Tag: Cricket
Virat gives me freedom to set fields: Umesh Yadav
MS Dhoni shares video of him training his dogs
Karun Nair has a Mustang & a special number-plate
BCCI releases IPL 2017 schedule
We lost USD 200 mn due to India not touring Pak: PCB
Sachin Tendulkar’s biopic gets release date
Sachin Tendulkar’s biopic ‘Sachin: A Billion Dreams’ gets its release date. “The answer to the question that everyone’s asking me is here. Mark your calendars and save the date,” Sachin tweeted. The answer to the question that everyone’s asking me is here. Mark your calendars and save the date. @SachinTheFilm[Read More…]
Kohli 1st to score 4 double tons in four consecutive Test series
Indian captain Virat Kohli continued his unbelievable record-breaking spree on Friday and surpassed the legendary Sir Donald Bradman and Rahul Dravid by becoming the first batsman to score double hundreds in four successive Test series. Kohli’s double tons came in the series against the West Indies, New Zealand, England and[Read More…]
Alastair Cook steps down as England Test captain
India beats England to win the series
Dhoni steps down as ODI and T20 captain
Indian Cricket Team’s most successful skipper, MS Dhoni on Wednesday stepped down as the captain of India’s ODI and T20 international cricket teams. However, Dhoni will be available for the selection for the upcoming England ODI and T20I series starting January 15, tweeted BCCI. NEWS ALERT – Mahendra Singh #Dhoni[Read More…]
Supreme Court clears funds for India-England series to continue
The Supreme Court allowed the BCCI to incur expenses of Rs 1.33 crore for holding the remaining two cricket Test matches between India and England scheduled at Mumbai and Chennai respectively, reports PTI. The court also approved expenses of Rs 25 lakh for the six matches (three ODIs and three[Read More…]
MCC recommends sendings off be introduced into laws of cricket
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…]
Mohammad Kaif turns 36, Sehwag wishes him in trademark style
In last few months, Virender Sehwag has developed a reputation of being the king of Twitter trolls, especially when it comes to wishing his fellow cricketers. With the use of puns, he has wished many former and cricketers in a witty manner, thus carving his own trademark style of wishing[Read More…]
India vs England: Visitors call upon Keaton Jennings and Haseeb Hameed
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…]
Sehwag trolls James Anderson after his King pair in Vizag
After India’s emphatic 246-run victory over England in the second Test of the five-match series at Visakhapatnam , former India opener Virender Sehwag took to Twitter to remind James Anderson that Karma bites. “Jimmy Anderson made me pay tribute to Aryabhatta by getting me out for a King pair in[Read More…]
Sack all BCCI officials, says Lodha Committee
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…]
First-ever! Bangladesh register maiden Test win over England
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…]
India vs New Zealand: Indian players wear mothers’ name on their jersey
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…]
India vs New Zealand: Ashwin dominates as New Zealand again fail to reach 300
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…]
The smiling assassin hangs up his boots
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…]
India squad for NZ test series announced; Binny, Thakur dropped
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…]
Shastri-Ganguly spat: All you need to know
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…]