Former umpire David Shepherd dies

David Shepherd, the legendary English umpire, passed away on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. He was aged 68.

Australia’s injury crisis deepens, Paine ruled out of rest of the series

Australia’s injury woes continued on Wednesday with wicket-keeper batsman Tim Paine breaking his finger during the Indian innings in the second ODI at Nagpur ruling him out of the rest of the series.

India retain same squad for the next two ODI’s

The BCCI on Wednesday decided to retain the same Indian squad that has played in the first two matches for the next two ODIs of the seven-match series against Australia.

Special to score a century batting at No.5: Dhoni

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday termed his match-winning 107-ball 124 a “special century batting at number five” after his side crushed Australia by 99 runs in the second one-dayer to level the seven-match series 1-1 here.

Dhoni shuts up critics, helps India thrash Australia to level series

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed a breathtaking 124 off 107 balls as India thrashed Australia in the second match of the seven match series at Nagpur by a huge margin of 99 runs and leveled the series 1-1.

A dangerous player like Dhoni should bat up the order: Gilchrist

Former Australian wicket-keeper batsman Adam Gilchrist wants to see Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni bat higher up the order which will enable him to play as many overs as possible.

Zimbabwe will soon return to Test fold: Chingoka

There was a time when Zimbabwe was considered the giant killers. They were never the best team in the world but they certainly were a force to reckon with for every team. From there they have now reached a position where they have hardly played cricket in the last three years. They haven’t played a test match since 2006 and have played a handful of one-dayers against weak teams like Kenya and Bangladesh.

Kandamby in Sri Lanka’s test squad for tour to India

Sri Lanka has called up left handed middle order batsman, Thilina Kandamby, to its test squad while the uncapped Chinthaka Jayasinghe and Muthumudalige Pushpakumara have been included in its Twenty20 squad for the tour of India next month.

It’s difficult for me to have a fixed batting position: Dhoni

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has ruled out the possibility of batting higher up the order saying that as of now there is no vacant slot for him in the top four positions.

Yuvraj makes a comeback as India look to level the series

Australia may have won the first ODI and taken a 1-0 lead in the series but India will be the more confident team going into the second ODI to be played at Nagpur on Wednesday.

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