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/ 23 January 2012
Virender Sehwag rates Australia’s bowling attack as the best he has faced as India battle to restore some pride in the final Test in Adelaide.
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/ 27 December 2011
Virender Sehwag put Australia to the sword with a swashbuckling 67 but was halted by James Pattison to leave India on 99 for two wickets.
India beat the West Indies by 34 runs in the final one-dayer in Chennai on Sunday to take the One Day International series 4-1.
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/ 8 December 2011
With a record-breaking 219 runs — the highest in any ODI — Virender Sehwag powered India to a 153-run win against the West Indies.
Virender Sehwag has surpassed compatriot Sachin Tendulkar’s world record of 200 runs in a 50-over match, smashing 219 against the West Indies.
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/ 3 February 2011
Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan feels India are the favorites to win the upcoming World Cup.
On the evidence of the 2009 English summer, international cricket is healthy in its homeland even if its prognosis elsewhere remains uncertain.
Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar hit centuries in the final Test as India fought to level the series against South Africa in Kolkata on Monday.
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/ 4 December 2009
Virender Sehwag missed a world record third triple-century by seven runs as Sri Lanka hit back on the third morning of the final Test against India.
India’s star batsman Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the World Twenty20 due to a shoulder injury, the Indian cricket board said on Tuesday.
A century by Daniel Vettori and a maiden ton for Jesse Ryder rescued New Zealand on the opening day of the first Test but India finished on top.
India sealed a one-day international series win against New Zealand after Sehwag smashed New Zealand’s bowlers in the 7th fastest ODI century ever.
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/ 18 February 2009
India will be better prepared to tackle conditions in New Zealand than they were on their losing tour seven years ago, former coach John Wright said.
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/ 31 October 2008
India’s Virender Sehwag grabbed three wickets as Australia reached 338-4 on the third day of the third Test against India on Friday.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting says he is insulted by claims from India’s Virender Sehwag that Australia cheated during a series victory in January.
India dominated South Africa on Sunday to win the third Test by eight wickets inside three days, squaring the series 1-1 and retaining their world number-two Test ranking. In an extraordinary final day, India turned what had been an evenly poised match at the start of play into a rout.
Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers consolidated South Africa’s strong position with half-centuries after Dale Steyn sparked a sensational Indian collapse in the second Test on Thursday. The 24-year-old Steyn gave a magnificent display of fast bowling on a lively track to finish with 5-23 as India crashed to 76 all out in their first innings.
South Africa built on fast bowler Dale Steyn’s superb five-wicket effort to seize the initiative in the second Test against India on Thursday. The visitors batted steadily to reach 100-2 in their first innings at tea in reply to India’s 76. Hashim Amla was unbeaten on 15 at the break.
South Africa are confident of burying India’s spin threat yet again with a determined batting performance in the second Test starting in Ahmedabad on Thursday. The visitors kept the spin duo of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh at bay in the drawn opening Test in Chennai as they posted 540 in the first innings and 331-5 in the second.
Neil McKenzie and Hashim Amla moved up the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings on Monday after outstanding performances in the drawn match against India. McKenzie, who made 94 and 155 not out, made his first appearance in the top 40 in four years and is ranked 36th in the world, while Amla’s 159 and 81 saw him shoot up 10 places to 24th position.
Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Wasim Jaffer gave South Africa a dose of their own medicine with an unbroken 176-run stand in the first cricket Test in Chennai on Friday. India, kept in the field for over five sessions as South Africa piled up 540 in their first innings, hit back in style on a barren wicket.
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/ 5 February 2008
Torrential rain forced the abandonment of Tuesday’s tri-series limited-overs match between Sri Lanka and India at the Gabba in Brisbane. It was the second match in a row that had fallen victim to the foul weather after Sunday’s opening game between India and Australia was also washed out.
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/ 12 January 2008
Australian coach Tim Nielsen said one of the biggest issues facing his side as it prepared for the third Test against India at the Waca Ground was confronting the bitter fall-out from the controversial second Test in Sydney. The Australians have been subjected to accusations of poor sportsmanship, following their 122-run win over the Indians.
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/ 19 September 2007
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On a night of high excitement and fireworks both on and off the field, India beat England by 18 runs in their Twenty20 World Championship Super Eight match at Kingsmead, Durban, on Wednesday evening. Helped by a dazzling innings from Yuvraj Singh, India, who won the toss, made 218 for four in their 20 overs.
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/ 16 September 2007
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Captain Daniel Vettori led from the front as New Zealand brushed aside India by 10 runs in a Super Eight match of the Twenty20 World Championship in Johannesburg on Sunday. The left-arm spinner claimed 4-20, took a catch and effected a run out as the Kiwis, bowled out for 190, hit back to restrict India to 180-9 in good batting conditions at the Wanderers.
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/ 5 September 2007
India go to the Twenty20 World Championships in South Africa hoping to mould a limited-overs team for the future as time ticks away for their ageing superstars. India are bracing for the time when the brilliant trio of Sachin Tendulkar (34), Sourav Ganguly (35) and Rahul Dravid (34) end their careers at almost the same time to leave a big void in the national team.