



Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni fell just short of pulling off another thrilling run chase as his team fought out a dramatic tie with Sri Lanka in the fifth triangular series match at Adelaide on Tuesday.
India beat Australia by four wickets in their tri-series cricket match today.
The flopshow of India's senior batsmen in the Test series loss to Australia notwithstanding, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni today refused to say anything on their future, insisting that decisions would not be taken in haste.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has hinted he will quit test cricket if he decides to lead India in their World Cup defence in Australia and New Zealand in 2015.
India's famed batting line-up produced yet another spineless display to crash to an embarrassing 122-run defeat in the first cricket Test and hand Australia a 1-0 lead in the four-match Test series today.
Sachin Tendulkar's quest for a record 100th international ton continued, but India rode on his fluent 76 to script an admirable come-from-behind five-wicket victory over the West Indies with more than four sessions to spare here today.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed the absence of key players and batting failures for the team's latest heavy defeat to England at Trent Bridge on Monday.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's decision to recall Ian Bell after a bizarre runout at Trent Bridge on Sunday will have gone down well with English cricket fans but his act of sportsmanship appears lost on some of his compatriots.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's bat, with which the Indian cricket captain struck a historic World Cup winning knock earlier this year, fetched a whopping 100,000 pounds in an auction for his charitable foundation.
India's ace spinner Harbhajan Singh has served a legal notice on Vijay Mallya-owned UB Spirits over a television advertisement that shows Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni "mocking" at him.
India wrapped up their series against the West Indies 1-0 on Sunday when the third and final test ended in a draw in Dominica after a fine rearguard action from Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
Indian bowlers will have to adjust their line and length on a bouncy Kensington Oval pitch, said skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, insisting that adapting to conditions would be the key to winning the second cricket Test against West Indies here.
Parthiv Patel is resigned to the fact that he would only be India's second best wicketkeeper as long as Mahendra Singh Dhoni is around but far from being frustrated, he considers it as a motivation to continue.
Admitting that playing in the IPL just after the World Cup was tough, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the fans were also "emotionally drained" after the country's historic triumph last month.
Chennai Super Kings won a second successive Indian Premier League (IPL) title after thrashing Royal Challengers Bangalore by 58 runs in Saturday's final as openers Murali Vijay and Mike Hussey smashed half centuries.
Time Magazine naming Team India Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in its annual list of the top 100 is a moment of joy, Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda said today.
Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar will be flying the Sukhoi Su-30MKI, the frontline fighter of the Indian Air Force.
Coach Geoff Marsh said the team members, barring Yuvraj and a few others who were busy in the World Cup, had two good camps and it has a good mix of young and experienced, similar to Shane Warne's Rajasthan Royals in IPL-I.
India never felt the burden of expectations when the team went out to reclaim the World Cup title on home soil after a hiatus of 28 years, said triumphant captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Can star Manchester United footballer Wayne Rooney learn a thing or two from India's World Cup winning cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on how to react under pressure situations?
| Rank | Team | Points | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 3732 | 124 |
| 2 | England | 4469 | 112 |
| 3 | South Africa | 3107 | 111 |
| 4 | India | 3881 | 108 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 2409 | 96 |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 2364 | 88 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 2050 | 82 |
| 8 | West Indies | 2036 | 70 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 1648 | 61 |
| 10 | Ireland | 152 | 30 |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 208 | 12 |
| 12 | Afghanistan | 62 | 10 |