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…]
New Zealand arrived in Kolkata expecting a rank turner and to make matters worse, they lost the toss. The Eden Garden curator though seemed to have different plans as the 22 yard strip had a green top and assisted the Kiwi pacers. The Indian batsman had their back against the[Read More…]
BCCI on Thursday refunded 30 per cent of franchise fees paid for IPL 2016 by suspended franchises, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, amounting to Rs 11.4 crore and 8.4 crore respectively. Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltd, that owns and operates the southern franchise, was last month refunded the first[Read More…]
India will look to take the top spot in the ICC Test Championships rankings by beating New Zealand in their second test in Kolkata on Friday. India were the No.1 Test team for a short while during their tour of the West Indies but failed to rubber-stamp their position as[Read More…]
India won their 500th Test in style on Monday when they overcame New Zealand’s resistance to win the series opener by 197 runs and go 1-0 up in the three-match series. New Zealand were always going to do well to manage anything more than delaying the Indian celebrations when they[Read More…]
Coming down heavily on the neighbouring country, BCCI chief Anurag Thakur on Friday ruled out the possibility of reviving bilateral cricket ties with Pakistan in near future, saying even considering such a thought is not appropriate. Thakur struck a combative note, saying India can decimate Pakistan anytime but it is[Read More…]
Rain and wet outfield brought a premature end to a day in which New Zealand defied India’s spin threat to reach 152/1. Kiwi captain Kane Williamson (65) and opener Tom Latham (56) hit unbeaten half-centuries before rain and a wet outfield washed out the final session of the second day’s[Read More…]
India let go a solid start as a middle-order collapse saw them reduced to 291 for 9 on the opening day of the first cricket Test against New Zealand despite half-centuries from Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara, in Kanpur on Thursday. After electing to bat in the historic 500th Test,[Read More…]
In a startling admission, former chief selector Sandeep Patil revealed in an interview to ABP Majha that Sachin Tendulkar would have been dropped from the Indian ODI team in 2012 had he not announced his retirement. It was heavily speculated in the media at the time of Tendulkar’s retirement that[Read More…]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) re-elected Ajay Shirke as Secretary unopposed in its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday. With the shadow of the Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha panel recommendations hanging over its head, the BCCI is conducting its 87th AGM in Mumbai. Shirke became the secretary[Read More…]
The monumental India’s tour of Pakistan threw up an unlikely hero. A tall, lanky 23-year-old cleanly lofted a thundering Shoaib Akhtar for a six in Peshawar. The catch here – the boy was a tailender, brought in to the squad for the pace he generated in first class cricket. The[Read More…]
The Sandeep Patil-led selection committee has decided to make two changes, for the upcoming test series against New Zealand, to the squad that played against West Indies last month. This could probably be the last team selected by this committee after BCCI President Anurag Thakur confirmed that a new selection[Read More…]
Alex Hales’s stunning 171 provided the platform for England to post the highest ever one-day international total of 444 for three as they beat Pakistan by 169 runs at Trent Bridge on Tuesday. Victory in this clash gave England an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series after Pakistan were[Read More…]
The feud between Saurav Ganguly and Ravi Shastri is turning uglier by day with the two former captains of the Indian national cricket team lashing out at each other. Reacting to Ravi Shastri’s comments latest comments on Ganguly’s absence from a crucial meeting, Ganguly on Wednesday retaliated saying Shastri is[Read More…]
New Zealand’s 3-Test series in India will begin on September 22, in Kanpur, followed by the 2nd Test from September 30 in Indore, a brand new Test venue. The final Test will begin on October 8, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The Test series will be followed by 5-ODIs at Dharamsala,[Read More…]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced the appointment of former captain Anil Kumble as the 11th coach for the India cricket team for one year. The appointment of bowling, batting and assistant coaches will follow, board president Anurag Thakur said. His first assignment will[Read More…]
Raj Kumar, a resident of Jarara town situated 20 kilometres from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, would not have thought in his dreams that his one decision of declaring a delivery ‘no ball’ would end up in him losing his sister. The incident took place last Friday when Kumar, who was[Read More…]
The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Shaharyar Khan has said that he was not in favour of the World T20 taking place in 2018 and insisted that the cricket boards needed to pay more attention to the traditional Test format. “Yes T20 cricket is very popular and necessary[Read More…]
Defending champion India is seeded second and leads Group B, which also comprises third seed South Africa, fifth seed Sri Lanka and eighth seed Pakistan. India will launch its ICC Champions Trophy title defence against traditional rival Pakistan when the two Asian powerhouses go head to head at Edgbaston, Birmingham,[Read More…]
