'With India there's always the uncertainty' - Kartik
As India sweat on their combination for the first Test against Bangladesh, wondering which of their seven batsmen to drop if they are to play five bowlers, Murali Kartik is left wondering why he is in the dressing-room at Lord's rather than in Chittagong. [more]

Whatmore 'ready' if offered India job
Dav Whatmore, the Bangladesh coach, has had positive discussions with Ravi Shastri, the Indian cricket manager, about the prospect of him taking the India job when his term with Bangladesh ends after the ongoing two-Test series. [more]

No closure for opening problems
India's problems at the top of the order are now entering their third season and for all that time the typical response to the dilemma of the opening pair has been to leave one end open. [more]

BCCI top brass travel to Bangladesh
Six top officials of the BCCI will be reaching Chittagong on Saturday, confirmed a BCB official. [more]

Dean Jones keen to sign stars to Indian Cricket League
Dean Jones, the Indian Cricket League's operations manager, said the organisers of the new Twenty20 competition had drawn up a "hit list" of current and former players they hoped to sign up. [more]

India face the heat, in more ways than one
For India's cricketers, the heat is yet another hurdle on what is already a tough tour. And the "fresh legs" of Kumble, VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Wasim Jaffer and VRV Singh will have to work hard to infuse exuberance into a team that looked tired in the one-dayers. [more]

Ganguly eyeing 100 on Bangladesh tour
After consistently hitting half centuries since his comeback, Sourav Ganguly today said he would try to convert his 80s into hundreds if he got a chance in the two-Test cricket series against Bangladesh. [more]

ICL not formed to provoke Indian board: More
Kiran More, the former wicketkeeper and one of the executive directors of the Indian Cricket League, says that the so-called breakaway initiative was by no means intended to provoke the Indian board. [more]

BCB chief criticises Whatmore
Mahmudur Rahman, CEO of the BCB, says that outgoing coach Dav Whatmore lacked a "characteristic essential" in dealing with sub-continental teams. [more]

Sreesanth to return home
India go into the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong without fast bowler Sreesanth . [more]

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