Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid hit contrasting centuries to give India the upperhand against New Zealand on Day 1 of the first Test, at the Sardar Patel stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad, on Thursday. At stumps on the opening day, India were 329 for three in 90 overs, with Sachin Tendulkar on 13 from 47 balls and VVS Laxman on seven.
Playing his 451st ODI, Tendulkar reached the milestone with a single off Australia fast bowler Brett Lee in the 14th over of India's run chase, in the World Cup quarter-final, at the Sardar Patel stadium in Motera.
Chris Martin claimed five wickets and Kane Williamson and Jesse Ryder hit centuries to help New Zealand push for victory against India, on Day 4 of the first Test at the Sardar Patel stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad, on Sunday. At close on day four, India were struggling at 82 for six in 40 overs, for an overall lead of 109 runs.
After being defied by young New Zealand batsmen Jesse Ryder and debutant Kane Williamson for almost two full sessions on Day three of the first Test, India's new ball bowler S Sreesanth maintained that the home team bowlers had performed well on the flat track at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera.
'The fatal mistake for the USSR was the invasion of Afghanistan.' 'Quite possibly the fatal mistake for the Chinese empire is the assault on Ladakh,' observes Rajeev Srinivasan.
Images from the World Cup match between in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
With a 2-0 lead in hand, India are firmly on course to record a second successive one-day series triumph at home as they take on West Indies in the third ODI of the five-match rubber at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium in Motera on Monday.
The curator of the Sardar Patel stadium said spinners will get assistance from the second day of the Test.
Harbhajan Singh smashed an attacking career-best eighth half-century as India posted an imposing first innings total of 487 and then snapped two early wickets to wrest initiative on the second day of the opening Test against New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Friday.
India posted a mammoth first innings score before claiming a couple of wickets to continue their domination against New Zealand, on Day 2 of the first Test, at the Sardar Patel stadium, in Motera, Ahmedabad, on Friday.
Shreyas Iyer says India does not need to step away from the new batting philosophy that skipper Virat Kohli spoke about following the team's eight-wicket loss to England in the first T20I, in Ahmedabad, on Friday.
Chennai Super Kings edged past Rajasthan Royals by 23 runs in a high-scoring affair in the Indian Premier League match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Saturday.
The BCCI is open to reviewing its sponsorship policy for the next cycle but has no plans to end its association with current IPL title sponsor Vivo as the money coming in from the Chinese company is helping India's cause and not the other way round, Board treasurer Arun Dhumal said on Friday. Anti-China sentiments are running high in India following the border clash between the two countries at Galwan valley earlier this week. The first skirmish at the India-China border in more than four decades left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead.
'I am very satisfied,' declared Gary Kirsten, with a sigh of relief, a day ahead of the third and final One-day International between India and South Africa at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera.
Proteas batsman AB de Villiers says Rahul Dravid's non-availability for the Test series is a big blow for India, though it is Virender Sehwag who is worrying the South African think-tank the most.
A final call on the availability of captain Anil Kumble and young speedster Ishant Sharma for the second cricket Test against South Africa will be taken on Wednesday after a fitness assessment of both players.
B D Thaker's strokeful unbeaten 151-run knock helped Gujarat reach a strong 291 runs for five against Punjab on day one of their Ranji Trophy group A Super League match at Sardar Patel stadium at Motera in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
India will look to put behind the disappointment of their one-day drubbing at the hands of Australia and bounce back to winning ways when they take on Sri Lanka in the first match of a three-Test series starting in Ahmedabad on Monday.
The India B cricket team won the women's Challenger Trophy (2008-09), defeating India A by six wickets in the final at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, on Sunday. Winning the toss and electing to bat, India A were restricted to 122 in 48.1 overs by some brilliant bowling by India B bowlers. India B reached the easy target of 123 in 32.5 overs with six wickets to spare.
The Indian team has all the markings of a great team as it can not only fight it out but win against the odds in all conditions, former Australia opener Matthew Hayden said.
Bengal defeated Haryana by 18 runs at Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera near Ahmedabad on Monday morning.
A brilliant unbeaten century by Dinesh Karthik helped India Blue win the N K P Salve Challenger Trophy after a six-wicket victory over India Red.
However, most of the fringe players taking part are aware that they do not stand a fair chance of getting selected in the Indian side for the Pakistan ODIs even if they perform.
'Age really does not matter so long as you are fit and in form and scoring runs consistently,' says former India opener Akash Chopra.
Taking a dig at the construction of a wall on a plot having several slum structures in Ahmedabad ahead of Trump's visit there, the Sena said the US president's trip would neither stop the fall of rupee's value in forex market nor offer betterment to those (slum dwellers) behind the wall.
England scored a face-saving three-wicket victory in their concluding match of the Champions Trophy.
A 91-run victory over India Green saw India Blue top the table with nine points and seal a place in Sunday's final of the Challenger tournament.
Gautam Gambhir scored an unbeaten 95 as North Zone beat Central Zone by seven wickets in the Deodhar Trophy tournament.
The West Indies included pacemen Corey Collymore and Fidel Edwards for Ian Bradshaw and Dwayne Smith in the team for the match against England.
West Indies captain Brian Lara said there will be no room for experimenting in Saturday's Champions Trophy match despite his team qualifying for the semi-finals.
Tamil Nadu, with consecutive wins over Haryana and Madhya Pradesh, have dashed Mumbai's hopes of making it to the final
India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Thursday came down hard on the pitch at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad saying pitches must be prepared to suit the home bowlers.
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