The injury to Ashish Nehra has put the Indian team management in a dilemma over who should be his replacement for the World Cup final against Sri Lanka

Ashish Nehra has fractured the middle finger on his right hand putting a question mark over his selection for the final against Sri Lanka on Saturday

Nagraj Gollapudi sat in the stands along with Wahab Riaz's family and thousands of Indian and Pakistani fans. The journalist inside him found it difficult to remain neutral in the charged-up atmosphere

Neither MS Dhoni nor Shahid Afridi admitted the pressure would be immense. Afridi acted as though he did not have a care in the world. Dhoni said the focus would remain on the match

Apart from the India and Pakistan prime ministers, a number of other ministers will be attending the game in Mohali, but the PCA head says they have given out less VVIP tickets than any other venue

The Mohali pitch is expected to be quite flat, and fast bowlers are likely to be more effective on it than spinners

One-time wild boy Jesse Ryder says he has had plenty of time out of cricket to think about his game. It's all about patience for him now, he says

Yuvraj Singh said it was tough keeping his emotions in check during India's quarter-final at Motera because he had been dreaming of playing Australia in a crucial match for a year

Plays of the Day from the quarterfinal between India and Australia in Ahmedabad

On one of his last training sessions with the team he has overseen for three years, India's coach was, as ever, focused, attentive to the details and a glutton for hard work

There will be several smaller battles to add even greater spark to what is already an enthralling quarter-final clash between India and Australia in Ahmedabad

Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, has come out in strong support of the format of the ongoing World Cup, which has been criticised for being longwinded and not beneficial for teams looking to build momentum

Allan Donald, New Zealand's new bowling coach, is on a mission to get his charges thinking right before their big game against his old team

At the Wankhede, Kumar Sangakkara scored his first one-day century since 2008, but more importantly, it was an innings of control, one under pressure; one that shows he is ready to take responsibility for his team's fortunes

After Australia's quicks blew New Zealand away in Nagpur, their coach had said the top order needed to bat for 35 overs, but against Sri Lanka, the entire line-up was gone by then; this time to spin

Ross Taylor, New Zealand's stand-in captain, has said that if technology cannot be conclusive it should just not be used, in reference to the case of low catches

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the World Cup, Group A match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Mumbai

Kumar Sangakkara is not yet sweating over an inconsistent Sri Lankan middle order, and feels his batsmen will step up when required to.

In the absence of Daniel Vettori for the second consecutive match, Nathan McCullum has to be New Zealand's frontline spinner, his time against Sri Lanka

A couple of Dutch film-makers came to India recently with their country's team, hoping to whip up interest in the sport back home