NEW DELHI: Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have been forced to implement the rotational policy on senior players following a diktat by the BCCI, according to former Indian captain Bishen Singh Bedi who said the controversial policy has dented the team’s confidence.

Already a big debate has started on a possible [...]

MELBOURNE: Australian skipper Michael Clarke on Wednesday said it will be a “weird” and “strange” feeling when he will walk out in Hobart to play against Sri Lanka without Ricky Ponting, who he says is “giant of the game”.

Selectors have pushed Ponting to retirement from the One-day [...]

MELBOURNE: Australian skipper Michael Clarke on Wednesday said it will be a “weird” and “strange” feeling when he will walk out in Hobart to play against Sri Lanka without Ricky Ponting, who he says is “giant of the game”.

Selectors have pushed Ponting to retirement from the One-day [...]

NEW DELHI: Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly hinted that batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar should reconsider his ODI future and concentrate on Test cricket after his poor show in the ongoing tri-series Down Under.

Speaking to a news channel after India’s humiliating loss to Sri Lanka at [...]

MUMBAI: The IPL governing council on Wednesday asked Sahara Pune Warriors to get the consent of all the franchises for fielding five foreign players in the fifth edition of the tournament.

Indian Premier League Governing Council chairman Rajiv Shukla said all the issues discussed with Sahara, have been ratified by [...]

NEW DELHI: The BCCI on Wednesday sought to scotch the intense speculation about a rift in the Indian cricket team in Australia with its President N Srinivasan calling such media reports as “exaggerated”.

As reports of a rift gathered more steam in the media, Srinivasan said that he [...]

AUCKLAND: Marchant de Lange took two wickets in a final over Wednesday that conceded only three runs as South Africa blunted New Zealand’s run chase to win the third Twenty20 international by three runs and take the series 2-1.

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New Zealand started the last [...]

DUBAI: The continuous failure with the bat cost Indian opener Virender Sehwag four places as he slid to 18th in the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen but skipper Mahendra Singh moved up by two places to number four.

Sehwag has failed to fire in the ongoing tri-series in Australia while [...]

NEW DELHI: The public spat between Indian skipper MS Dhoni and Virender Sehwag took a new turn as they were divided over the team selection ahead of the Sri Lanka match, Times Now reported.

Both the players provided their playing eleven before the start of the match. Dhoni [...]

SYDNEY: Young Virat Kohli and Umesh Yadav have emerged as two notable bright spots in an otherwise disastrous Australian tour during which India’s reputation as a cricketing giant took a beating.

If the 0-4 humiliation in the Test series was not enough, India, after a decent start to [...]