Dhoni regains top spot in ODI rankings

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has regained the number one ranking in the Reliance Mobile ICC Players Rankings for ODI batsmen as his battle for the top spot with Australia’s Michael Hussey continues.

Bowlers need to perform much better in remaining matches: Dhoni

After clinching a thrilling one-run win over South Africa in the first match of the three ODI series, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that he had not expected his bowlers to be thrashed around by the South African tail-enders and that the bowlers need to improve a lot if India has to do well in the remaining matches.

Dhoni hails bowlers for historic win

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Thursday, after the home team’s thrilling series-levelling victory over South Africa helping them retain the number one test ranking, that all the credit for the win should go to the bowlers for bowling their hearts out on an unresponsive pitch.

India wins ICC Championships Mace ending 7-yr Aussie run

India retained their number one test ranking on Thursday after completing a thrilling victory over South Africa in the second and final test of the series in Kolkata which put an end to Australia’s seven-year run of finishing on the top spot at the annual cut-off date.

Laxman, Dhoni bat SA out of the test

Both VVS Laxman and Mahendra Singh Dhoni slammed hundreds, putting together the second double century partnership of the innings and going on to virtually bat South Africa out of the test. Stranger things have happened on a cricket field but one can say with some confidence that the only team that can lose the match from here is South Africa.

Senior Indian players skip practice

After suffering a humiliating defeat in Nagpur against South Africa, the Indian team had an optional training session on Wednesday, which was supposed to be the fifth day of the first test, with some senior players like Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh skipping the practice session.

SA outplayed us in all departments: MS Dhoni

After suffering a humiliating innings defeat at the hands of South Africa in the first test match at Nagpur, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni conceded that his side was found wanting against the pace of Dale Steyn, while expressing confidence that his team will bounce back in the second test match in Kolkata.

Harris, Steyn power South Africa to innings win

Dale Steyn completed a ten-wicket haul in the match, picking up three in the second innings after his devastating spell of 7-51 in the first innings and Paul Harris picked up three crucial wickets to once again prove why he can’t be taken lightly as a spinner, as India suffered their third innings defeat at home in the last 10 years, all three to the same opposition.

Hussey ends Dhoni’s reign as top ODI batsman

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s reign at the top of the ICC ODI batsmen rankings, which lasted for more than a year, finally came to an end with Australia’s Mr. Cricket, Michael Hussey, grabbing the top spot in the rankings issued on Monday.

Zaheer powers India to a clean sweep

India’s pace spearhead Zaheer Khan produced a destructive spell of swing bowling to run through Bangladesh with a career-best haul of 7 for 87 as India thrashed the hosts with a comprehensive 10-wicket victory in the second and final test to complete a 2-0 clean sweep in the series.

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