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Cricket-mad Bangladesh key to Asia Cup following

In a cramped calendar, the Asia Cup has little context. However, the unbridled enthusiasm of Dhaka's fans and marketers could give the tournament the publicity it desperately needs

10-Mar-2012•Siddarth Ravindran in Mirpur

Stylish in the trenches

Rahul Dravid's singular achievement was in employing defensive batting to winning ends

10-Mar-2012•Mukul Kesavan

Eight of Dravid's best

Rahul Dravid retired from Test and domestic first-class cricket on March 9. We look back at eight of his best Test performances from his 16-year long career

09-Mar-2012•Siddarth Ravindran

'I can't recall beating him more than one ball in a row'

Dravid's key talent as a batsman was his ability to wear bowlers down, grinding out long innings, waiting to capitalise on mistakes

09-Mar-2012•Jason Gillespie (as told to Nagraj Gollapudi)

'The game will be a little poorer without him'

A selection of tributes to India batsman Rahul Dravid, after he announces his retirement from Test cricket

09-Mar-2012•ESPNcricinfo staff

India's overseas hero, and much more

Rahul Dravid scored more runs in India's overseas wins than any other batsman, and his contributions go beyond his aggregate and hundreds

09-Mar-2012•S Rajesh

Six lessons from the triangular series

The tri-series showed that the format can work, that Virat Kohli is India's future, and that Mahela Jayawardene is one of the game's best captains

09-Mar-2012•Daniel Brettig

Seventy-eight days later

From Brisbane to Sydney and back again. Must be the CB Series then

09-Mar-2012•Sidharth Monga

'Deceptive' Dinda rewarded for persistence

With 59 first-class wickets this season, Ashok Dinda has grown by leaps and bounds. A recall to the Asia Cup could be his second coming

01-Mar-2012•Abhishek Purohit

A belated glimpse of India's ability

Towards the end of a long and failure-filled tour, India managed to lift themselves and conjure a scarcely believable victory

28-Feb-2012•Sidharth Monga at Bellerive Oval

An off day for captain Jayawardene

Sri Lanka's captain erred in his use of Lasith Malinga and in the timing of his Powerplay

28-Feb-2012•Sidharth Monga at Bellerive Oval

Shastri doesn't quite get the elevation

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the CB Series ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Hobart

28-Feb-2012•Sidharth Monga at Bellerive Oval

India eye qualification lifeline

India still stand a chance of qualifying for the final but it's not something MS Dhoni and his team were aware of before being told so at a press conference

27-Feb-2012•Sidharth Monga

Tendulkar finds Lee in his way

ESPNcricinfo presents Plays of the Day for the match between Australia and India in Sydney

26-Feb-2012•Sidharth Monga at the SCG

India face 'best XI' quandary

MS Dhoni had earlier spoken of how the rotation policy will have helped "by the time" India make it to the finals. With "by the time" becoming a big "if", India are set resort to their best XI, but who constitutes that XI is not a straightforward decision

25-Feb-2012•Sidharth Monga in Sydney

The numbers game ahead of the finals

What the three teams need to do to qualify for the CB series finals after having each played six matches in the competition

24-Feb-2012•S Rajesh

Old, slow legs?

ESPNcricinfo presents Plays of the Day for the match between India and Sri Lanka in Brisbane

21-Feb-2012•Sidharth Monga at the Gabba

India let Thirimanne off the hook

Ashwin had appealed, Thirimanne was not inside his crease, the finger should have gone up immediately. Spirit of cricket should not have been allowed to come in the way of fair cricket

21-Feb-2012•Sidharth Monga at the Gabba

Ponting and Tendulkar fight for their utility

Both have been through almost everything in their ODI careers, and still love it enough to fight for it, something they are not accustomed to. It will be fascinating to watch how they come out of the rest of the triangular

19-Feb-2012•Sidharth Monga at the Gabba

Irfan does a Muralitharan

ESPNcricinfo presents Plays of the Day for the match between Australia and India in Brisbane

19-Feb-2012•Sidharth Monga at the Gabba

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