the top spot in the LG ICC ODI Championship Table at the April 1 cut-off if it sweeps the three-match series against Bangladesh starting in Chittagong on Sunday. Australia and South Africa are currently both sitting on 127 ratings points but Graeme Smith's side is behind Ricky Ponting's side by just 0.529 of a point when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.
India has moved ahead of Sri Lanka and now sits in second place on 111 ratings points in the LG ICC Test Championship table.
Sachin Tendulkar moved up to 17th, while Sourav Ganguly too climbed a place to 18th in the latest ICC Test rankings.
The duo, who added a Test and first-class record 624 for the third wicket in Sri Lanka's innings victory over South Africa moved into the top 10 of the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen.
The world's top two Test bowlers will go head-to-head during the Test series between Sri Lanka and South Africa
Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds rocketed six spots to second place and is now just eight points behind his captain, Ricky Ponting, in the latest ICC ODI rankings.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's reign atop of the LG ICC Player Rankings for batsmen ended with his Australian counterpart edging ahead of him by three points.
His six-wicket haul in the second innings of the Durban Test has lifted him one notch in the Test rankings.
The latest LG ICC Player Rankings for Test cricket saw Tendulkar drop four places to 16th.
India can move up to second from its present position of fifth in the LG ICC Test Championship with a clean sweep of England in the three-match series.
Sachin Tendulkar benefited from an excellent series against South Africa and moved to No 21 in the LG ICC batting rankings.
The 25-year-old moved into the top ten of the LG ICC rankings for the first time in his career and is now the highest rated England spinner since Derek Underwood in 1977.
India will be out to cut Australia's lead at the top of the ICC Test Championship table in the three-Test series against Pakistan.
Pakistan jumped three places to be placed fourth in the ICC Test rankings
The Indian wicketkeeper overtook Ricky Ponting in the latest LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen.
The Australia captain moved up to joint-third in the all-time ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen.
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