PERTH: Sourav Ganguly has “accepted” the fact that the current Indian team cannot win Test matches on foreign soil and urged the national selectors to take tough and honest decisions, keeping in mind the best for Indian cricket.

India lost the Perth Test by an innings and 37 [...]

DUBAI: Pakistani all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez raised the excitement over off-spinner Saeed Ajmal’s mystery delivery he wants to unveil against England in the first Test starting on Tuesday, saying it is “unique.”

Ajmal, who took the most Test wickets in 2011 with 50, declared last month he will unveil a mystery [...]

CHENNAI: Veteran Sachin Tendulkar was on Sunday recalled while paceman Praveen Kumar and spinner Rahul Sharma were also included in India’s 17-member squad for the next month’s tri-series in Australia.

Irfan Pathan also staged a comeback in the team, announced by BCCI Secretary Sanjay Jagdale [...]

PERTH: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday hinted at phasing out senior players after the end of the cricket series in Australia.

Calls for phasing out seniors have gathered momentum in the wake of India’s dismal run in the series and is likely to intensify after their loss in the third [...]

NEW DELHI: The BCCI on Sunday expressed concern over Indian cricket team’s flop show in Australia and promised to take corrective measures ahead of the Adelaide Test and the tri-angular series.

BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla said that all the teams face tough times at some stage or the [...]

NEW DELHI: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been handed a one-match ban for slow over rate in the third Test match, which India lost to Australia by an innings and 37 runs at the WACA ground in Perth on Sunday.

According to Times [...]

PERTH: Battered in just two and a half days, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the inability to quickly adapt to new conditions and the flop show of his batsmen were the reasons behind his team’s series defeat against Australia.

“We have not performed well throughout this series. In this [...]

NEW DELHI: Fine bowling by Ben Hilfenhaus (4/54) and Peter Siddle (3/43) guided Australia to a crushing series win against India after the visitors lost the third Test by an innings & 37 runs on the third day of the match at the WACA ground in Perth on Sunday.

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NEW DELHI: India, who were trailing by 43 runs to avoid an innings defeat at lunch, lost Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni in the first session on the third day of the third Test against Australia at the WACA ground in Perth on Sunday.

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NEW DELHI: India, who were trailing by 43 runs to avoid an innings defeat at lunch, lost Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni in the first session on the third day of the third Test against Australia at the WACA ground in Perth on Sunday.

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