South Africa Beat India By 90 Runs For A Consolation...
India's bid for a clean sweep failed on Saturday in Ahemedabad with South Africa registering a consolation win over India by 90 runs in the third and final ODI, riding on twin tons by Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers. ...
India-SA ODI To Be Played Under Heavy Security...
Not willing to take any chances, Gujarat police have made robust security arrangements for the India-South Africa one-dayer to be played in Ahmedabad on Saturday police officials said.Over 1000 police personnel, three teams of bomb disposal squads (BDS), specially trained ...
Tendulkar Makes History, India Clinch Series...
Sachin Tendulkar rewrote history on Wednesday by smashing the first double century in ODI cricket as India crushed South Africa by 153 runs in the second one-dayer to clinch the three-match series with one game to spare in Gwalior. Tendulkar ...
Final Call On Sehwag Tomorrow: Dhoni...
Suspense continued on availability of Virender Sehwag for the second one-dayer against South Africa here with Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni opting to wait till Wednesday morning to decide on including the explosive opener in the team. Sehwag is down ...
India Look To Seal Series, No.2 Spot In Rankings...
After escaping with a narrow win in Jaipur, India would aim to plug their bowling loopholes and seal the three-match series to retain the number two spot in ICC rankings when they take on South Africa in the second ODI ...
Gwalior Pitch Curator Promises 'Batting Paradise'...
In what would come as music to the ears of swashbucklers like Virender Sehwag, curators at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium have promised a "batting paradise" for the second India-South Africa ODI in Gwalior on Wednesday. India have already taken ...
India Eke Out Narrow One-Run Win In Thriller Against S...
South Africa's dogged tail-enders nearly gatecrashed India's party in the first ODI before Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his team eked out a nail-biting one-run victory to go 1-0 up in the three-match series in Jaipur on Sunday night.The 65-run ninth ...
Kallis Says ODI Series Part Of Team's WC Preparation...
Thrust into captaincy after regular skipper Graeme Smith's finger injury, Jacques Kallis on saturday said the ODI series against India is part of South Africa's preparation for next year's World Cup, to be held in the sub-continent. "It's a great ...
Dhoni Optimistic Substitutes Will Deliver In ODI...
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni sees no point in whining about how injury-ravaged his side is and oozed confidence that substitute players would come to the party in the ODI series against South Africa starting in Jaipur on Sunday.Dhoni conceded ...
Depleted India Meet S Africa To Prove ODI Superiority...
After the Test stalemate, a depleted India and a scarred South Africa will begin their battle of ODI supremacy from Sunday when the three-match series gets underway at a fortified Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The Indian team arrived here ...
India And South Africa Teams Leave For Jaipur ODI...
India and South Africa on Friday left for Jaipur to play in the first of the three-ODI series scheduled to be held on February 21. Few of the players who are not part of the ODI squad including South Africa ...
India Retain No. 1 Rankings, Assured Of ICC Prize Money...
India on Thursday retained their number one status in Test cricket after the thrilling victory over South Africa in Kolkata, which also entitles them to USD 175,000 given to the team that tops the chart at the annual cut-off date. ...
India Just About Manage To Win, Retain Number One Slot...
India just about managed to thwart a stubborn resistance from South Africa's Hashim Amla and the tailenders to clinch a series-levelling innings and 58 runs victory in the final cricket Test to retain their status as the number one Test ...
Bad Light Halts India's Victory March...
India were left with just one day to push for a series-levelling win after rain and bad light truncated most of penultimate day's proceedings in the second cricket Test against South Africa in Kolkata on Wednesday.Only 34.1 overs could be ...
Ashwin New Face In India's ODI Squad...
Prolific opener Gautam Gambhir was on Tuesday left out because of a groin injury while Tamil Nadu off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was named in India's 15-member ODI squad for the first two one dayers against South Africa. Apart from Gambhir, off-spinner ...
Laxman, Dhoni Tons Put India In The Driver's Seat...
VVS Laxman (143) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (132) slammed sparkling unbeaten centuries to compound South Africa's misery as India took a stranglehold of the second and final cricket Test with a mammoth 347-run first innings lead on Tuesday in Kolkata.Laxman ...
