DURBAN, Dec. 29: India’s 87-run series-levelling triumph in the second Test has given Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men an opportunity to pull off a Test series triumph when the third Test begins in Cape Tow

Durban, Dec. 29: Living up to the number one rank has been a burden India have had to carry for the whole of 2010. Their status was first questioned when the South Africans inflicted an innings-defeat

Melbourne, Dec. 29: England captain Andrew Strauss on Wednesday said retaining the Ashes on the Australian soil was like winning a holy grail and credited the team’s success to months of meticulous pl

Melbourne, Dec. 29: Ian Chappell feels that Australian captain Ricky Ponting has crossed his “use-by-date” as a leader and he should step down as skipper after the cricket World Cup, which starts in F

Sachin Tendulkar celebrates India’s victory on the fourth day of the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead Stadium in Durban on Wednesday.

Durban: India were today dealt a massive blow ahead of next month's ODI series against South Africa with aggressive opener Virender Sehwag ruled out due to a shoulder injury.

Sehwag, who had nurse

Pakistan humiliated New Zealand in the third and final Twenty20 international in Christchurch on Thursday as the black caps slumped to their lowest ever total in the ultra-short form of the game.

New Zealand collapsed spectacularly chasing Pakistan's six for 183, with the top four batsmen all dismissed for ducks as the tourists shrugged off the form slump that saw them lose the first two matches of the three-match series.

India were on Thursday dealt a massive blow ahead of next month's ODI series against South Africa with aggressive opener Virender Sehwag ruled out due to a shoulder injury.

Sehwag, who had nursed a shoulder injury a few months ago as well, will be replaced by Rohit Sharma in the squad for the five-match series starting here on January 12.

"Virender Sehwag has been advised to withdraw from the ODI series against South Africa to tend to his shoulder. Rohit Sharma will replace him in the squad," the BCCI said in a statement.

Dec. 30: A whistle-blower, who blew the lid off a Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) forgery and nepotism scandal involving a former top official and Congress legislator in Goa, has alleged that

Dec. 30: Pakistan humiliated New Zealand in the third and final Twenty20 international in Christchurch Thursday as the Black Caps slumped to their lowest ever total in the ultra-short form of the game