Cricket umpires at all levels of the sport will soon be given the power to eject players from the field of play for threats or acts of violence as part of a raft of recommendations announced by the MCC World Cricket Committee on Wednesday that also included a restriction on[Read More…]
Kerala wicketkeeper Sanju Samson is in trouble. The youngster is facing disciplinary action from the state cricket association for allegedly violating the code of conduct during the team’s recent Ranji Trophy against Goa. The KCA is likely to serve Sanju with the show-cause notice on Thursday itself. The 22-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman[Read More…]
England have called up two uncapped players to their squad for the remainder of the Test series in India with Keaton Jennings, the Durham left-hander, replacing Haseeb Hameed and Hampshire’s Liam Dawson in for his fellow left-armer Zafar Ansari. England is 2-0 down in the series with two matches to[Read More…]
India have completely outplayed England in Mohali to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the five-match Test series. Parthiv Patel was the hero for India in the fourth innings, with the wicketkeeper scoring an unbeaten 67 in his comeback Test to lead India to an 8-wicket victory against the visitors.[Read More…]
India took firm control of the third Test against England in Mohali by reducing the visitors to 78 for the loss of four wickets. England is still 56 runs away from India lead of 134 in the first innings. Ravichandran Ashwin once again dominated with both bat and ball. Thanks[Read More…]
Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja put India back on track after the hosts lost quick wickets post tea as the duo propelled the team to 271 for 6 at stumps on Day 2 in Mohali on Sunday. Ashwin (57*), who notched up his ninth Test fifty, and Jadeja (31*) added[Read More…]
In its latest report, the Lodha Committee has reiterated that BCCI officials should be sacked and as a replacement has suggested former home secretary GK Pillai be appointed, reports NDTV. The panel said Pillai should conduct the crucial task of appointing auditors for awarding BCCI contracts like that for media[Read More…]
India took five wickets in the morning session to inch closer to victory against England in the second test on Monday. At lunch on the fifth and final day, England was reeling at 142 for seven in the second innings after resuming on 87-2. The tourists required another 263 runs[Read More…]
Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara made centuries and shared a stand of 226 to put India on course for a big first-innings total against England on the first day of the second test on Thursday in Visakhapatnam. Kohli was unbeaten on 151 and Ravichandran Ashwin on 1 as India reached[Read More…]
England’s bowlers toiled hard as conceded 257 runs in 85.3 overs while taking just four wickets, the last two coming in the last two overs. For six hours England had toiled under a cloudless sky for two wickets and their first innings total of 537 no longer possessed monumental proportions.[Read More…]
England’s brilliant start to this tough tour of India continued on the second day in Rajkot. Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes scored centuries as England piled on 537 before the hosts reached 63 for no loss at the close. England continued to dominate the sloppy hosts who added two drops,[Read More…]
Delhi batsman Rishabh Pant scored the fastest century in the history of India’s first class cricket. Batting against Jharkhand, Pant achieved his century off just 48 balls and broke the previous record of 56 balls held by two cricketers. He had scored 117 off 106 balls in the first innings.[Read More…]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced the Test squad for the five-match series against England, starting November 9. The meeting, which was held in Mumbai, was attended by five national selectors, board secretary Ajay Shirke and physio Patrick Farhart while, Test captain Virat Kohli[Read More…]
Spinner Mehedi Hasan took six wickets as Bangladesh secured their first ever Test win over England with an 108-run victory on Sunday. England had won all previous nine matches against their South Asian rivals but were all out for 164 in their second innings while chasing 273 for victory on[Read More…]
The final ODI between India – New Zealand, of the five match series, is one that has the country on its toes. With the series tied at 2-all, both teams would be giving it their all. The Indian team though would be seen sporting a different style of jerseys when[Read More…]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday has given it’s green signal to deploy the DRS in the upcoming test series against England starting from November 9. BCCI President Anurag Thakur, who was present throughout the presentation stated, “We are happy to note that Hawkeye has[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a limit on the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) financial transactions which is set to cripple the cash rich Indian cricket board. In what is yet another huge setback for the BCCI, the Supreme Court has asked the Lodha Committee to[Read More…]
Star India, sponsor of the Indian cricket team, has launched a TV campaign called ‘Nayi Soch’ for which they have signed cricketers MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane to portray the importance of mothers in life. The ad shows the three cricketers proudly wearing their mothers’ names on their[Read More…]
Paksitan’s Azhar Ali led from the start and remained unbeaten in the final session of the second day against West Indies in Dubai in the first pink ball Test in the sub-continent. To make this occasion special, Ali registered an unbeaten 302 against the downtrodden visitors who have been mauled[Read More…]
R Ashwin’s 20th five-wicket haul in Test Cricket helped India bowl out New Zealand for 299 on the third day of the Indore Test. Declining to enforce the follow-on after Ashwin’s 6 for 81 secured a 258-run lead, the Indian batsman ended the day at 18/0, giving their bowlers a[Read More…]
Indian captain Virat Kohli hammered a listless New Zealand attack with a superlative double hundred as the hosts piled up a mammoth 557 for five on the second day of the third cricket Test here. Kohli stroked his way to a career-best 211 and was brilliantly supported by Ajinkya Rahane,[Read More…]
Lifted by hundreds from David Warner and captain Steve Smith, Australia posted an imposing 6-371 at Kingsmead — at the time the highest ODI score in Durban. However, a brilliant unbeaten 118 by South Africa’s David Miller guided the Proteas to the victory target with four balls remaining and four[Read More…]
India’s pace spearhead, Mohammed Shami has set a huge example for commitment to one’s game in the recently concluded second test match against New Zealand at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens. It’s been revealed that while the 26-year-old was busy with national duties, his daughter was being hospitalised. According to reports, on[Read More…]
The Sachin Tendulkar – Virender Sehwag partnership has always provided entertainment, be it on the pitch or off it. Sehwag who has teased, embarrassed, joked and trolled several cricketers and celebrities on the Twitter, decided to take on the master blaster this time. Sachin congratulated the Indian cricket team on[Read More…]
India beat New Zealand on Monday by 178 runs in the second Test at Eden Gardens to clinch the series 2-0 under captain Virat Kohli. India have now dethroned Pakistan from the ICC Test Team rankings taking the No.1 spot. The victory in India’s 250th Test match at home comes[Read More…]
