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, [...]

Gautam Gambhir’s prolific run of form since the start of 2008 has earned him a national honour from the President of India, Pratibha Patil. Gambhir on Saturday became the 41st cricketer to be felicitated with the Arjuna Award, instituted in 1961 by the Indian government to recognise outstanding achievement in national s…

Sachin Tendulkar has said he is not satisfied with his achievements and hopes to accumulate 15,000 runs and win the World Cup in 2011. “I am not pleased yet with what I have done,” Tendulkar, who has scored a record 12773 Test runs at an average of 54.58 from 159 matches, said in an interview [...]

There are trends developing in world cricket that are of concern to the future of the game, including in India, Indian coach Gary Kirsten said here, saying Team India has to decide its priorities in terms of test cricket and other forms of the game, like T20. Kirsten was speaking Saturday at a gathering here [...]

Gautam Gambhir had no idea he had just become the world’s best Test batsman when HT contacted him on Wednesday. Once he was sufficiently convinced that he had indeed topped the latest ICC rankings, the satisfaction in his voice was palpable. “I had no clue about it, but yes, it sure feels great,” Gambhir sai…