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....

Ind vs WI Pragyan Ojha bowls West Indies out for 304

Pragyan Ojha took his maiden five-wicket haul to put India on top against West Indies early on the second day of the first Test at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi on Monday.
After Ojha's two quick wickets, pacer Ishant Sharma got rid of centurion Shivnarine Chanderpaul (118) as India looked to wrap up the Windies innings in the morning session itself.
Chanderpaul managed to add just seven runs to his overnight score of 111 before he was trapped lbw by the lanky Delhi pacer. The left-hand for more details....

Tendulkar landmark set to dominate West Indies series

The fervent wait for Indian batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international century is likely to overshadow the three-Test series against the West Indies starting on Sunday.
Tendulkar's bid for an unprecedented century of centuries has been the talking point ever since he hammered his 99th international hundred against South Africa at the World Cup in March.
Millions of fans expected Tendulkar to achieve the feat on the recent tour of England, but the batting ace headed home without a three-figure for more details....

Bangladesh face defeat in final Windies Test

The West Indies grabbed three vital wickets on the fifth morning to leave Bangladesh tottering in the second and final cricket Test here today.
Bangladesh, who were set an improbable victory target of 508 runs, moved their second innings from the overnight score of 164-3 to 263-6 by lunch on the fifth day at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium.
The tourists, who dismissed opener Tamim Iqbal, skipper for more details....

ICC need to be more pro-active to fight corruption: Hussain

The guilty verdicts handed out to Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif in the spot-fixing case should act as wake call for the ICC to be more pro-active in uncovering corruption prevalent within the game, feels former England captain Nasser Hussain.
Even though ICC has hailed the verdicts, terming it as warning for more details....

Butt's family slams Pakistani media

The family members of banned former Pakistan captain Salman Butt, who is facing the possibility of a jail term, jumped to his defence today accusing the local media of being "unhelpful"  to him.
Butt's sister snubbed the waiting media outside the banned captain's home here terming them as being "unhelpful."
"You should realize that you the media is not being helpful by conducting a media trial of Salman. We know our brother is innocent of all for more details....