 Pressure is mounting on India's ageing Test batsmen to make way for fresh talent after the team sunk to the lowest of lows in Australia where they suffered a humiliating 4-0 series whitewash.© AFP Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:03:01 GMTEight Indians, including veteran Test batsman V.V.S. Laxman, 32 Australians and 30 South Africans will be among the 144 players up for sale in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction here Saturday.© IANS Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:40:01 GMTVirender Sehwag feels the big three of Indian cricket - Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and V.V.S. Laxman - don't need to retire in the wake of the team's eighth consecutive defeat in overseas Tests and 0-4 hammering in Australia.© IANS Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:30:09 GMTThe Indian cricket team management Saturday denied reports claiming retirement of its senior players following a 0-4 Test series whitewash in Australia.© IANS Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:11:36 GMTLashing out against the non-performing seniors, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has said that three seniors have played their last Test series for the country.© IANS Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:12:35 GMTFormer Australian cricketer Dean Jones feels India should drop veteran batsman V.V.S Laxman and pacer Vinay Kumar to make place for spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha for the fourth and final Test in Adelaide starting Tuesday.© IANS Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:15:24 GMTIndia's out of form middle-order batsman V.V.S.Laxman preferred to hit the nets immediately after landing here Thursday while some of his teammates and their wives went shopping ahead of the fourth and the final Test against Australia at the Adelaide© IANS Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:59:49 GMTMS Dhoni may have owed up to much of the blame for the spate of recent losses in away Tests by admitting he was the main culprit. Teammate Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday felt the failure was collective. I am not someone who will hesitate to take responsib© HT Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:18:37 GMTIndia's veteran middle-order batsman V.V.S. Laxman has squashed reports of his retirement following his poor performance in the ongoing Test series against Australia.© IANS Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:59:46 GMTSpeculation is mounting over the future of Indian batsman V.V.S. Laxman after another unimpressive showing at the crease in India's innings defeat to Australia at the WACA Ground.© AFP Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:29:52 GMTSpeculation on VVS Laxman's future may be running rife, with even BCCI officials saying his illustrious career is nearing its end, however, India captain MS Dhoni said he is not aware of the classy batsman being asked by board officials to retire bef© HT Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:59:51 GMTAustralia have got form on their side and they do look the favourites ahead of the Perth Test. Skipper Michael Clarke has been brilliant so far and just needs to continue what he has done in the first two Tests. The support for the pacers at the WACA© HT Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:19:48 GMTFormer Australian cricketer Dean Jones has said that if Australia wants to win the forthcoming four-match Test series against India, it will have to keep the big four of the Indian batting order – Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, V.V.S.Laxman an© ANI Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:58:32 GMTIndia skipper MS Dhoni on Saturday said that batting legend Sachin Tendulkars will be emotionally relieved when he scores his 100th century in Tests and one-day internationals.© ANI Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:00:02 GMTNumbers play a key role for professionals in many spheres of life. For an accountant the world revolves around them, in a way, so too for numerologists. Most cricketers also fall into that category. Of course, VVS Laxman isn't like most cricketers. N© HT Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:48:36 GMTIndia's mainstay in the middle-order V.V.S. Laxman feels having a big first innings score will be crucial for the visitors' success in the four-match series against Australia, beginning with the Boxing Day Test here Monday.© IANS Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:47:20 GMTEnding all speculations, veteran India batsman V.V.S. Laxman Friday said pacers Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma are "fully fit and raring to go" in the Boxing Day Test starting Monday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).© IANS Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:30:03 GMTSachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman standing in a queue to order a cup of latte? Seems unlikely, doesn't it? In India, you can well picture the barista turning into a waiter and taking their orders to save them the trouble of standing in line. At Canberr© HT Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:08:35 GMTVeteran Indian batsman VVS Laxman hopes Australia will target him during the Boxing Day Test, saying that this is the secret to his success against the Baggy Green.© ANI Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:56:20 GMTA bumper crowd is expected at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Boxing Day as cricket fans prepare for a likely Australian farewell to star Indian batsmen Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman.© ANI |