MUMBAI: The top brass of BCCI and the aggrieved Sahara Group will meet on Sunday in a bid to break the stalemate which prompted the corporate giant to withdraw sponsorship of the Indian cricket team and also pull out of the IPL.

Sahara Group supremo Subrata Roy will [...]

ADELAIDE: The Australians have dominated India so far but spinner Xavier Doherty on Saturday said his team would have to be on guard as the resurgent visitors might hit back strongly when the two teams clash for the second time in the ODI tri-series on Sunday.

India put [...]

NEW DELHI: Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal’s controversial bowling action has sparked off a heated debate with some Indian greats calling him an “outright chucker” but their counterparts across the border have backed him to the hilt.

While former spinners like Bishan Singh Bedi, Erapalli Prasanna and [...]

ADELAIDE: Their morale lifted after a win over Sri Lanka, India would look to break the stranglehold that Australia seems to have taken on them in a nightmarish tour when the two sides clash in the fourth match of the ongoing ODI tri-series on Sunday.

With a win against the [...]

PERTH: Australia will revisit their bowling plan for Angelo Mathews after the powerful Sri Lankan almost engineered another remarkable comeback win for his side at the WACA ground on Friday.

Mathews, who famously combined with Lasith Malinga for a 132-run ninth-wicket stand to help Sri Lanka [...]

ADELAIDE: Australia have decided to rest veteran batsman Michael Hussey and bring in all-rounder Mitchell Marsh for the tri-series one-dayer against India on Sunday.

The 36-year-old Hussey will be back for Australia’s next match against Sri Lanka in Sydney on February 17.

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ADELAIDE: India’s efforts on the bowling front have left a lot to be desired so far in the tri-series. It was only the return of Zaheer Khan in Perth which ensured that skipper Dhoni didn’t have to turn to his part-timers in the game against Sri Lanka.

That wasn’t the [...]

SHARJAH: All-rounder Shahid Afridi took five wickets while Younis Khan and Imran Farhat both hit half-centuries as Pakistan beat Afghanistan by seven wickets in the day-night international on Friday.

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Afridi claimed 5/36 as Afghanistan were bowled out for 195 in 48.3 overs before Younis [...]