Harbhajan Singh, the spokesperson India nominated for the media session ahead of two back-to-back one-dayers against Bangladesh in Dhaka, exemplified the mood of the team - relaxed, composed and raring to go

Back-to-back one-dayers are never easy on a team, but at least this time around India have the luxury of rotating their players around

For as long as most can remember, VVS Laxman has been given short shrift because he doesn't believe in trumpeting his own merits

After several long, and often trying, years as coach of the Indian team, John Wright has gained the respect of a nation that once blanched at the idea of appointing a foreign coach

When you hear cricketers and former cricketers repeat, ad nauseum, that cricket is a funny game, and that anything can happen in a one-day international, you wonder if they're watching the same game

The careers of Mohammad Kaif and Yuvraj Singh have run almost parallel since the time they were together in the team that won the Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka

It's away with the whites and on with the pyjamas, as the one-day series between Bangladesh and India gets under way

The mood in the Indian camp was upbeat despite yesterday's brouhaha over Harbhajan Singh being reported to the ICC for a suspect bowling action

Sudhakar Rao, the Indian team manager, has confirmed that the ICC's report regarding Harbhajan Singh's bowling action had been received last afternoon and forwarded to the board

Sourav Ganguly, Dav Whatmore and Pathan spoke to the press

Mohammad Ashraful's rousing knock, easily the best of the series, beat back the ghosts that have haunted Bangladesh, but coult not do anything to alter the result

Quotes from Mohammad Ashraful and Irfan Pathan

Young cricketers picking up a bat or a ball in their backyard, must have someone to look up to, someone to want to emulate, when they make their first tentative steps into the game, playing make-believe games of Test cricket

If you're in Bangladesh for just one day, make sure it's a Friday

Rahul Dravid's longevity as a cricketer has never been in doubt and yet when he became the first cricketer to not miss a single one of 85 Tests since his debut, it went largely unnoticed

Rahul Dravid and Gautam Gambhir both racked up solid centuries on a flat wicket on the first day of the second Test against Bangladesh at Chittagong

Sourav Ganguly made it clear that India will play a full-strength team in the second Test starting at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on Thursday

Bangladesh's second Test against India starts at Chittagong on Friday (Dec 17)

Dav Whatmore, the Bangladesh coach, has hit out at suggestions that Bangladesh should not be playing Test cricket

Sourav Ganguly, on the road to recovery from the fever that kept him off the field for the whole of the third day of the first Test, spoke to the media after India's emphatic win at Dhaka