Sri Lanka piled up the highest Test score on Indian soil to leave the home side battling to save the opening match of the series in Ahmedabad.
Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene scored his sixth double century in Test match cricket as his side made India toil in the opening match of the series in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to reach 17,000 runs in one-day international cricket but it was not enough to give India victory in a thrilling fifth match of the series against Australia on Thursday.
Australia remained top of the one-day international world rankings with a 24-run victory in the fourth match of their series against India in Mohali on Monday.
The turbulent cricket career of Andrew Symonds took another twist on Thursday when the Australia all-rounder was sent home from the World Twenty20 tournament in Britain for an "alcohol-related incident".
India clinched their first series win in New Zealand since 1968 on Tuesday when the third Test ended in a draw after the final day in Wellington was hit by bad weather.
Rahul Dravid broke Mark Waugh's record for most catches in Test cricket as India set New Zealand a massive win target of 617 to level the series at Wellington.
India are on course for a series-clinching victory in Wellington after skittling out New Zealand for 197 on the second day of the third and final Test.
AB de Villiers struck four consecutive sixes in one over in a blistering 163 as South Africa closed on victory against Australia in the third and final Test in Cape Town.
Sachin Tendulkar completed his 42nd Test century as India headed for victory in the opening Test against New Zealand in Hamilton on Friday.
Sri Lanka piled up the highest Test score on Indian soil to leave the home side battling to save the opening match of the series in Ahmedabad.
Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene scored his sixth double century in Test match cricket as his side made India toil in the opening match of the series in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to reach 17,000 runs in one-day international cricket but it was not enough to give India victory in a thrilling fifth match of the series against Australia on Thursday.
Australia remained top of the one-day international world rankings with a 24-run victory in the fourth match of their series against India in Mohali on Monday.
The turbulent cricket career of Andrew Symonds took another twist on Thursday when the Australia all-rounder was sent home from the World Twenty20 tournament in Britain for an "alcohol-related incident".
India clinched their first series win in New Zealand since 1968 on Tuesday when the third Test ended in a draw after the final day in Wellington was hit by bad weather.
Rahul Dravid broke Mark Waugh's record for most catches in Test cricket as India set New Zealand a massive win target of 617 to level the series at Wellington.
India are on course for a series-clinching victory in Wellington after skittling out New Zealand for 197 on the second day of the third and final Test.
AB de Villiers struck four consecutive sixes in one over in a blistering 163 as South Africa closed on victory against Australia in the third and final Test in Cape Town.
Sachin Tendulkar completed his 42nd Test century as India headed for victory in the opening Test against New Zealand in Hamilton on Friday.
India were frustrated in their bid to amass quick runs and snatch a 2-0 series win over England in the second and final Test in Mohali on Monday.
Graeme Swann took two wickets in his first over in Test cricket as India struggled to 155 for six wickets in reply to England's 316 by the close of the second day's play in Chennai.
In the shadow of a heavy security presence including pitchside commandos and snipers on the grandstands, the first Test between India and England commenced Thursday in Chennai with a minute's silence for the victims of last month's terror atrocities in Mumbai.
India took a step nearer a series whitewash with a convincing six-wicket win over England in the fifth one-day international in Cuttack on Wednesday.
Rampant India clinched the one-day international series against England by winning a rain-interrupted match in Bangalore to take an unbeatable 4-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
India are well-placed to wrap up a series victory over Australia after taking a big first innings lead in the fourth and final Test in Nagpur.
Offspinner Harbhajan Singh turned the second Test India's way as he grabbed four quick Sri Lanka wickets in the final session of the second day on Friday in Galle.
It's 6.30 a.m. on a rainy morning in New Delhi. Modern School is closed for the summer, but its sports fields are bursting with energy. Around 30 boys, between the ages of seven and 17 are running around, some swinging bats in the air, others practicing their bowling. They come here five days a week to attend a cricket coaching camp. "Cricket takes commitment," says the star student here, 17-year-old Arjun Gupta.
India bowler Harbhajan Singh has been banned for five one-day internationals for slapping a teammate -- and warned of a life ban if he steps out of line again.
Controversial spinner Harbhajan Singh is likely to miss the rest of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament after being handed an 11-match suspension.
Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh could be facing an extensive ban from the game after being accused of slapping national team-mate Shanthakumaran Sreesanth during a domestic Twenty20 match in Mohali.
India dominated South Africa on Sunday to win the third test by eight wickets inside three days, squaring the series 1-1 and retaining their world No. 2 test ranking.
Sourav Ganguly made 87 as India edged into a 23-run lead with their last pair at the crease after two days of the third Test against South Africa in Kanpur.
India crashed to a humiliating innings and 90 runs defeat in the second Test in Ahmadabad as South Africa took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series.
Neil McKenzie's impressive return to Test cricket continued when he made an unbeaten 155 as South Africa's high-scoring first Test match with India ended in a draw in Chennai.
Rahul Dravid reached another cricketing landmark but South Africa dominated the fourth day of the first Test against India in Chennai with a great fightback.
Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has been cleared of making racist gestures and spitting at fans during his team's one-day win over Australia on Sunday.
Australia's Matthew Hayden has been rebuked by Cricket Australia for a breach of their code of conduct after describing Harbhajan Singh as an "obnoxious weed" and criticizing Ishant Sharmar while speaking on a Brisbane radio station.
West Indian Test star Marlon Samuels has been banned from bowling after the International Cricket Council ruled his action was suspect.
India's Harbhajan Singh has been cleared to play in the forthcoming triangular one-day series against Australia and Sri Lanka, after a charge of making racial comments was overturned at an International Cricket Council code of conduct appeal hearing.
Adam Gilchrist's glittering Test career drew to a close as the fourth and final Test against India in Adelaide ended in a draw to give the Australians a 2-1 series victory.
Indian maestro Sachin Tendulkar made 150 for the 17th time in his outstanding Test career and captain Anil Kumble weighed in with 87 as India amassed an imposing 526 in the fourth Test against Australia in Adelaide.
India ended Australia's brave bid for a record 17th consecutive Test victory by claiming a 72-run win in the third match at the WACA in Perth and reducing the tourists' series deficit to 2-1.
Australia's bid for a record 17th consecutive Test victory suffered an early setback when Michael Clarke failed to hold a slip catch offered by Rahul Dravid when India were 85 for two.
Harbhajan Singh is set to be dropped for the third Test against Australia in Perth despite being cleared to play before his appeal against a ban for an alleged racist remark is heard.
Australia bowler Brad Hogg is free to play in this week's third Test at Perth after India dropped a disciplinary case against the leg-spinner on Monday.
India resumed their controversial tour of Australia on Wedneday as International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed insisted that cricket's governing body would not be held to ransom over the Harbhajan Singh affair.
India's tour of Australia has been overshadowed by ugly allegations of racism -- a row in which both sides feel offended
India have suspended their tour of Australia until their appeal against the three-match ban handed to spinner Harbhajan Singh is heard.
Australia were accused of unsportsmanlike conduct after equaling their own world record of 16 consecutive Test triumphs with a dramatic 122-run victory over India on Sunday.
Matthew Hayden defied a leg injury to post a fine century and keep alive Australia's hopes of a record-equaling 16th consecutive Test victory in the second match of the series against India on Saturday.
All-rounder Andrew Symonds rescued Australia with a brilliant undefeated 137 as they closed the opening day of the the second Test against India in Sydney on 376 for seven wickets.
India have been set an imposing victory target of 499 as Australia continued their domination of the first Test in Melbourne on the third day.
Australian fast bowlers Brett Lee and Stuart Clark claimed four wickets apiece as India crumbled to 196 all out, 147 runs behind, on the second day of the first Test at Melbourne.
A fighting half-century from Misbah-ul-Haq helped boost Pakistan's chances of avoiding the follow-on in the third and final Test against India on Monday.
Pakistan fought back to take a 167-run lead with five wickets remaining into the fourth day of the first Test against India.
An unbroken ninth wicket stand between Misbah-ul-Haq and Mohammad Sami rescued Pakistan on the first day of the first Test against India in New Dehli on Thursday.
Spin bowlers Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik are back in India's squad for the test series against Pakistan.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni made 63 as he steered his side to a five-wicket victory over Pakistan in the first one-day international in Guwahati.
Australia erased the embarrassment of their humiliating loss to Zimbabwe by crushing old rivals England by eight wickets in the World Twenty20 championships in Cape Town.
Wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will lead a more youthful Indian squad at next month's Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa as established stars sit out the inaugural tournament.
Zaheer Khan and Anil Kumble return to India's squad for a five-match one-day series and Twenty-20 international in South Africa from November 19.
Sachin Tendulkar will return to the India team for next month's one-day series in Sri Lanka following the shoulder injury that has sidelined him since March.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh bowled India to a 97-run lead on the second day of the fourth and final Test against the West Indies on Saturday.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul was stranded three runs short of a century after West Indies collapsed in the third test against India in St Kitts on Saturday.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh captured a career-best five for 31 to spin India to a 39-run victory over England in the first one-day international in New Delhi.
Four wickets from England paceman James Anderson helped dismiss India for 279 on the third day of the third Test in Mumbai.
India captain Rahul Dravid lavished praise on debutant paceman Munaf Patel after the nine-wicket victory over England in the second Test on Monday.
Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble struck three quick blows to leave England facing defeat in the rain-hit second test on Sunday.
India's experienced off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is doubtful for the second one-day international against Pakistan due to a finger injury.
Kamran Akmal rescued Pakistan with an attacking century after Indian paceman Irfan Pathan rocked the hosts with a hat-trick in the first over of the third and final Test in Karachi.
India's selectors have recalled former captain Saurav Ganguly for next month's Test series in Pakistan.
India are closing on victory in the third and final cricket Test against Sri Lanka after building up a massive second innings lead with two days remaining in Ahmadabad.
First innings destroyer Anil Kumble took two wickets in one over as Sri Lanka tumbled towards defeat in the second Test against India in New Dehli on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan and India's Anil Kumble produced masterly displays of spin bowling to leave the second Test balanced on a knife's edge.
Sri Lanka sealed a five-wicket victory over India in the fifth one-dayer, their first success in the seven-match series which they trail 4-1.
India's top batsman Sachin Tendulkar is primed to return after a six-month injury layoff, after being named in the squad for the one-day series with Sri Lanka.
India cruised to victory by an innings and 90 runs over Zimbabwe on the fourth day of the first Test.
Shahid Afridi tied the second fastest century in one-dayers to power Pakistan to a five-wicket victory over India and a 3-2 lead in the six-match series on Friday.
Vice-captain Younis Khan struck a career-best 267, helping Pakistan to an imposing first-innings total of 570 on the second day of the third and final test.
Pakistan vice-captain Younis Khan and Yousuf Youhana stroked magnificent hundreds to lift their team against India in the second test on Thursday.
Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has been reported for a suspected illegal bowling action, the International Cricket Council said on Monday.
Australia took a firm grip on the first test against Pakistan in Perth, where the visitors were 18 for one at the close of the third day, needing 564 to win
Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag just missed centuries as India inched ahead of South Africa's first innings of 305 on the third day of the second test.
India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh will play for English county side Surrey next year.
Off spinner Harbhajan Singh continued his dominance over Australia, routing them for 93 on a crumbling pitch to bowl India to a dramatic 13-run win in less than three days of the fourth and final test.
Anil Kumble kept home hopes alive on the second day of the fourth test in Bombay on Thursday after Australian pace bowler Jason Gillespie helped rout India for 104.
Australia's world Test wicket record holder Shane Warne took his personal tally to six wickets but opponents India took a crucial 141-run first innings lead in the second Test in Madras on Saturday.
Shane Warne equaled the world record for Test wickets but it was fellow leg-spinner Anil Kumble who stole the limelight with seven wickets for 48 runs on the first day of the second Test in Madras.
Spin legends Shane Warne of Australia and India's Anil Kumble will be chasing significant personal landmarks when their two sides meet in the opening Test in Bangalore on Wednesday.
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