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In a move to rest him ahead of India's tour to the West Indies, the national selection committee have decided to rest Sachin Tendulkar for the first three games of the upcoming five-match one-day international series against Zimbabwe.

No miracles, no real surprises, even - Zimbabwe lost the First Test match against India by an innings

Four days and one session was how long the Zimbabweans lasted out at the Vidarbha Cricket Ground in the city of Oranges, Nagpur

On 171/4 at the end of the second day's play of the Delhi Test, the best news for Indian fans was a purple patch that skipper Sourav Ganguly ran into, striking a six and 11 fours in his unbeaten knock of 78 off 168 balls

Four Zimbabwe cricket players will be joining the national team for the one-day international series against India, beginning next Thursday (07 March 2002)

Zimbabwe found themselves on 260/6 at the close of play of the first day of the second Test, a situation that may have seemed a letdown during a prolific partnership between Andy Flower and Dion Ebrahim but one that they would have settled for when

It was a confident Sourav Ganguly who addressed the press ahead of the Delhi Test

It is difficult being Stuart Carlisle these days

Surely, there is no country for which the home and away records are so disparate as India

The touring Zimbabwe team were no match for a strong home side in the first Test at Nagpur

Cricketers from Zimbabwe have provided much pleasure to cricket followers during their short and infrequent visits to this country

Hard work and perseverance pays in any field

Harbhajan Singh has bowled without luck this whole Test

Indian coach John Wright, captain Sourav Ganguly, Man of the match Anil Kumble and Zimbabwean captain Stuart Carlisle spoke to the press after India's comprehensive innings and 101 runs win in the first Test at Nagpur

The Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) stadium witnessed another masterly knock from Sachin Tendulkar, who scored his 28th Test century on Saturday

A statistics student with an interest in demography could have taken it on as a case study

It is unfair to expect any player to score a hundred every time he walks out to bat

I write as Zimbabwe have just started the First Test against India, at Nagpur, inexplicably the same venue where they played just over a year ago

The selectors must be pretty sanguine that the forthcoming Zimbabwe series will not tax the Indian players'technique or temperament unduly

India plays host to the visiting Zimbabweans and the capital of the citrus fruit is the first venue for the Test match