BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla said that selection of the Indian cricket team is done with full transparency and added that only the deserving players get selected to represent the country at international level.
Indian cricket board said there is no need for it to step in.
Throwing its weight behind the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the BCCI today warned Australia against pulling out of their March-April tour to Pakistan, saying the move could lead to serious repercussions.
Venkatapathy Raju and Ranjib Biswal will join the Indian team for the third Test against Australia, starting in Perth on January 16.
The BCCI could lift a ban to lure players from an unofficial Twenty20 league into their own lucrative version.
The Indian cricket team found a novel way to draw inspiration ahead of the crucial fourth game -- by watching the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Chak De! India.
Journalist-turned politician Rajiv Shukla says crowds will throng stadiums for Indian Premier League matches because they will offer a combination of quick cricket and entertainment.
BCCI has decided not to intervene in the Matthew Hayden-Harbhajan case and leave it on the Indian team management to decide the issue.
The BCCI has withdrawn its threat to pull out of the Australian tour if the ban on Harbhajan Singh was not overturned.
Sachin Tendulkar has denied sending an SMS to BCCI chief Sharad Pawar requesting that the tour of Australia be suspended until the ICC lifts the ban on Harbhajan Singh.
Describing the ban on Harbhajan Singh as unfair and unacceptable, the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday made it clear that it would appeal against the order and fight the "false slur" cast on its ace spinner.
Describing the ban on Harbhajan Singh as unfair and unacceptable, the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday made it clear that it would appeal against the order and fight the "false slur" cast on its ace spinner.
BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla said the outgoing Bangladesh coach is a frontrunner.
Chief cricket selector Dilip Vengsarkar wants to step down following his stand off with the BCCI which has banned him from writing newspaper columns
"Vengsarkar had a chat with Sharad Pawar today and the matter has been resolved. Vengsarkar has assured that he will stop writing columns. So that is why the show cause notice is not being revoked and it has been withheld," BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla said in Delhi on Thursday.
Robert Vadra and Rajiv Shukla were also with them.
Strongest possible action will be taken against Members of Parliament involved in the "gassing" of Lok Sabha on Thursday as it was an attempt to "kill" the members, the government said, soon after the House witnessed unprecedented unruly scenes when the controversial Telangana bill was introduced.
"Since he (Dhoni) had played against me in several matches, the captain had the confidence that I would produce the results. I am glad I lived upto his expectations," said Joginder on reaching Rohtak.
BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla praised Indian batsmen for pulling off the second highest ever successful run chase in ODI history against Australia and said the win in the second ODI has made the seven-match series exciting.
Pawar's presence will hopefully shore up the sagging morale of the Indian team which is facing a do-or-die situation.
Lalchand Rajput has been appointed as the manager of Indian team for the Twenty-20 World Championship.
BCCI spokesman Rajiv Shukla has told Greg Chappell to refrain from making comments about Members of Parliament.
BCCI secretary Niranjan Shan said the process should be completed within the next three-four days.
'Ghulam Nabi Azad and Kapil Sibal are the two people who have been marked and punished'
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday said the tri-nation T20 series in Sri Lanka, also involving the Indian team, will continue despite the country plunging into a state of emergency following communal violence.
India has conditionally cleared the team to play a Test in Karachi during the Pakistan tour
In a video message, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the party is taking back the 1,000 buses it had arranged if the Uttar Pradesh government didn't want to use them to help stranded migrant workers return home. Vadra said the buses will remain at the UP border till 4 pm, when it would be 24 hours since they were brought there.
"We have received the report today and have forwarded it to the ICC for necessary action," BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla told PTI.
'As I said, sometimes there are differences of opinion and BCCI tried its level best to resolve the whole issue but sometimes things don't work. Sometimes it happens that you can't get along with someone'
The BCCI expressed its desire to invite Pakistan President Musharraf for the second Test, at Kolkata.
Kanpur is trying to get the ground released from the government at the earliest.
The 47-year-old Ganguly was officially entrusted with the task of heading Indian cricket for the next nine months at the BCCI's General Body meeting in Mumbai, ending a tumultuous 33-month reign of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA).
The Pakistani cricket team landed in New Delhi on Monday for its first full-fledged tour of India in six years.
The BCCI officially allotted Kanpur to host the third One-day international between India and the West Indies, after the Baroda Cricket Association expressed its inability to get the IPCL stadium ready in time for the November 27 match.
Two Indian Premier League team owners on Tuesday floated the idea of having next edition's players' auction in England
The BCCI has asked the Centre if the cricketers could use the three colours on the national flag in their costume without the Ashok Chakra
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