India's batting greats Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh turned back the clock and took Raipur by storm in their inimitable style as India Legends registered a thumping 57-run win over South Africa Legends in Road Safety World Series T20 at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, on Saturday.
The national selection committee recalled burly Karnataka opener Robin Uthappa to the squad for the one-off Twenty20 international against England, at Eden Gardens on October 29. Uthappa will replace senior opener Gautam Gambhir, who will skip the match due to his marriage.
Yusuf Pathan, a hard-hitting batsman, useful off-spinner and brilliant fielder, made it to the Indian Twenty20 team more on the strength of his aggressive approach to the game.
Pune Warriors ended their nine-match losing streak and in the process knocked Kolkata Knight Riders out of the Pepsi Indian Premier League with a thrilling seven-run victory, in Ranchi, on Wednesday.
Rediff.com takes a look at some domestic players expected to shine over the next few weeks in IPL 6.
Surya, who has been in great form, single-handedly guided the domestic giants to victory with an over to spare.
'He was keen to win the IPL with the team he had, he had no desire to have big names in his team.' 'He just wanted good players, who he knew he could mould into match-winners.'
Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders in Jaipur on Sunday.
Kiran Powar and Connor Williams missed centuries as Baroda won by 220 runs.
Farah Khan talks about her new chat show Tere Mere Beach Mein.
Delhi Daredevils all-rounder Irfan Pathan draws inspiration from his elder brother Yusuf and hopes to follow the explosive right-hander's footstep when it comes to power-hitting in cricket matches.
Chris Gayle broke and established many new records with his big-hitting in the game against Pune Warriors India. We take a look at some of them.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has hailed the Pathan brothers -- Yusuf and Irfan -- for their match winning eighth-wicket partnership and said if it wasn't for them, the result of the match would have been different especially with the middle order finding it tough to score runs against the Sri Lankan spinners.
A look at how the top Indian players have performed thus far in the tournament.
Responsible batting by young Tamil Nadu all-rounder Baba Aparajith and talented Karnataka batsmen Manish Pandey to guide South Zone to 213 for three at stumps on the day one of the Duleep Trophy quarter-final match against West Zone in Chennai.
Sachin Tendulkar would be crucial to India's success in the upcoming World Cup and the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side was far ahead of the history-making 'Kapil's Devils' in terms of talent and experience, feels member of the 1983 Cup-winning side Balwinder Singh Sandhu.
For the idea called Arvind Kejriwal to succeed, it is important that he has a Rahul Dravid approach to the game. A Yusuf Pathan like pinch-hitter innings won't do, says TS Sudhir
Sachin Tendulkar sustained a cut on his cheek and was lucky not to break his nose after collapsing in his hotel room on the eve of India's last Champions Trophy match against the West Indies.
Roelof van der Merwe smashed a blistering 40-ball 73 to power Somerset to a five-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in their Group B Champions League Twenty20 cricket match, in Hyderabad.
Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh will be among a host of former stars in the India Maharaja team which will take part in the inaugural edition of the Legends League Cricket (LLC), starting on January 20 in Oman.
After leading his side to the top with a facile win over Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir said he, along with senior batsman Jacques Kallis, will have to shoulder the responsibility of steering the team to play-off stage.
India's newly-appointed cricket coach Duncan Fletcher was more of a bystander than conductor of his first practice session with the team ahead of Saturday's Twenty20 match against the West Indies. He went to explain visiting Indian media why he couldn't speak to them.
# Virender Sehwag has been adjudged the Man of the Match for the ninth time, emulating Chris Gayle's tally in the IPL. Only Yusuf Pathan has taken more MoM awards in the IPL -- 11.
Amit Mishra claimed three wickets and David Warner four catches as Delhi Daredevils scored a convincing 67-run victory over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League match at the Ferozshah Kotla, in Delhi, on Wednesday. Mishra, who took the big wicket of Yusuf Pathan, finished with three for 23 as Rajasthan, chasing 189 for victory, were dismissed for 121 in 17.4 overs.
Talented Indian batsman Virat Kohli jumped three places to joint second in the latest ICC ODI players' rankings issued on Monday.
Kolkata Knight Riders have included Mumbai left-arm spinner Iqbal Abdulla and Himachal Pradesh wicketkeeper Manvinder Bisla in their line-up for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League.
Dinesh Karthik led the way with a fluent half-century while Praveen Kumar produced a superb spell with the ball as Gujarat Lions snapped their three-match losing streak to reclaim the top spot with a comfortable five-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders.
# Ravichandran Ashwin (3 for 24) has recorded his career-best bowling performance, bettering the 3 for 50 against New Zealand at Guwahati on November 28, 2010.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat against India in their Asia Cup ODI.
An emergency meeting of the Cricket Board's all-powerful Working Committee has been convened here on August 2 but the agenda for the same is not yet known.
Kiran Powar and Yusuf Pathan stitched a timely unbroken 159-run stand to guide Baroda to a stunning four-wicket win over Tamil Nadu.
Deccan Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist (85 off 35 balls) registered the fastest IPL fifty. With his 17-ball half-century, Gilchrist surpassed the 21-ball 50s registered by Yusuf Pathan (2008) and Brendon McCullum (2009). Gilchrist's 17-ball half-century is the fifth fastest in Twenty20.
With 23 wickets at 19.43 runs apiece, Shane Warne has surpassed Sohail Tanvir's tally of 22 at an average of 12.09. Warne is now the leading wicket-taker in the IPL.
Indian skipper Suresh Raina blamed his batsmen's poor shot selection and failure to build partnerships for the massive 103-run loss to the West Indies in the fourth one-dayer.
R Vinay Kumar and Murali Vijay are the new faces in India's 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup, beginning in the West Indies, on Friday.
Andre Russell's spectacular all-round performance powered defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders to a convincing four-wicket victory against Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League, in Pune, on Saturday.
As the first week's action in the third edition of the Indian Premier League comes to a close, rediff.com takes a look at the Indian players who have made noteworthy contributions thus far.
As the first week's action in the third edition of the Indian Premier League comes to a close, rediff.com takes a look at the Indian players who have made noteworthy contributions thus far.
South Zone have an overall lead of 191 on Day 2 of the Duleep Trophy final after finishing with 400 in their first innings and dismissing West Zone for 251. They were 42 without loss in their second innings.
The Indian batting lineup is quiet easily the most feared in this tournament but how the middle order plays the middle overs when the top-order calls in sick is where matches will be won and lost for skipper Dhoni, says cricket expert Faisal Shariff
