"Dada (Ganguly) knows us (the Bengal cricketers) inside out. He knows what are our strengths and weaknesses. Our performance would have been better under his captaincy. He would have been successful in getting the best out of our players," Dinda said. Dinda arrived with his team-mates including Ganguly, Laxmi Ratan Shukla and Wriddhiman .. more »

A chat with AB de Villiers, looking ahead to England's tour, and Warren Deutrom on Ireland's bid for Test status :The most runs in a Test on debut, and the most runs in an ODI series Often debated, he's done so well at No. 5 in ODIs that it's unlikely he'll relinquish it any time soon.. more »

1989 : Karachi, November 15: Makes his Test debut against Pakistan. Scores 15 runs. Gujranwala, December 18: Makes his ODI debut against Pakistan but get out without scoring. 1997 Durban, February 12: Scores his 5000th run in ODI cricket in a match against South Africa (his 141st ODI) 2001 Indore, March 31: Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first .. more »

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is showing exactly why he is called that. At 168, which is also his third highest individual score, Tendulkar has struck 19 boundaries and is looking good for more. Raina, however has departed after playing a good knock of 59 runs.  Ravindra Jadeja has replaced him at the crease with Harbhajan to .. more »

. Going into the match 0-1 down, Australia had to win to square the series, but Sunil Gavaskar and Chetan Chauhan closed the door with an opening partnership of 192. Gavaskar and Syed Kirmani made hundreds (Kirmani was only the third nightwatchman to do so in a Test), and the No. 9, Karsan Ghavri, iced the cake with a rumbustious 86 to take the .. more »

The 27-year-old right-handed batsman scored 131 for his second one-day hundred and added 126 for the second wicket with Martin Guptill (62) after the Black Caps won the toss and decided to bat in a must-win match. New Zealand, who lost the first match by 138 runs to trail 0-1 in the three-match series, had McCullum to thank for salvaging the .. more »

The 27-year-old right-handed batsman scored 131 for his second One-day hundred and added 126 for the second wicket with Martin Guptill (62) after New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat in a must-win match. New Zealand, who lost the first match by 138 runs to trail 1-0 in the three-match series, had McCullum to thank for repairing the innings .. more »

Abu Dhabi: Opener Brendon McCullum returned to form with a brilliant hundred to guide New Zealand to an imposing 303-8 in the second day-night international against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi Stadium here on Friday. The 27-year-old right-handed batsman scored 131 for his second one-day hundred and added 126 for the second wicket with Martin Guptill (62) .. more »

Abu Dhabi: Opener Brendon McCullum returned to form with a brilliant hundred to guide New Zealand to an imposing 303-8 in the second day-night international against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi Stadium here today. The 27-year-old right-handed batsman scored 131 for his second one-day hundred and added 126 for the second wicket with Martin Guptill (62) .. more »

Brendon McCullum and Aaron Redmond added 21 for the first wicket in the second ODI against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.. more »

Abu Dhabi: Riding high on the win in the first game of the three match series against New Zealand, Pakistan captain Younus Khan has said that his team has the potential to crush the Black Caps in all the three games. Pakistan won the first match by a massive margin of 138 runs and Khan said his boys would be going out all guns blazing in the .. more »

Abu Dhabi: Riding high on the win in the first game of the three match series against New Zealand, Pakistan captain Younis Khan has said that his team has the potential to crush the Black Caps in all the three games. Pakistan won the first match by a massive margin of 138 runs and Khan said his boys would be going out all guns blazing in the second .. more »

P Kumar, A Nehra, M Patel, R Jadeja, Harbhajan, Yuvraj Singh, S Raina, *MS Dhoni, G Gambhir, V Sehwag, S Tendulkar.. more »

McCullum notched 131 to help the Black Caps post a challenging 303-8 on a flat Abu Dhabi Stadium pitch before Styris (3-23) triggered a middle-order collapse which saw Pakistan bowled out for 239, leaving the three-match series level at 1-1. Pakistan won the first match by 138 runs on Tuesday. The final match will be played in Abu Dhabi on .. more »

McCullum notched 131 to help the Black Caps post a challenging 303-8 on a flat Abu Dhabi Stadium pitch before Styris (3-23) triggered a middle-order collapse which saw Pakistan bowled out for 239, leaving the three-match series level at 1-1. Pakistan won the first match by 138 runs on Tuesday. The final match will be played here on Monday. .. more »