Diana Edulji, a member of Supreme-Court-established Committee of Administrators, revealed that the BCCI broke rules in their appointment of Ravi Shastri as the Indian Cricket team’s head coach. She said that the captain of the team, Virat Kohli, used to send messages to BCCI CEO Rahul Johri about differences with[Read More…]
Perth: Keeping in mind the fast nature of the pitch here, former Australia pacer Mitchell Johnson has advice for current spearhead Mitchell Starc ahead of the second cricket Test against India. “Everyone operates in a different way and I’ve already sent him a couple of text messages to see if[Read More…]
Perth: Despite India winning the first Test, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting feels the hosts will have an upper hand in the second Test beginning here on Friday. India defeated Australia by 31 runs in the opening match to take a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series. Ponting opined that[Read More…]
New Delhi: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced an ad-hoc committee to conduct the interviews of eligible candidates for selection of Head Coach for Indian Women Cricket Team. The panel consists of former Indian cricketers Kapil Dev, Anshuman Gaekwad, and Shantha Rangaswamy. The interviews will be[Read More…]
Dubai: Cheteshwar Pujara, whose knocks of 123 and 71 were the cornerstone of India’s victory against Australia in the first Test, moved ahead of Joe Root and David Warner to take the fourth position while pacer Jasprit Bumrah achieved a career-high ranking of 33rd, after his three for 47 and[Read More…]
On the eve of the final day of the Adelaide Test, Nathan Lyon said that their contingent “still believes they can win the Test match”. With 20 odd overs to play in the final day, the very Lyon almost clinched it for his side. Chasing an almost impossible 323, the[Read More…]
By Ajeyo Basu New Delhi: The high points of Gautam Gambhir’s career are a stuff every aspiring cricketer dreams of. Top scorer in two World Cups, winner of two IPL titles with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), one of the most prolific opening pairs in world cricket alongside the great Virender[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Group B Ranji Trophy match between Delhi and Andhra, which is also the last match of veteran batsman Gautam Gambhir, ended in a dull draw at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium here on Sunday. Resuming the day at 409/7 in their first innings, Delhi were bowled out[Read More…]
New Delhi: Hardik Pandya’s back injury is keeping him off the field. And, naturally, the national team cricketer says his priority is to get fully fit and play for the country again. “I am just focusing on getting fit as soon as possible,” Pandya told IANS in an interview over[Read More…]
In a Ranji encounter between Madhya Pradesh and Hyderabad, the 21-year-old MP opener, Ajay Rohera scored an unbeaten 267. With the knock that included 21 fours and five six, Rohera set a new record for the highest ever score in a first-class debut. The MP lad bettered the 25-year-old record[Read More…]
Gautam Gambhir, senior Indian batsman and former Indian opener, who is playing his last match ahead of his retirement, which he had announced recently through an emotional video uploaded on his social account. The two time ICC World Cup winner for the country is all set to take retirement from[Read More…]
Adelaide: Despite India making inroads on the second day of the opening cricket Test here, debutant Australian opener Marcus Harris insisted they are still in the game. Australia were 191/7 at stumps, trailing India by 59 runs. The tourists had posted 250 in the first innings. “I thought they bowled[Read More…]
Cheteshwar Pujara once again pulled India out of trouble. In India’s first Test match of the 2018 Australian summer, while batting at number three, the Rajkot boy kept his composure. He stringed partnerships with the lower order batsman taking India to a respectable total of 250/9. At one moment the Indian[Read More…]
Pakistan right-arm leggie, Yasir Shah, became the fastest bowler to scalp 200 wickets in the history of Test cricket. Shah achieved the feat in only his 33rd Test match. He surpasses yet another right-arm leg break bowler, Clarrie Grimmett. Grimmett, who played for Australia, had held the record for the past 82[Read More…]
The 37-year-old, who had played his last game representing India back in 2016 against England.
Adelaide: Aiming to win their maiden Test series in Australia, India want to start the campaign on a positive note, when they face the hosts in the opening match of the four match series here on Thursday. World No. 1 India are coming on the back of some good performances[Read More…]
Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan would be celebrating his 33rd birthday today. According to ICC rankings, the left-handed batsman is currently at number 8 in ODI format and at number 11 in T20I format. He has shown his good form currently in both the T20I matches against Australia at their home,[Read More…]
Arsalan Khawaja, 39, the brother of Australian cricket sensation Usman Khawaja has been arrested by police over his alleged use of fake documents. The documents gathered, reportedly consisted of a terror plot to kill politicians which Khawaja used in order to set up his colleague after a fight broke between[Read More…]
In an Australia Under 19 Male National Championships in Adelaide, an Aussie cricketer smashed six sixes in over. Playing for Warringah CC in Sydney, Ollie Davies struck six sixes in an over, sweeping all the balls out of the boundary in the 40th over of the innings. The player ended with[Read More…]
Sydney: Indian batting coach Sanjay Bangar feels KL Rahul should play responsibly being an experienced player of the side. While five different Indian batsmen notched up their respective half-centuries against Cricket Australia XI in the warm-up game here on Thursday, Rahul failed to make a significant contribution after falling for[Read More…]
The captain of Indian cricket team across all formats, Virat Kohli on Thursday submitted a letter on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India to Rajasthan’s forest and environment minister. In the letter, he asked for the relocation of ‘Number 44’, an elephant, to a rehabilitation[Read More…]
New Delhi: A dejected former Indian women’s captain Mithali Raj on Thursday termed it as the darkest days of her life after allegations were heaped on her following a fallout with coach Ramesh Powar. Powar on Wednesday alleged that Mithali threatened retirement over the batting position in the middle of[Read More…]
Over the last week, there has been a series of revelations and accusations which have put the Committee of Administrators and the BCCI in a rather, bad light. It started when in the Women’s World T20 Semi-Finals, one of India’s most successful cricketers, Mithali Raj, was not selected into the[Read More…]
New Delhi, The selection fiasco in the Women’s World T20 semi-final against England refuses to die down with the centre of the storm, former India skipper Mithali Raj on Tuesday launching a scathing attack on head coach Ramesh Powar and Committee of Administrators (CoA) member Diana Edulji for supporting the[Read More…]
Sydney, India’s pacer Ishant Sharma on Tuesday said that the team is focused on winning the four-match Test series starting December 6 in Adelaide. Ishant said no player is thinking about the personal performance, rather all players have one aim of winning the Test series. “The biggest thing right now[Read More…]