Tendulkar In Chennai

It went off well: Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar's race against time to attain fitness before the Test series in West Indies continued at the MRF Pace Foundation on Monday.

Tendulkar celebrates birthday

Making a rare public appearance, Sachin Tendulkar cut a cake in the presence of mediapersons to mark his 33rd birthday, which he celebrated quietly with family members at home.

Tendulkar, who has scored 74 international centuries, also said he had been receiving a lot of birthday wishes from his well-wishers.

``I have been getting a lot of SMS and phone calls from teammates and friends. It is hard to keep replying but in the next couple of days I should be able to do that.''

Indian team arrives from Abu Dhabi

The Indian cricket team, led by Rahul Dravid, arrived here on Thursday morning( April 20,2006) from Abu Dhabi after squaring the two-match one-day international series against Pakistan on Wednesday night.

Dravid and a few other players of the squad will play in a one-day match here on Friday for the benefit of former Test opener

India In West Indies 2006

Schedule
	Date	Team1	Team2	Venue	Time	D/N
Match 1	May 18, 2006	India	West Indies	Jamaica	8:00 P.M. IST	Day
Match 2	May 20, 2006	India	West Indies	Jamaica	8:00 P.M. IST	Day
Match 3	May 23, 2006	India	West Indies	St. Kitts	7:00 P.M. IST	Day
Match 4	May 26, 2006	India	West Indies	Trinidad	7:00 P.M. IST	Day
Match 5	May 28, 2006	India	West Indies	Trinidad	7:00 P.M. IST	Day
Match 6	June 2, 2006	India	West Indies	Antigua	7:30 P.M. IST	Test Match
Match 7	June 10, 2006	India	West Indies	St. Lucia	7:30 P.M. IST	Test Match
Match 8	June 22, 2006	India	West Indies	St. Kitts	7:30 P.M. IST	Test Match
Match 9	June 30, 2006	India	West Indies	Jamaica	7:30 P.M. IST	Test Match

Dhoni goes to the top of LG ICC Player Rankings

India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni has moved to the top of the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen. Dhoni was in second spot behind Ricky Ponting before the two-match ODI series against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi that finished on Wednesday night.

All-round brilliance levels it for India

INDIA Vs PAKISTAN
2nd ODI, DLF Cup, Abu Dhabi
India levelled the series 1-1 through a solid batting performance backed up by a fine bowling effort by a team that understood the need of the hour and sent down a mixture of diligent pace and crafty spin, supported well by the field, to notch up a 51-run win.

Tendulkar opts out of West Indies ODIs

Sachin Tendulkar has opted out of the one-day series on the West Indies tour and his availability for the Test series would be known after a fitness test on May 10.

FIRST ODI at Abu Dhabi

INDIA Vs PAKISTAN

India: Rahul Dravid (capt.), Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, Venugopala Rao, Munaf Patel, S. Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Ramesh Powar, Rudra Pratap Singh and Robin Uthappa.

Pakistan: Inzamam-ul-Haq (capt.), Imran Farhat, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Kamran Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Danish Kaneria, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Asif, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Rana Naved-ul Hasan, Faisal Iqbal and Abdul Rehman.

Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Brian Jerling; TV umpire: Tyron Wijewardena. Match referee: Roshan Mahanama.