MS Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings captain, has backed the cap on overseas players in a playing XI, saying it was the best way to identify and groom local talent and calling on overseas players to compete amongst themselves for the four available slots in the team.
“If the overseas players want to find a place [...…

South Africa 296 and 6 for 0 trail India 643 for 6 dec. (Laxman 143*, Dhoni 132*) by 341 runs…
VVS Laxman (143) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (132) slammed sparkling unbeaten centuries to compound South Africa’s misery as India took a stranglehold of the second and final Test with a mammoth 347-run first innings …

Bangladesh 233 and 228 for 3 (Tamim 151, Junaid 55) trail India 544 for 8 dec ( Tendulkar 143, Dravid 111, Dhoni 89, Gambhir 68, Sehwag 56) by 83 runs…
At the close of the third day’s play of the second cricket Test between India and Bangladesh, the former was still in control of the match [...]

India 297 for 4 (Dhoni 101*, Kohli 91) beat Bangladesh 296 for 6 (Kayes 70, Mahmudullah 60*, Tamim 60) by six wickets…
Mahendra Singh Dhoni led from the front with a crafty unbeaten 101 as India recovered from early jolt to register comprehensive six-wicket win over Bangladesh in the third match of the cricket tri…

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…

Sri Lanka 302 for 7 (Dilshan 123, Mathews 37*, Zaheer 3-63) beat India 301 for 7 (Dhoni 107, Raina 68, Kohli 54) by three wickets.
Sri Lanka managed to hold on to their nerves to level the series 1-1 by registering a three-wicket victory over India.
Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan gave Sri Lanka a flying st…

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 [...]

MS Dhoni won his fourth toss of the series and even as he chose to field the rain came down to delay the start. It’s bound to be another stop-and-start affair as the forecast is for 60% of rain. India lead the series 2-1 and this is their last game of the season.
West Indies have [...]

Kingston (Jamaica): Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has urged his team-mates not to hide injuries, niggles and any other ailments ahead of the one-day series which begins here on Friday.
In what could be a blueprint for Dhoni’s regime as skipper of the Indian team from now on, the wicketkeeper-batsman gave his…

Chennai Super Kings 151 for 3 (Hayden 60*) beat Mumbai Indians 147 for 5 (Duminy 62, Nayar 33*, Jayasuriya 30) by seven wickets
MS Dhoni’s Chennai thrash Mumbai by seven wickets and in the process end the Sachin Tendulkar-led side’s campaign in the IPL…
Matthew Hayden and skipper MS Dhoni have se…