Team India for Champions Trophy announced: Dravid, Tendulkar, Raina make a come back

September 14th, 2009 COLOMBO - India won the toss and decided to bat against Sri Lanka in the final of Compaq Cup One-day International tri-series cricket at the Premadasa stadium here Monday. While there have been no changes in the Sri Lankan team, India has brought Virat Kohli as replacement for Dinesh Karthik.

September 12th, 2009 COLOMBO - Following is the scoreboard of the Compaq Cup tri-series One-Day International cricket match between India and Sri Lanka at the R. Premadasa stadium here Saturday: Sri Lanka: Tillekaratne Dilshan c Dhoni b Sharma 23 Sanath Jayasuriya lbw b Nehra 98 Mahela Jayawardene st Dhoni b Pathan 17 Kumar Sangakkara lbw b Harbhajan Singh 5 Angelo Mathews st Dhoni b Raina 19 Thilina Kandamby not out 91 C.K.

September 11th, 2009 COLOMBO - The following is the scoreboard of the Compaq Cup One-day International cricket match between India and New Zealand here Friday: New Zealand: Brendon McCullum lbw b Nehra 3 Jesse Ryder lbw b Nehra 0 Martin Guptill c Dravid b Yuvraj Singh 22 Ross Taylor c Dhoni b Singh 11 Grant Elliott c Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 22 Jacob Oram c & b Sharma 24 Neil Broom c Raina b Yuvraj Singh 21 Daniel Vettori b Sharma 25 Kyle Mills b Singh 6 Ian Butler c Harbhajan Singh b Nehra 6 Shane Bond not out 10 Extras (lb-4, w-1) 5 Total (all out in 46.3 overs) 155 Fall of wickets 1-1 (Ryder, 0.3 overs), 2-4 (McCullum, 2.2), 3-19 (Taylor, 5.5), 4-51 (Guptill, 14.6), 5-66 (Elliott, 20.3), 6-101 (Oram, 28.1), 7-116 (Broom, 32.1), 8-134 (Mills, 37.6), 9-142 (Vettori, 42.3), 10-155 (Butler, 46.3) Bowling Ashish Nehra 8.3 0 24 3 RP Singh 8 2 22 2 (1w) Ishant Sharma 10 2 26 2 Yuvraj Singh 10 0 31 3 Harbhajan Singh 8 0 39 0 Suresh Raina 1 0 4 0 Yusuf Pathan 1 0 5 0 India: Dinesh Karthik lbw b Mills 4 Sachin Tendulkar c Guptill b Vettori 46 Rahul Dravid lbw b Oram 14 Yuvraj Singh c Guptill b Vettori 8 Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 35 Suresh Raina not out 45 Extras (lb 3, w 1) 4 Total (for four wickets in 40.3 overs) 156 Fall of wickets1-7 (Karthik, 2.3 overs), 2-67 (Dravid, 18.1), 3-71 (Tendulkar, 19.2), 4-84 (Yuvraj Singh, 23.6) Bowling Kyle Mills 5.3 1 25 1 Shane Bond 10 3 30 0 (1w) Ian Butler 4 0 25 0 Daniel Vettori 10 0 33 2 Jacob Oram 7 1 19 1 GD Elliott 2 0 9 0 Martin Guptill 2 0 12 0 Toss: New Zealand, who chose to bat Man of the match: Ashish Nehra (India) Umpires: K. Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and B.

September 10th, 2009 COLOMBO - India had a setback on the eve of their opening match of the Compaq Cup tri-series against New Zealand here Thursday when prolific opener Gautam Gambhir was ruled out of the tournament with a groin strain. The visitors will be hoping that comeback man Rahul Dravid will provide solidity at the top-order.

September 1st, 2009 BANGALORE - Former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming has said that the upcoming One Day tri-series in Sri Lanka would see a tough competition. The series in Sri Lanka, which also involves New Zealand and India, will be held from September 8-14.

August 30th, 2009 BANGALORE - The Indian cricket team was seen sweating hard on the practice ground in Bangalore for the tri-series in Sri Lanka, featuring New Zealand from September 8-14. It was the third day of the four-day conditioning camp on Saturday, which was held under the vigilant eyes of coach Gary Kirsten, fielding coach Robin Singh and trainer Ramji Srinivasan.

August 28th, 2009 BANGALORE - The Indian cricket team sweated hard on Friday, the second day of a four day conditioning camp that is being held at the M Chinnaswamy stadium here. The conditioning camp before team's trip to Sri Lanka is being held under the watchful eyes of coach Gary Kirsten, fielding coach Robin Singh and trainer Ramji Srinivasan.

August 17th, 2009 BANGALORE - Former Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid is to make a return to one-day international cricket after a gap of almost two years. After being announced as 'selected' on Sunday, Dravid gave made his first media appearance on Monday after his practice session at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.

August 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - Former India captain Rahul Dravid expectedly made a return to the one-day squad while Virender Sehwag, who is recuperating from a shoulder injury, was not considered in the 15-member squad announced Sunday for next month's tri-series in Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy in South Africa. The national selection committee-headed by chief selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth met here Sunday in the presence of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and decided to pick one squad for both the tournaments.

August 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - Former captain Sourav Ganguly Sunday hailed the decision of the national selectors to bring Rahul Dravid back to the Indian side and said it only proved that form, and not age, is a factor in the game. Taking back Dravid is the right decision.

August 15th, 2009 CHENNAI - Injured India opener Virender Sehwag's chances of returning to the side will depend on his medical reports when the national selectors meet here Sunday to pick the squad for next month's tri-series in Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy in South Africa. India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni had said that Sehwag, who is recuperating from shoulder surgery, would be fit before the Champion Trophy.

August 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said that the swashbuckling opener Virender Sehwag, who is recuperating from a shoulder surgery, was shaping well and should be available for next month's Champions Trophy. Talking to reporters here on Thursday, Dhoni said, 'Sehwag is improving everyday.

August 12th, 2009 MUMBAI - India's cricket squad was shaping up well ahead of next month's Champions Trophy. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday coach Gary Kirsten said, "We wanted to do a series of assessments and obviously this was the first one we got a camp at the end of the month, where we are going to do more ...then before we go Sri Lanka, so it's really a beginning process of an era in our game and as we feel we can do some work on it.

July 6th, 2009 MUMBAI -Rahul Dravid stands to make it to the one-day squad after two years as the cricket selectors Monday included him among the 30 probables for September's Champions Trophy in South Africa. Dravid, whose last ODI was in October 2007 against Australia in Nagpur, was out of the one-day squad after his form slump but retained his place in the Test side.

July 6th, 2009 CHENNAI - The Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) senior selection committee today met at the M A Chidambaram Stadium here on Monday and selected the following 30 probables for the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 to be held in South Africa in September this year. 1. M S Dhoni 2.