Ashwin excelling in all formats

The drum beats began in England. While India slumped from one defeat to another and the tale got worse in the One Day Internationals too, R. Ashwin was asked two standard questions in a press conference— when will you play Tests?, how will you find a place when Harbhajan Singh is still there?
The queries reflected twin aspects— the hungry journalist's need for a headline-grabbing quote and it also reiterated the fact that Ashwin is part of the great Indian spin legacy with his immediate predecessor being Harbhajan though the senior off-spinner still remains in contention.
Ashwin, much like the manner in which he has bowled through his first-class career and in his latest success— the first Test against the West Indies at the Ferozeshah for more details....

Indian cricket's new star R. Ashwin to tie knot

His Test debut was quite grand with the Man of the Match trophy being the icing on the cake but India`s latest spin sensation R Ashwin plans to have a low-key wedding withhis childhood friend Preethi Narayananin a few days from now.
With a nine-wicket haul, including six in the second innings, against the West Indies in the just-concluded opening Test in Delhi, Ashwin became only the third cricketer to get an MOM on debut.
He will take a break to get married on November 13, just a day before the second Test in Kolkata.
According to his father, Ravichandran for more details....

India win Kotla Test to take 1-0 lead

Day 3 of the first test match between India and West Indies belonged to India overall with Indian bowlers taking charge in the first session picking up 5 Windies wickets for just 88 runs.
Ravichandran Ashwin also had a memorable day claiming a 6-for thus making him only the second player from India after Narendra Hirwani for more details....

Tendulkar misses 100th ton again but India on course to win

Sachin Tendulkar once again fell short of recording his 100th international ton, but not before putting India on the road to victory with a fluent 76 in the first cricket Test against the West Indies here today.
Chasing 276, the hosts were 254 for four at lunch on the fourth day, needing another 22 to complete a successful chase.
 VVS Laxman and Yuvraj Singh were batting on 45 and nine respectively when the break was taken.
 Starting from his overnight score of 33, Tendulkar looked set to achieve the elusive feat before Devendra Bishoo spoilt his plan with a well-disguised for more details....

Sachin Tendulkar reaches 15,000 runs in Test cricket

Sachin Tendulkar today achieved another milestone as he became the first cricketer in the history of the game to cross 15,000-run mark in Test cricket.
Playing in his 182nd match, Tendulkar reached the mark on the third day of the first cricket Test against the West Indies when he scored his 28th run in India's second innings with a single off leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo.
After crossing the coveted milestone, the batting for more details....

India awaiting Sachin Tendulkar's 100th ton

The possibility of Sachin scoring his 100thton has made the ongoing Test series between India and West Indies interesting, as observed by legendary cricketers Dilip Vengsarkar and Anshuman Gaekwad.
“If he makes his 100th hundred, it will not only be a record for Tendulkar but also a huge landmark for Indian cricket,” Vengsarkar said.
Gaekwad felt that the Little Master was under no pressure to achieve this feat.“It is big. No doubt. But I also know Tendulkar is under for more details....

West Indies gains as Indian Batting fails again

Indian batsmen are facing grim days. Whether through injury, form issues or lack of match practice, over the past few months they've come up short in tough batting conditions.
Monday's dramatic day of Test cricket at the Feroz Shah Kotla showed that not much had changed from the greens of England to the strangely low and slow pitch at the Kotla.
Rahul Dravid, for one, still remains the bulwark of this batting order even as the edifice inexplicably crumbles around him. On a fascinating day's play in which 17 wickets fell, India came up 95 runs short of West Indies'first-innings total of 304, and the Kotla pitch for more details....