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Tue, Nov 24, 2009
Images: India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Day 1
Images from the first day's play in the second Test between India and Sri Lanka, in Kanpur, on Tuesday. India post record total after Sehwag, Gambhir tons
Centuries from Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag helped India amass 417 for 2 in 90 overs on Day 1 of the second Test against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. Gambhir best Indian opener after Gavaskar: Sehwag
Virender Sehwag has forced many a bowler into submission with his explosive batting, but on Tuesday he doffed his hat to Gautam Gambhir, describing him as the best Indian opener after the legendary Sunil Gavaskar. Most runs scored by India in a day
India ended Day 1 in the second Test against Sri Lanka on 417 for 2, their highest total from a day's play, surpassing their previous best of 386 for 1 against South Africa at Chennai in 2007-08.
Mon, Nov 23, 2009
World Cricket Calendar 2009
Fixtures of upcoming international matches. I have full confidence in my talents: Jadeja
An interview with Ravindra Jadeja, the fast rising Indian allrounder, celebrated his return to first-class cricket with a century after enjoying a fairly good one-day series with ball and bat against Australia recently. New review system to debut at NZ-Pak series
The International Cricket Council's controversial Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), which is being opposed by the BCCI, will go into operation from Tuesday with the start of the Test series between New Zealand and Pakistan in Dunedin. Spotted: Intikhab Alam and Aquib Javed
Reader Rijo Jose spotted the two former Pakistan cricketers at Deira City Centre, in Dubai, UAE. Karthik flown in as cover for injured Dhoni
Stumper Dinesh Karthik has been flown in as a last minute back-up for injured India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni ahead of the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka starting in Kanpur on Tuesday. Images: India, Sri Lanka gear up for Kanpur challenge
India and Sri Lanka players in practice ahead of the second Test, beginning in Kanpur on Tuesday. 'Prasad out, Mendis in reckoning for Kanpur Test'
Injured Sri Lanka pacer Dhammika Prasad will miss the second Test against India starting in Kanpur on Tuesday but opener Tillekaratne Dilshan will play despite suffering a broken nose. Prasad, 26, picked up a hamstring strain on the final day of last week's high-scoring drawn first Test in Ahmedabad and will not be considered for the second contest of a three-match series.
Sun, Nov 22, 2009
Tendulkar rises, Gambhir slips in ICC Test ranking
Riding on his match-saving hundred against Sri Lanka in the opening Test, senior Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar rose a rung to joint 15th but opener Gautam Gambhir slipped one place to third in the latest ICC Rankings issued on Sunday.
Fri, Nov 20, 2009
Images: India vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Day 5
Images from Day 5 in the first Test between India and Sri Lanka, in Ahmedabad, on Friday. Middlesex sign Gilchrist, eyeing Tendulkar
Middlesex have signed Australian Adam Gilchrist for next year's Twenty20 campaign and hope to recruit Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar as well, the English county side said on Thursday. Stats: India v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Day 5
Statistical highlights on the fifth and final day of the first cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad. Tendulkar, Gambhir tons thwart Sri Lanka
Centuries from Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir helped India escape with a draw in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad, on Friday. India, in their second innings, amassed 412 for four in 129 overs after which both captains agreed to call off play. The hosts finished with a lead of 78 runs with six overs remaining on the fifth day. We could have bowled tighter: Dhoni
Relieved after his batsmen eked out a draw in the first Test against Sri Lanka, India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said it was just a matter of seeing through the early overs and the team never panicked.
Thu, Nov 19, 2009
Calling Tendulkar greatest is unfair: Atherton
Sachin Tendulkar is a great batsman but to suggest he is the best ever is demeaning to those former greats who survived the bodyline series and stood at the crease without any modern-day safety gears, feels former England skipper Mike Atherton. Spotted: Anil Kumble in Bangalore
Reader Tejas Kashyap spotted former India captain and leg spin ace Anil Kumble at 'Rajdhani', a restaurant in UB City, Bangalore. India fight back after Jayawardene's 275
Gautam Gambhir's fluent unbeaten half-century led India's fightback, in reply to Sri Lanka's mammoth first innings score of 760 for seven declared on Day 4 of the first Test, in Ahmedabad, on Thursday. Earlier, Mahela Jayawardene smashed a splendid 275 and Prasanna Jayawardene finished unbeaten on 154, the duo putting on a world record partnership of 351 runs in 592 deliveries for the sixth wicket as they stayed at the crease for 97.3 overs.