Dravid bats for Test cricket, lie-detector tests

Dravid bats for Test cricket, lie-detector tests



Rahul Dravid has urged the ICC to cut down on the number of "meaningless" ODIs and focus on major tournaments like the World Cup, besides exploring the possibility of day-night Test cricket. 

It must scale down this mad merry-go-round that teams and players find themselves in: heading off for two-Test tours and seven-match ODI series with a few Twenty20s thrown in. 

"Since about, I think 1985, people have been saying that there is too much meaningless one-day cricket. Maybe, it's finally time to do something about it... anything makes more sense than a seven-match ODI series," he added.

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Sehwag smashes world record 219

Sehwag smashes world record 219


Swashbuckling opener Virender Sehwag smashed a world record 219 and became only the second batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to reach the 200-run landmark in One-Day Internationals, as India posted their highest one-day total of 418 for five in the fourth match against the West Indies in Indore, on Thursday.




 I got a 300 with my flawed technique: Sehwag
Sehwag surpassed Tendulkar's 200 not out, made from 147 balls against South Africa in Gwalior on February 24 last year, when he square-cut Andre Russell for a boundary in the 44th over of the Indian innings to go past the 200 mark at the Holkar Stadium.




- Congratulate Virender Sehwag on his ODI double
He joined his idol Tendulkar in the record books as the only other cricketer to score double hundred in the limited overs game. India went on to win the match by 153 runs.



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R Ashwin moves up to 18th spot in ICC ODI rankings

R Ashwin moves up to 18th spot in ICC ODI rankings

Following his consistent performance in the recent past, India's R Ashwin broke into the top 20 of the ICC ODI bowling charts for the time in his career, while batsman Virat Kohli moved up one rung to be placed fourth in the latest ranking released on Wednesday.


With 620 points, Ashwin was ranked 18th, a jump of three places.


The ever-improving Kohli recorded 766 points and is placed alongside India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who went down one spot.


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