Sports

Mirpur, Jun 26: Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan has said that skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's elevation up the order is not only an advantage to the line-up but personally gives him confidence while batting. The Bangladesh series saw the limited-overs skipper promote himself to the number-four position in the batting chart and Dhawan, who was the leading run-scorer after accumulating 158 runs, said he

Melbourne, Jun 25: India's legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been voted the 'Best Test player' of the 21st century in an online poll conducted by Cricket Australia's website. The former India skipper got the highest number of votes to emerge on top of the list of the 100 best Test players since 2000, in a poll conducted by cricket.com.au. Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara received the second

Barbados, Jun 25: Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas has assumed the role of the ICC President on day three of the apex cricket body's Annual Conference week here. Zaheer began his one-year term and thanked the ICC Board and the Full Council for confirming his nomination. He said: "I feel truly honoured to be appointed as the President of the governing body of our great game. This is the sport

Mirpur, Jun 25: India restored some pride with a consolation 77-run win over Bangladesh in third and final ODI in Dhaka to prevent the spirited hosts from securing a famous 3-0 series whitewash. India, put in to bat, put up a competitive 317 for six courtesy under-fire captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (69 runs off 77 balls) and opener Shikhar Dhawan (75 off 73)). Suresh Raina put up an all-round

Mirpur, Jun 24: Two senior cricketers, Suresh Raina and R Ashwin on Tuesday expressed their wholehearted support to under-fire captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, calling him a "legend" who could not be solely blamed for the team's debacle in Bangladesh. While Raina posted a picture of Dhoni along with his team-mates with just a simple message "respect" and a sign of folded hands alongside, Ashwin

New Delhi, Jun 23: Former captain Sourav Ganguly on Monday demanded respect for beleaguered Mahendra Singh Dhoni, saying he has astonishing One-day records as skipper and needs to be given all the time in the world to take a decision. Following India's defeat in the second ODI against Bangladesh, in an unusual show of emotions, Dhoni last night said he can step away from captaincy if it brings

New Delhi, Jun 23: After India losing the series against Bangladesh on Sunday, long-standing ODI skipper MS Dhoni had offered to step down, if BCCI asks him. The Indian team is facing criticism from all sides after losing the series. Meanwhile, MS Dhoni’s personal coach Chanchal Bhattacharya has claimed the dressing room unrest is taking toll on the Captain Cool’s performance. He also added due to

Mirpur, Jun 21: Under-fire India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a sarcastic tone said that if his removal from captaincy can help Indian cricket move in right direction then he is game for it. "I am always the one who is responsible for anything bad that happens in Indian cricket. Everything that happens is because of me. Even the Bangladesh media is smiling," Dhoni gave a tongue-in-cheek reply

Mirpur, Jun 22: India slumped to a new low on Sunday as they suffered their first ever ODI series defeat against Bangladesh after the hosts clinched a comfortable six-wicket victory in the second one-dayer to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, here. Young Bangladeshi paceman Mustafizur Rehman (6/43) yet again tormented the Indian batsmen with his second successive six-wicket

Jabalpur, Jun 20: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has admitted a petition to revoke the Bharat Ratna awarded to cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar for allegedly using the “fame” the honour has brought him in “earning money by endorsing commercial products”. A Bench, comprising Chief Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice K.K. Trivedi, directed the Assistant Solicitor-General on Thursday to find out if the