The kiwis follow on

The kiwis ended the day with 41-1.

India bowl out newzeland for 149, after scoring 400 on the board

Sehwag,Dhoni and Pujara took india to 400+. Pujara scored a massive 159.Now Ashwin partied by taking 6 wickets, New Zealand put to follow on. Lets see what happens.

Laxman with his family

 from cricinfo

Another golden carrer comes to an end-V.V.S. Laxman retires from international cricket.

Today morning Very Very Special Laxman announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket. He is mostly known for his epic knock of 281 against Oz in which India claimed victory even after being put to follow on. He has an excellent record against the aussies and the proteas. Well, another great pillar which held the indian middle order together says its enough of job, its time for some rest, let another new pillar be built in my place and goes away from international cricket. India have lost three wonder batsmen out of out of five. Viru and Sachin are still remaining. Hope they stay for a bit lnger!

T20 world cup starts next month.

New Zealand tour India on 23rd August.

New zealand to tour India this month. Hope  its going to be exciting! Vettori will unfortunately miss Indias tour due to an injury.

India lift micromax cup

What good performances we had had in this cup. Kohli continued his good form, Viru fired in a couple of games, Raina played well, Irfan made a big come back and Dhonis feirce hitting continued.India completely dominated this series and made it better by winning the T20 as well.

Bret Lee and Mark Boucher retire from international cricket. Sunil Joshi the forgotten also retires.

Viru and Zack back for Indian squad! Irfan replaces injured Vinay

Virender Sehwag who was rested for Asiacup is back to the ODI side after a terrific performance in IPL. The best steamer for India,Zaheer Khan is also back after quite some time to the Side. Karnataka boy Vinay Kumar was selected but because of an injury, he is now being replaced by In-form all round seamer Irfan Pathan. Ajinkya Rahane after having a good IPL has also been selected to play for his home country. Praveen Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja and Yusuf Pathan have all been dropped due to under performance.Sachin Tendulkar wanted rest after a busy IPL season for him.Ashok Dinda and Pragyan Ojha are also in the squad. Harbajan Singh has hopelessly been dropped once more. Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni are of course in the side.Hope India clinch this series!