NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar, regarded as the greatest batsman in contemporary cricket, called it quits from Test cricket, announcing his retirement after his 200th match against the West Indies next month, bringing the curtains down on an extraordinary career spanning a marathon 24 years. Str

The packed house at Feroz Shah Kotla on Sunday (October 6) evening was treated to some serious hitting in the final of the Champions League Twenty20 2013, with the two teams - Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals - scoring 371 runs between them. In the end, however, the all-star Mumbai batting li

Ajinkya Rahane hit a resolute fifty and spinner Pravin Tambe scalped three crucial wickets as Rajasthan Royals notched up a 14-run victory over Chennai Super Kings to advance to the finals of the Champions League Twenty20 here today. Rajasthan posted a competitive 159 for eight, courtesy a 56

NEW DELHI: The old order seemed to be yielding to the new in fast forward as the Ferozeshah Kotla switched chants midway through Mumbai Indians' whirlwind chase of a 150-run target. The hoary cries of "Sachin, Sachin" are almost a reflex action with Indian crowds, having acquired as much perm

NEW DELHI: It's not often that one sees Chennai Super Kings being embarrassed on the field or being accused of poor cricket. But Trinidad and Tobago were glad to have run into a limp CSK and promptly put in their best effort to dislodge Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men from the Group B top spot and ed

Jaipur:  Rajasthan Royals were made to fight hard, but they eventually ensured that Rahul Dravid's "No.1 scenario" came to pass with a four-wicket win against Otago Volts at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Tuesday (October 1). A triple-wicket maiden from the returning Rahul Shukla at

Suresh Raina smashed a quickfire half-century while skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni produced a belligerent unbeaten knock of 63 as Chennai Super Kings held their nerves to pull off a narrow 12-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Champions League T20 match in Ranchi. Chasing a daunting 203-

MOHALI: One man made all the difference. What seemed to be a lost cause was turned into a thrilling win for the Sunrisers Hyderabad by big-hitting Sri Lankan Thisara Perera. West Indian mystery spinner Sunil Narine, with his bagful of tricks and a haul of 4/9, had almost brought the Trinidad

  Chennai Super Kings batsman Suresh Raina applauded his team's batting for a great start and an equally good finish as it overhauled 185 runs scored by Titans in their Champions League Twenty20 tie here. "(Michael) Hussy and myself had a very good partnership. (Dwayne) Bravo and Badr

BANGALORE: Yuvraj Singh staked his claim for national team selection as he struck a brutal 89-ball 123 to lead India 'A' to a thumping 77-run victory over West Indies 'A' in the first of the three-match one-day series on Sunday. Handed a lifeline to return to the ODI team by being named capta

MUMBAI: Mumbai Cricket Association wants to host what would be senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar's 200th Test match against the West Indies in November at the Wankhede Stadium. If MCA gets to host the second match of the series at Tendulkar's home ground, it would be an out of turn allotment as per

Top-seeded Serena Williams starts defending her US Open crown on Monday while Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer join her in Arthur Ashe Stadium at the year’s final Grand Slam event. Williams, seeking her 17th Grand Slam singles crown and her fifth US Open title, faces Italy’s 54th-ranked Francesca S

Greater Noida:  He can walk into any Indian team on a given day but former captain Kapil Dev decided to keep himself "out" of the best-ever Indian ODI line-up which he feels should be led by another limited overs legend Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The World Cup winning captain's team of 12 has youn

PRETORIA: Shikhar Dhawan smashed his way to the record books with a breathtaking 248-run knock as he singlehandedly guided India A to a 39-run victory over a fighting South Africa A and into the tri-series final. The 27-year-old Delhi left-hander blasted a 150-ball-248, which is only the seco

CHESTER-LE-STREET: England clinched a third straight Ashes series after winning the fourth test by 74 runs following a dramatic Australian batting meltdown in the face of some inspired bowling from paceman Stuart Broad on Monday. Set a victory target of 299, Australia collapsed from 168-2 to

Montreal:  Rafael Nadal reached his 10th final of the season on Saturday, beating top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/2) at the Montreal Masters. The fourth-seeded Spaniard will play the first Canadian to reach the final since 1958 when he faces Milos Raonic, a 6-4

Not giving Parvez Rasool a single game in the five-match series in Zimbabwe appears to defy both cricketing and symbolic logic. Purely on cricketing grounds, this series was a golden opportunity for India to test its bench strength in conditions quite different from home against a weak opposi

BULAWAYO: India on Saturday created history by recording their first-ever five-match ODI series whitewash on foreign soil as they thrashed Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the fifth and final one-dayer, riding on leg-spinner Amit Mishra's career-best six-wicket haul. Mishra's fine effort of 6 for