Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh dropped for final Test

The India selectors finally took a tough call as Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh has been axed for the fourth Test against England, starting December 13 in Nagpur.

Sourav Ganguly predicts that there will be a complete overhaul of the Indian team if they lose the series

Disappointed after India’s disastrous defeat at the hands of England in the second Test of the four-match series at Mumbai, Sourav Ganguly, the former India captain, predicts that there will be a complete overhaul of the Indian team if they lose the series at their own backyard.

Monty Panesar and Greame Swann bowl to level the series

Alastair Cook & Co. have delivered a sucker punch to India after a comprehensive victory over the hosts in the first session of Day Four of the Mumbai Test.

We showed a lot of character towards the second half of the game - Alastair Cook

One of the very few batsmen to emerge with his head held high in the big defeat to India in the first Test, England skipper Alastair Cook on Monday said it was time for all the team members to chip in. Cook made a defiant 176 in the second innings but could not avert a nine-wicket defeat here.

England must compete - Alastair Cook

England need to bat for the best part of two days to save this Test match and the realistic likelihood of that is next to zero.Realistically, what they must do is make India work a lot harder for their wickets to prove that England are genuine competitors in the four-Test series.

New Zealand newspapers join boycott of India-England cricket tour

New Zealand newspapers have joined an international boycott over cricket coverage. This follows a move by India's Board of Cricket Control to refuse accreditation for prominent news agencies for the current home series against England.

England would not show too much respect for Sachin - JamesAnderson

England’s spearhead pacer James Anderson, on Monday urged his teammates not to show too much respect for the iconic India batsman, Sachin Tendulkar in the just to begin four-match Test series against the Men in Blue, starting in Ahmedabad on Thursday, November 15, 2012.

Kevin Pietersen can star in India - Graeme Swann

Graeme Swann has backed the "polarising" figure of Kevin Pietersen to have a major role in what he believes can be a successful England Test side in India. Star batsman Pietersen is set to make his return to the Test arena in Ahmedabad on Thursday after missing the climax of England's home series against his native South Africa having been dropped for sending "provocative texts" to Proteas players.

Kevin Pietersen will return to squad for tour of India

Kevin Pietersen will return to the England squad on the Test tour of India next month – and could be welcomed back into the fold as early as next week.

The announcement was made after a meeting of the England and Wales Cricket Board on Thursday morning, following talks between Pietersen, the team director Andy Flower and several senior players in Oxford this week.

We need to move forward as a team - Alastair Cook

Kevin Pietersen returned to South Africa on Thursday night after holding a series of clear-the-air meetings with England captain Alastair Cook and other squad members.

The talks, held in Oxford, were part of Pietersen's programme of reintegration into the England team following the text message scandal which split the dressing room. England head out to India a week today and even Cook was uncertain whether Pietersen would be added to the Test squad, although he conceded time was running out