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Nehra and Balaji fail to take the lead

A heavy downpour put paid to any chance of the Challenger Series being resolved in a fruitful manner, even as India Blue were well set, on 210 for 4 from just over 30 overs

04-Oct-2006•Anand Vasu in Chennai

From Ganguly to Badani it's a comeback chance

Like for Sourav Ganguly and Zaheer Khan, the Challenger trophy in Chennai is also significant for Ashish Nehra, Lakshmipathy Balaji and Hemang Badani to attempt a comeback to the big league

30-Sep-2006•Anand Vasu in Chennai

Indian probables to be announced on August 9

The Indian selectors, acting on the advice of the captain and coach, will decide on Wednesday about the number of players to be included in the preliminary list to be submitted to the ICC for the Champions Trophy in October

07-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Bangalore

'I will be back' - Balaji

Lakshmipathy Balaji, the Indian fast bowler, is making encouraging progress with his recovery from a back injury, according to John Gloster, the Indian team physio

22-Jul-2006•Cricinfo staff

Balaji confident of comeback in West Indies

Lakshmipathy Balaji, the Indian fast bowler, says he is ready to take a fitness test this week to be in contention for the tour to West Indies

07-May-2006•Cricinfo staff

Jaffer stars in West Zone win

Wasim Jaffer followed up his first-innings century with a fluent unbeaten 58 to guide West Zone to a convincing seven-wicket win against South

23-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

East Zone complete comprehensive win

Powered by Sathiamoorty Saravanan's 79 off just 73 balls, East Zone galloped to a nine-wicket win in pursuit of 128 against North in the Duleep Trophy match at Rajkot

22-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

Ganguly hundred puts East Zone ahead

Sourav Ganguly showed signs of his vintage best to help East Zone gain a slender advantage

21-Oct-2005•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan at Rajkot

Ganguly hundred puts East Zone ahead

Sourav Ganguly's glorious 117 in a do-or-die situation ensured that East Zone took the second day's honors, and a double strike by Shib Paul (2-24) before stumps left North Zone stuttering at 3 for 106, still seven runs behind

21-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

Balaji's double strike pulls things back

Despite bowling out South Zone for 219 after putting them in, West Zone won't be breathing easy as they were jolted by a double strike by Lakshimipathy Balaji, losing two early wickets for just four runs

20-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

Zaheer, Kumble and Laxman dropped from one-day squad

Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman and Zaheer Khan have been dropped from the Indian one-day squad for the tri-series in Zimbabwe, beginning later this month

13-Aug-2005•Cricinfo staff

Indian pace bowlers' camp kicks off

Sixteen Indian pace bowlers, picked as part of the 36 probables, gathered in Bangalore on June 27 for a week-long pre-season physical fitness and conditioning camp

28-Jun-2005•Cricinfo staff

A few good men

Marks out of ten for India

29-Mar-2005•Dileep Premachandran

Balaji fined for excessive appealing

India's paceman, Lakshmipathy Balaji, has had the gloss taken off his outstanding performance in the first Test at Mohali, after he was fined 30% of his match fee for excessive appealing

13-Mar-2005•Cricinfo staff

The Akmal factor, and benign Mohali

A statistical look at the fifth day's play at Mohali

12-Mar-2005•S Rajesh

A tradition of batsmanship, and a bare batting cupboard

It might be impossible to say with any certainty how much Pakistan and India have in common

11-Mar-2005•The Wisden Verdict by Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan face defeat despite Inzamam's valiant knock

Inzamam-ul-Haq and Yousuf Youhana produced defiant and beautiful innings, while Asim Kamal reprised his first-innings heroics with an assured 48, but by the end of the fourth day, Pakistan were still staring at an ignominious defeat, 53 runs ahead

11-Mar-2005•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Hard work pays off for Balaji

Lakshmipathy Balaji felt the Pakistan series was,

08-Mar-2005•Nagraj Gollapudi in Mohali

Honours even on absorbing day

Asim Kamal's gutsy knock of 91, after India's mediumpace bowlers had accounted for the top order, helped Pakistan to 312 before they were knocked over by India

08-Mar-2005•Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Last-wicket duo put North in control

Yuvraj Singh celebrated his recall to the Indian Test side with an accomplished 110, and Virender reeled off a coruscating 57-ball 79, but both men were eclipsed by the big hitting of Amit Bhandari as North Zone seized the initiative in their Duleep

02-Mar-2005•Cricinfo staff

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