“Before arriving at the decision, I wanted to have clarity on my fitness,” Zaheer told The Hindu. “I was keen to know Sachin’s thoughts. It was a long chat, we ended up going back in time.” The common theme in each of the left-arm seamer ....

 A relieved Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday took a dig at those calling for his ouster as India’s limited overs captain, saying there are a lot of “people who wait with open swords and want him to make mistakes”. Facing the heat after a run of de ....

Dynamos got their act together once in the goalmouth, when Robin Singh nodded in for a 23rd minute goal off a corner kick before Ghanian substitute Richard Gadze slotted in the second towards the end. That gave the visitors a two-goal cushion to withstand a fightback as ....

 West Indian batting legend Brian Lara says it is unfair to criticise Indian captain M.S. Dhoni because of the team’s failure in recent times. “Every sportsperson goes through a bad phase. And, let us not forget some of the great wins India recorded unde ....

It was early acclaim of the impending festive season as India levelled the five-match series 1-1 after the loss at Kanpur on Sunday. Dhoni, the Man of the match, cracked an unbeaten 92 and then his bowlers responded with some sensible effort that left South Africa fa ....

Television too can help with archival footage of times past when players who are now among pensioners accomplished as much — if not much more — than the megastars of today. For, the present-mindedness of sections of today’s sports media, and consequ ....

“They (bowlers) know how to handle that, but they need to be a little more proactive so that it can help us plan better. In the last few games, not only against South Africa but in Bangladesh and Australia as well, we were making small mistakes in the last five to ....

Former India batsman Dinesh Mongia on Tuesday dismissed match-fixing allegations by Lou Vincent as “baseless.” The former New Zealand opener, while admitting in a London court that he was involved in fixing matches during the now-defunct Indian Cricket League ....

The implication was clear: Dhoni was keen on leading at the two World Cups he had already won for India — the Twenty20 and the 50-over versions. The former takes place at home next year while England hosts the other in 2019. But the question being asked with incre ....

According to an ICC release, Srinivasan's name was present in both the chairman's and the India representative's column in the list of members. PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan was present, but in Manohar's absence, there might not have been headway into disc ....