Catch 22: MS Dhoni becomes India's most successful captain The innings-and-135-run win over Australia in Hyderabad took Dhoni past Sourav Ganguly's 21 Test wins; will it become 24 by the time the series is up? ...  
12:45 PM, Mar 05, 2013

This performance is unacceptable, says Michael Clarke Australia's combined total from their two innings in Hyderabad was less than the 370 runs Pujara and Vijay put up together. ...  
12:44 PM, Mar 05, 2013

Pujara-Vijay stand set up the win, says Dhoni After decimating Australia by an innings and 135 runs in the second Test at Hyderabad, India skipper MS Dhoni lavished praise on Cheteshwar Pujara and Murali Vijay for setting up the team's victory by compiling a record-breaking 370-run partnership for the second wicket. ...  
12:26 PM, Mar 05, 2013

2nd Test: Ashwin, Jadeja spin India to innings win, 2-0 series lead Australia lost eight wickets on the fourth morning to become the first team to lose a Test by an innings after declaring their first innings, while MS Dhoni became India's most successful captain. ...  
11:41 AM, Mar 05, 2013

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Day 4: as it happened Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin scripted India's win by an innings and 135 runs on day four in Hyderabad to give India a 2-0 lead in the four-Test series. ...  
08:34 AM, Mar 05, 2013

2nd Test, day 3: Australia two down at stumps, trailing India by 192 India lost their last seven wickets after lunch but the platform given by their overnight centurions Cheteshwar Pujara and Murali Vijay left the hosts in command. ...  
11:43 AM, Mar 04, 2013

As it happened: India vs Australia, 2nd Test, Day 3 Trailing by 266 runs, the tourists finished day three on 74 for 2 with Ed Cowan and Shane Watson at the crease in Hyderabad. ...  
08:34 AM, Mar 04, 2013

2nd Test, Day 2: As it happened Pujara (162*) and Vijay (129*) shared an unbroken 294-run stand for the second wicket as India ended day two of the Hyderabad Test at 311 for 1. ...  
08:38 AM, Mar 03, 2013

Dhoni is an enigmatic figure in Indian cricket: Dean Jones Dean Jones says that despite his unorthodox style of batting and instinctive captaincy, Dhoni always seems to have a plan up his sleeves. ...  
11:43 AM, Mar 02, 2013

India vs Australia, 2nd Test, day 1: as it happened While Harbhajan broke the 145-run stand with Wade's wicket, Jadeja went through the defences of Henriques before snaring Maxwell. Team News: India went in with an unchanged side from the Chennai Test. Australia made two changes - replacing Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc with Xavier Doherty and Glenn Maxwell, who made his Test debut. Toss: Australia won the toss and opted to bat first ...  
08:46 AM, Mar 02, 2013

Dhoni the best person to lead Team India: Laxman Putting all speculations to rest about his alleged strained relationship with MS Dhoni, former India batsman VVS Laxman on Friday said that the dashing batsman is the best person to lead the Indian team. ...  
10:19 PM, Mar 01, 2013

Dhoni's batting reflected on his captaincy: Ashwin But the leader of India's spin attack went into defensive when asked about the possible bowling combination for the second Test. ...  
02:46 PM, Mar 01, 2013

2nd Test: Australia face another trial by spin India may toy with the idea of replacing Bhuvneshwar Kumar with Pragyan Ojha and go with the four spinners in the second Test in Hyderabad. ...  
12:08 PM, Mar 01, 2013

Hyderabad Test: Another rank turner for Australia in Uppal? It's been learned that the Uppal curator had given the Indian team two pitches to choose from, and it took MS Dhoni & Co just one training session on Thursday to make up their mind and point at the drier of the two surfaces. ...  
09:46 AM, Mar 01, 2013

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Tomes have been written about how captaincy affects a player's batting. Sourav Ganguly, for example, averaged eight runs per innings higher when he was not ...
08:50 AM, Feb 28, 2013

Dhoni's 224 was his best innings, says Greg Chappell The former coach of the Indian cricket team believes Dhoni has answered his critics emphatically and that India are lucky to have him. ...  
01:20 PM, Feb 27, 2013

Fan composes song in praise of MS Dhoni The 3.41 minute song highlights Dhoni leading India to victories in the two World Cups, his helicopter shots. ...  
10:05 AM, Feb 27, 2013

Chepauk, a hub of Indian cricket records From the highest score by an Indian to the maximum centuries at a venue, the MA Chidambaram Stadium has been one of the topmost cricket grounds in the country. ...  
10:29 PM, Feb 26, 2013

Board and selectors' faith doing wonders for Dhoni: Gavaskar "If the captain has the confidence of the board and the selectors, it gives him confidence to employ tactics on the field. Now that he [Dhoni] is doing so well, it will give him even more confidence," the former India captain said. ...  
08:08 PM, Feb 26, 2013