Former India captain and member of the 1983 World Cup winning team Krish Srikkanth will be the recipient of this year's prestigious CK Nayudu Lifetime Award given by the BCCI. Former India women's captain Anjum Chopra is the co-recipient of the lifetime achievement award for the year 2019.
"No words can do that game justice! What a game of cricket! Congratulations @englandcricket .. you deserve it!"
Though the India Women's Cricket team could not mark victory in the ICC Women's World Cup final, their families back at their home were seen celebrating their daughters' brilliant performances.
After planning to introduce central contracts for India's women's cricketers, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is all set to give green light to the likes of Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami to play in tournaments abroad like the Women's Big Bash League in Australia and the Women's Super League in England.
The fact that so many victims turn hostile should be a matter of concern. If so many accused persons continue to roam freely in society, this becomes an additional liability to women's safety, points out Rashme Sehgal.
The BCCI's much-awaited elections have been rescheduled by a day to October 23 in the wake of assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra.
Team India's Jasprit Bumrah, India women's cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur and shooter Heena Sindhu have exceeded expectations to make the cut.
Gambhir, who played all his domestic cricket for Delhi and was also captain for a long time, rued the state of affairs in DDCA.
Smriti Mandhana-led IPL Trailblazers compete against IPL Supernovas, to be captained by Harmanpreet Kaur.
India produced a clinical performance to register a convincing nine-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the first ODI of the ICC Women's Championship, in Galle, on Tuesday. India produced an incisive bowling effort to bundle out Sri Lanka for a meagre 98 in 35.1 overs after the home side opted to bat first and then chased down the target with consummate ease, reaching 100 in 19.5 overs for the loss of just one wicket.
Steffie Dsouza's incredible body transformation will amaze you.
Former India captain Shantha Rangaswamy said that Mithali Raj took the right decision by retiring from T20 Internationals as it will help her focus more on the 2021 ODI World Cup.
Kohli backed Ravi Shastri to continue as India head coach
When defending champions Australia compete in the Women's Twenty20 World Cup final in Melbourne on Sunday, they will earn the same as their male counterparts would - in stark contrast to their rivals, India. In cricket-mad India, male players are revered as gods, paid handsomely and showered with lucrative endorsement deals, from watches and shoes to snacks, headphones and even toothbrushes. The women barely get a look-in.
The Virat Kohl-led Indian cricket team shared a video message from the West Indies while other top sportspersons like MC Mary Kom, Sushil Kumar, Saina Nehwal and Sakshi Malik, as well as Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, greeted the fellow citizens through Twitter.
All that's transpired on and off the cricket pitch on Wednesday.
Deepti is currently placed second on the MRF Tyres ICC Women's ODI Rankings for all-rounders only after Australia's Ellyse Perry. At a young age, she has been an integral part of the Indian team, even finishing as her team's highest wicket-taker at the ICC Women's World Cup 2017, where India lost to England in the final.
KL Rahul is the 'Cricketer of the Year' in the sixth edition of Wisden India Almanack, which has just been released.
Kim had developed a good rapport with Sindhu, who time and again acknowledged the Korean's role in her success.
Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana met the captain after the men's team lost the 4th One-dayer against Australia in Bengaluru on Thursday.
India is being represented by 487 athletes in more than 15 disciplines.
From conserving water to fighting for the rights of the disabled, the seven women who were given access to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's social media accounts have made significant contribution in various fields.
One of the mistakes most homemakers make while thinking about financial planning is looking at immediate goals, says Amar Pandit.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
Apart from Shastri, the other big names who will give presentations to the three-member committee include former Australia all-rounder and Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody, along with ex-New Zealand and Kings XI Punjab coach Mike Hesson.
The Indian men's hockey team will have to guard against complacency when it takes on lower-ranked Russia, while a tricky contest awaits their female counterparts against United States in the two-legged Olympic qualifiers.
BCCI ACU chief calls for match-fixing law, legalised betting to contain corruption
India women's team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur faced backlash from Mithali Raj's manager.
Mandhana, asked specifically whether the team was too dependent on her, replied that the perception was not correct.
India's women's hockey team beat Belarus 3-1 to clinch their third successive win in the five-Test Series in Bhopal on Sunday.
Stand together and overcome these challenging times: Chhetri
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
India captain Mithali Raj came out in support of starting a women's version of the cash-rich Indian Premier League after having spoken against it earlier.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Saturday recommended former Indian women's team captain Diana Edulji for the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, an honour she declined citing her current role in the board as a Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrator (COA) member.
Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik and Asian Games champion Vinesh Phogat won a bronze each as India's women ended their campaign without a gold medal in the Asian Wrestling Championships, in Xi'an, on Friday.
However, it is not known why former captain and current national coach Anil Kumble, an equal contributor along with these five during Indian cricket's golden phase, has not been included in the felicitation list.
England women scripted a sensational recovery from a difficult position to register a consolation two-wicket win in the third and final ODI to prevent hosts India from completing a whitewash in the three-match series.
The Committee of Administrators is facing practical problems in implementing the Conflict of Interest guidelines on the day-to-day BCCI operations, CoA member Diana Edulji conceded.
Mobile manufacturing company OPPO, on Tuesday, became the new sponsor of the Indian cricket team, replacing broadcasting giants Star India.
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