Pakistani, Indian senior cricketers face quit calls

By Abhishek Manroa

NEW DELHI, India (TheSportsNEXT) October 6, 2012: Pakistani and Indian skippers are under tremendous pressure to step down from their position after their respective team’s exit from the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 2012.

Afridi, Ajmal named in ICC ODI Team of the Year

By Fathima Zanaida

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNext) September 15, 2012: The International Cricket Council (ICC), on Saturday, announced its One Day International Team of the Year which included seven players from Asian countries including Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi and Saeed Ajmal.

India beat BlackCaps by 5wkts to win Test series 2-0

By Abhishek Manroa

MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli

BENGALURU (TheSportsNext) September 4, 2012: India defeated New Zealand by five wickets in the second Test at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday to clean-sweep the two-match series as Virat Kohli and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni joined hands for the second time in the match to take the home side to victory.

Southee, Ashwin shine to leave Bangalore Test evenly poised

By Abhishek Manroa

Ravichandran Ashwin had another day filled with wickets

NEW DELHI (TheSportsNext) September 3, 2012: New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee recorded best Test figures while Indian offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin took another five-wicket haul as 14 wickets fell on a busy third day of Bangalore Test leaving the Test evenly poised with tourists leading by 244 runs with only one wicket in hand.

Indians, Aussies are the best paid cricketers: Forbes

By Abhishek Manroa

NEW DELHI (TheSportsNext) July 28, 2012: Indian and Australian players are the best paid cricketers in the latest list published by the Forbes Magazine.

The top five spots in the Forbes Magazine’s list of best-paid cricketers are occupied by Indian cricketers including Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir  (third highest-paid, 7.3 million US dollars) and Virat Kohli (fourth, 7.1 million US dollars).