Cricket

Harbhajan named as standby for injured Ashwin; to join team before 2nd ODI

VETERAN OFF-SPINNER Harbhajan Singh was on Sunday included in the Indian squad as a standby for regular tweaker Ravichandran Ashwin who is carrying a side strain.

Tahir's over turned the game on its head: De Villiers

EVEN THOUGH HE WAS ADJUDGED Man of the Match for his superb unbeaten knock of 104 runs against India in the first One-Day International (ODI), South Africa skipper AB de Villiers believes it was leg-spinner Imran Tahir’s 47th over that turned the game on its head at the Green Park in Kanpur on Sunday.

Rohit's 150 goes in vain as India lose by five runs

ROHIT SHARMA'S SWASHBUCKLING KNOCK of 150 runs off 133 deliveries went in vain as India suffered a five-run defeat against South Africa in the first of their five-match One-Day International (ODI) series at the Green Park stadium in Kanpur on Sunday.

Showed great character, but it was a game we should have won: Dhoni

AFTER LOSING THE FIRST of their five-match One-Day International (ODI) series by a slender margin of five runs against South Africa in Kanpur on Sunday, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said it was a game they should have won.

India seek change in form against South Africa in ODIs

INDIA WILL BE UNDER considerable pressure when they take the field for the first One-Day International (ODI) cricket match here on Sunday after meekly losing the Twenty20 series against South Africa.

South Africa to bank on fresh pace duo to overcome India

SOUTH AFRICAN CAPTAIN AB de Villiers on Saturday said that they have been bolstered by the arrival of experienced pace duo of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel, who will bring "good energy" to the side that plays India in the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series starting in Kanpur on Sunday.

CSK & RR fate, Srinivasan, PepsiCo, Cuttack issues confront BCCI in Oct 18 meeting

THE PREVIOUSLY ADJOURNED meeting of the BCCI's all-powerful working committee has been reconvened on 18 October in Mumbai and is set to be a crucial one with many issues confronting the board.

Agarkar says Dhoni needs to perform a lot better as a player than he has been doing

FORMER INDIAN FAST BOWLER Ajit Agarkar has called for the selectors to scrutinise Mahendra Singh Dhoni's role not just as limited overs captain, but as a player as well.

Series was great exposure as build up to the T20 World Cup, says Shastri

Eden T20 International abandoned due to wet outfield

DISAPPOINTING AROUND 25,000 spectators who had turned up notwithstanding a dead rubber, the third and final Twenty20 International (T20I) between India and South Africa was called off without a ball being bowled due to rain and a soggy outfield at the Eden Gardens here on Thursday.