India in dilemma over Jadeja replacement
India are left gaping at a Ravindra Jadeja-sized hole after a shoulder strain ruled the allrounder out of the two-Test series against West Indies
View ArticleCricket sideshow takes centrestage
Regardless of how or why this series came to be, two teams are going to play cricket now, during the retirement
View ArticleOpening contests could shape India-WI series
Bhuvneshwar v Gayle, and Roach v Dhawan - these are two face-offs that could prove decisive on the opener-friendly Indian tracks
View ArticleDebutant Shami puts India ahead
Mohammed Shami's reverse swing and West Indies' self-destruction led to the visitors crumbling after lunch from the promising advantage of 138 for 2
View ArticleBatsmen help New Zealand seal first win on tour
More than four weeks after arriving in Bangladesh, New Zealand finally won a game
View ArticleShami's reverse-swing a honed art - coach
Mohammed Shami picked up four wickets on Test debut, but the fact that he bowled three of his victims with sharp reverse swing did not surprise his childhood coach
View ArticleRohit debut ton, Ashwin fifty lift India
Rohit Sharma led a recovery with a debut Test hundred along with MS Dhoni and R Ashwin after Shane Shillingford reduced India to 83 for 5
View Article'I knew there will be a time when the runs will flow' - Rohit
A mature Rohit Sharma talks of how he tackled a disciplined West Indies bowling attack on a tricky Kolkata pitch
View ArticleShami's nine give India innings win
West Indies collapsed from 101 for 1 to 168 to plummet to a heavy defeat inside three days at Eden Gardens
View ArticleOjha's knee of steel, and eagle-eyed Dhoni
Plays of the Day from day three of the Kolkata Test between India and West Indies
View ArticleDhoni lauds 'fantastic' Shami
MS Dhoni has lavished praise on debutants, Mohammed Shami and Rohit Sharma, after they played starring roles in India's innings victory
View ArticleAshwin underlines his batting potential
As a Test batsman, he has looked more assured and solid than some of the replacements India have tried for Sourav Ganguly
View Article'We were beaten on the mental side' - Sammy
Darren Sammy was unhappy with the brittleness of West Indies' batting and the lack of pressure applied by the back-up bowlers
View ArticleAshwin tops allrounder rankings in Tests
R Ashwin's second hundred and a match haul of five wickets in the first Test against West Indies has lifted him to the top of the ICC's rankings for Test allrounders
View ArticleRoach sent home with shoulder injury
Kemar Roach, the West Indies fast bowler, has been ruled out of the remainder of the India tour as a result of a shoulder injury
View ArticleInjured Pollard out of India ODIs
Kieron Pollard has been rested from the West Indies ODI squad for the three-match series against India, starting November 21, due to an injury
View ArticleGibson demands more from batsmen
Ottis Gibson, the West Indies coach, has stressed the need for his batsmen to apply themselves more, especially if they continue with the five-batsman combination
View ArticleMumbai curator won't be swayed by Tendulkar emotion
Sudhir Naik, the Wankhede stadium curator, wants Sachin Tendulkar to score a century in his final Test but made it clear he would not get any favours as far as the pitch was concerned
View ArticleTicket sales fiasco leaves fans in lurch
The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has decided to sell tickets to Sachin Tendulkar's farewell Test exclusively online and not on the ground which has left a lot of fans disappointed
View ArticleDhawal Kulkarni in India ODI squad, Ishant dropped
Mumbai pace bowler Dhawal Kulkarni has earned a maiden national call-up, being picked in India's 15-man squad for the one-dayers against West Indies
View ArticleNever seen this kind of buzz - Dhoni
MS Dhoni has always had a sense of occasion, and doesn't mind a bit of showmanship either
View ArticleThe final leg of the epic farewell
So for one last time, it is over to the ground where it all began in 1988, for Bombay against Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy
View Article'I thrive on criticism' - Sammy
Darren Sammy said he needed the pressure of criticism to perform and also asked his team to display better application and mental strength
View ArticleTendulkar 38* after West Indies fold for 182
West Indies served up another dose of inept batting to roll over for 182 after which it was time for the Tendulkar show
View ArticleInjured Kulkarni out of WI ODIs, Vinay called up
Dhawal Kulkarni, the Mumbai fast bowler, has been ruled out of the ODI series against West Indies after suffering a foot injury. He will be replaced by Vinay Kumar
View ArticleOjha undaunted by West Indies' attacking approach
Pragyan Ojha, who took his sixth five-wicket haul, in his 24th Test, said he never felt threatened when the batsmen attacked him
View ArticleIndia's next generation thrives after Tendulkar 74
India's next generation pummelled West Indies into submission at the Wankhede stadium, but the cricket has rarely felt this anti-climactic for Indian fans
View ArticleTendulkar's knock a learning experience - Pujara
Cheteshwar Pujara has said Sachin Tendulkar's 74 was the best innings of the match because it was the center of such frenzied attention
View ArticleTendulkar loss hard to cope with - Rohit
Rohit Sharma has said that he has no idea how the Indian dressing room will cope with the absence of Sachin Tendulkar
View Article'We've been taught a lesson' - Sammy
Darren Sammy has admitted that West Indies were exposed completely by the 2-0 defeat against India after three-day defeats in both Kolkata and Mumbai
View ArticleSamuels, Shillingford reported for suspect actions
West Indies' Marlon Samuels and Shane Shillingford have been reported for suspect bowling actions by the ICC
View ArticleTendulkar era ends with 2-0 sweep
The curtain came down on Sachin Tendulkar's storied Test career with one of India's most comprehensive victories as a hapless West Indies crumbled on the third morning
View ArticleSachin Tendulkar leaves with stirring speech
Sachin Tendulkar played his last day of international cricket at the Wankhede, and after India sealed the series against West Indies, he gave an emotional farewell speech
View ArticleFull coverage: Tendulkar's final Test
ESPNcricinfo's full coverage of Sachin Tendulkar's final Test match, against West Indies in Mumbai between November 14 and 16, 2013
View ArticleWest Indies looked drunk on T20 during Tests - Lloyd
Darren Sammy's team "looked drunk" during their 2-0 Test series defeat to India, former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd has said
View ArticleLara questions Narine, Bravo absence in Tests
Brian Lara has questioned the selectors' decision to ignore the pair of Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine for the Test leg of the India tour
View ArticleBack to familiar format after emotional farewell
After Sachin Tendulkar's emotional farewell, India move on to the format in which they are now used to playing without him
View ArticleWest Indies need to play smart cricket in ODIs - Bravo
Dwayne Bravo, West Indies' ODI captain, wants his team to be "skillful and smart" as they take on India in a three-match series, starting with the first ODI in Kochi on November 21
View ArticleSpinners set up easy win for India
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli continued their prolific runs to set up India's chase with effortless half-centuries after India's spinners, led by Ravindra Jadeja and Suresh Raina, had taken eight...
View ArticleInjured Gayle could miss remaining ODIs
West Indies batsman Chris Gayle could be out of action for up to four weeks, after suffering a hamstring pull while batting during the first ODI against India in Kochi
View ArticleKohli focussed after equalling Richards
Virat Kohli was pleased to equal Viv Richards' record of being the fastest to 5000 ODI runs but added that he was still in the initial stages of his career and had a long road ahead of him
View Article'Luck, momentum on India's side' - Bravo
Dwayne Bravo, the West Indies captain, said luck did not favour his side during the first ODI against India, but refused to blame the slow and uneven Kochi pitch for his side's heavy defeat
View ArticleWeather the main focus in Vizag
Rain looms over the second ODI between India and West Indies in Vizag, even as the visitors try and sort out their brittle batting
View ArticleGibson wants better execution from WI as Gayle sidelined
West Indies opener Chris Gayle will miss the remainder of the India ODIs and the Test-match-leg of tour of New Zealand that follows due to the hamstring injury he picked up in the first India game, in...
View ArticleWest Indies slip and stumble, but draw level
Darren Sammy led West Indies to their first victory on the tour by scoring a half-century on a dewy night in Visakhapatnam
View ArticleNeed bigger scores from batsmen - Powell
West Indies batsman Kieran Powell has said the team needs to build more partnerships and their batsmen need to score big runs to win matches more consistently
View ArticleDew made conditions unfair - Dhoni
MS Dhoni, the India captain, has said the dew in Visakhapatnam during the second ODI created "unfair" conditions for them when they were bowling
View ArticleOnus on India's middle order
With Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina out of form, India's middle order is under pressure with the series going into the decider in Kanpur on Wednesday
View ArticleAll too easy for India in the decider
Against a moderate West Indies total and a mediocre West Indies attack, India ambled to victory on the back of another Shikhar Dhawan century
View ArticleLost best opportunity to win series in India - Bravo
Dwayne Bravo, the West Indies captain, has said his team lost a great opportunity to win a series in India, having lost the Kanpur ODI by five wickets
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