Spin is going to play huge part on the upcoming tour of Australia, and, says Harish Kotian, India's young spinners R Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha will have to adapt quickly and deliver.
Rajneesh Gupta lists India's innings victories after the innings and 15 runs over the West Indies in the second Test at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday completed another milestone as he pipped Syed Kirmani to become the Indian wicketkeeper with highest number of dismissals in his kitty.
After missing out on the One-day series, Harbhajan Singh should be back in contention as discussion surrounding the ace off-spinner's inclusion for the first Test against West Indies in New Delhi would be the hot topic when the selectors meet, in Kolkata, on Friday.
Yuvraj Singh knocked at the doors of national team selectors following a superb, quick-fire century (89-ball 123) to lead India 'A' to a thumping 77-run victory over West Indies 'A' in the first of the three-match One-day series, in Bangalore on Sunday.
Opposition parties alleged that the PM's address was a violation of the Model Code of Conduct.
Mumbai, who scored 488 in the first innings, riding on captain Aditya Tare's 154, enforced the follow-on and the match was called off with Tamil Nadu 48 for one in 22 overs at the tea break.
A local court in Muzaffarpur on Monday accepted a complaint seeking to register a case of sedition against Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh for allegedly describing yoga guru Ramdev as a 'fraud'.
Out-of-favour off-spinner Harbhajan Singh feels that he still has another 5-6 years of cricket left in him.
A pedestrian bowling effort by hosts Bengal enabled Madhya Pradesh to log home three points by virtue of first innings lead in a Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match in Kolkata on Sunday.
Rajneesh Gupta presents statistical summary of Rajasthan Royals and much more.
West Indies' spin-wary batsmen should look to Shivnarine Chanderpaul to learn how to tackle the Indian spinners in the ongoing Test series, visiting captain Darren Sammy said on Sunday.
The Indian cricket squad had a rigorous training session at the Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham on Monday, with left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha turning up at the nets after joining the team as Harbhajan Singh's replacement.
West Indies captain Darren Sammy says his batsmen have to find a way to score against India's spinners for the team to have a chance of doing well in the ongoing three-Test series, the first of which the visitors lost in four days.
Images from the Day 2 of the first Test match between India and West Indies being played at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground.
India were miserably thrashed by England by a whopping 319 runs in under four days during the 2nd Test at Trent Bridge on Monday. Can India comeback in the third Test at Edgbaston? Have your say.
Sourav Ganguly celebrates his 47th birthday, on Monday, many Indian cricketers flooded the social-media with wishes for the veteran.
As India takes on Australia in the first Test at Chennai on Friday, Rajneesh Gupta presents a detailed statisticial dossier.
Rest of India are all set to win the Irani Cup for a sixth consecutive time after setting Rajasthan an impossible target of 618 to win on Tuesday, the penultimate day of the match, at the Sawai Man Singh stadium in Jaipur. The match, as a contest, was over once Rajasthan were all out for 400, ensuring Rest a huge 263-run first innings. Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha sent a timely reminder to the selectors with a haul of five wickets.
In heart-wrenching scenes reminiscent of the aftermath of the 2019 Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed, coffins of soldiers arrived in several states for the last rites with full military honours.
Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar did not hide his disappointment over the Wankhede Stadium strip that offered big turn to the spinners in Saturday's match against Deccan Chargers.
Hoping for an improved performance in next month's table tennis World Championships in Rotterdam, Indian paddlers will undergo a 21-day training camp in China from April 16 to May 6.
Their spinners might have come a cropper in the loss to Rajasthan Royals, but that will not deter Deccan Chargers skipper Kumar Sangakkara from opening the bowling against Kolkata Knight Riders with tweakers in Kolkata on Sunday.
Delhi Daredevils, looking to get back to winning ways after two straight defeats, face a stern test against formidable Sunrisers Hyderabad in Thursday's IPL match, in Hyderabad.
Collingwood, 42, became the first England captain to win a trophy at a global tournament when he guided them to the ICC World T20 in 2010. He was part of three Ashes series wins over Australia before retiring from international cricket in 2011.
Sunrisers Hyderabad surprised quite a few by opting to release the fast bowling duo of Ishant Sharma and Dale Steyn, while they also let go of England discard Kevin Pietersen.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Jaipur on Wednesday.
Pace spearhead Trent Boult led the way with three wickets after David Warner's brisk half-century laid the foundation as Sunrisers Hyderabad recorded a 20-run win over Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League in Mohali, on Monday.
The Indian cricket team arrived in Ahmedabad on Monday for their first match of the three-Test series against visitors New Zealand, starting November 4 at the Sardar Patel stadium in Motera.
Pushed to the bottom of the table following their fifth defeat in six outings, former champions Mumbai Indians will look to keep their chances alive when they face a resurgent Sunrisers Hyderabad in a crucial Indian Premier League game at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
Skipper Subramanium Badrinath notched up a crucial 136 as South Zone took control of the Duleep Trophy final against North Zone, posting 477 in their first innings in Visakhapatnam on Friday.
The bail application of Utsav Sharma, who had attacked Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar in court premises, was on Tuesday rejected by the chief judicial magistrate court in Ghaziabad.
With the second Test set to start on Wednesday, here is a quick fact check on how both teams stand at the Gabba.
Rajneesh Gupta presents Rajasthan Royals's IPL record over the years.
Two ABVP activists threw ink at Kejriwal for his comments on surgical strikes by the army.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Heroes star Sendhil Ramamurthy on why he has been unemployed for so long and why he wouldn't call Gurinder Chadha's forthcoming film It's a Wonderful Afterlife a Bollywood movie.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals on Saturday.
A sense of practicality and idealism mingle in the works of veteran director Shyam Benegal, says Abhilasha Ojha.
Statistical highlights of the fifth day of the first cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka in Galle on Thursday.
