NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The anticipation of Sachin Tendulkar’s 100th international century is the expected highlight of the team’s three-test series against West Indies but India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is not willing to let it become a distraction.

Tendulkar has been stuck on 99 tons (51 in tests and 48 in one dayers) since the 50-over World Cup earlier this year and fans expect him to reach the milestone on home soil against a West Indies attack not without its limitations.

NEW DELHI, Nov 5 (Reuters) – The anticipation of Sachin
Tendulkar’s 100th international century is the expected
highlight of the team’s three-test series against West Indies
but India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is not willing to let it
become a distraction.

Tendulkar has been stuck on 99 tons (51 in tests and 48 in
one dayers) since the 50-over World Cup earlier this year and
fans expect him to reach the milestone on home soil against a
West Indies attack not without its limitations.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Cricket administrators will have to join hands with governments and law makers across the world if they are to stamp out corruption from the game, a cricket historian said on Friday.

Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were jailed on Thursday for their roles in a spot-fixing scandal, exposing the game’s soft underbelly and creating a general air of cynicism.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Cricket administrators will have to join hands with governments and law makers across the world if they are to stamp out corruption from the game, a cricket historian said on Friday.

Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were jailed on Thursday for their roles in a spot-fixing scandal, exposing the game’s soft underbelly and creating a general air of cynicism.

NEW DELHI, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Cricket administrators will
have to join hands with governments and law makers across the
world if they are to stamp out corruption from the game, a
cricket historian said on Friday.

Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad
Amir were jailed on Thursday for their roles in a spot-fixing
scandal, exposing the game’s soft underbelly and creating a
general air of cynicism.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Taming India’s free-scoring batsmen on their own patch is considered a visiting slow bowler’s ultimate test and West Indies coach Ottis Gibson believes leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo is up to the challenge.

Indian batsmen have traditionally harvested runs against spin bowling of any description, something that comes as naturally to them as their vulnerability against short-pitched seam bowling.

NEW DELHI, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Taming India’s free-scoring
batsmen on their own patch is considered a visiting slow
bowler’s ultimate test and West Indies coach Ottis Gibson
believes leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo is up to the challenge.

Indian batsmen have traditionally harvested runs against
spin bowling of any description, something that comes as
naturally to them as their vulnerability against short-pitched
seam bowling.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India host West Indies in the opener of their three-match series Sunday with doubts over the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium pitch, which will be hosting a test for the first time since serving an international ban.

Kotla was handed a one-year ban after an India v Sri Lanka one-dayer was abandoned in 2009 because of a dangerous pitch and although a few limited-overs matches have been played since the suspension ended, the rigours of a five-day match will provide a sterner test of the surface’s credentials.

NEW DELHI, Nov 4 (Reuters) – India host West Indies in the
opener of their three-match series on Sunday with doubts over
the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium pitch, which will be hosting a test
for the first time since serving an international ban.

Kotla was handed a one-year ban after an India v Sri Lanka
one-dayer was abandoned in 2009 because of a dangerous pitch and
although a few limited-overs matches have been played since the
suspension ended, the rigours of a five-day match will provide a
sterner test of the surface’s credentials.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The indifference shown by the majority of India’s deep-pocketed corporates toward Formula One has baffled team bosses who expect them to warm to the sport following the success of last weekend’s inaugural Indian Grand Prix.

The teams are mostly happy with Formula One’s newest host and believe they have chanced upon a huge untapped market in one of the world’s fastest growing economies.