The biggest threat to M.S. Dhoni’s men in this second of this short two-Test series will emanate from the weather and not their rivals.

For Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the convincing victory at Hyderabad will have come as a huge relief. The India skipper is ushering in a new season with hope, if not too much promise — especially with men of the calibre of Rahul Dravid and V.V.S. Laxman missing from their ranks.

R. Mohan

There should be no more carping at the BCCI just for the heck of it. That pastime should no more be in fashion. The Under-19 team’s win in the World Cup would suggest that the board has got many things right with regard to preparing teams.

Gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment by a special MCOCA court in Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar murder case.

Citigroup downgrades Reliance Industries to 'neutral' from 'buy', but raises its target price to Rs 847 from Rs 818.

Former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani was sentenced to 28 years in jail on Friday for murder and conspiracy during one of the country's worst religious riots, when up to 2,500 people, most of them Muslim, were hunted down and hacked, beaten or burnt to death in 2002.

Following two tough tours when Indian Test cricket was brutalised and sent to the depths of despair in England and Australia, the home series against a young and inexperienced New Zealand squad must have been the perfect antidote for Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men.

The last two months have been a learning curve for Doug Bracewell. The young pacer burst on to the scene late last year, when just in his third Test he ran through the Australian batting to script a famous win for Kiwis in Hobart.

John Wright

Losing is never fun and every cricketer reacts and copes in his different way. Some like to let go and move on. Others withdraw into themselves and reflect alone. For me as a player or a coach, defeat just leaves a cold empty feeling which sometime takes a while to come to terms with.

Minister of state for defence Pallam Raju’s statement that India would continue to train Sri Lankan Army officers in the interests of friendly relations with the neighbouring country has triggered a n