Chief selector Sandeep Patil on Wednesday asked young cricketers to think more of playing Test cricket than taking part in the cash-rich Indian Premier League.

The historic 100th international ton continued to elude Sachin Tendulkar as India slumped to an embarrassing innings and 68-run defeat in the second cricket Test against Australia, who have now take

Followinga week of wrangling, a truce was reached between the Board for Control for Cricket in India and Sri Lanka Cricket with the island’s cricketers allowed to stay on till May 18 to fulfill their IPL commitments.

Sri Lankan speedster Lasith Malinga, whose sling-arm bowling action and devastating yorkers proved to be a nightmare for batsmen the world over, on Friday announced his retirement from Test cricket because of a "long-standing degenerative" knee injury.