'In cold weather conditions, when you are not sweating at all, how do you use sweat?'
'If a person whom Vijender had thrashed earlier is now a World champion, why can't Vijender be champion now too?'
The decision was taken after officials from the BCCI and the Afghanistan Cricket Board met in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Controversy erupted at the World Cup after the International Cricket Council asked former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to remove the dagger insignia from his wicket-keeping gloves.
A shorter tournament will mean a smaller share from the shrunken central pool of revenues for the eight IPL franchises, not to mention a reduction in gate receipts. Cricket Australia stands to lose some A$300 million ($174 million) should the coronavirus outbreak derail their high-profile home test series against India later this year.
The decision comes a month after DSport, the official broadcasters of the Pakistan Premier League (PSL) in India, stopped the coverage of the tournament in protest of the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag feels cricket needs to played in more countries if the game has to make its way into the Olympics.
Former great or British Royal likely to give away the trophy to the new champions
'Never in my wildest dreams did I believe that I would ever get to join such an illustrious group of players'
World Athletics on Tuesday suspended the qualification period for the Tokyo Games from April 6 to November 30, 2020, following consultation with its Athletes' Commission, continental association presidents and the Council. India's Deputy chief national coach Radhakrishnan Nair the decision would disappoint many Indian athletes.
A new documentary titled 'Death of a Gentleman' raises fresh doubts about the future of Test cricket and asks if the game is losing its identity in the face of stiff competition from commerce-driven Twenty20.
Adille Sumariwalla was re-elected unopposed as the president of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for a second term at its Annual General Body Meeting in New Delhi on Friday.
'There is going to be sledging, there is going to be banter' 'We'll do whatever we have to do to play our best cricket' 'Banter is part of the game'
BCCI is planning aggressively to have an IPL in the United Arab Emirates provided the central government green-lights their request for a shift due to the rising cases of COVID-19.
Postponed several times due to a variety of reasons, the much-delayed but the biggest South Asian Games ever begin, in Guwahati, on Friday, with hosts India expected to stamp their superiority in the regional spectacle.
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India's woman boxer Sarita Devi is facing an International Boxing Association (AIBA) probe for returning her Asian Games bronze medal during the podium ceremony with the world governing body's supervisor describing her act as "regretful".
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza was spotted in the 17th Asian Games village in Incheon on Wednesday.
As the legend turns 40, we take a look at his journey in cricket and life.
After the MCC Committee meetings this week, the panel of former players requested the BCCI to reconsider its stance.
"The granting of the Freedom of the City of London recognises how they have added their voices to the growing global movement to stamp out racism."
On May 22, the International Cricket Council (ICC) had announced the 'Back to Cricket Guidelines' for the safe resumption of the sport.
PM stressed that 'response to terrorism must be nothing less than comprehensive'.
Thursday's match was just Venus Williams's seventh of the year and first since January's Australian Open, where she fell to Simona Halep in the round of 32.
The joint secretary also said a high-level task force to work on frontiers of science related to vaccines and drug testing was formed on Sunday.
Modi also made a call for European Union unity and said India would play a positive role in enhancing that through Germany.
'It's the most beautiful format of the game.' 'I don't think it's going to go anywhere.' 'I don't even see it getting compressed to four days.'
The International Cricket Council Chief Executive David Richardson has revealed that the Emirates Panel of Umpires' usage of the Decision Review System (DRS) has enabled them to attain a staggering accuracy rate of 98.5 per cent.
"We are committed to building a new India. We have to do this as early as possible," he said.
'There is a joke that is cracked in hushed tones sometimes in Manipur, what would many of the insurgent outfits do if AFSPA is indeed taken away? What would they fight against?'
The new BCCI regime could soon be engaged in a bitter turf battle with the ICC since the world governing body's proposed Futures Tours Programme (FTP) could significantly hit Indian Cricket Board's revenue stream.
India captain Virat Kohli along with the other nine skippers of the participating teams at the ICC World Cup on Wednesday met Queen Elizabeth and Prince Harry at Buckingham Palace in London.
'Mahendra Singh Dhoni has at his disposal a range of multi-skilled players who possess the ability to turn the game around at the flick of a switch.'
Board of Control for Cricket in India's anti-corruption chief Ravi Sawani has resigned citing personal reasons.
Five-day cricket remains the ultimate format for Australia fast bowling great Glenn McGrath, who believes day-night Tests are the way forward for the format to survive in the age of the shorter Twenty20 version. The future of the longest format has been the subject of debate since the rise of popular T20 leagues over the last decade coincided with dwindling crowds at Test matches outside cricket hotbeds Australia and England.
Graeme Smith's backing of Sourav Ganguly comes right after former England captain David Gower's comments that former India captain has right political acumen to become ICC president
England and Wales will host the inaugural World Test Championship in 2017, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Saturday.
The International Cricket Council will conduct random dope tests during the World Twenty20 Championship in India, which is a regular practice in all ICC events, Tournament Director M V Sridhar said on Thursday. "The random dope tests have been a part of ICC events for a long time. Random dope tests are performed at all ICC events and it is not a new phenomenon," Tournament Director M V Sridhar told PTI. Sridhar clarified that a series of drug scandals that have recently rocked the sporting world, including tennis star Maria Sharapova's revelation, has not prompted the ICC to take this step as dope tests have been in practice since 2011. "I have never said that it is being done because of drug test failures as this has been a practice for a long time," Sridhar insisted. "ICC events have had dope tests since 2011. They (other sports) have their own anti doping agency which performs as ICC is not part of WADA and cricketers have not signed any whereabouts clause. "For the record, ICC had performed random dope tests at 2011 World Cup, T20 editions in 2012 and 2014. There are times when these dope tests are done during training sessions," Sridhar added.
England legend and commentator Geoffrey Boycott has slammed South African curators for being 'too kind' to India in the recent Test series, saying that had be been the captain of the African side, he would have 'strangled' the groundsmen.
P Balakrishna Reddy was sentenced Reddy to three years rigorous imprisonment in a two-decade old riot case related to a protest against illicit liquor in Hosur.
MCG moved to improve the playing surface after receiving the negative rating from ICC following last year's drawn Test against England, when only 24 wickets fell in five days.
