Australia need to beat India 6-1 for No.1 ODI spot
Pune: Australia faces a tough task in unseating India as the No.1 side in the ICC ODI rankings table when the top two ranked sides meet in the seven-match ODI series starting here on Sunday. India starts the series with 123 points, with Australia in second place with 115 points. To retain their No.1 ranking, India will have to win two or more matches in the series. However, Australia will have to win the series 6-1 or better to reclaim the
Sachin to retire from Test cricket after 200th game
New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar has decided to call it quits. In a media statement released through the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday afternoon, the 40-year-old Tendulkar said his 200th Test will be the last time he will be seen
Srinivasan back at helm, says 'I am quite happy as BCCI needs somebody'
New Delhi: N Srinivasan was "quite happy" after the Supreme Court today allowed him to take charge as BCCI president and said the cricket board "needs somebody" to run it. "I think the Supreme Court has said I can resum
Fitting farewell to Tendulkar, Mumbai win CLT20 title
New Delhi: Mumbai Indians today gave a fitting farewell to Sachin Tendulkar's T20 career by notching up a comprehensive 33-run victory over Rajasthan Royals to clinch the Champions League Twenty20 title here. This is the second CLT20 titl
Sania-Cara win China Open
Beijing: Sania Mirza won her second title in a row as she lifted the China Open trophy withCara Black, demolishing the challenge of Vera Dushevina and Arantxa Parra Santonja in straight sets on Saturday. The eighth seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair thrashe
Men involved in Sarabjit's murder assaulted in jail
Lahore: Two Pakistani death row prisoners accused of involvement in the murder of Indian national Sarabjit Singh were assaulted by wardens of Kot Lakhpat Jail here, official sources said on Saturday. The prisoners — Amer Tamba and Mudassar &mda
IBL fiasco: BAI recommends life ban for Jwala
New Delhi: Badminton Association of India president Akhilesh Das Gupta will seek a response from Jwala Gutta following BAI disciplinary committee's recommendation of a life ban on the top Indian doubles shuttler for trying to stop some players of her
Sachin completes 50K runs; powers Mumbai Indians into CLT20 final
New Delhi: Mumbai Indians rode on Dwayne Smith's quick-fire half-century and his 90-run opening-wicket partnership with Sachin Tendulkar to book a final berth in the Champions League Twenty20 with a six-wicket win over Trinidad and Tobago here on Sat
Afghanistan trounce Kenya, qualify for Cricket World Cup 2015
Sharjah: War-weary Afghanistan achieved one of its finest sporting moments by qualifying for its first Cricket World Cup on Friday. The Afghans had to beat Kenya in the last match of the World Cricket League Championship, and won by seven wickets in
