BRISBANE: India are yet to shed their "poor travellers" tag but head coach Ravi Shastri feels that it's unfair to pick on one particular side when most of the nations have fared poorly on away tours. READ ALSO: Ravi Shastri says India 'taking no prisoners' in Australia India have lost two away Test series in 2018, against South Africa (1-2) and England (1-4). This was after both tours were seen as best chance for Virat Kohli's men to set the poor...

MUMBAI: For a while now, an underlying sentiment - that head coach Ravi Shastri is captain Virat Kohli's 'yes man' - has prevailed overwhelmingly much to the vexation of the entire Team India camp. On Thursday, as the Indian team got ready to take a long flight to Australia, Kohli found the time and the occasion to set the record straight. READ ALSO: No more chopping and changing, says Ravi Shastri "It is the most bizarre thing that I have heard....

LUCKNOW: It’s always a gamble to predict winners in the shortest format of cricket. More so, if the game is between world T20 champions West Indies and India. But the hosts, after their win in the opener in Kolkata, will be on a high and look to wrap up the three-match series here at the Ekana Stadium on Tuesday, before the bandwagon moves to Chennai for the final game of what has been a long and testing tour for the visitors. Tuesday’s contest will...

KOLKATA: India ended a four-match winless run against the West Indies with a five-wicket victory that came on the back of debutant Krunal Pandya's flourish and Dinesh Karthik's poise on Sunday. BLOG | SCORECARD This was India's first win against the World T20 champions since 2014, spanning five matches. WATCH: Mix-up between Hope and Hetmyer turns into comical run-out Wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav (3/13) led the Indian bowlers' fine show...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The ball swung from the beginning for the seamers and it spun for the spinners. It also stopped on the batsmen making batting a tricky business. Add to that some mindless shots by the West Indies batsmen and what had the potential to be a thrilling series decider turned out to be a damp squib here at the Sports Hub on Thursday as India cruised to a nine-wicket win and took the series 3-1. West Indies were bowled out for a paltry 104...

NEW DELHI: A ruthless India completed a nine-wicket demolition of the West Indies in the fifth and final ODI on Thursday for their sixth successive series win at home. Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja took four wickets to help India bundle out the West Indies for 104 in just 31.5 overs. Pacers Khaleel Ahmed and Jasprit Bumrah chipped in with two wickets each. The home team took just 14.5 overs to reach the paltry target, courtesy an unbeaten 99-run...

MUMBAI: India embarrassed the West Indies by 224 runs in the fourth One-day International on Monday for one of their biggest wins and a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. Scorecard | Blog Rohit Sharma (162) and Ambati Rayudu (100) struck belligerent centuries to guide India to an imposing 377 for five after the hosts opted to bat. The duo took centre stage after a rare failure by skipper Virat Kohli. Rohit's 21st century came off 137...

HYDERABAD: A clinical India completed one of the most ruthless clean sweeps in recent times, demolishing a listless West Indies by 10 wickets in the second Test, inside three days, to clinch the series 2-0 on Sunday. Scorecard | Blog Umesh Yadav's maiden 10-wicket haul (6/88 and 4/45) on a decent track was the highlight as India reached the meagre victory target of 72 in 16.1 overs, courtesy unbeaten partnership between openers Prithvi Shaw (33)...

HYDERABAD: Rishabh Pant's audacious stroke-play complemented Ajinkya Rahane's patient approach as India reached 308 for four against West Indies on the second day of the second Test on Saturday. SCORECARD India are now only three runs short of West Indies' first innings total of 311. The Caribbeans could add only 16 runs in the morning session after Umesh Yadav polished off the tail with career-best figures of 6/88 in 26.4 overs. While young...

LIVE SCORECARD | LIVE BLOG India First Innings 13:49 pm: 50-run partnership comes up between Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane 13:40 pm: Virat Kohli moves to 40 with a couple off Jason Holder. 13:23 pm: FOUR! Superb shot from Virat Kohli. The Indian skipper smashes Devendra Bishoo straight down the ground for a boundary. India 139/3, trail by 172 runs. 13:05 pm: The partnership between Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli is now 30 runs....

HYDERABAD: Indian spinners went off the boil in the final session as all-rounder Roston Chase hit a gutsy unbeaten 98 to take the West Indies to a respectable 295 for seven on the opening day of the second Test, here on Friday. Scorecard | As it happened Chase, who scored 137 to deny India a victory in a Test match in Jamaica back in 2016, showed the much-needed application with requisite technique as Indian bowlers struggled after polishing off...

NEW DELHI: India colts produced a clinical performance to outclass Sri Lanka by 144 runs in the summit clash of the 2018 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup in Dhaka on Sunday. The victory gave India their sixth title in the continental tournament. After batsmen set a competitive target of 305 runs, India bowlers bundled the Lankans out for 160 in 38.4 overs to reclaim the trophy. Left-arm spinner Harsh Tyagi was the pick of India attack as he bamboozled Lankan...

RAJKOT: Prithvi Shaw lived up to expectations with a classy Test century on his India debut, but former players feel the teenage sensation should tighten up his technique for tougher challenges away from home and that his past achievements count for nothing at the highest level. ALSO READ: Prithvi Shaw sixth Indian to win man-of-the-match on Test debut Shaw batted like a seasoned pro to hit a sublime hundred in the series opener against the West...

RAJKOT: India pulled off their biggest win over West Indies in one of the most ludicrous mismatches in recent times, inflicting on the hapless visitors an innings and 272-run humiliation inside three days in the first Test on Saturday. As it happened | Scorecard India dominated the game, amassing 649 for nine in their first innings before bowling out the West Indies twice on day three, to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. They were bundled...

Live Blog | Scorecard Over 29.3: Kuldeep Yadav comes round the wicket, Roston Chase hits to short extra cover for Ashwin to take the catch Over 22.4: Sunil Ambris charges down the pitch, the ball turns away from him and Rishabh Pant removes the bails in a flash Over 22.1: Kuldeep Yadav takes his second wicket as Shimron Hetmyer cuts to backward point for KL Rahul to take the catch Over 20.3: Kieran Powell reaches his sixth Test half-century...

NEW DELHI: India cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri cleared the air on why Virat Kohli was given rest in the recently-concluded Asia Cup held in UAE saying it was a case of mental fatigue and the skipper needed this rest. "Virat needed this rest. Physically he is a bull. You can't keep him out of the ground. And the thing with Virat is if he plays, then you know the level of intensity he brings. So it was a case of just mental fatigue, giving him...

DUBAI: With their powerful batting and fast improving bowling, India are Asia's best hope at the World Cup which takes place in England next year. Even without batting star and regular captain Virat Kohli, India powered their way to the Asia Cup title in Dubai, outlasting Bangladesh by three wickets off the last ball in the final. "India proved to be well ahead of everyone," former Pakistan skipper Wasim told AFP. "Their exposure is greater, they...

DUBAI: Opener Rohit Sharma, who led his team to Asia Cup title in the absence of top-ranked Virat Kohli, on Sunday climbed two places up to a career-best second position to make it a 1-2 for India in the ICC ODI batting rankings. READ ALSO: Rohit Sharma's captaincy helps India take assured steps towards 2019 World Cup This is for the second time that Sharma is in second position, having first reached number two in July this year. He aggregated...

NEW DELHI: Shikhar Dhawan was on Saturday dropped for the two-match Test series against West Indies after his horror run in England while Mayank Agarwal and Mohammed Siraj's domestic exploits were rewarded with maiden India call-up. The selectors decided to rest the duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah, taking into account their "workload" in recent months, effectively thrusting upon Mohammed Shami the responsibility to lead the pace attack....

SCORECARD | LIVE BLOG: India vs Bangladesh INDIA INNINGS (Target: 223) End of Over 30: India need 88 runs more to win in 20 overs with seven wickets standing. Sounds pretty one-sided, but two quick wickets and it can all change. 135/3 End of Over 28: Dhoni (27*) and Karthik (33*) have added 46 runs now to bring India's chase back on track. Should they manage to stay together for the next 10 overs, it should become easy for India. 129/3...