Sachin Tendulkar refused to blame India's new opening combination for the poor start to the innings as they were facing a "brilliant" spell of bowling

Anil Kumble has termed his five-wicket haul on the first day in Melbourne as the best spell he's bowled overseas

Tale of the Indian revival from a point of sleepwalking on the field to grabbing nine Australian wickets on the first day of the first Test at the MCG

Sourav Ganguly became the 8th, and oldest, Indian to play a 100 Tests

Boxing Day will see 70,000 people gathered to witness the first Test between Australia and India at the MCG where the home side has not lost a Test for nine years

Ricky Ponting and Anil Kumble look ahead to the first Test at the MCG, though in contrasting styles

Michael Clarke holds firm amid the uncertainties leading up to the first Test at Melbourne

Sourav Ganguly is confident of India's chances against Australia because they have a better bowling attack than they had in the previous tour

Dropped and just about forgotten, Sourav Ganguly has returned in a manner that has confounded many. "I've come back to this stage all on my own and that feels very good," he says

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan reviews India's Test series and rates the players as they contributed

Yuvraj Singh said he was disappointed at missing out on a double-hundred

India would ideally want five bowlers for the four Tests against Australia but a perplexing situation has presented itself: the first four choices are injured

It's tough to predict much in Indian cricket these days but the 16-member squad for Australia is expected to be chosen without too many flutters

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan looks at how the ICL is helping give fielding and fitness in Indian domestic cricket a shot in the arm

Darren Maddy's four wickets made a mess of the Chandigarh Lions chase and allowed the Kolkata Tigers to pull off their first win of the tournament

Taufeeq Umar powered Delhi Jets to their first win of the tournament

Nicky Boje ended his seven-year itch when he finally played a game in India

Inzamam-ul-Haq boosted the Heroes to 121 for 6 before their bowlers wrapped up a 33-run win

R Sathish and V Saravanan blasted 44 runs in 4.4 overs to boost the Superstars before Shabbir Ahmed and Ian Harvey sealed the six-run win against Kolkata Tigers

Daryl Tuffey claimed three wickets and Andrew Hall two, apart from bowling a tight final over to kick off the Indian Cricket League in Panchkula