Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has been named as the most influential person in Indian sports in the annual Sports Illustrated Power list.
The top 50 rates Tendulkar as the number one influencer in India, followed closely by IPL Chairman Lalit Modi at second spot and liquor baron Dr Vijay Mallya in third.
Union …

Former India captain Kapil Dev has been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. The 51-year-old played 131 Tests and 225 ODIs across a 16-year career, and is best remembered for leading India to victory in the 1983 World Cup.
Kapil made his international debut in a one-dayer against Pakistan in Quetta in October 197…

Milestone man Sachin Tendulkar re-wrote the record books on Wednesday, hammering the first double century in the history of one-day cricket to add another feather to his well-adorned cap.
The capacity crowd at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium witnessed history on Wednesday as Tendulkar, statistically the greatest batsman …

New Delhi, Dec. 31 — Feel good about this. Against all expectations, India clung on to the title of the No 1 Test cricket team in the world as 2009 readied to melt into 2010 on the penultimate day of the year.
At Kingsmead, Durban, in the Test between England and South Africa, Graeme Swann, twirling [...]

CHENNAI, India (Reuters) – Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been banned for two one-day international matches for his team’s slow over rate in Friday’s second ODI against Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka squared the five-match series 1-1 by winning the day-night game in Nagpur by three wickets with five bal…

India 414 for 7 (Sehwag 146, Dhoni 72, Tendulkar 69) beat Sri Lanka 411for 8 (Dilshan 160, Sangakkara 90, Tharanga 67) by three runs…
The numbers were mindboggling enough. Virender Sehwag and Tillakaratne Dilshan made big hundreds at a frantic lick, but the innings of the match was Kumar Sangakkara’s 90 from…

Australia 250 (White 62, Ponting 52, Nehra 3-37) beat India (Tendulkar 40, Watson 3-29, Bollinger 3-38) by 24 runs…
It was India’s game to lose after they restricted Australia to a par total of 250 on a good batting pitch, especially after the fiery start provided by Virender Sehwag. However, Australia won t…

Australia were all out for 250 runs against India in the fourth one-day international match on Monday.
Captain Ricky Ponting struck his third half-century of the series and Cameron White hit 62 as Australia were bowled out for 250 in the fourth one-dayer against India on Monday.
Ponting made a chanceless 52 and pu…

India 230 for 4 (Yuvraj 78, Dhoni 71*) beat Australia 229 for 5 (Hussey 81*, Ponting 59, Watson 41) by six wickets…
Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni shared a serene 148-run stand to help India win a battle of attrition on a sluggish track at the Feroz Shah Kotla and take a 2-1 lead in the [...]

India 354 for 7 (Dhoni 124, Gambhir 76, Raina 62*) beat Australia 255 (Hussey 53, Jadeja 3-35) by 99 runs…
A quickfire century by captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni set up India’s 99-run victory over Australia on Wednesday as the home team levelled the one-day series 1-1.
Man of the match Dhoni hit 124 off 1…