Why all is not lost yet for Team India

Despite talk about doing well overseas, the reality is that it will take more time, and a concentrated effort -- and that includes making sporting wickets at home -- for Team India to perform consistently overseas, let alone win, says Bikash Mohapatra. -Team India Report Card: Kohli, Pujara 8/10; Rohit Sharma 2/10 It could have been a perfect year for M S Dhoni and Co. It could have been the year when the team would have remained unbeaten in each and every bilateral series or multi-nation ...

Johannesburg : The first test match of the 2 test series of India tour of South Africa ends in a draw. South Africa fell just 8 runs short of winning the test match which could have been the record chase in test matches in the history of cricket. Late strike ...

Calcutta: A victory, finally. After drawing blanks on their tours of South Africa and New Zealand, Team India managed to get back to winning ways. As India defeated Bangladesh by six wickets in their first outing in the Asia Cup, in Fatullah on ...

The Indian team has just stepped out of what seemed like a practice session for the South Africans lasting over a month, a tour of the Rainbow Nation, where the Indian batsmen had no answer to the questions put forth by the South African pace ...

New Delhi He has established himself as a Test mainstay in the Indian team and rising batsman Cheteshwar Pujara says he is now working hard to make the one-day squad to realise his dream of playing in the World Cup, which is scheduled next year. "I ...

e has been the silent soldier in the Indian team — the one who was warming the bench for a long period before being put into the hot seat against South Africa. It was a baptism by fire for Ajinkya Rahane who had to prove his credentials in the two ...

MS Dhoni wants India's spinners to understand their roles while bowling overseas. He also advised the batsmen not to waste too much on their techniques when playing away from home, reports Harish Kotian. Ahead of the upcoming tour of New Zealand, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni called upon his fast bowlers to improve their showing, especially on wickets not offering them much assistance. “There is one particular condition we have to improve... which is on wickets which are on the ...

That the Indian cricket team wasted absolutely no time in getting back from South Africa after the conclusion of the Durban Test seemed to be only the right thing to do considering the relationship the cricket establishments of both these countries ...

John Wright, the former India coach who was involved in four India vs New Zealand series in Kiwiland (see box), reckons the January-February series will test India's young and exciting batting line-up differently than South Africa. This is the sort ...