CARDIFF: As the Champions Trophy meanders towards its business end, the talk here does not centre around India’s opponent in the semifinals. Rather, it is around the lines of who will be lucky enough not to run into the Group B toppers in the knockout match.

That’s the kind of form [...]

India have been blessed with some attacking openers over the last three decades. If Krishnamachari Srikkanth started the trend in the 1980s with his swashbuckling style, it was Virender Sehwag who took over the mantle in the 2000s.

And now, the baton has passed to Shikhar Dhawan.

Dhawan [...]

MUMBAI: Leading a cricket team is no different from running a family where the members would end up playing for themselves if the captain loses their faith, feels former India skipper Sourav Ganguly.

“As a leader, if you want a good team, you have to be transparent with your players. [...]

LONDON: Former captain Rahul Dravid has said it will be impossible to replace Sachin Tendulkar once the senior India batsman retires from international cricket but added the game will go on.

“I don’t think you should look to replace him, it will be impossible,” Dravid said.

“There is [...]

LONDON: Pace legend Wasim Akram wants senior India batsman Sachin Tendulkar to add a diplomatic feather to his cricket cap by becoming the peace envoy for the two neighbouring countries.

Ahead of Tendulkar’s 40th birthday on Wednesday, Akram called on Tendulkar to help improve relations between the two countries.

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NEW DELHI: Record-breaking batsman Sachin Tendulkar turns 40 on Wednesday with no plans to retire despite media speculation and recent form suggesting that age is finally catching up with the “Little Master”.

Test and one-day cricket’s greatest run-scorer approaches the game with undiminished enthusiasm and insists he has much to offer [...]

NEW DELHI: Approaching his 40th birthday, Sachin Tendulkar’s “insatiable hunger and incredible talent” has fetched him glowing tributes from fellow cricketers who say the batting great’s longevity and passion for the game can never be surpassed.

Tendulkar, regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in modern-day cricket, will turn 40 on April 24 [...]

NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar may not be in the best of form of late but the senior Indian batman on Thursday said that he was not bothered by the opinion of others about his retirement and that he would just stick to his job.

“Lots of people have been talking about [...]

NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar may not be in the best of form of late but the senior Indian batman on Thursday said that he was not bothered by the opinion of others about his retirement and that he would just stick to his job.

“Lots of people have been talking about [...]

KOLKATA: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday revealed that Pune Warriors management never thought that Yuvraj Singh is a “captaincy material” after the team’s debacle in the 2011 IPL when they finished last ahead.

Ganguly feels that’s the reason why Angelo Mathews and Ross Taylor have [...]