The battle for the world’s number one ranking is on when India host South Africa in the first Test in Nagpur starting on Saturday.The odds are stacked heavily in India’s favour as all they need is a drawn series to win the $175,000 for being No. 1 on the 1st of April, but that doesn’t matter - South Africa play some of their best cricket when they’ve been written off.Not th...
It’s do or die time for India if they want to avoid a rare home series loss to go with a dethroning as the world’s No. 1 Test team in the second Test against South Africa in Kolkata, which starts on Sunday.They did it in 2008 - South Africa was 1-0 going into the final Test and lost it inside three days. This time there is a lot more at stake, however, not least of which the small matt...
Ravi "Rock Star" Jadeja showed why he is held in such high esteem by his Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne by bowling a 10-over spell from hell to sneak India home in the first ODI against South Africa in Jaipur.In a match marred by ODI rustiness on both sides, Jadeja’s 2/29 in 10 overs was the telling difference after India won the game by one run off the last ball.Last-minute batting he...
Having won the ODI series against South Africa, India’s selectors have decided to rest key players and do a little experimentation on the side for the final ODI in Ahmedabad on Saturday.Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Praveen Kumar are all getting rested, which means India are without seven of their first-choice team (if you include injuries to Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Si...
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