Man of the match Vivek Yadav’s all-round show helped Bal Bhawan School, Dwarka, beat West Delhi Academy by 23 runs in the final of the 5th Little Master Under-12 cricket tournament at the Hari Nagar sports complex in the capital on Monday.

A stalwart of the team that soared to number one in the rankings, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh’s chances of a return to the Test team are looking remote with Ravichandran Ashwin’s emergence as India’s

The victorious Indian Under-19 cricket team arrived to a rousing reception here on Tuesday afternoon from Australia after winning the age-group World Cup in Townsville on Sunday.

Triumphant team skip

Sourav Ganguly

It was a good day for Indian cricket on Sunday. Not only did they cruised to a thumping victory over New Zealand in Hyderabad, but also became the champion in the Under-19 World Cup defeating Australia.

Sunday was a special day for Indian cricket with the juniors beating defending champions Australia to win the under-19 World Cup in Townsville while the seniors registered a handsome innings-and-115-r

When play began here after a two-hour delay on the fourth day, the cornered Kiwis had one eye on the pitch and the other on the sky — looking for heavenly help as thundershowers were forecast by the weather department.

After losing eight straight matches, India finally won a Test when they thrashed New Zealand by an innings and 115 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium here on Sunday. And the man responsible, R. Ashwin, was a picture of composure, hinting at steely resolve to take India back to the pinnacle of Test cricket.

New Zealand’s woes with the bat continued on Sunday when they slumped to an innings defeat against India. Despite batting better, New Zealand only bettered their first innings performance by four runs.

Just retired V.V.S. Laxman on Monday declined to comment on his relationship with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni but clarified that there was no controversy as has been reported by the media.

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India's young middle order batsman Virat Kohli is known to display his anger but he says that he is now trying to control his aggression so that his behaviour does not go over the top.

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