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OPENING SLOT England came to India with an opening dilemma as the void left by Andrew Strauss meant an inexperienced opening partner Alastair Cook. While the visitors tackled the problem rather seamlessly, India's struggle for a good opening stand is becoming more and more intense. Sehwag's 117 in Motera is not enough at home when Cook notched up two back-to-back hundreds in two Tests. Gambhir's

Mumbai, November 27: Unfazed by the humiliating defeat in the second Test against England, the national selectors on Tuesday persisted with the same squad giving under-fire star players another chance to prove their worth in the third match starting December 5 in Kolkata. The selectors refrained from making major changes to the team barring the inclusion of pacer Ashok Dinda for an injured Umesh

New Delhi, November 27: Saddened by the criticism that Sachin Tendulkar is facing due to his lean run, former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev said the veteran batsman should speak to the selectors about his future. Tendulkar’s poor run continued in the recently-concluded second Test against England which the visitors won in just four days despite the track being tailormade to India’s demands

New Delhi, November 27: Sachin Tendulkar's streak of low scores might have raised a question mark over his future but senior BCCI official and IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla today came out in support of the senior batsman saying one needs to look at his "colossal record" before making any comment. "He will hang up his boots when he thinks it's time for him to go. He does not need any advise on this

His insistence on a spinning track boomeranging, a sheepish Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday said he was disappointed with his tweakers who did not adjust their pace to exploit the pitch in the lost second Test against England. India were handed a humiliating 10-wicket loss by the English, who were expected to struggle on the spinning track that Dhoni had asked for before the game

England inflicted a humiliating ten-wicket defeat upon India on the fourth day of the second Test at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday to level the four-Test series 1-1 India crash to humiliating ten-wicket defeat against England in 2nd Test England openers captain Alastair Cook and Nick Compton knocked down the required 57 runs in 9.4 overs. In a new embarrassing low, the Indian second

Fresh questions were on Sunday raised on Sachin Tendulkar's retirement with the legendary Sunil Gavaskar saying that the selectors should have a word with him about his future plans. "Tendulkar has been playing for so long and he has been so consistent. This little period of lack of runs or lack of half centuries will give the critics chance to ask questions," Gavaskar said. "At the end of the day

Kevin Pietersen and Monty Panesar are entirely contrasting individuals, but they joined forces to put England on the verge of a famous victory on Sunday. On the third day, both England and India have walked into the Wankhede stadium with equal chances of taking command over the second Test. After Kevin Pietersen (186) and Alastair Cook (122) had provided steam to the visitors’ march, Indian

Pragyan Ojha dismissed Kevin Pietersen (186) after the latter played a blinder-of-an-innings to help England go past the Indian total on Day Three of the Mumbai Test. Kevin Pietersen’s innings of 186, included 20 fours and 4 sixes as he took the attack to the Indian bowlers. Samit Patel and Pietersen put on 59 runs for the fifth wicket before Ojha dismissed Patel with England at 357 for five. In

India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan 5-2 in an inconsequential round robin match to register their first win in the Lanco International Super Series hockey tournament in Perth on Saturday. India were by far the dominant side on display in the battle between the two sub-continent giants in the nine-a-side format of the game, better known as Hockey 9s. India pumped in three goals in the first half