NEW DELIH: Few days after a British tabloid published footage of Kohli applying saliva to the ball during the first Test against England at Rajkot, in a similar manner to which that had prompted International Cricket Council (ICC) to take action against South African skipper Faf du Plessis for ball-

MOHALI: Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Friday gave a nod of approval to the Decision Review System, after the national team used it for the first time in a home series following years of resistance to the technology. Kohli described the DRS as "pretty fair" after the first two Tests against Englan

Parthiv Patel, who will replace first-choice keeper Wriddhiman Saha, last played for India in 2011. The Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced that Parthiv Patel will replace Wriddhiman Saha as India's wicketkeeper for the third Test against England at Mohali. Saha

Visakhapatnam: The cracks on the surface opened up, the ball spun and bounced, and India romped home here on Monday. Under immense pressure as close catchers surrounded the bat and deliveries hissed off the track, the English batting fizzled out in the second Test at the Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy St

CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand completed an eight-wicket victory in the first Test against Pakistan in Christchurch on Sunday. Kane Williamson, leading the side in a Test for the first time at home, scored his 24th half century before being dismissed for 61 with one run needed for victory. Jeet Rav

Indian spinners were thwarted by a splendid display of ultra-defensive batting by England before the hosts edged ahead dismissing rival skipper Alastair Cook on an engrossing fourth day of the second cricket Test. In pursuit of an uphill victory target of 405, England finished the day at 87 for 2

Ever since India took the move to empower R Ashwin, the batsman, by placing him at No. 6, he has responded very well to it. The move was a vote of confidence in Ashwin's batting after significant contributions from lower down the order. His scores ever since have been indication of the faith being r

Mahela Jayawardene has been appointed as the head coach of Indian Premier League side Mumbai Indians, the franchise announced on Friday (November 18). The 39-year-old Sri Lankan batting great replaces Ricky Ponting, who spent four successful seasons with the team - as player, in an advisory role und

India bolstered by Rahul’s return; the visitors face the Anderson-or-Woakes dilemma In the previous international contest at this venue, only last month, New Zealand was shot out for 79 in a lop-sided ODI. And the ball spun. The second Test, beginning at the Y.S. Rajesekhara Reddy Stadium on T

The drawn Rajkot Test seems to have set the the alarm bells in the Indian Camp but the hosts will also be wary that falling back on turning pitches to help their spinners take charge against England could backfire. Although India were criticised for laying out turners in last year’s 3-0 series wi

Australia, with Usman Khawaja (56 not out) and Steve Smith (18 not out) unbeaten, are 2-121 and still trail by 120, the South Africans remaining very much in the box seat to wrap up a 2-0 lead and clinch the series in Tasmania this week. Yet in trying circumstances, with the outstanding Kyle Abbo

Hobart, the capital of Australia's sometimes forgotten island state of Tasmania, has hosted 12 Tests previously, but none have been scheduled this early in the cricket summer. For the uninitiated, Hobart is cold terrain - for Australian standards - and is often an eyesore of grey clouds, precipitati

Haseeb Hameed hit his maiden Test fifty in only his second innings as England gave itself a chance of victory against India. The Indian spin troika’s inability to get breakthroughs on a good batting track was exposed once again as the first cricket Test against England meandered towards a d

Joe Root and Moeen Ali became the first England pair on the current tour to throw down the gauntlet at Indian spinners after captain Cook called correctly to end Virat Kohli’s seven consecutive wins at the toss and elected to bat. Summoned to the middle at the fall of his captain Alastair Cook imme

The Supreme Court on Tuesday facilitated the conduct of India-England cricket series unaffected by the ban on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for release of funds for its state units. A three-member Bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur permitted BCCI to meet all the expenses f

New Delhi: Former Indian captain Kapil Dev on Monday advised promising all-rounder Hardik Pandya to put his mind in the right direction if he has to excel in cricket’s longest format. After an impressive show in the limited overs formats, Pandya earned his maiden call-up to the Test side, and is

New Delhi: Nearly half the Indian cricket team has been left in the lurch without a bat advertiser, as the world's largest sportswear firm Nike has pulled out of sponsorship for them. It has been learnt that the Oregon-based sportswear firm has not renewed contracts with Indian cricketers such as

Eight hours of net session at a lovely ground in the city would have soothed the nerves of England players. England capitalised on its three-day stay in the city prior to its departure to Rajkot for the first Test. Alastair Cook’s men got down to serious practice at the Brabourne Stadium with th