NEW DELHI: Having led Kolkata Knight Riders to the Indian Premier League triumph, Gautam Gambhir on Friday said that he is ready to captain the Indian Test side.

Asked if he was ready to lead the Test side, Gambhir said, “Absolutely, it is the biggest [...]

MUMBAI: Senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Friday said India will focus to get back to the pinnacle of Test rankings rather than thinking about taking revenge against England in the upcoming home series in November.

“It’s not about revenge (the home series against England). It’s taking pride to play for India [...]

NEW DELHI: Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain Gautam Gambhir says he never felt like an outsider in the state, which is obsessed with home boy and Pune Warriors skipper Sourav Ganguly.

Gambhir said he has become a Bengali boy and needs to start picking up the language [...]

PORT OF SPAIN: West Indies’ mystery off-spinner Sunil Narine has described his unexpected call up for the Test tour of England as a dream come true.

The 24-year-old Trinidadian only returned home this week following his outstanding campaign in the Indian Premier League (IPL) where he was voted [...]

MUMBAI: There may be a few problems afflicting the IPL, but Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar on Friday said that they don’t make the entire tournament questionable.

“I think there are one or two problems in every organisation and it does not make the entire organisation bad,” responded Tendulkar to [...]

NEW DELHI: Stung by the controversies and scandals this season, the IPL authorities will put in place strict guidelines for franchise owners to ensure that the glamorous event’s brand image is not dented in future.

Although this year’s IPL drew massive crowds, it was rocked by a spate of controversies [...]

NEW DELHI: Season Five of the IPL, which concluded recently, saw a 55 per cent increase in online viewership. In comparison with 72 million page views in 2011, 113 million page views were generated during this year’s action packed season. The matches were streamed online by IPL official partner, Times [...]

GURGAON: It goes without saying that the choc-a-bloc cricket calendar has taken its toll on players’ fitness and also led to audience fatigue. This issue was once again highlighted by Indian captain MS Dhoni on Wednesday. While everyone at a media event here on Thursday seemed excited about the possible revival of [...]