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Dileep Premachandran looks back at the triumphant summer of 1986, when Chetan Sharma hepled bowl India to their only victory at Lord's

Fresh from a comprehensive series win against West Indies, England have plenty of reasons to be confident of putting it across India in the first Test at Lord's

India's opening pair hasn't put together a century stand in the last five series in England

Rahul Dravid talks to Siddhartha Vaidyanathan about the unique charms of playing in England

VVS Laxman looks ahead to the England Tests. Interview by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

The selectors have made a good start in picking the 30, but they could easily regress when it comes to pruning down the squad to 15 and leave out many of the really young ones, settling for safety instead

A statistical review of recent India-Pakistan clashes

A timeline on the career of Dilip Sardesai

Stats highlights from the first match of the Future Cup between India and South Africa

Whereas the Tendulkar of old would have tried to impose himself, here he seemed almost passive

Three years after being banned for attempting to bribe two national selectors, Abhijit Kale is sadder but wiser - and an example of the problems in the pressure-cooker world of Indian cricket

Graham Ford's things to do list

Cricinfo does a head-to-head on the two contenders for the post of India coach

The likes of Shaun Pollock, Jonty Rhodes and Lance Klusener will all attest to how Ford ironed out problems in their techniques and set them on the path to being international stars

Occasional brilliance has failed to mask that Bangladesh have a long way to go before they can consistently challenge bigger teams in Tests, like they have started to in the one-dayers

Stats highlights from India's thumping three-day win in the second Test against Bangladesh

India's Test team comprises two specialist wicketkeepers but there are precendents to this. Sriram Veera looks at the colourful characters who stood behind the stumps for India

It was also the first time India hadn't lost a wicket on the first day - on a complete day's play - of a Test

Before today, it had been over 17 months, 10 Tests and 17 innings - the longest interval in terms of chances to bat - since Sachin Tendulkar's last Test century

The gameplan was to bat once and bat big, and with some sensible, yet often exciting, batting, India took a long stride towards that