Cricket in Assam has long struggled under adverse circumstances. Things just may be about to change

Mahendra Singh Dhoni said Gautam Gambhir's good recent form had helped him win a spot ahead of his Delhi team-mate Virender Sehwag

For large parts of the first ODI at Guwahati, the battle was one between two middling sides, says Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Plays of the day for the first ODI between India and Pakistan in Guwahati

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan previews the first ODI between India and Pakistan in Guwahati

Head-to-head for the India v Pakistan ODI series

Officials in Guwahati are taking big steps to beef up the security at the Nehru Stadium after last year's riots

Teams are increasingly winning away from home - to the point where the concept of home advantage may soon be obsolete

South Africa's fast bowlers engineered a dramatic comeback to help clinch the fifth ODI in Lahore by 14 runs, and with it, the five-match one-day series

Dinesh Karthik produced the innings of the tournament to steer India Blues to the Challenger Trophy title

The decision to drop Rahul Dravid appears to be one based on the present and not on the future

A look at the major issues staring India's selectors in the face when they meet to pick the team for the Pakistan one-dayers

The selections for Challengers seem to be based on whims more than performance

The one-day series might have gone but India lived up to their world champions tag in the Twenty20, finishing with a thumping seven-wicket win in Mumbai

Troy Cooley talks to Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on how fast-bowling coaching has evolved over the years

Australia's pace attack bowled splendidly on a pitch that offered little assistance and dismissed India for 148 to set up a nine-wicket win in Vadodara

The wonderful world of Shane Warne, some reptiles, lawsuits, and rocks thrown at Australians

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's rapid rise to the top of the one-day game hasn't come at the expense of his balance or straight thinking

Rahul Dravid's decision to resign may have been right or wrong but he risks being seen as walking away when he was needed by the team

India's rebuilding process will entail a few defeats along the way but it's the only way that the batch of 2011 are going to compete against the rest