Team India praying for Yuvraj Singh’s recovery: Sehwag
Indian opener Virender Sehwag on Tuesday wished teammate Yuvraj Singh, who is undergoing treatment in the US for a malignant tumour between his lungs, a speedy recovery.
“I have heard that Yuvraj is taking chemotherapy. We are hoping he would be fine and fit when he comes back. We all are praying for him,” Sehwag said. Read more
Ind vs Aus: India remain winless in Australia with T20 defeat
India have still to win on their Australia tour after losing the first of two Twenty20 internationals by 31 runs to the home side at the Sydney Olympic stadium on Wednesday.
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No retirements as India look to put drubbing behind them
Charges of complacency aimed at India are only likely to intensify after they fell to a crushing 4-0 series defeat in Australia and an eighth successive loss in overseas Tests on Saturday.
The news conference after a fourth emphatic defeat in the series, this time by 298 runs, opened with the team’s media manager denying reports back home that a “senior player” – namely Rahul Dravid – would be retiring. Read more
Ind vs Aus: India lose Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid in quick succession
Chasing a massive 500-run target, India lost Rahul Dravid (25) soon after the play resume in the last session on Day 4 of the fourth and final Test in Adelaide on Friday.
Pacer Ryan Harris got rid of Dravid to reduce India to 100/3 as the visitors struggled to chase down the massive target. Read more
Ind vs Aus: India 166/6 at stumps on Day 4, trail by 333 runs
India were lurching towards defeat and a 4-0 series humiliation against Australia after another batting collapse in the fourth Test in Adelaide on Friday.
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The beleaguered tourists, chasing a record 500 runs to win, took the Test into a fifth day for the first time in their ill-fated tour but only after losing their top six batsmen, including Sachin Tendulkar. Read more
London Olympics not to drop Dow Chemical sponsorship
Despite the resignation by a senior member of the sustainability commission on the Bhopal tragedy issue, organisers of the London 2012 Olympics have said there were no plans to drop ‘Dow Chemical’ as the sponsor of the wrap around the main stadium.
Meredith Alexander, who is one of 12 commissioners of the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 watchdog, resigned from her post, citing concerns about Dow’s relationship with the company responsible for the 1984 gas disaster. Read more
Ind vs WI: West Indies 81/2 in second innings on Day 4
Sachin Tendulkar came agonisingly close to an unprecedented 100th international ton only to miss it by six runs but R Ashwin notched up his maiden century as India conceded a lead of 108 runs in the third Test against the West Indies which seemed headed for a draw on Friday.
While the packed Wankhede Stadium was stunned into silence after Tendulkar’s dismissal, Ashwin’s innings of 103 (118 balls; 15×4, 2×6), after his five-for with the ball, lifted India to 482 all out and helped him join an elite club on the fourth day. Read more
Ind vs WI: Aaron strikes again, West Indies 7 down
India’s Varun Aaron struck in his successive overs to remove Darren Bravo and Carlton Baugh on the second day of the third Test against West Indies at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Aaron is on a roll as he captured his third wicket of the innings when Darren Sammy looked to punch the outside off delivery but ball took a edge and MS Dhoni made no mistake behind the wickets. Read more
100th ton will fetch Sachin Tendulkar 100 gold coins from MCA
Sachin Tendulkar will be showered with 100 gold coins by the Mumbai Cricket Association if he completes his much-awaited 100th international century during the third and final Test match between India and West Indies commencing November 22 at the Wankhede stadium.
“MCA President Vilasrao Deshmukh has decided that the association should give Tendulkar a 100 gold coins if he completed the 100th international century at his home ground,” Nitin Dalal, Joint Secretary of MCA, said on Saturday. Read more
Desperate India look for win but injury worries mount
Decimated by injuries and hard-done by the weather-gods in the opening one-dayer, a demoralised India would be desperately looking for a win when they take on England in the second match of the ODI series on Tuesday.
The world champions were in a good position to win the first one-day international on Saturday before rain played spoilsport but there was enough from the game for India to get interested in its bench strength. Read more