Let down by the batsmen, India slumped to a 24-run defeat in the fourth one-dayer against Australia in Mohali.
This defeat not only allowed Australia to level the seven-match series 2-2 but also prolonged the hosts’ wait to become the number one ODI team in the world.
Chasing 251, India got off to a flier with Virender [...]

Australia have suffered another blow in their bid to win the ODI series against India with James Hopes following Tim Paine and paceman Brett Lee home.
Hopes damaged his right hamstring during the first ODI at Vadodara and will return to Brisbane to continue his recovery.
Lee’s elbow injury ruled him out of the series on Friday, [...]

India have won the seven-match hockey Test series 6-0 against Canada, at Tamanawis Park.

India rounded off their impressive tour of Canada with a 3-2 victory over the home side in their final game.
India, who led 2-1 at half time, scored through Prabhjot Singh (21st minute), Gurwinder Chandi (31st) and Tushar Khandker (49th).
Wayne Fernandes flicked home [...]

Australia held their nerves to win the first ODI of the seven match series against India in Vadodara by four runs.

A sensational eighth wicket partnership between Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar has gave India hope after the hosts had lost seven wickets.
The writing was on the wall for India when the last recognised batsman, [...]

There was no centurion at Centurion but a string of half-centuries from Australia’s batsmen, led by Ricky Ponting, guided them to 234 for 4 before rain stopped play in the 43rd over. Ponting, Michael Hussey and Tim Paine made valuable contributions and Cameron White lifted the tempo in the latter stages but the weather loomed [...]

As India and Pakistan fought it out on field, the cricket fans from both the countries took the battle off it as well.
The fans gave the security staff a torrid time during the high-voltage Champions Trophy clash.
Long before Pakistan won the clash against India at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Sunday night, fans [...]

India has agreed to play against Pakistan in a bilateral series in a revised draft of the Future Tours Program.

The FTP would be discussed at ICC’s chief executive committee meeting in Johannesburg on October 1.
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ejaz Butt told a press conference on Saturday that Pakistan had initially registered an official protest at [...]

Injury grounds Mahesh Bhupathi as South Africa close gap in Davis Cup against India.

As India trailed in the third set of the doubles rubber, an injury to Mahesh Bhupathi helped the hosts claw back into the World Group play-off tie.
No one expected South Africa to have a chance against India in a doubles rubber in [...]

India’s pace spearhead Ishant Sharma said he will rely more on bouncers in the upcoming Champions Trophy.
Ishant Sharma thinks the bouncers could prove to be an effective weapon in the seaming tracks.
“I’m realising with my pace”
The lanky Delhi speedster also made it clear that he had no plans to drop a yard in speed to [...]

India register an easy six-wicket victory over New Zealand with 57 balls to spare.

India lost Dinesh Karthik early, chasing a modest target of 156 in a must-win match.
However, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid steadily built the innings to India towards the victory target. But India lost Dravid and Tendulkar in quick succession.

Then suddendly, India were [...]