India 342 for 5 (Sehwag 165, Tendulkar 106) lead South Africa 296 (Amla 114, Petersen 100, Zaheer 4-90) by 46 runs… The Sehwag storm struck South Africa with full force and pretty much blew everything in its way to a 13th 150-plus score. Amid the mayhem, it was easy to forget the cool, pleasant breeze [...]

India 459 for 5 (Tendulkar 143, Dravid 111 retd hurt, Gambhir 68, Sehwag 56) lead Bangladesh 233 by 226 runs.. Sachin Tendulkar struck his 45th Test century and Rahul Dravid his 29th as India toyed with the Bangladesh attack to tighten their grip over the second and final Test on Monday. The Indian top order [...]

At Tea, Bangladesh 59 for 3 (Zaheer 2-32, Ishant 1-14) trail India 243 (Tendulkar 105*, Sehwag 52, Shakib 5-62, Shahadat 5-71) by 184 runs… As with India, Bangladesh’s collapse started in the 15th over. India lost three wickets for six runs, Bangladesh lost three for five. India had managed 79 quick runs before it…

India 242 for 3 (Tendulkar 96*) beat Sri Lanka 239 (Tharanga 73, Jadeja 4-32) by seven wickets… After Virender Sehwag had bludgeoned 44 from just 28 balls, an unhurried and unbeaten 96 from Sachin Tendulkar took India to a facile victory that took them 2-1 ahead in this five-match series. Sri Lanka had dominated the [..…

50 overs India 319 for 5 (Tendulkar 138, Yuvraj 56*, Dhoni 56) beat Sri Lanka 272 (Kandamby 66, Harbhajan 5-57) by 46 runs… The ghost of the R Premadasa lights was almost slain tonight. Sachin Tendulkar’s master class, not far off his best, his 86th international century, almost became a footnote on a night of [..…