ICCWT20: India vs Afghanistan Scorecard

By TheSportsNEXT

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) September 19, 2012: A brilliant performance by Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin and Lakshmipathi Balaji saved the day for Indian cricket team in their first outing of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 (ICCWT20) against minnows Afghanistan at R Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday.

Young Indians climb up the ladder in ICC Test Rankings

By Abhishek Manroa

NEW DELHI (TheSportsNext) September 5, 2012: India’s 2-0 clean-sweep over New Zealand in the recently concluded Test series helped its key players to climb up the ladder in the ICC Test Rankings as Ravichandran Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, and Virat Kohli all saw promotions in the list.

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.

India defeat New Zealand by an innings in Hyderabad Test

By Abhishek Manroa

HYDERABAD, India (TheSportsNext) August 26, 2012: India outclassed New Zealand by an innings and 115 runs in the first Test played at Hyderabad after the tourists were folded for 164 runs in their second innings on Sunday.