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England star Kevin Pietersen on Saturday unreservedly committed his future to England, just days after dropping a bombshell by suggesting that the third and final Test against South Africa might be his last. In an interview posted on YouTube Pietersen insisted: “I want to commit to all forms of cricket for England, because I love playing cricket for England. “I’m not going anywhere - I want to

New Delhi, August 11: Even as Indian Premier League, commissioner Rajeev Shukla hailed the comeback of Yuvraj Singh into the national side for the upcoming World Twenty20 championship in Sri Lanka, former India captain Sourav Ganguly has expressed surprise at the batsman's inclusion in the team. Yuvraj has not played competitive cricket since India's World Cup triumph in April last year after he

Veteran batsman VVS Laxman retained his place in the Indian Test squad for the two-match series against New Zealand, starting August 23 in Hyderabad despite his poor show in the last eight Tests in England and Australia. Sachin Tendulkar will be back in action after his two-month break, having skipped the limited overs series in Sri Lanka recently, while young batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has

New Delhi, August 10: Dashing batsman Yuvraj Singh has been picked in the 15-member Indian squad for the World Twenty20 Championship by the selectors in Mumbai on Friday. Yuvraj, the man of the tournament in the 2011 World Cup, had last played for India in November 2011 before being diagnosed with a rare germ cell cancer. The World Twenty20 Championship event will be played in Sri Lanka from

Indian cricket has very big shoes to fill. When the selection committee sits down to pick a 15-member squad on Friday for the two-Test series against New Zealand at home, they will, for the first time in 16 years, be considering a replacement for someone irreplaceable. Rahul Dravid, to the utter dismay of the game's wisest men, won't be around. With that, the most coveted batting position he held

The BCCI Governing Council today asked the Royal Challengers Bangalore to get 'No Objection Certificate' from their players on the revised payment schedule after the southern franchise failed to pay the first installment of their salaries for IPL5 held in April-May. "The IPL governing council today summoned the RCB officials to the governing council meeting to discuss on the players' payment issue

Mumbai, August 9: Sachin Tendulkar is all set to return to the Test arena after a break of two months but all eyes will be on another veteran VVS Laxman's future when selectors pick the squad for the two-match series against New Zealand starting August 23. The selectors will also pick the final squad for the World Twenty20 Championship in Sri Lanka in September and Yuvraj Singh, who is training at

England toppled former world champion Australia at the top of the ICC ODI ranking table, following an annual update on Wednesday. Australia has fallen to fourth spot, which is its lowest ranking since the ODI table was launched in 2002 as its outstanding record of 30 wins and eight defeats from 40 ODIs in 2009-10 does not reflect any longer after the update. England lead second-placed South Africa

Pakistan's flamboyant all-rounder, Shahid Afridi has described Indian Premier League as the best foreign Twenty20 league that he has ever played in. The 32-year-old cricketer, who will be playing in the Sri Lankan Premier League from August 12, said that his experience of playing in the IPL in 2008 had been the best of his career. Afridi was responding to a question at the Moin Khan academy about

Colombo, August 8: Having lost both the five-match ODI series 4-1 and one-off Twenty20 International, Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene said inconsistency was the main reason behind his team's dismal performance against India. Following a dominating 4-1 triumph in the One-dayers, India to beat Sri Lanka by 39 runs last night in the one-off T20 International also at Pallekele. "We lost our grip