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Kevin Pietersen and Monty Panesar are entirely contrasting individuals, but they joined forces to put England on the verge of a famous victory on Sunday. On the third day, both England and India have walked into the Wankhede stadium with equal chances of taking command over the second Test. After Kevin Pietersen (186) and Alastair Cook (122) had provided steam to the visitors’ march, Indian

Pragyan Ojha dismissed Kevin Pietersen (186) after the latter played a blinder-of-an-innings to help England go past the Indian total on Day Three of the Mumbai Test. Kevin Pietersen’s innings of 186, included 20 fours and 4 sixes as he took the attack to the Indian bowlers. Samit Patel and Pietersen put on 59 runs for the fifth wicket before Ojha dismissed Patel with England at 357 for five. In

India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan 5-2 in an inconsequential round robin match to register their first win in the Lanco International Super Series hockey tournament in Perth on Saturday. India were by far the dominant side on display in the battle between the two sub-continent giants in the nine-a-side format of the game, better known as Hockey 9s. India pumped in three goals in the first half

Skipper Alastair Cook continued to torment India with yet another gritty batting display while Kevin Pietersen returned to form with an unbeaten half-century to give England a slight advantage in the second cricket Test here today. After dismissing India for 327 in the first innings, England moved to a comfortable 178 for two in 65 overs before the stumps were drawn on the second day, with the

Mumbai, November 24: England spinners claimed four wickets in the first session on day two to bundle out India for 327 in their first innings in the second Test at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. While Graeme Swann took three out of four remaining wickets after India resumed at the overnight total of 266 for six, Panesar chipped in with one to finish with impressive figures of five for

Mumbai, November 24: We have seen him 'ruthlessly' blasting world's top-bowlers with perfect control and command on field, if cricket is a religion then he is the unquestioned 'god' of the game. Despite several ups and downs in his almost two-decade-long cricketing career, he is the best batsman across the globe. But this is only when he is on field. The Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar is a

Mumbai, November 24: If Virender Sehwag thought he could join the likes of Colin Cowdrey, Javed Miandad, Gordon Greenidge, Alec Stewart, Inzamam-ul Haq, Ricky Ponting and Graeme Smith to become the eighth man in history to score a hundred in his 100th Test, he was mistaken. Viru was only following the norm: No other Indian batsman who has playing his 100th Test has managed to get to three figures

Mumbai, November 23: He is fast making a name as the 'New Wall' of Team India and rightly so. Cheteshwar Pujara scored his third century in Test matches and second in consecutive games to lead India's charge against England on a spin friendly track in Mumbai's Wankhede stadium. His hundred came off 248 balls in trying pitch conditions as well as circumstances.The youngster is yet to be dismissed

New Delhi, November 23: Cheteshwar Pujara and captain MS Dhoni resumed the Indian first innings after tea on the first day of the second Test at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday. In the second session of the day, Graeme Swann clean bowled Yuvraj Singh for a duck in the over after Monty Panesar dismissed Virat Kohli. Swann tossed up a delivery outside off, Yuvraj came forward to defend

Mumbai, November 23: Opener Virender Sehwag on Friday became the ninth Indian cricketer to complete a century of Test appearances when he took the field in the second match of the ongoing series against England. The 34-year-old amassed 8,448 runs at an average of 50.89 and a staggering strike rate of 82.45 before the Test that started on Friday. The swashbuckling batsman has 23 hundreds under his