Dravid has been a silent witness to the tussle between Chappell and the seniors but will now have to take a stand before the BCCI

For the second time in five days, New Zealand's well-oiled bowling attack turned in a clinical bowling display, giving their team a foothold into the semi-finals of the World Cup by beating Bangladesh by nine wickets

An extraordinary spell of fast bowling from Lasith Malinga threatened to produce the greatest one-day heist

Hungry and energetic, Sri Lanka out-fought an Indian team packed with stars but lacking a single enforcer

Inspired by a genius who raised his game when the occasion demanded, Sri Lanka overpowered India in their final league match at Port-of-Spain and stormed into the Super Eights

Twenty-four years ago 18 West Indians made history when they ventured into apartheid South Africa to play a series that went down in legend. A look back at the rebel tour of 1983

South Africa might have harboured hopes of a demolition act with the ball, after they chose to bat first in their first ever ODI against Scotland, but it was their batsmen who completed the dismantling job, completing an seven-wicket rout at Basseterre

India help their cause of qualifying for Super Eights with convincing all-round show against Bermuda

The hits and misses in Bangladesh's victory over India

Bangladesh administered the first big upset of the tournament, beating - not trouncing - India by five wickets

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan offers five reasons why India's outing against Bangladesh may not be so easy

India and Bangladesh meet in one of the few group games that could produce an upset

A clinical performance by Lasith Malinga and Farveez Maharoof sent Bermuda crashing to 78 in their World Cup opener at Port-of-Spain, guiding Sri Lanka to a massive 243-run win

Sometimes the finishers can only survey the debris, entering after a top-order crumble and needing to pull off the minor miracles

In the West Indies, cricketers are not superstars - they're the boys next door

Defeat proved to be too hard to take, both for Eden Gardens and Vinod Kambli

Sourav Ganguly revealed that he'd set a World Cup deadline for himself, after which he would have given up hope of playing for India

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan reviews Caught and Told, a collection of anecdotes compiled by former India batsman Sandeep Patil and journalist Clayton Murzello

When the India fast bowler provided a masterclass in seam under lights

A thunderous 33-ball half-century set the tone for the run-chase before a calm middle-order partnership steered India home to a memorable 2-1 series win ahead of their departure for the World Cup in eleven days' time.