Cricket News sort by Harbhajan Singh

T20 may be considered to be a young man's game, but over the years the IPL has proved with assumption wrong as a number of veteran players have tasted success in the event

In a recent interview to the media, out of favour India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has stated that Indian cricket is being ruined since domestic matches are now being played on green tops, as a result of which medium pace bowlers are dominating the first-class scene while spinners are all but being put out of the equation.

Although Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh were not picked for the tour of Australia, they were still hopeful of making it at least to the 30 member list of the World Cup probables.

The Cuttack ODI against Sri Lanka will be the 200th match of Suresh Raina’s career. Raina has now joined an illustrious band.

After the KP gate saga, which is still very much making news, another major controversy has hit cricket. Controversial former umpire Darrell Hair has come out and stated that the stern action being taken by the ICC over suspect actions is a bit too late.

IPL 7 2014 44th match :Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians, Live scores at Ahmedabad, 19 May, 2014.Match scheduled to begin at 16:00 local time (10:30 GMT)

As it has often done in the past, the Irani Trophy, which pits the Ranji champions against a Rest of India squad, will give some India discards a chance to put their name back in reckoning once again, apart from a few fresh faces, who succeeded in the Ranji Trophy, to make a further impression.

With India struggling in both the batting and bowling department in South Africa and now in New Zealand, the selectors might be forced to fall back on some of the experienced hands who were axed sometime back due to their poor performances, and have been toiling in domestic cricket since.

Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin recently became the number one all-rounder in Test cricket following his magnificent century against the West Indies at Eden Gardens, his second in the format, and both coming against the same opponents.