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Chennai, Jan 1: Indian batsman Virat Kohli was rendered a doubtful starter for the second ODI against Pakistan to be held in Kolkata on Thursday after he suffered a foot injury in the first match here. Kohli suffered the injury while bowling the 41st over of Pakistan's run chase. His backfoot slipped in the delivery stride and he landed on his knees. He limped off the field and Suresh Raina

Kolkata, Jan 1: When Pakistan last featured in an ODI at the Eden Gardens, in 2004, John Wright was still India's coach, Sachin Tendulkar was a 'regular' in limited-overs cricket, T20s and Mahendra Singh Dhoni were yet to appear on the scene and Rahul Dravid was still carrying two types of gloves in his kit bag - the regular ones to shore up a wobbly middle-order and the big ones to keep wickets

Chennai, December 31: A captain faces lots of criticism when his team goes through a prolonged lean patch but India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni does not mind becoming a "punching bag" if it saves the other players from pressure. India have been going through a bad phase since last year and the effectiveness of Dhoni's leadership has been questioned quite often in the recent times. However, Dhoni

Chennai, December 31: Left-arm pacer Junaid Khan scythed through India's top-order with a four-wicket burst to set up Pakistan's six-wicket victory in the first one-day international at the Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday. The 23-year-old Junaid left the home side struggling at 29 for 5 with a destructive opening spell after the tourists opted to bowl first, before MS Dhoni struck a remarkable 113

Chennai, December 30: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's heroic unbeaten century under pressure went in vain as arch rivals Pakistan held their nerve to clinch the first one day international with a comfortable six-wicket victory in a low-scoring contest here today. India posted 227 for six after recovering from a precarious 29 for five one stage but that turned out to be insufficient for the

Chennai, December 30: Indian captain MS Dhoni played a brilliant captain's innings to score a century and help India post a competitive 228-run target for Pakistan in the first ODI on Sunday. Dhoni, who was dropped by Misbah-ul-Haq off the bowling of Hafeez when he was batting at 16, remained not out at 113 at the end of the 50 overs and put up a crucial 125-run partnership with Ravichandran

New Delhi, December 30: Junaid Khan and Mohammad Irfan gave Pakistan the best possible start as they sent the Indian top order packing in the first ODI of the bilateral series on Sunday. Virender Sehwag (4), Gautam Gambhir (8), Virat Kohli (0) and Yuvraj Singh (2) were clean bowled one after the other as they failed to withstand the fierce Pakistani pace attack of Khan and Irfan. Earlier, Pakistan

Chennai, December 30: Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the first ODI of the bilateral series at the MA Chidambaram stadium on Sunday. The toss, originally scheduled for 8.30am (IST), took place at 9.30am, due to wet outfield. The match will be played without any reduction in the number of overs. The delay was expected as the city had been lashed by rain in the past couple

Sydney, December 29: Australian middle-order batsman Mike Hussey on Saturday announced that he will retire from Test cricket after the final match of the series against Sri Lanka at Sydney starting on January 3. Sydney game will be the 79th and final Test in 37-year-old Hussey’s career having made his debut at 30. He will however play the ODI tri-series involving Australia, West Indies and Sri

Dubai, December 29: In the form of his life, Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke today reached a career-best 900 points to retain the top spot in the ICC Test Rankings for batsmen after his side's innings and 201 runs win against Sri Lanka in Melbourne. The win guaranteed Australia an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Clarke began the Test on 888 ratings points and earned 12