India failed to deliver the killer punch as Sussex put up a strong first innings total and then picked two early wickets to push them on the back foot in the four-day tour match here Monday.
Helped by a counter-attacking century by wicketkeeper-batsman Andy Hodd, Sussex witnessed a turnaround in the batting fortunes and posted 300 […]
The Indian cricket team arrived here on Monday after a thumping series win over Bangladesh.
India won the Test series 1-0 and the one-day series, 2-0.
Manager of the team Ravi Shastri, bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad, fielding coach Robin Singh and batsmen, Saurav Ganguly, Dinesh Karthik and Wasim Jaffer arrived at Kolkata airport as the other players […]
Skipper Rahul Dravid put things in proper perspective when he said that he did not lend much importance to the team’s biggest ever Test victory which came against Bangladesh on Sunday.
India may have won the Test handsomely and the two-match series 1-0 after a truncated opening match, but never really had to swim against the […]
Occasional brilliance has failed to mask that Bangladesh have a long way to go before they can consistently challenge bigger teams in Tests, like they have started to in the one-dayers. They looked every bit a side that had last played Test cricket 13 months ago, and to make matters worse, played 38 one-dayers over […]
If you thought all the excitement was over with the final ball of India’s Bangladesh journey, Ravi Shastri strode into the media room with some patent one-liners to sign off as he usually does from the commentary box - in style.
The last line from “Ravi da”? “Like I said before, ami tumake bhalo bashi, or […]
For Rahul Dravid and his boys, the trip across the border was important to get the team back on track.
The dismal showing at the World Cup had critics slamming the team with every pass moment. And now after a good convincing performance against Bangladesh, though a modest team, it would have brought back some cheer […]
Habibul Bashar stepped down as the skipper of the Bangladesh One-Day team on Sunday but said he was available for selection as a player.
“I hear lot of talks about me getting picked in the ODI team as I was the captain. So, I have decided to step down from the post to give the selectors […]
Indian skipper Rahul Dravid said Dinesh Karthik and Wasim Jaffer’s rollicking opening stand was the key to the convincing Test win against Bangladesh here on Sunday.
“It was good effort from everybody — a good Test match as we piled up a huge score and then knocked them off twice,” Dravid said after India thrashed Bangladesh […]
India’s victory at Mirpur by an innings and 239 runs is their 25th Test win by an innings, and their biggest - the earlier record margin was their innings-and-219-run victory against Australia at Kolkata in 1997-98. Seventeen of those 25 wins have been achieved at home, while five more have come outside India but in […]
Paceman Zaheer Khan claimed seven for 88 to take India to an innings and 239-run win over Bangladesh in the second test on Sunday and a 1-0 series win.
The hosts were all out for 253 in the final session of the third day when India, who declared their first innings on 610-3, asked them to […]
India captain Rahul Dravid said Sunday that his team emerged from a ‘lose-lose situation’ to win the One-day International (ODI) and Test series against Bangladesh following the Cricket World Cup disaster recently.
India won the rain-marred ODI series 2-0 and the two-match Test series 1-0 to avenge the surprise Cricket World Cup defeat at the hands […]
Habibul Bashar has given up the one-day captaincy of Bangladesh but wants to continue as a player in the team.
The 34-year-old announced his decision after an innings defeat by India in the second Test meant a 1-0 series loss.
“I have made up my mind. I don’t want to be the captain of the one-day side […]