With a staggering 576 runs in the arrears, there is only one team which can lose the second Test and it's Sri Lanka, believes Gautam Gambhir.
Rahul Dravid struck his second consecutive century as India racked up a mammoth total and then made an early dent in the Sri Lankan top order to maintain their iron grip over the second cricket Test here.
BCCI rewarded in-form pacer Ashish Nehra by offering him a Grade B annual contract worth Rs 40 lakh while dropping all-rounder Irfan Pathan.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul likes batting and knows his game inside out, writes noted cricket writer Peter Roebuck.
Australian fans have termed the mega BCCI event as the biggest threat to the health of international cricket.
Gautam Gambhir (167) and Virender Sehwag (131) were the architects of India's unrelenting dominance on the first day of the second Test at Kanpur as India ended the day at 417/2.
Gautam Gambhir became the only third Indian batsman after Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid to slam hundreds in four consecutive Test matches.
Johnson said the spat between his mother and fiancee played on his mind during the Lord's Test, resulting in his awful performance in the match.
With Gautam Gambhir evolving into a complete batsman, there is just no need to straitjacket Virender Sehwag's characteristic daredevilry, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said here on Monday.
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara on Monday ruled pacer Dammika Prasad out of the second cricket Test against India and said mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis is very much in his scheme of things.
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