BCCI president Ganguly said the game has been completely sold-out on the first three days
'Happy Birthday to a wonderful selfless cricketer, his contributions cannot be measured only in runs.'
The basic tenet of the Lodha panel's constitutional reforms for Indian cricket has fallen flat after most of state units are being controlled by family members of disqualified office-bearers, says former MCA president Abhay Apte.
Veteran Pakistan batsman Younis Khan on Thursday became the first cricketer in Test history to score centuries in 11 countries, including the United Arab Emirates. - Scorecard: During the ongoing third Test being played against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Younis smashed his 34th century on a rain-affected third day, tying him with Sunil Gavaskar, Mahela Jayawardene and Brian Lara in the all-time list at 6th place, reports the Dawn.
No sooner had the match ended, social media was abuzz with congratulatory messages for the team.
Without mentioning any individual names, former India captain and Rajasthan Royals' mentor Rahul Dravid on Thursday came out in full support of the Board of Control for Cricket in India's move to eradicate bowling with illegal actions from the Indian Premier League.
Considered one of the greatest finishers in 50-overs cricket, Dhoni will join India's elite 'Club 300', which has Sachin Tendulkar (463), Rahul Dravid (344), Mohammed Azharuddin (334), Sourav Ganguly (311) and Yuvraj Singh (304).
The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) has launched a fan engagement initiative 'Dream Team' to mark the 500th Test of Team India. The first Test match of the New Zealand tour of India to be played at Kanpur from September 22 onwards will be Team India's 500th Test match. The initiative empowers cricket fans from all across the globe to vote for India's 'Dream Team' through a series of poll questions on Indian cricket team's Facebook Page - www.facebook.com/IndianCricketTeam.
With T20 franchises potentially becoming players' primary employers, and most boards finding Test cricket financially not viable, the format's future remains a concern for the purists.
India defeated England by two wickets to win the Natwest Trophy finals against England. As the winning run was hit, skipper Ganguly took his shirt off at the balcony of Lord's Cricket Ground to celebrate in style.
While the right-handed Dhoni had crossed the 10,000-run mark in the format in 2017 during the England tour, 174 of them came while batting for Asia XI in three matches. On Saturday, he breached the mark while batting in India's innings against Australia.
Coming out strongly in support of Sachin Tendulkar, former India cricketer VVS Laxman has said he totally believed in what the iconic batsman had written in his book.
For the golden generation of Indian cricketers, this is their last chance to conquest what no other team could on eight previous tours.
Prime witness to one of the biggest controversies that rocked Indian cricket, Sachin Tendulkar has finally spoken about the anger and sense of betrayal he felt during the 'Monkeygate scandal' in Australia, revealing that he took the lead in threatening a boycott of the tour at the peak of the furore.
Should Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan be dropped?
The Kolkata crowd showed all their love for Tendulkar by chanting 'Sachin Sachin', taking the master blaster back to his playing days.
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly, on Monday, said that unlike football, cricket is a 'captain's game' and the coach should take a 'back seat'.
Notwithstanding India's good showing en route to the 2003 World Cup final, former batsman Damien Martyn said that it was Australia's 'self-belief' that helped them in outplaying the Sourav Ganguly-led side in the title clash.
Will India extend their run to make it 8-0? Or will Pakistan be able to snap the streak?
BCCI on Tuesday appointed Bharat Arun as the Indian cricket team's bowling coach, ending days of drama surrounding the position.
Guess which Indian batsman has scored the most runs against New Zealand? Rajneesh Gupta tells you that and more.
India's star batters have lost a lot of confidence over the years by playing on rank turners, with their home averages taking a beating and affecting their careers adversely, feels former off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.
The Telegraph's Chief Cricket Writer Scyld Berry has picked Rishabh Pant alongside greats like Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendukar, Gundappa Vishwanath and Rahul Dravid.
Every person in every walk of life has some conflict or the other but it is the proper disclosure that is important, believes former India captain and coach Anil Kumble.
'Two of your best players are not available for either of your series is really serious for India. They have been the mainstay of your Indian batting, and the board must find out where the problem is, if at all there is any, rather than its member tweeting that there might be a rift in the side. It is not good for the morale of the side and South Africa is a good team, especially when you are playing on good hard tracks. It's altogether different from playing in any part of the world. The wickets are different.'
Lakshmipathy Balaji turned out to be the cynosure of all eyes during the Indian cricket team's tour of Pakistan in 2004.
The India captain reached the landmark of 8000 runs in his 175th innings to go past South African captain A B de Villiers, who had taken 182 innings to reach to the milestone.
Key facts on the India squad for the 2015 cricket World Cup.
Prasad's departure means the Ganguly-led BCCI has gone by the old constitution that has a provision of a maximum of four-year term for the selection committee. The amended constitution had a maximum five-year term.
Rajneesh Gupta glances at the history of this fascinating 21st century cricketing rivalry.
The Indian skipper joined South African great Hashim Amla as the fastest to 50 centuries in international cricket in 348 innings.
Being the third highest wicket-taker in history of Test cricket is no mean achievement but former India captain Anil Kumble wishes he had the skills of his two greatest contemporaries -- Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan.
'Laxman made wonderful contribution to Indian cricket'
Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from Day 1:
Former India opener Virender Sehwag believes all is not well with the Rahul Dravid-coached Indian team and a few things needed to be addressed as soon as possible after England pulled off a record 378-run chase.
Virat Kohli has scored 1,138 runs in overseas Tests this year -- that's the most by an Indian in a calendar year, points out Rajneesh Gupta.
Kohli is looking at the 'bigger picture' in Indian cricket with two T20 and one 50-over World Cup in the next three years
Rajneesh Gupta explains the numbers that led to the world's cricket cognoscenti to vote Ravichandran Ashwin as the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016 and the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year 2016.
Rajneesh Gupta has interesting numbers from the match. Check them out.
The volley of words against Greg Chappell continues. Now, former India batsman VVS Laxman says that the Australian took "Indian cricket backwards" during his two-year tenure as the national cricket team's coach.
