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London, Aug 23: Under-fire batsman Virat Kohli finally came good and the bowlers delivered to help India beat Middlesex by 95 runs in the the 50-over practice game at Lord’s here on Friday. Chasing a target of 231 runs, the hosts were bowled out for 135 runs (39.5 overs) with youngster Karn Sharma picking three for 14. Earlier, Kohli and Ambati Rayudu hit half-centuries before India were dismissed

Aug 22: A look back at India's performance in their last three Tests against England, and you would be forgiven for thinking the the side had somehow contrived to send in an amateur team masked as their more esteemed, more trust-worthy and more reliable national side. Virat Kohli not included, of course - His primary currency in the series was runs... I mean the lack of it. That, and dropping

Aug 21: After sidelining the Duncan Fletcher-led support staff of the Indian team on the dismal tour of England which resulted in a 1-3 loss, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is reportedly set to put curbs on the player's company of wives and girlfriends on overseas tours. According to a report in the Indian Express, the BCCI has taken a decision to put restrictions on the time spent by

Bangalore, Aug 21: India — A goal in each half gave Pakistan an impressive 2-0 win over India in the second of two friendlies on Wednesday to level the series. Pakistan, which had lost the previous match 1-0 on Sunday, took the lead in the 39th minute when Kaleem Ullah scored from a free kick. Saddam Hussain added Pakistan's second in the 90th minute following a defense lapse to seal the game for

Aug 20: On a day when the BCCI cracked the whip in the aftermath of the 1-3 humiliating Test series loss to England, the board also made it clear that it was fully behind Dhoni. The India captain enjoys the blessings of International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman N Sriniavasan, who has been removed as the BCCI president by the Supreme Court. "There is no need to remove Dhoni as the captain," said

Johannesburg, Aug 20: England pace bowler James Anderson has said that the fall-out from his row with Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja helped him star in a 3-1 Test series win against India. England wrapped up the five-match contest with a colossal innings and 244-run victory, completed inside three days, at The Oval on Sunday. Spearhead pacer Anderson was named England's man-of-the-series after

New Delhi, Aug 19: Cracking the whip following India's shambolic Test series against England, The BCCI today virtually sidelined coach Duncan Fletcher by appointing former captain Ravi Shastri as the Team Director while giving a "break" to bowling coach Joe Dawes and fielding coach Trevor Penny for the upcoming one-day series. Under pressure to act after India's disastrous performance in the Test

Aug 19: No offence to the English, but this Indian team did their fair share to ensure that a woeful overseas record would remain so. Despite an unexpected victory, or maybe because of it, the visitors felt it unnecessary to bother winning the series. 0-4, Australia 1947-8 Facing Bradman The Indians lost the series 0-4, a result that appears all the more mystifying given the Indian performance in

London, Aug 18: Batting great Sunil Gavaskar on Sunday said Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his boys have “embarrassed” the country with their “jelly-like” resistance in the Test series against England and even suggested that those not interested in playing longer-format should quit the Test team. India suffered yet another humiliating defeat as they lost the fifth Test by an innings and 244 runs. “If

London, Aug 17: England were all out for 486 in their first innings as the hosts took a 338-run lead against India on day three of the fifth and final cricket Test at the Oval here today. Brief Scores: India: 148 all out England: 486 all out in 116.3 overs (Joe Root 149 not out, Alastair Cook 79, Gary Ballance 64; Ishant Sharma 4/96, R Ashwin 3/72, Varun Aaron 2/153).