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Bengal v India B, Challenger Trophy, Rajkot

Saha ton in vain as Bengal fall short

Oct 1, 2012: A defiant 116 by Wriddhiman Saha helped Bengal get close but couldn't prevent a 21-run defeat to India B in Rajkot

India news

BCCI to pay top players who missed IPL due to injury

Jul 20, 2012: Sachin Tendulkar is among five Indian players who will be compensated by the BCCI for missing IPL and Champions League T20 matches in 2011 due to injuries sustained while representing India

Mumbai v Punjab, IPL 2012, Mumbai

Munaf Patel fined for lashing out at batsman

Apr 23, 2012: Munaf Patel, the Mumbai Indians fast bowler, has been fined 50% of his match fee for making offensive gestures during the match against Kings XI Punjab at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday

Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians, IPL 2012, Visakhapatnam

Munaf fined, warnings for Harbhajan and Steyn

Apr 10, 2012: Munaf Patel, the Mumbai Indians seamer, has been fined 25% of his match fee for violating the IPL's code of conduct during the match against Deccan Chargers on Monday

North Zone v West Zone, Deodhar Trophy final

All-round West thrash North to take title

Mar 19, 2012: A clinical one-day performance from West Zone saw them thrash North Zone in Dharamsala and win the Deodhar Trophy

England in India 2011

Tendulkar and Yuvraj unlikely for England series

Sep 28, 2011: The team will be announced on Thursday but ESPNcricinfo understands that Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Yuvraj Singh are unlikely to be fit in time

Champions League Twenty20 2011

Mumbai allowed to field five overseas players

Sep 22, 2011: Mumbai Indians have been permitted to field five overseas players in their team during their Champions League Twenty20 games

England v India, 4th npower Test, The Oval, 1st day

RP Singh's selection reflects India's tragicomic series

Aug 18, 2011: How does a bowler who hasn't played for India for two years, and has had no first-class cricket since January, get in the side ahead of someone who was a big part of India's World Cup-winning campaign?

Eric Simons

'Sometimes the right tactic is doing what the batsman doesn't want'

Jul 10, 2011: India's bowling consultant is happy that his charges are one tight unit, working together, and he expects them to do well in England no matter what combination gets picked

India in West Indies 2011

Simons pleased with Ishant's resurgence

Jul 5, 2011: Eric Simons, the India bowling coach, is pleased with the resurgence in Ishant Sharma's bowling in the ongoing West Indies tour, leading up to his maiden ten-wicket match haul in the Barbados Test

West Indies v India, 1st Test, Kingston, Jamaica

Mithun to miss first Test, Munaf doubtful

Jun 18, 2011: Abhimanyu Mithun will not be available for the first West Indies-India Test that begins on June 20 in Jamaica, due to visa issues

Munaf, a product of Indian conditions

Jun 15, 2011: Slow, low playing conditions may force India's bowlers to sacrifice pace, but they also make them smarter, says Aakash Chopra

India in West Indies 2011

Munaf's 'spin' sparks debate over need for speed

Jun 15, 2011: Andy Roberts says Munaf spins the ball, Javagal Srinath says there's no problem so long as he's effective

Kolkata v Mumbai, Eliminator, IPL 2011, Mumbai

Mumbai prevail on night of nerves

May 25, 2011: Kolkata Knight Riders began nervously, Mumbai Indians finished similarly, but it was Mumbai who booked a place in the Champions League T20 and in semi-final equivalent of this IPL

Mumbai v Deccan, IPL 2011, Mumbai

The game-turning spat, and Rajan's initiation

May 14, 2011: ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the IPL game between Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers in Mumbai

Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians, IPL 2011, Mohali

Sloppy Mumbai succumb in big upset

May 10, 2011: After a glut of one-sided snooze-fests, the IPL produced the kind of upset the Twenty20 format is made for, with the tenth-placed Kings XI Punjab producing a strong performance to trounce the table-toppers, Mumbai Indians

India crowned world champions

Simons calls Munaf Patel the unsung hero

Apr 5, 2011: It was Munaf Patel who had given the bowling unit reassurance with both an awareness of his own skills and his ability to adapt, according to bowling coach Eric Simons

India v Pakistan, 2nd semi-final, World Cup 2011, Mohali

Bit-part players come to India's aid

Mar 30, 2011: What were once considered the weak links of the Indian team have turned out to be its toughest cookies. And with no crumbling

South Africa v India, 2nd ODI, Johannesburg

Munaf clinches stunning win for India

Jan 15, 2011: South Africa made a mess of what should have been a comfortable chase of a below-par total at Wanderers, stumbling in the batting Powerplay and then sinking to a dispiriting defeat in a thrilling finish

Baroda v Karnataka, Ranji Trophy Super League semi-final

Baroda aim to overcome Yusuf and Munaf's absence

Jan 2, 2011: If missing Irfan Pathan was not enough, Baroda now have to contend with a strong Karnataka side in the absence of Yusuf Pathan and Munaf Patel. And that too in the semi-final, a pressure game