Former India captain Anil Kumble will submit his analysis on the disastrous tour of England to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) during his visit here for the one-off Twenty20 International between India and England on October 29, it is learnt. India suffered a humiliating 0-4 whitewash in the Test series, [...]

England’s left-arm spinner of Indian origin Samit Patel has admitted that on-field verbal duels with Indian players have continued from the last series. There were a few altercations between several England players and Indian batsmen Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir during the second ODI in Delhi. Patel was quoted by The Sun newspaper that they [...]

  The 2-0 lead in the ongoing five-match series against England has helped India claim the fourth position in the ICC ODI rankings and it can cling to the spot by securing one more win. England had started the series in fourth position on 113 ratings points but has now slipped to 110 whereas India [...]

  Harbhajan Singh failed to make a comeback as the national selection committee retained the same squad for the remaining three one-dayers against England following a meeting at the Kotla on Monday. With young spinners like R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, who also is a decent bat, doing a good job against England in this home [...]

  Short of plopping into a sofa in their living rooms, Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir couldn’t have been any more comfortable at home than they were at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Monday. Like pukka Delhiites, they played by the numbers, an assured ease and a calculated approach to help India overhaul England’s 238-target with [...]

  India batsman Virat Kohli said on Sunday the team is hoping to make the most of their spin attack against England after taking a 1-0 lead in the ongoing five-game one-day series. “We will try to exploit our spin strength and hope the spinners help us capitalize in the middle overs,” Kohli said ahead [...]

India The home side should be unchanged for game two following a crushing 126-run defeat of England in Hyderabad. The combination of middle-order power from MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina and canny spin from the youthful Ravi Jadeja and Ravi Ashwin proved irresistible. Virender Sehwag, who has been out with a shoulder injury, is on his way [...]

  India’s winless tour of England has not been without what initially seemed like positives. At least the admen had moved on from the Lagaan theme that has been the easiest way to sell an India-England series in India. Except that colonial references have now made way for war ones. “There’s no weapon deadlier than vengeance,” says [...]

Off-colour spinner Harbhajan Singh was on Thursday dropped as the selectors opted to infuse young blood by naming leg-spinner Rahul Sharma and paceman Sreenath Aravind in India’s depleted 15-member squad for next month’s first two one-dayers against England. Gautam Gambhir, who missed the ODI seriesin England because of a head injury, returned to the team which will be [...]

  Indian cricket greats, including star batsman Sachin Tendulkar, have richly praised Rahul Dravid as he prepares to play the final one-day game of his illustrious career. Tendulkar called Dravid the “unsung hero of the Indian team” and said his value was reflected by the sheer amount of runs he has scored. The 38-year-old Dravid, [...]