India have dropped down one place to fourth in the ICC Test Championships table after the annual update released on Tuesday, which reflects the performance of only the last three years with the older results being discarded. Sri Lanka, riding on their Test series win over Pakistan, leveled India (119) on points but replaced...
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Dinesh Karthik replaces Sehwag in T20 World Cup
India’s opening batsman Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the ongoing ICC Twenty20 World Cup in England due to a shoulder injury. Sources said Sehwag was advised to undergo a surgery for his shoulder injury. The hard-hitting batsman, earlier, had to skip the opening match against Bangladesh including all the practice matches. After...
India-Pakistan Warmup looked like T20 Finals
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has described India’s warm up clash against Pakistan ahead of T20 World Cup as one of the best matches they have played but reckons that doing an encore in future would be difficult. He said it was one of the best games but difficult to replicate it in future....
ICC World T20 Warm-up: Dhoni looks at the positives
Indian Teams warm-up match against New Zealand ended with the Kiwi’s winning by 9 run. The Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni refused to go much into the team’s defeat. Dhoni preferred to look at the positives and said he was not unduly worried about the loss. He was happy with a couple of batsmen...
Modi said IPL will be expanded to 10 Teams by 2011
Lalit Modi, the Chairman and Commissioner of the Indian Premier League said the eight-team tournament will be expanded to 10 teams in 2011. Mr. Modi also said the IPL will be back in India next year and the cramped International Cricket Council (ICC) schedule does not leave any room for the possibility of a...
2011 World Cup Finals in Mumbai
Thirteen venues in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have been allotted 49 matches of the ICC World Cup 2011. Eight venues will be in India, three in Sri Lanka and two in Bangladesh. Haroon Lorgat, Chief Executive officer (CEO), ICC said after a meeting of the ICC World Cup 2011 Central organising Committee (COC)...
IPL is important for me says Flintoff
Andrew Flintoff says he is right to play in the Indian Premier League, despite suggestions he should be rested ahead of the big Ashes summer. The England all-rounder, 31, has been plagued by injury in recent years. But he plays for Chennai Super Kings against Mumbai Indians in Cape Town on Saturday saying he...
Aussies Slip to 3rd place
The World Cup champions Australia slipped to third place in the one-day rankings on Wednesday, their lowest since the International Cricket Council (ICC) introduced ratings in October 2002. On Monday Australia collapsed to their seventh defeat in nine matches against top-ranked South Africa this year and now lies third in the rankings behind India....
Sachin proud of Dhoni’s leadership
Sachin Tendulkar has praised the leadership skills of MS Dhoni, who has overseen a successful six months for India after taking over as captain in all three formats. “I’m extremely happy and delighted at the way he (Dhoni) has conducted himself,” Tendulkar said. “He is a balanced guy, is always on his toes all...
Former players suggest Sehwag should continue to open
Just after Virender Sehwag said that he would like to play as a middle order batsman again, former Indian Test stars have their suggestions and opinions and have given an unanimous thumbs down to his idea. Former players Sandeep Patil, Nayan Mongia and Ajit Wadekar strongly believe that Sehwag should continue to open the...
