MS Dhoni

India, inspired by the ebullience of Virender Sehwag and the impudent and often imperious shotmaking of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, were worthy winners in the end, but it was Pakistan's courageous tilt at the most imposing of targets that made this such an

At the post-match press conference Sourav Ganguly expressed satisfactionwith India's win, saying that a 2-0 lead in the series would really putthe pressure on Pakistan going into the third game at Jamshedpur

What the numbers say about the second one-dayer at Visakhapatnam

Anil Kumble and VVS Laxman have been omitted from the Indian squad for the first two one-day internationals against Pakistan

In a minor surprise, Yuvraj Singh was included ahead of Mohammad Kaif in the 14-member Indian squad for the first Test against Pakistan

Laxmi Ratan Shukla and Sourav Ganguly cracked hundreds as East Zone made a powerful start on the first day of the Duleep Trophy tie against Bangladesh Cricket Board XI at Nagpur

Electrifying batting by Shikhar Dhawan and Mahendra Dhoni rendered the second game of the Challenger Series a no-contest, as India Seniors made short work of the target of 276 set by India B with eight wickets - and more than three overs - to spare

East Zone salvaged some pride at the end of a disappointing Deodhar Trophy campaign with a high-voltage batting performance and hunted down a mammoth target of 347 at Rajkot

West Zone kicked off the Deodhar Trophy in style with an emphatic 63-run victory over East at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai

It was a day for low totals as most teams who batted first were dismissed for under 200

MS Dhoni, recently chosen in the Indian one-day squad to Bangladesh, clattered 97 in 84 balls, but he was the lone star as Jharkhand struggled at Jamshedpur

Steve Tikolo warmed up for the ICC Champions Trophy with a superb innings of 156 which allowed Kenya to frustrate India A in the final first-class match of their tour at the Simba Union

Dheeraj Jadhav, the opening batsman from Maharashtra, struck an excellent 163 not out to help India A to 344 for 3 on the first day of their three-day game against Kenya

Mahendra Dhoni's superb unbeaten 119 carried India A to victory over their Pakistani counterparts, in the eighth match of the ongoing tournament in Nairobi

Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni cracked valuable centuries as India A thrashed Pakistan A by 121 runs at the Nairobi Gymkhana

Four dropped catches by the North Zone fielders, including two by Yuvraj Singh, could prove critical as East Zone gave themselves a fighting chance of an historic triumph at Mohali

Mahendra Dhoni cracked a fine 114 and helped East Zone amass a mammoth 324 for 4 against Central Zone at Jamshedpur

East Zone registered their third successive win of the tournament and Central Zone triumphed convincingly against North Zone in the Deodhar Trophy