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.
The Indian team members arrived to a cheerful welcome in Mumbai early on Monday morning from their Pakistan tour.
Gautam Gambhir's century takes him to the second place and young Piyush Chawla too seems capable of providing real value.
The victorious Indian team got a rousing welcome on Wednesday night when it arrived back home after the triumphant tour of New Zealand.
Rahul Dravid scaled another lofty peak in his illustrious career when he created the world record for the most number of Test catches by a fielder in Wellington on Monday.
The jersey is made from Dri-FIT fabric, a Nike patented technology, which reduces cling and enables the skin to breathe better.
Sachin Tendulkar on Friday assured that the finger injury he sustained while fielding during New Zealand's second innings is not serious.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday blamed lack of bowling resources for their defeat to Sri Lanka in the fifth and final international in Colombo, which halted their stupendous nine-match winning run. India had rested key players such as pacer Zaheer Khan, spinner Pragyan Ojha and batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar but Dhoni said it was crucial to try out youngsters with the series already in their pocket.
India fended off a spirited challenge by Sri Lanka to snatch a thrilling 15-run victory in the second one-dayer and take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series, in Colombo on Saturday.
VVS Laxman was named vice-captain of the 16-member squad for the three-match series against South Africa, beginning December 15.
From setting inspirational songs as his mobile ringtone to wearing I-Never-Give-Up T-shirts, pacer S Sreesanth has come up with unique methods to keep himself motivated as he waits for a recall to the Indian cricket team.
India made one change with paceman Zaheer Khan ruled out because of an injured heel and was replaced by Ishant Sharma.
Anil Kumble bagged five wickets and Mathew Hayden scored a century as Australia ended the opening day of the Melbourne Test on 337 for 9.
The 40-year-old Australia fast bowler joined the Indian team Down Under as bowling coach.
The Indian bowlers -- Zaheer Khan in particular -- have so far successfully managed to tie him down, but Australia opener Matthew Hayden has vowed to bounce back when the third Test gets underway in Delhi from October 29.
India completed a crushing victory over Australia by a record margin of 320 runs in the second Test in Mohali on Tuesday to seize a 1-0 lead in the four-match series. It was India's biggest ever Test win by runs, bettering their 280-run success over South Africa in Kanpur in 1996-97.
52 - number of extras conceded by Australia. This equals the worst performance by Australia in an innings. Australia had conceded 52 extras to England at Brisbane in 1982-83 in their score of 309.
80 - the runs added by Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan for the eighth wicket - best partnership in Indian innings.
Ricky Ponting led from the front with a brilliant century to help Australia reach 254 for four at close on the opening day of the first Test against India.
'Players want a lot of games to stay in touch. You take them away from the game and they lose touch.'
The left-hander scored 44 not as Northamptonshire beat Worcestershire by nine wickets in a Twenty20 Cup match.
India rested key players Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Zaheer Khan besides leaving out Rohit Sharma.
Zaheer Khan on his return to form that shaped India's escape at Lord's and victory over England at Trent Bridge.
India produced a strong batting performance to post a healthy score of 254 for 3 at close on day two of the second Test.
Statistical highlights of the third day's play between India and Sri Lanka in the first Test at the SSC in Colombo on Friday.
This is the fifth Test involving India and Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka to be affected by rain; the previous four were at Colombo (SSC) in 1985-86; Kandy in 1993; Colombo (SSC) in 1998-99 and Galle in 2001-02.
South Africa's Ashwell Prince and AB de Villiers stormed into the top 20 among batsmen after outstanding performances in the second Test against England.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ajit Agarkar and S Sreesanth, who are down with viral flu, were left out for the first ODI.
Tendulkar made way for Ganguly while Zaheer was included as the sixth Indian in the revised 14-member team.
India won the two-Test series 1-0 and condemned Bangladesh to their 40th Test defeat.
India are without prolific opening batsman Virender Sehwag, who has been ruled out because of a shoulder injury.
Virushka's wedding was, of course, the biggest Indiansports shaadi of the year, but other athletes too tied the knot this year.
Kings XI Punjab scored their fifth win in a row when they beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday.
Robin Uthappa's innings of 70 runs off 41 balls (SR-170.73) is the third best by any batsman scoring at least a fifty against West Indies
Struggling teams Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab take on each other in an Indian Premier League match in Mohali on Sunday as they desperately seek to get back to winning ways to stay in the hunt for a play-offs berth.
Check out the star arrivals.
Sachin Tendulkar, who is still recovering after elbow surgery, was named in the squad for the two-Test series against Zimbabwe.
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