Topic: Zaheer Khan

India may lack the bowling firepower to pull off a first-ever Test series win in Australia, former Test great Glenn McGrath said Wednesday.McGrath, fourth in the all-time list of leading wicket-takers, said second-ranked India would struggle if pace spearheads Zaheer Khan ...

Rifle shooter Narang wins India's top sports award

Top rifle shooter Gagan Narang has been selected for India's top sports award after winning four gold medals at last year's Commonwealth Games, according to the sports ministry.Narang, 28, will receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (sports jewel) award ...

Injured Zaheer's England tour comes to an end

India paceman Zaheer Khan has been ruled out of the remainder of his side's tour of England after being told he requires ankle surgery, it was reported on Sunday.Zaheer, who is also suffering from a hamstring strain, is expected to ...
India paceman Zaheer Khan bowled just three overs against Northamptonshire on Saturday, casting further doubt on his ability to shrug off a hamstring injury and make next week's third Test.The 32-year-old seamer, a crucial part of the Indian Test team ...

India get Tendulkar boost for England Tests

Batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar, on the verge of an unprecedented 100th international century, returned Saturday to a strong Indian squad for the upcoming Test series in England.Tendulkar, with 51 hundreds in Tests and 48 in one-day internationals, had opted out of ...

Dhoni tells India to have courage of convictions

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said his world number one team must shrug off the absences of strike bowlers Zaheer Khan and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and face the West Indies with conviction.Dhoni was speaking ahead of the first Test, starting on Monday ...

Laxman, bowlers put India on top in SA Test

VVS Laxman made a polished 96 before India's bowlers grabbed three wickets to give their side the advantage on the third day of the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead on Tuesday.When bad light stopped play, South Africa were ...

Zaheer, Harbajhan boost India in S.Africa Test

The bowlers of South Africa and India took it in turns to cause carnage as 18 wickets fell for 245 runs on the second day of the second Test at Kingsmead on Monday.At the end of an extraordinary day, India, on ...

India name preliminary World Cup squad

India on Saturday announced a 30-man preliminary squad for the World Cup starting in February.India squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Munaf Patel ...
Harbhajan slammed three sixes and five fours in his 97-ball knock to steer India's first innings to 487 after the hosts had been reduced to 412-8 on a deteriorating wicket at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.At stumps, New Zealand ...