Cricket India Two of the top test teams fighting for honour in the series which is unofficially christened as ‘World Championship of Cricket‘. Neo Cricket channel has been given marketing rights for telecasting India – South Africa Tour, which would be played in India. Neo channel has planned up to spend approx. Rs. 2.5 crores for the campaigning for promotion of this series. South Africa... 

Indian opener Gautam Gambhir retained his top spot while teammate Virender Sehwag moved up a place to be at number four in the ICC rankings for Test batsmen released on Monday. Sehwag had last week stormed into the top five of the Test batsmen rankings after his superlative double-century (293) against Sri Lanka in the third Test in Mumbai. Sehwag’s Delhi teammate Gambhir still leads the chart... 

Praveen Kumar and Harbhajan Singh’s batting heroics took India agonisingly close to a sensational win before the hosts slumped to a four-run defeat against Australia in the first match of the seven-ODI series on Sunday. At 201 for seven in their pursuit of a 293-run victory target, India seemed heading for a comprehensive defeat before Praveen (40 not out) and Harbhajan (49) came up with a defiant... 

Wisden, the highly respected cricket publication, on Wednesday named Virender Sehwag as the Leading Cricketer in the World for 2008 and Mahendra Singh Dhoni captain of its first ever Dream Test XI which has five Indians in the ranks. India’s rich vein of form found ample reflection in Wisden’s first ever Dream XI which include Sehwag, Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer... 

Wisden published its first ever Test match Dream XI on Wednesday with Kevin Pietersen the only England player to make the line-up in the sport’s annual of record. South Africa-born Pietersen finds his place at number five in the team with above him in the Dream batting order opening pair Virender Sehwag, of India, and South Africa captain Graeme Smith. Australia captain Ricky Ponting claims... 

With efficient display of batting by Tendulkar (62), Dhoni (52), Harbhajan (60), India managed to pile up 375 runs on Day 1 of the final Test against the Kiwis. New Zealand pacer Chris Martin clinched Harbhajan’s wicket through an easy catch by Vettori. Earlier, Harbhajan played brilliant innings to hit a timely 7th Test half-century of his career. Tim Southee removed India skipper MS Dhoni...