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Mumbai, Nov 1: Zaheer Khan may have lost oodles of weight and regained his form, but the selectors have instead picked Mohammad Shami for the two-Test series against West Indies starting on November 6. The rubber, which will be Sachin Tendulkar’s last, could well be Rohit Sharma’s first after the classy right-hander found a place in the 15-man squad on the back of some consistent performances in

Nagpur, Oct 30: India pulled off a sensational six-wicket victory over Australia in the do-or-die sixth one-dayer, riding on Virat Kohli's brutal unbeaten 115 and Shikhar Dhawan's blistering century to level the seven-match series 2-2 on Wednesday. Chasing a mammoth 351, the Indians gave ample display of their batting firepower on a belter of a track at the VCA Stadium at Jamtha to overhaul the

Lahli, Oct 30: Sachin Tendulkar's farewell game in domestic cricket ended in a manner befitting his iconic stature, as the retiring legend single-handedly guided Mumbai to a four-wicket win over Haryana in one of the most keenly followed match in the history of Ranji Trophy on Wednesday. Requiring 39 more runs to win with four wickets in hand on the fourth and final day, Tendulkar went on to make

Lahli (Haryana), Oct 29: Sachin Tendulkar warmed up for his farewell series against the West Indies next month with a gritty unbeaten half-century to keep Mumbai`s chances alive in their Ranji Trophy match against a spirited Haryana here on Tuesday. Featuring in his last Ranji Trophy innings, Tendulkar played the lone-ranger as he remained not out on a patient 55 at stumps on the third day, with

Mumbai, Oct 29: Former Indian cricket team captain Dilip Vengsarkar on Monday made a startling revelation that in 1986 underworld don Dawood Ibrahim had walked into the team’s dressing room and offered the players gifts of cars if they beat Pakistan in the final of the Sharjah tournament the next day. ‘Big businessman’ Mr. Vengsarkar claimed that Dawood, introduced to the players as a big

New Delhi, Oct 29: Holding that it was playing "hide and seek" and cannot be trusted any more, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Sahara group to hand over title deeds of its properties worth Rs 20,000 crore to SEBI and restrained its chief Subrata Roy from leaving the country without its permission. Making it clear that there is no "escape" from depositing the investors' money with the

New Delhi, Oct 28: He is known to be composure personified even under immense pressure and Viswanathan Anand, who is gearing up to defend his world title next month, gave ample proof of it in the 2008 edition against Vladimir Kramnik when he outwitted the celebrated Russian to clinch his third World Championship. Although he had won two world titles in knockout and tournament formats, Anand still

Sydney, Oct 28: Australian captain Michael Clarke is in line to make his comeback from injury to lead New South Wales in their Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania this week, team officials said today. Clarke's availability for Wednesday's Shield game will be subject to a fitness review over a back injury, a spokesman said. The star batsman was ruled out of Australia's one-day tour of India

Greater Noida, Oct 28: Greater Noida: Taking a giant step towards becoming a modern-time great, Sebastian Vettel cruised into the history books by winning his fourth consecutive Formula One world title as he conquered the Indian Grand Prix for the third time in a row, here on Sunday. Changing his tyres strategy after only two laps on softs from pole position, Vettel switched to mediums and drove

Lahli, Oct 27: Haryana's Mohit Sharma clean bowled Sachin Tendulkar for 5 runs as the master failed in the first innings for Mumbai in their Ranji Trophy clash on Sunday. Sharma pitched a good length delivery on the off-stump and the extra bounce did the trick as it nipped back in a bit with good amount of bounce. Tendulkar leaned forward to defend but the ball brushed off his elbow and then hit