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Ajay S Shankar

Unfit Munaf should not have been in final XI: Vengsarkar

He is deeply disappointed at the way India handed over the Test series to South Africa, he can’t get over the batting crawl that turned the final game

Confusion generates a big Indian ‘if’

Debutant left-arm spinner Paul Harris is treated like Shane Warne by two of the best batsmen in the world, the Indian scorecard shows two runouts on p

Six minutes of indecision

This is one record Sourav Ganguly wouldn't want in the showcase back home, even if he is desperate to mark his return to world cricket.

Missing Bhajji?

You couldn’t see his eyes behind those dark shades, but you didn’t need a stethoscope to catch the anguish welling up inside.
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Safs rebuild after India collapse

Grey spot intact, the ‘smiling assassin’ smells blood towards the end of Day Two

Finally, India enjoy J-class comfort

Wasim Jaffer hits ton, raises first-ever opening century stand in South Africa with Dinesh Kaarthick

The Sehwag spin: He’s the second spinner

After one of the most bizarre Indian cricket selection dramas in recent times, Virender Sehwag managed to cling to his place in the final XI for the c

Last but not least, confusion surfaces

Waking up the morning after a great evening with his team at an Indian restaurant on the spectacular Cape Town waterfront...

Captain gone, ship needs an anchor at port city

Team India have the names that can do it, but gusty Ntini could blow them off shore

Munaf fit for third Test, cloud over Kallis

There's still one day left in the second Test, but a startling nudge by Mahendra Singh Dhoni has already turned the clock forward to the decider in Ca

India smell & pray rain, Safs revenge

First, the rains came all the way from Cape Town to the Durban airport, and stopped, setting up a menacing cloud cover over the ground, a few kilometr

Bad blood, it shows in bad light

Bad light or was it a bad call? A livid South African coach Mickey Arthur today pointed the finger at umpires Asad Rauf and Ian Howell...

How Ishant script slipped through the cracks

One day after an 18-year-old fast bowler from Delhi hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons...

Some hope, some agony, a long way to go

Experts spot a draw, but Team India and Tendulkar can’t afford a smile yet

Back injury forces King Kallis out...

Much before their skipper Graeme Smith fell for five in just the third over, South Africa had stepped out straight into a knockout blow on Boxing Day.

Openers retain gloves for Boxing Day Test

Pouting slightly, looking out to the Kingsmead ground, groundsman Evan Flint didn’t point to the brownish surface with a coating of grass

Irfan, the falling star, told to go home, work on lost shine

Just over seven months ago, Indian cricket’s bright, young star Irfan Pathan was glowing near the poolside of a Delhi hotel, looking ahead to the West

‘I assess each season and see where I am going’

On a rainy Christmas eve, an off-day for Team India, there was Sourav Ganguly at the nets chipping away, like he has been doing every day since he was

Coach on rival coach: From Go Greg, he’s Greg Guru again

One huge Test win for India after the one-day disaster, the second Test coming up here on Tuesday, and look who’s pointing to coach Greg Chappell and

Black & white day yields an opening poser

Long before the gathering darkness had crowded out a sunny day's cricket at a quaint English club on the outskirts of Durban...

‘Harbhajan remains a key performer’

Before the rains crept over the Durban coast this afternoon, the world watched Anil Kumble wave goodbye to his friend Shane Warne...

Farewell dear friend: Icons to Icon

From Shane Warne’s debut Test, where he smashed the flamboyant leg-spinner to bits, to the hype and the hurricane knocks of 1998...

Munaf for ‘short bursts’ if fully fit, says Chappell

Coach to err on side of caution if he has to tinker with the attack

Sourav return ‘volatile’ but things better after win, says Chappell

For the first time since Sourav Ganguly joined the team in South Africa, and played a crucial role in the Test win, coach Greg Chappell admitted today

Team did it, but I take the final call: Dravid

His team had begun to celebrate the historic 123-run win over South Africa, but skipper Rahul Dravid stepped up to make a small point: we still have a
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