Toughest day in my coaching career: Buchanan
Australian coach John Buchanan, a key figure in the team's record-breaking 16 consecutive Test victories, today complimented the Indian batsmen saying the fourth day's play was the "toughest day in my coaching career"
14-Mar-2001
I hope it will be the first of many such knocks from Laxman: Gavaskar
Gavaskar, the second highest Test run getter with more than 10,000 runs to his credit, in a statement, said that Laxman being a staunch devotee of Sathya Sai Baba, it is a happier occasion to celebrate
14-Mar-2001
Indian news round-up
Indian Airlines
13-Mar-2001•Staff and Agencies
Laxman holds centre stage but India still face uphill task
The third day of the second Test saw VVS Laxman come into his own, playing two innings of character in one day
13-Mar-2001•Anand Vasu
A good knock against the Aussies is always very satisfying, says Laxman
In the last 15 years, Eden Gardens has been kind to players from Hyderabad
13-Mar-2001•Staff Reporter
Great fightback by the team, says Chauhan
Indian manager Chetan Chauhan on Tuesday showered lavish praise on the team's batsmen for their 'great fightback' and expressed confidence that the hosts would be able to take a 200-run lead in the second innings
13-Mar-2001
Indian news round-up
"It was excellent, I hope my son will do much better and everything
will be good," was precisely the reaction of Avtar Kaur, mother of
Harbhajan Singh, who made history by becoming the first Indian to take
a hat trick in the second Test against
12-Mar-2001•Staff and Agencies
Harbhajan makes history
Harbhajan Singh became first Indian to claim a Test match hat trick on the opening day of the Kolkata Test
12-Mar-2001•Rajneesh Gupta
Ganguly takes exception to Ian Chappell's comments
Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has taken strong exception to some of the comments by former Australian captain Ian Chappell in his column, saying "he has no business talking about things he doesn't know of first hand"
12-Mar-2001
Ian Chappell, Ganguly in war of words in the media
Ian Chappell is an expert commentator for Channel Nine covering the Test series between India and Australia
12-Mar-2001•Anand Vasu
A day for Hayden and Harbhajan
A wonderful day's cricket at the Eden Gardens, watched by over 75,000 people,
ended with Australia at 291-8
12-Mar-2001•Sadiq Yusuf
Not a drop of water to drink at Eden Gardens
Bringing back bitter memories of the water scarcity during the Asian Test
Championship game between India and Pakistan in Kolkata two years back,
drinking water was again at a premium in the Eden Gardens today
11-Mar-2001
Harbhajan took his wickets with genuine skill: Prasanna
Legendary Indian off spinner Erapalli Prasanna watched Harbhajan Singh create history on Sunday by becoming the first Indian to take a Test match hat trick in the course of a remarkable spell against Australia at Kolkata
11-Mar-2001•Sankhya Krishnan
Not the ideal situation for India on the eve of a crucial Test
In as much as the Australians are consistent in their winning ways, the Indians are consistent in their haphazard thinking
10-Mar-2001•Woorkheri Raman
India will stick to the same batting line-up: Ganguly
Indian captain Sourav Ganguly said in Kolkata on Saturday that the team
will stick to the same batting line-up in the second Test beginning at the
Eden Gardens tomorrow despite the top order failing to come good against
the formidable Australians in
10-Mar-2001
Ganguly at home with everything to play for
Hemang Badani was the last man to leave the Indian nets
10-Mar-2001•Anand Vasu
Indian news round-up
Michael Bevan, Darren Lehman, Ian Harvey, Andrew Symonds and Nathan
Bracken has been named in the Australian 14 for the forthcoming limited overs series against India starting on March 25
10-Mar-2001•Staff and Agencies
Australia have the better of the exchanges at Eden
The sprawling Eden Gardens has traditionally been a happy hunting ground for the Aussies
10-Mar-2001•Sankhya Krishnan
We are not taking the Indians lightly
I come to Kolkata with mixed memories of my past games at Eden Gardens, the
venue I consider to be the Lord's of the subcontinent
10-Mar-2001•Steve Waugh
Rival teams have strenuous workout at Eden Gardens
With just two days left for the second Test to get underway on Sunday, both the Australian and Indian teams had a strenuous workout at the Eden Gardens to get acclamatised to the conditions in Kolkata
09-Mar-2001