Sydney, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s sudden retirement from Test cricket has left the Indian thinktank fretting over the ideal playing combination that will take on Australia in the fourth and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), starting next Tuesday.The selection of Wriddhiman Saha, the only back-up wicketkeeper in theRead More

Melbourne, In a major development, Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday retired from Test cricket with immediate effect, citing strain of playing all formats, after his team lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to Australia here. “One of India’s greatest Test Captains under whose leadership India became the No. 1Read More

Melbourne: Trailing the four-match series 2-0 after managing a draw in the third cricket Test, India have already conceded the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to Australia but Team Director Ravi Shastri is not bothered about the scoreline and still believes in his young team. “I am not bothered about the scoreline becauseRead More

Mumbai: Former Test cricketers Chandu Borde, Ajit Wadekar and Dilip Vengsarkar expressed surprise at Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s decision to quit the longer format of the game with immediate effect with one more match to go in the four-game series against Australia. However, both Borde and Wadekar said the decision wasRead More

Rajkot, Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and his Punjab team-mate Yuvraj Singh, both axed from the national team, today offered no reaction on the India captain Mahendra Sinh Dhoni’s retirement from Test cricket. “I will not say anything as I have nothing to say,” said Harbhajan, who is leading PunjabRead More

Colombo: Sri Lanka on Tuesday recalled medium-pacer Nuwan Kulasekera for the One-day Internationals against New Zealand next month. The 32-year-old was dropped from the side for the home ODI series against England in November. Lasith Malinga, who skipped both the Indian tour late October-November and the England series due toRead More

New Delhi: Former captain Sunil Gavaskar and ex-India cricketer VVS Laxman today said the contributions of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has just retired from the Test format, to Indian cricket “cannot be measured” in words and added that he handled the transition well. In a shocking turn of events, theRead More

New Delhi: By crushing Sri Lanka on Monday by eight wickets in the first Test, the Kiwis gave their countrymen yet another reason to celebrate the new year. Winning the first Test of the two-match series meant New Zealand have won five Test matches in this calender year, which isRead More

Lahore: Former Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan, a British boxer of Pakistani origin, announced that he will set up a boxing academy in Pakistan. On a visit to the Data Darbar Sunday, where he laid a floral wreath on the grave of Sufi saint Abul Hassan Ali Hajvery and offeredRead More

Melbourne: Australia have already stretched the overall lead to 326, but unfazed Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said that the team’s dressing room atmosphere is positive even though a chase could be tricky on the final day of the third cricket Test at MCG. Despite the Indian bowlers working hard toRead More