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Mumbai, November 10: The big question surrounding Team India's bowling ahead of the first Test against England is Zaheer Khan's fitness. His ability or lack of it to last the distance will be crucial to India's chances. On Friday afternoon, when 14 of the 15-member squad arrived at Mumbai's Brabourne Stadium for a preparatory camp, Zaheer clearly didn't seem very sprightly. He walked on to the

Perhaps a mini-diplomatic row was averted with timely intervention from the England and Indian cricket boards on the second day of the England-Haryana warmup game on Friday. England's regular wicketkeeper Mat Prior was unwell and also vomited a little before the tea break. So during the tea break, England skipper Alastair Cook went to ask the umpires if 12th man Jonny Bairstow could keep wickets

Hyderabad/New Delhi, November 9: Former Indian cricket team skipper Mohammad Azharuddin had labelled himself Destiny's Child when he stormed into the limelight stroking three hundreds in his first three Tests against England in 1985. A god-fearing man and a devout Muslim, the wristy batsman repeated those words when he was made the skipper in 1990. Perhaps, it was destiny that the man who went on

Mumbai, November 9: As a kid, Mahendra Singh Dhoni had just one aim: to join the army. "That was my only ambition in life. I badly wanted to don the army fatigue," he says. Then, cricket happened. "I never thought this game would become my profession. I never ever thought that one day I would play for India, forget becoming captain. It just happened." There's another oft-mentioned aspect to Dhoni

New Delhi, November 8: Andhra Pradesh high court on Thursday termed the life ban imposed by the BCCI on former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin as illegal. The court also said the ban imposed by the Indian Cricket Board on the former Indian captain was unsustainable by law. Azhar was banned for life from playing all forms of cricket by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in

Winning is the biggest motivating factor which keeps me going, says 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist and ace shuttler Saina Nehwal. Speaking at the book release function of her autobiography “Playing to win..my life on and off court” here on Wednesday evening, Saina said she loved badminton more than anything else and that was the reason she constantly dreamt of winning titles. “So after each

Chandigarh, November 8: The battle-bugle has been sounded. Citing the 4-0 drubbing that India got at the hands of England last year, comeback king Yuvraj Singh has sounded a warning for the Englishmen before the Test series starts in Ahmedabad from November 15. Yuvraj, who was in the city for a promotional event, said that the Indian team will look to avenge the whitewash that they got when they

Glasgow, November 8: Celtic sent shockwaves around Europe as they produced a stunning 2-1 Group G win over Barcelona at Parkhead on Wednesday to end the Catalan giants' 100 per cent record in this season's competition. Just as they had done in the Nou Camp two weeks ago Celtic took the lead against the run of play when Victor Wanyama headed them ahead in the 21st minute. Barcelona, who have made a

The forthcoming India-England series will be for the Anthony De Mello Trophy. There have been calls to name the silverware after Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, the former India captain who died last year, but the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has decided to retain the name that has been attached to the home series between India and England for the last 60 years. “India-England Test

Dubai, November 7: The first lot of tickets for the Champions Trophy India vs Pakistan clash at Edgbaston, England, June 15 next year was sold out in just three hours after windows opened. The tickets went on sale Monday, and the 15-match tournament's first match was a complete sell-out eight months in advance, said an International Cricket Council (ICC) press release. The 2013 edition of the