Munaf Patel called up as cover for Ishant

Paceman Munaf Patel will join India’s one-day squad for the tri-series in Sri Lanka as cover for Ishant Sharma, who suffered an ankle injury and missed the first game against New Zealand on Tuesday.

India deserve to be No. 1 in test cricket: Muralitharan

Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara might find the ICC rankings system flawed but the country’s retired spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan feels it is alright and India are a deserving number one in the Test Championships table.

India drops to No. 3 in ODI rankings

Their embarassing defeat against New Zealand by 200 runs in the opening match of the tri-series on Tuesday has pushed India to third position in the latest ODI ICC rankings.

India’s batting line-up looked monstrous in Sri Lanka: Wasim Akram

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram reckons that the trio of Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid gave India’s batting line-up a ‘monstrous’ look in the just-concluded Test series against Sri Lanka.

Test cricket is an outdated concept: Sanjay Manjrekar

Former India batsman Sanjay Manjerkar on Tuesday said that Test cricket is an “outdated concept” and it is time to take Twenty20 cricket more seriously. “Test cricket is an outdated concept. We should be realistic and stop downplaying T20 format.”

Yuvraj in trouble over showing middle finger to SL fans

Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh, who was left out of the playing eleven, on Tuesday lost his cool and showed his middle finger to the Sri Lankan fans who jeered him with “water boy” chants during the third cricket Test here.

Expectations of fans are a God gift, not burden: Sachin Tendulkar

All set to become the most-capped Test player, India’s batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has said that the sky-high expectations of his cricket-mad nation are not a burden, as he considers them a “God’s gift”.

India retains number one position in Test cricket

Despite losing the series opener, India managed to retain the numero uno status in the ICC Test Championship table by virtue of a hard-earned draw against Sri Lanka in the second Test in Colombo on Friday.

Murali under fire for comments on Bedi

Retired Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has come under heavy criticism after he called former Indian skipper Bishan Singh Bedi an “ordinary” bowler and someone who had not contributed anything to the game, with former cricketers and cricket pundits lashing out at the spin wizard saying his comments were completely uncalled for and that the ICC had bent its rule to allow Murali to play the game.

Murali lashes out at Bedi, calls him an “ordinary” bowler

Retired Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan, on Wednesday, lashed out at his long-time detractor Bishen Singh Bedi, calling the former Indian captain a controversy monger and ordinary bowler who would have been hammered by any batsman if was he playing in this era.

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