Lakshmipathy Balaji

The Indians were motoring along in cruise control through most of the day

The Indians have announced their team for the first Test against New Zealand which starts at Ahmedabad tomorrow

Is John Wright the hardest-working man in Indian cricket

Rest of India almost botched up what seemed to be a comfortable run-chase, but held their nerve to eke out a three-wicket win in the Irani Trophy match at Chennai, with a day to spare

Whatever its critics may say - and they usually point to the lack of spectator enthusiasm - the Challenger Series fulfils a certain role

Hemang Badani and Sanjay Bangar's fiesty sixth-wicket partnership of 113 in 100 balls kept the game alive a little longer than expected, but in the end, India Seniors fell short of India's B's total of 338 by 63 runs, and were eliminated from the

The Challenger Series for the 2003-04 season got off to an entertaining start when India A pulled off a 27-run upset victory over the Seniors at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore

When you approached the Chinnaswamy Stadium from the south in the afternoon, you saw a sea of people dressed in white - sporting bright green scarves - milling around Mahatma Gandhi Park

When Sourav Ganguly walked into the NCA premises - bulky equipment "coffin" in tow - he was surrounded by so many flashbulbs and microphones that you wondered if it was Oscar night, rather than just the start of the Indian cricket team's preparatory

If ever there was a good time to be a first-class cricketer in India, it is now

India A's tail crumbled at the hands of Stuart Thomas early on the second day of their three-day tie against Glamorgan, reducing them from their overnight score of 149 for 6 to 165 all out in a jiffy

India A's visit to Blackpool ended happily enough, with a thrilling one-wicket victory against Lancashire's second string

Medium-pacer Lakshmipathy Balaji claimed five wickets to propel Tamil Nadu to a convincing 132-run win over hosts Delhi in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group semi-final that ended at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Tuesday

Medium-pacer Laxmipathy Balaji claimed six wickets in Orissa's second innings to secure Tamil Nadu an innings and 36 runs victory in an elite group encounter that ended at Chennai's MA Chidambaram stadium on Saturday