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Effortlessly, Sachin Tendulkar brought people back to the actual game, and with Sourav Ganguly's help, India into the match

Tendulkar's mission control

A day Australia feared at lunch would become impossible turned into something less intimidating by stumps

'We actually finished off all right' - Siddle

17-Oct-2008•Ali Cook

Blues of the day

Cricinfo presents the plays of the day for day one of the second Test between India and Australia in Mohali

At 2.31pm, on a hot Mohali Friday, Sachin Tendulkar steered Peter Siddle towards the third-man boundary for three runs to break Brian Lara's record for most Test runs

Tendulkar breaks Lara's record

India's batsmen sandwiched a middle-order wobble in the afternoon with excellent batting during the first and third sessions to inch ahead of Australia on the first day in Mohali

Tendulkar and Ganguly give India the edge

17-Oct-2008•The Bulletin by George Binoy

McMillan powers Bengal to victory

Royal Bengal Tigers made it two out of two with a two-wicket win over Delhi Giants in Hyderabad

A possible upward revision in the US$ 5-million purchase cap for cricketers, a change in the limit for the number of foreign players in a team to be up for discussion

IPL pads up for Bangkok meet

16-Oct-2008•Ajay S Shankar

Talks between BCCI and ICL fail

Discussions between the BCCI and the ICL have failed, officials from both sides confirmed, putting a question mark over the league's bid for official recognition

George Binoy previews the first Test between India and Australia in Bangalore

Fitness worries and weather take centrestage

16-Oct-2008•The Preview by George Binoy

Elbow injury forces Clark out of second Test

Australia's main problem is they have lost fast bowler Stuart Clark to a right elbow injury after he failed a fitness test on Thursday

Ricky Ponting has said that the form struggles of his opposing captain Anil Kumble could turn into a problem for India at the selection table

Kumble's form a problem for India - Ponting

Overnight rain has hampered ground preparations at Mohali's Punjab Cricket Association Stadium two days before the start of the second Test between India and Australia there

Rain affects ground preparation

Gary Kirsten, the India coach, has said he is not worried about Anil Kumble's wicketless show in Bangalore, which was only the third occasion the bowler had failed to take any in a Test, and the first time in India

Kirsten unworried by Kumble's poor show

Paul Sheldon, the Surrey chief executive, has confirmed for the first time that the club are interested in hosting Indian Premier League matches at The Oval

Surrey confirm IPL talks

Jhulan Goswami, India's new women's captain, has said she will take inspiration from the performance of Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Goswami seeks to learn from Dhoni

The ICC has decided to conduct the Champions Trophy between September 24 and October 5, 2009

ICC finalises dates for 2009 Champions Trophy

Brett Lee feels the Australian camp is the more confident one ahead of the Mohali Test

Momentum is with Australia - Lee

Anil Kumble has hit out at the media's "uncharitable" comments on his fitness, calls for retirement, and his performance as a player and captain

Kumble slams media sensationalism