India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be answerable if an enquiry is ordered into cover up of the Indian Premier League betting and spot-fixing scandal since he lied to the probe panel that Gurunath Meiyappan was not associated with CSK in any official capacity, says senior counsel Harish Salve.
Rohit Sharma will be looking to get his act together as batter and skipper when his star-studded Mumbai Indians take on an astute Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings in what could be safely billed as a Saturday night IPL blockbuster.
India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was effusive in praise of Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 160 in the first innings, and his bowlers after the thumping 10-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first Test in Hamilton on Saturday.
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Former India opener Virender Sehwag there can't be a better 'mentor' than Dhoni when it comes to young players, who are a bit introvert and need someone to guide them as they try to express themselves on the field.
Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria said the wicket of Mahendra Singh Dhoni was a very vital for his team.
Former Australian captain Ian Chappell has named India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the captain of his World Cup 2015 XI.
With the last two matches of the India-England ODI series cancelled following the Mumbai terror attacks, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is now busy honing his shooting skills at home. Flush with India's 5-0 drubbing of England in the limited overs series, the relaxed Dhoni took turns with relatives and friends to hit the target with his air gun.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has come under sharp attack from some former cricketers for his alleged conflict of interest for having stakes in the sports management company which handles him and three of his Indian team mates.
As former selector Mohinder Amarnath and other former players launched an offensive against Mahendra Singh Dhoni by questioning his place in the Test side, the Indian captain was calmness personified on the eve of the fourth and final Test in Nagpur.
Pakistan has the upper hand in the Champions Trophy, winning three of the five matches against India.
It will come as little comfort to India after going 2-0 down in the four-match Test series against Australia but the young touring party have already put on a much better showing than the much vaunted 2011-2012 vintage.
Dhoni had played the entire season with heavy strapping on his left knee and while he looked absolutely fine during wicket-keeping
A rejuvinated India would look for a winning start to the new season but the task would be easier said than done against a strong Sri Lanka as the two sides clash in a five-match ODI series starting in Hambantota on Saturday.
Captain Rahul Dravid will be rested for the warm-up one-dayer against England Lions on Saturday.
'Had he done this for the Indian team, I would have been happy. I have never seen him so angry during his captaincy days for the Indian team. So I feel he became a little too emotional for the Chennai team'
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni praised Virat Kohli for showing 'excellent temperament' during the team's tricky yet successful run-chase against New Zealand in the second cricket Test, in Bangalore, on Monday.
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is set to start a new innings after marrying childhood friend Shakshi Singh Rawat in Dehradun on Sunday night, continued to top the ICC ODI batsmen chart released in Dubai.
Former Australia wicketkeeper Ian Healy said the gloves were in breach of the rules because they had extra webbing between the thumb and the forefinger.
Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin feels current skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has never minced words in giving opinions on his teammates, should be "careful with his comments" if he wants a happy dressing room in the times to come.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni defended out-of-form predecessor Rahul Dravid, saying every player goes through bad patches in his career.
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Star spinner Harbhajan Singh rubbished reports that India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his deputy Virender Sehwag had a tiff over Amit Mishra's exclusion from the Mirpur Test against Bangladesh.
Sunil Gavaskar has questioned the Board of Control for Cricket in India for allowing the likes of Shikhar Dhawan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni to skip domestic cricket
Most of the cricketing world might swear by the finishing skills of Indian limited-overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni but former opener Gautam Gambhir feels it is Virat Kohli who deserves the tag of being the side's finisher.
At the face of it, there is apparently no danger to Dhoni's captaincy since the team is still winning matches. But if one digs deeper, Kohli has slowly and surely been the man everyone is looking forward to as the leader, across all formats for India.
DK said a word of praise from Dhoni made the job of commentary special for him.
Chairman of selectors MSK Prasad disclosed that the young Rishabh Pant is definitely going to feature for India in all the three formats.
The raging controversy over James Anderson's alleged altercation with Ravindra Jadeja gained momentum with India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hitting out at the English fast bowler, stating that he was the one who crossed the line during the first Test.
- 'He led more by example than by rhetoric or by words' - 'If there are kids in small towns today dreaming and aspiring for great things, then MS Dhoni has a lot to do with it' - 'He was never defensive when captaining in India'
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly said Mahendra Singh Dhoni did most of the things right in the ICC World T20 semifinal, although the home team lost to the West Indies. "He (Dhoni) has been a great captain for India. Nobody is perfect and I think he has been great," Ganguly said at a panel discussion here. "We all wanted India to go to the T20 World Cup finals and win the Cup but West Indies and England are the two best teams in the competition. "This West Indies side will actually get people on the edge of their seats because of their power and ability," he added. Ganguly insisted that the team, which managed to chase down 193, deserves to be in the finals.
- 'The aggressive approach was the right one. The approach will remain the same' - 'I feel what he (Kohli) did throughout the Adelaide Test was really great'
India ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday defended his insistence on young players at the cost of veterans like Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly during the recent tri-series in Australia and said that he had got the team he wanted.
As far as the Indian team is concerned, even a 3-0 result against the hosts will not be enough for the second-placed side to claim the number one spot in the ICC rankings, while a favourable outcome for the home team will boost its qualifying chances for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy.
India's under-fire skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni refused to be drawn into a debate over the split-captaincy theory, as suggested by former greats after his team's humiliating 1-2 Test series defeat against England.
Half-centuries from Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh helped India beat Australia by six wickets in the third ODI to go 2-1 up in the seven-match series.
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni seems to have recovered from the back spasm which ruled him out of the ongoing first cricket Test against Bangladesh.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named in the India Cements squad for the BCCI Corporate Trophy which will be played from February 1-8 even after he made it clear that he wanted a break during Irani Trophy which was being played from February 6-10.
Reports of a possible rift between India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and opener Gautam Gambhir were laughed off by the two senior Team India members on Wednesday evening.
