Coming at number 6 or 7, Dhoni rarely gets a chance to play ample overs and long innings. However, whatever chances he gets, he tries to capitalize on them. So far he has slammed 32 half-centuries, finishing four times in 90s. But CricketNDTV.com looks at the centuries that the Indian skipper has made so far in his career.

As the Indians gear up to take on the Aussies at home, CricketNDTV.com takes a look at their best of pulsating encounters that had set the spirit of the game higher than one could imagine.

While every match between them is as memorable as their any other match, CricketNDTV.com picks top five matches between these immediate neighbours.

While it was a disappointing one for India, the sixth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy was the tightest and the most competitive one. Eight top teams fought for one title and the deserving ones moved to the top. As the ICC Champions Trophy comes to an end, CricketNDTV.com brings to you the best from the tournament.

CricketNDTV.com digs into Guru Gary’s preaching that has unusual yet scientific touch and definitely an interesting approach to motivate the blue brigade, which might interest not just a cricketer but almost every sportsperson across the globe.

The Wisden named Shane Warne one of the 5 greatest cricketers of this century. Which means that when he comes up with a six-point plan to save cricket then we have no option but to take a note of it even if we disagree a little bit.

Chaminda Vaas, who served Sri Lanka cricket for over 14 years, has decided to hang his Test boots and white jersey after the final Test against Pakistan in Colombo.

In a legendary rivalry like Ashes, each on-field moment becomes unforgettable. Many careers took off, were resurrected and doomed since the inception of this great cricket contest. From the instances of fierce rivalry to true sportsmanship, Ashes have a rich history of great cricketing moments. However, CricketNDTV.com picks some of the most memorable Ashes moments.

Buoyed by series wins over New Zealand, West Indies and South Africa, England was all geared up for the Ashes 2005 and had high hopes of winning the first elite campaign against Australia in 18 years, and they did it in style.

As the ICC Champions Trophy commences in South Africa from September 22, four players - Rahul Dravid, Ashish Nehra, Shane Bond and Mohammad Asif - are set to make a full-fledged comeback in the one-day cricket from the international wilderness.

Champions Trophy - the biggest 50-over extravaganza behind World Cup is back to enthrall the cricket fans across the globe and as the event goes through the final touch-up before it kicks off on September 22 in South Africa, CricketNDTV.com looks at the five batsmen who could prove not only dangerous to the opposition but also destructive for the existing records of the game.

As the sixth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy gets underway in South Africa, CricketNDTV.com takes a look at the journey of the one-day event that was pitted just next to the World Cup.

When the Twenty20 World Championship was announced for the first time, it was received with ambivalence across the cricketing fraternity. With most teams having very little experience of playing the game's new format, nobody could imagine how it would unfold.

Cricket's newest format returns to its birthplace when England hosts the ICC World Twenty20.

Pour your heart out, narrate a plain real life story or just carve it in a glossy way. An autobiography is all this and more. It has the power to create ripples across the world when one goes beyond just deriving sentences from the book of life. And in the making of a delicious one, the recipe turns out to be a bit spicy for the readers to digest. Why does one do that? May be to sell it like hotcakes or simply find it the easiest way to get away with the guilt of an incident. But the escape may not really be a cakewalk. Though, some manage to come out clean but the rest become toys in the hands of critics. They play and enjoy, leaving behind the readers guessing the five 'W' and one 'H'– When, Why, What, Where, Who and How. Yes! It sells for both the writer and the critic. The common man is in no way the gainer. He is just a puppet in the hands of media and the writer for the obvious reason – he’s unaware of what lies behind the scenes. Such has been the case with few of those cricket autobiographies that made all the hoopla it was expected of or might came as a shock. Let's have a glance over those ingredients in some that made everyone say – "It's different".