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4th Test: India stare at 4-0 whitewash

A 4-0 series for Australia looms large with the home team requiring four wickets on the final day to wrap up another crushing win against a struggling Indian side. Chasing 500 to win the final match o...

Posted On: Jan 27, 2012 | Comments : 0

Clarke and Ponting give Team India a nightmare in Adelaide Test

Testy and aggressive as he may be on the field when they are batting, Ricky Ponting is not without empathy for the so-called 'ageing stalwarts' in the Indian team who have become the butt of u...

Posted On: Jan 26, 2012 | Comments : 0

Rahul's fluency of footwork, Viru's hunger on decline: Ganguly

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels that Virender Sehwag's "hunger to succeed" and veteran Rahul Dravid's "fluency of footwork" is on the decline. Ganguly seems surpr...

Posted On: Jan 26, 2012 | Comments : 0

How a group of seniors is ruining Indian cricket

Eighteen minutes into the first session on Day 1 of the Adelaide Test, Virender Sehwag tossed the ball to Ravichandran Ashwin. The off-spinner might have been shocked himself. If this was Kanpur or Ch...

Posted On: Jan 25, 2012 | Comments : 0

Sania-Elena pair reaches Aus Open semis

Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina showed nerves of steel under pressure as they shocked second seeds Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond to breeze into the women's doubles semifinal of the Australian Open o...

Posted On: Jan 24, 2012 | Comments : 0

India vs Australia, 4th Test: Statistical highlights

# Michael Clarke has produced his best performance in a Test series - 519 at an average of 173.00 in five innings, including a career-best, an unbeaten 329 at SCG. # Clarke has totalled 400 runs or mo...

Posted On: Jan 24, 2012 | Comments : 0

Dhoni is a very defensive captain: Mark Waugh

Unimpressed with Mahendra Singh Dhoni`s leadership skills, former Australia batsman Mark Waugh termed the Indian as a "defensive captain", who just sits back and wait for the opposition to m...

Posted On: Jan 05, 2012 | Comments : 0

Rahul Dravid: Great at 38

As millions of dollars' worth of fireworks went off at Sydney Harbour Bridge to see off 2011 and usher in 2012, Rahul Dravid must have felt weird about the year gone by. It has been about the best...

Posted On: Jan 03, 2012 | Comments : 0

India is holding world to ransom on DRS: Daryl Harper

Former Test umpire Daryl Harper today described India's reservation to cricket's electronic eye as "ludicrous" and "frustrating" and said the BCCI is holding the world to r...

Posted On: Dec 31, 2011 | Comments : 0

The best Test innings of 2011

In a year with many centuries and individual contributions of brilliance, we pick ten innings that really stood out. Jacques Kallis – 161 v India, 3rd Test, Cape Town On the second day of the fi...

Posted On: Dec 31, 2011 | Comments : 0
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