Men in Blue headed by India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni now has Australian Michael Hussey breathing down his neck for the top slot in the ODI rankings. Teammate Sachin Tendulkar lost his fourth place to West Indies Captain Chris Gayle in the latest ICC chart announced on Monday. In-form Hussey narrowed the gap with...
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ICC Annual Awards: List of Short-listed nominees
Here is the list of cricketers who have been short listed for ICC Annual Awards that is to be announced on October 1 in Johannesburg. Short-lists of nominees (in alphabetical order): Cricketer of the Year: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind), Gautam Gambhir (Ind), Mitchell Johnson (Aus), Andrew Strauss (Eng). Test Player of the Year: Gautam...
Match 4: West Indies vs India: India won ODI series
India made amends for their Twenty20 World Cup disaster by winning the ODI series against West Indies by 2-1 after rains washed out the fourth and final ODI at the Beausejour Stadium on Sunday. The tourists won the four-match series 2-1 following victories in the series opener in Jamaica and the third match on...
Match 4: India Vs West Indies
‘Men in Blue’ – India are now one step away from a rare One-Day International series victory in the Caribbean. They face West Indies in the fourth and final ODI on Sunday at the Beausejour Cricket Ground confident in the knowledge that they cannot lose the brief series. The visitors won the rain-affected third...
Match 3: West Indies Vs India: Dhoni helps India win
Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a captain’s knock as India battled bad weather to defeat the West Indies by six wickets through the Duckworth-Lewis method and take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match ODI series at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia on Friday. Needing 11 runs off the last over after the target...
Match 2: West Indies Vs India: India lost by 8 wickets
The West Indies scored a convincing eight-wicket victory over India on Sunday in the second one-day cricket international at Sabina Park. The team was backed by an inspired display from their fast bowlers. The four-match series is now level at 1-1 as the teams head to St Lucia for the final two matches next...
Match 2: West Indies Vs India
After surviving through a narrow 20-run win over the West Indies, India go into the second ODI on Sunday. India need to be fully aware that they need to maintain their intensity right through the game to take an invincible 2-0 lead. The close game will serve as a wake-up call for the visitors...
Match 1: West Indies Vs India: India Won by 20 runs
India has won the first of the four ODI series between India and West Indies at the Sabina Park in Jamaica by 20 runs. After winning the toss, India opted to bat first and the opener Dinesh Karthik gave a good start joining with Man of the Match Yuvraj Singh. Scoreboard: India innings (50...
Gayle not underestimating India
West Indies Captain Chris Gayle has said he is not underestimating the Indians despite the visitors fielding an understrength team for the four-match ODI series in Jamaica and St Lucia. The Indians haven’t had the best of fortunes in the Caribbean over the last few years. In 2006, they were comprehensively beaten 4-1 before...
ICC World T20 XI: Indian Players find No place
Indian cricketers have failed to find a place in the World Twenty20 squad released by ICC in London on Monday. The squad consists of four Pakistan, three Sri Lanka, three South Africa and two West Indies players. Member of Team India, who failed miserably in the T20 world championship, could not find a place...
