Mahendra Singh Dhoni carried his good run as captain in limited overs cricket to Tests by leading his side to a huge win over Australia in Mohali.
India dismissed Australia for 195 runs on the fifth morning to register thumping 320-run victory in the Mohali Test.
Australia's coach Tim Nielsen admitted that his bowlers failed to deliver vis--vis their Indian counterparts in the second Test in Mohali.
"Yes, I expected them to take nine New Zealand wickets by tea on the fifth day's play, but it just did not happen," says Kris Srikkanth.
Dean Elgar criticises Mohali pitch, says it's is a bad wicket.
John Wright said that team was hungrier for a win in Kolkata after failing to give the final push for victory in the Mohali Test.
The Pakistan cricket team management gave umpires Rudi Koertzen and Darrell Hair negative ratings.
Were the Indian batsmen too defensive against the Kiwi bowlers?
"It (the pitch) should offer more bounce, more pace and we have a decent chance to take the lead," Flintoff said.
Indian and Australian cricketers will soon be sharing dressing rooms in the Indian Premier League and wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, fresh from his team's triumph in one of the most controversial and hard-fought bilateral contests in recent times, feels it's time to 'move forward'.
The Indian skipper had returned to Kolkata on Friday night complaining of pain in the affected area.\n\n
Skipper Inzamam-ul Haq said Shahid Afridi and Yasir Hameed would contest for a spot in the top order.
A look at a few of the responses our readers had to the draw in the first Test at Mohali.
Only 1330 tickets remain unsold for the first Test between India and Pakistan, beginning on Tuesday.
Out of the 7,500 tickets sent by the BCCI for the Mohali Test, only 3,000 were sold.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes was reprimanded for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct after he was charged for making inappropriate comments during the opening day's play in the third cricket Test against India in Mohali on Saturday.
England's bowlers are wary of Indian skipper Virat Kohli's recent good form and are looking to come up with plans to get him out early.
India captain Virat Kohli rejected criticism of the pitch for the first Test against South Africa in Mohali and said it was 'errors in shot selection' that brought about wickets for spinners rather than the pitch playing tricks, a view his rival captain Hashim Amla also shared.
Vijay in 11th spot; Kohli falls five places
Jonny Bairstow saved England the blushes after his half-century helped the team amass 268 for 8 after an early flurry of wickets.
India captain Virat Kohli shot up 10 slots to reach a career-high fourth position in the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen after producing a man of the match performance in the second Test against England in Visakhapatnam.
On being asked about his consistent performance, R Ashwin, who became the fastest Indian bowler to claim 150 wickets in 29 Tests, said, "I think two things. I have got a good stock of my bowling at the crease."
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, on Friday, ridiculed the media attention on the pitch for the first Test, saying most of the batsmen got out by playing bad shots.
Rajneesh Gupta surveys the cricketing milestones from the Mohali Test.
Australian great Glenn McGrath says the handling of the 'homework gate' saga during the team's tour of India earlier this year was "pretty poor" and felt it "all blew up" in the middle of the 0-4 Test series drubbing.
Cheteshwar Pujara's unbeaten 63 gave India a firm hold on the opening Test against South Africa after off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up his 13th five-wicket haul to restrict the touring side to 184 on the second day on Friday.
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