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Punjab bank on sibling strength

The Kaul brothers, Siddarth and Uday, have been integral to Punjab's success in this Ranji Trophy season

15-Jan-2013•Amol Karhadkar in Rajkot

Complacency should not be an issue

Alastair Cook is well aware that all England have done so far in the one-day series is win a single match

14-Jan-2013•George Dobell

A <i>jigar baaz</i> cricketer

Team-mates pay tribute to former India allrounder Rusi Surti, who died at the age of 76

13-Jan-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi

India's answer to Garry Sobers

A fine allrounder, Rusi Surti played 26 Tests, and emerged as one of India's finest fielders of the era

13-Jan-2013•R Mohan

Kolkata's octogenarian 'gardener'

The Eden Gardens curator is a fiercely proud custodian of his turf - as MS Dhoni and his team found out recently

13-Jan-2013•Siddhartha Talya

New rules, old problems for India

India's batsmen are usually unstoppable in Rajkot-like conditions. One of the reasons for their failed chase is that age-old conundrum in Indian one-day cricket: whether to go with seven specialist batsmen or not

11-Jan-2013•Siddarth Ravindran in Rajkot

Patel swings it

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the opening ODI between India and England

11-Jan-2013•David Hopps

Not perfect but satisfying

England may need to address the shortcomings of their bowling attack but can otherwise rejoice in a fine win

11-Jan-2013•George Dobell

Batting records galore in run glut

Stats highlights from the quarter-final stage of the Ranji Trophy

10-Jan-2013•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

Giles focus on long-term goals

With the sternest of tests to begin his international coaching career, Ashley Giles needs to use the series to develop his side for the Champions Trophy and World Cup

10-Jan-2013•George Dobell

Rajkot stadium ready for proud debut

Among the unique features of the newly-built Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium are the lack of pillars, the canopies and the Lord's-style media capsule

10-Jan-2013•Abhishek Purohit in Rajkot

'I try being honest to the game'

Cheteshwar Pujara on his approach to playing spin, on facing the England fast bowlers, and how his batting continues to evolve at domestic and international level

10-Jan-2013•Interview by Abhishek Purohit

Spinners let Karnataka down

Since Sunil Joshi's retirement, Karnataka's spin cupboard has been bare. It was evident today as Saurashtra feasted on some poor bowling, especially against the spinners

09-Jan-2013•Siddarth Ravindran in Rajkot

Pandey breathes life into underwhelming season

Manish Pandey tore apart the Saurashtra bowling to bring up his first century of the season. Unless he produces such knocks consistently, an India middle-order berth will remain elusive

08-Jan-2013•Siddarth Ravindran in Rajkot

Paliwal, Chatterjee symbolise Services' resolve

An Air Force man and a would-be Sergeant took contrasting routes to show how much the Ranji knockouts matter to the men in uniform

07-Jan-2013•Abhishek Purohit in Indore

Finn vital in inexperienced England attack

England's rotation policy has left them short of experience in the bowling ranks in India but in Steven Finn they have a quick bowler who can cause damage - so long as he stays fit

07-Jan-2013•Andrew McGlashan

Of Tendulkar among other things

A genre-defying new book brings together sport, philosophy and fiction

06-Jan-2013•Sharda Ugra

The matches that defined the league stage

Ranji Trophy is not all about first-innings point. Here are five of the best matches this year

05-Jan-2013•Sidharth Monga

Sitting with Eden's armchair experts

When in Kolkata, there's plenty of advice from the stands for the cricketers on the field

04-Jan-2013•Saurav Dey

Confident batsman, cautious captain

The first ODI against Pakistan epitomised how much Dhoni's safety-first approach has benefited him as a batsman, while shackling him as a leader

30-Dec-2012•Nitin Sundar in Chennai

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