Mumbai, Dec 6 (ANI): Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday announced cash rewards of Rs 25 lakh for each player of the Indian team for becoming the number one Test squad in the world. Earlier in the day, team India led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni had defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs on the fifth and final day of the third and penultimate Test match...

hennai, Dec 6(ANI): Former Indian skipper Anil Kumble’s wishes about the national side’’s supremacy over the touring Sri Lankans came true enabling India to hop to the top in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings. Team India secured top spot in the Test rankings for the first time after handing Sri Lanka a second successive innings defeat...

Mumbai, Dec.6 (ANI): Starting the fifth and final day of the third and penultimate Test match of the series on six down for 274 on Sunday, Sri Lanka faced the daunting task of avoiding the unavoidable, but speedster Zaheer Khan ensured the nation did not have to wait for its moment of glory for long, slicing through the remaining four wickets. Team India defeated Sri...

Mumbai, Dec.3 (ANI): Sri Lankan opener Tillakaratne Dilshan and Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh have said the Brabourne Stadium pitch for the third and final Test in the ongoing series is ideal for both bowlers and batsmen. On the opening day of the 3rd and final Test in India’’s western Mumbai, Dilshan made a fine century (109), his sixth Test century of...

Kanpur, Nov 27 (ANI): India”’’s splendid performance in every department of the game fetched it a victory against Sri Lanka on the fourth day of second Test being played here. It was India’’s third biggest win in Tests. India knocked off the last six Sri Lankan wickets today to defeat Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs.  Sri Lanka put...

Kanpur, Nov 23 (ANI): On the eve of the second Test match against India, Sri Lankan cricket captain Kumar Sangkkara said that this match would start from scratch since the first Test match was drawn. He said while interacting with the media persons at the Green Park Stadium in India’’s northern city of Kanpur on Monday (November 23). The second Test match will...

Kanpur, Nov 23 (ANI): Indian skipper MS Dhoni said on Monday that his team is fully prepared for the second test and will do whatever best is possible. “The approach is the same, no matter you are playing the first game of the series or second or third game…since there is no result in the first Test Match one good thing you can do-just forget the first test match as...

Kanpur, Nov 21 (ANI) The Indian and Sri Lankan cricket teams arrived in Kanpur on Saturday for the second Test starting on Tuesday at the Green Park stadium. Earlier in the first Test at Ahmedabad, Team India had faced a massive 334 runs deficit on first innings and was in danger of losing the match. However, Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and opener Gautam Gambhir helped...

Ahmedabad, Nov 21 (ANI): Sri Lankan opener Tillakaratne Dilshan and fast bowler Dammika Prasad suffering from fractured nose and a hamstring niggle respectively may not be able to take to the cricket field in the second Test against India to be played in Nagpur on Tuesday. Dilshan reportedly suffered the injury during a practice session after colliding with a team-mate,...

Kanpur, Nov 21(ANI): In the age of electronic scoreboards, Kanpur’s Green Park stadium, venue for the second Test between India and Sri Lanka on November 24, is the only stadium in the country to have a manually operated scoreboard and still holding to its own. The scoreboard was set up in 1957, and it was used for the first time in the same year when India played against...