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Hyderabad, Feb 28: The second Test between India and Australia will commence on?Saturday under heavy security with over 70 closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras to monitor the movements of the cricket fans at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium here. After the twin bomb blasts in Dilsukhnagar that killed 17 and injured over 100 people, the flak over the malfunctioning of the CCTV cameras had forced the

New Delhi, Feb 27: A tiger resides inside the "little" frame of Sachin Tendulkar, feels former Australian batsman Matthew Hayden, who saw it when he started playing against the Indian veteran. "I probably first heard Sachin's name in the early '90s. The one thing that always stuck in my mind about Sachin was that his size never ever matched his status," Hayden wrote in a book 'Sachin -- Cricketer

Chennai, Feb 27: With the eight-wicket win over Australia on Tuesday MS Dhoni equalled the Sourav Ganguly’s record for most number of Test wins – 21 – by an Indian captain. But typical of the man, Dhoni was more chuffed with the fact that he played an innings that helped the team score a big win. Excerpts: On how he faced recent spate of criticisms: What really matters is the job that I am trying

Chennai, Feb 26: India clinched the first cricket Test against Australia with a comfortable eight-wicket victory to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series here today with their spinners taking all the 20 wickets for only the third time in their Test history. The Indians took about 25 minutes in the morning to finally bring an end to the stubborn last wicket partnership between Moises Hendriques

Chennai, Feb 25: Mahendra Singh Dhoni today surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's record of highest individual Test score by an Indian captain en route his majestic 224 against Australia in the first cricket Test. Dhoni, who reached his maiden double century yesterday went past Tendulkar's 217 scored against New Zealand in 1999-00 at Ahmedabad. Dhoni reached the feat in the 144th over when he first hit a

New Delhi, Feb 25: Moises Henriques batted brilliantly in the pressure to make India bat again as he helped Australia surpass 192-run trail on the fourth day of the first Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Debutant Henriques shone again with the bat in the second innings, smashing a six over long on to complete his half century. He also scored a fifty in first innings and added century

Chennai, Feb 25: India were all out for 572 in their first innings on the fourth day of the first cricket Test against Australia here today. Brief Scores: Australia 1st Innings: 380 all out India 1st Innings: 572 all out in 154.3 overs (Mahendra Singh Dhoni 224, Virat Kohli 107, James pattinson 5/96, Nathan Lyon 3/215). PTI PM PM 02251025

New Delhi, Feb 24: Indian skipper MS Dhoni slammed his maiden double ton to help India cross 500-mark in their first innings against Australia in the first Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. Dhoni's previous best Test score was 148 against Pakistan. Australian pacer Moises Henriques bowled out Harbhajan Singh to give India eighth blow at the score of 406. India lost their seventh

Hong Kong, Feb 24: 101-year-old Fauja Singh, the world's oldest marathon runner of Indian-origin, retired from competitive events as a "very happy" man as he finished his last race here today. Singh, nicknamed the "Turbaned Tornado," finished the Hong Kong marathon's 10-kilometre race in 1 hour, 32 minutes and 28 seconds. But he could not meet his goal of beating his personal record of 5:40. "I'm

New Delhi, Feb 24: Nathan Lyon took his second wicket when he had Virat Kohli caught by Mitchell Starc at mid-on on the third day of the first Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. Captain MS Dhoni hit his 29th half-century just before Kohli hit his fourth hundred as India crossed the 300-run mark. The milestones came soon after lunch as both batsmen, specially Dhoni took the attack