After featuring in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, struggling opener Gautam Gambhir will represent Delhi in the inter-state Twenty20 league for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as the selectors named him in the 15-member squad on Thursday.

Pramod Chandela’s 96 coupled with Shiva Yadav’s 4/33 helped KN Colts beat LB Shastri Club by four wickets in the semi-final of the Oche Cup Open cricket tournament at the Baba Hari Das Academy grounds on Thursday.

Axed from the Indian cricket squad for the third and fourth Test against Australia, out-of-form opener Virender Sehwag today vowed to make a comeback into the national side, saying “I trust my game”.

Struggling opener Virender Sehwag was today dropped from the Indian cricket squad for the third and fourth Test against Australia after a prolonged form slump.

Rudra Sports entered the final of the Manoj Singh cricket tournament, beating GMCA by three wickets in the semi-finals at the Nehru Stadium in Ghaziabad on Wednesday. Rahat Elahi (48), and Anshul Gupta (43) played handy knocks in the chase to set up their team’s win.

Kandvil Shetty stood out with the bat and the ball (3/10 &36) in Ravindra Academy’s four-wicket win over Mago XI in the U-19 Bharti Cup T20 cricket tournament in the capital on Wednesday. Batting first, Mago XI were bowled out for 99 in 18.4 overs with Shetty and Nitish Lochab (3/18) turning in tight spells.

Launching a scathing attack on their cricket team for a spineless show in the second Test, the Australian media today dubbed their players as “pale warriors”, who did not have the stomach for fight and the legs to last the distance.

On a high after two consecutive Test wins, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today admitted that he had started questioning himself and was under a lot of pressure when the team was on a losing spree against England and Australia recently.

Livid after a second successive meek surrender by his team, Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke today said the performance is “unacceptable” and chided his batsmen for not taking enough responsibility.

India beat Australia by an innings and 135 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series here today.

Brief Scores: India: 503 all out