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The last time India played a Test at the Sardar Patel stadium in Motera, South Africa speedster Dale Steyn ripped apart the famed batting line-up on a green top on the very first day. The match was over in three days with the hosts suffering an innings-and-90-run defeat.

The Sri Lankan team management on Sunday sought to play down apprehensions over security expressed by team manager Brendon Kuruppu to security expert Lawrence Fernando back home in Sri Lanka.

The Indian team held a private party at the team hotel on Sunday to celebrate Sachin Tendulkar's 20 years in international cricket. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni now wants the 36-year-old go out and cap the celebrations with his 43rd Test ton on Monday.

Sixteen one-day internationals, five Twenty20s and an Indian Premier League season have been played since the Indian team last featured in a Test match. The scheduling even prompted Sachin Tendulkar to comment on the need to play more matches in the longer version of the game.

India, Nov. 16 -- BCCI vice president Rajiv Shukla on Monday lashed out at Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray for criticising Sachin Tendulkar saying that Sachin had not made any wrong comment.

Over the last few months, there has been a lot of talk about saving Test cricket and preserving its status as the top form of the game.

Buoyed by a brilliant century by Arpit Singh (101), Guru Nanak Public School and Chandigarh Cricket Academy scored a massive 183-run win over Banyan Tree School in a match of the U-14 CCA Cup being played at Guru Nanak Public School on Sunday.

For Punjab opener Ravi Inder Singh, another golden chapter has been added to his fairytale that began two years ago.

Both Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kumar Sangakkara have a lot to sleep on as the teams head into the first Test in Ahmedabad.

New Delhi, November 15 Netball was played in England for the first time in 1895. At the time, there were no fixed regulations for the Games, even the nets used were ineffective — they were not open at both ends, so after each goal was scored, the umpire had to retrieve the ball from the top of the post.

Since the Indian team last played a Test match in April this year, they've been involved in 16 one-dayers and five T20 internationals.

Geo TV, a leading Pakistan channel, has come up with an objectionable promo for the upcoming India-Sri Lanka series.

Touring with one specialist wicketkeeper has become a norm, with most teams opting to make space for an additional batsman or bowler. But the Sri Lanka Test squad is different.

Given the situation they were in after Day 3, Delhi needed a miracle to save their Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka.

Two points from two matches. This is what Railways will take with them to Orissa for their third game.

Some people are lucky to be rich. Some people are lucky to be born intelligent. Given our belief in destiny and the virtues of past lives, I think I probably did something very good to be Sachin?s friend in this one.

The second day?s play between Board President?s XI and Sri Lanka was called off on Thursday due to wet ground conditions. Play on Wednesday had been suspended due to unseasonal rains triggered by cyclone Phyan.

The smallest hint of Sachin Tendulkar?s presence at a given place on a given day is enough to guarantee a huge turnout. But that wasn?t the case, six years ago, when he arrived at a function for a Mumbai-based NGO, Apnalaya.

When India toured Sri Lanka last year, an unheralded army man stung the visitors? batting line-up with his ?carom ball?. The series-winning performance earned Ajantha Mendis the tag of the next big thing in Lankan cricket.

Having begun the series with a genuine chance of becoming the top ODI team in the world, India today slipped back to third position after going down 2-4 to world champion Australia in the seven-match home series that concluded here.