For the team management, it is a choice between a younger man's (Sarfaraz) flamboyance and fearlessness versus a seasoned campaigner who has been a Test captain and is part of the national set-up for a decade now.
Desperate to host a bulk of the matches in the seventh edition of the IPL in the country, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said it will wait till the announcement of dates for the general elections before finalising the venues for the Twenty20 tournament.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India's technical committee, headed by former India captain Sourav Ganguly, decided to have all Ranji matches from the coming season at neutral venues while inter-zonal system of the Duleep Trophy will be replaced.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has threatened to take "appropriate steps" against former captain Kapil Dev for aligning with the rebel Indian Cricket League despite occupying the post of National Cricket Academy chairman.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India drew up an action plan on Monday in a bid to restore the credibility of the game that has taken a beating following the IPL spot-fixing episode.
The Solicitor General said, "Leadership develops at the grassroots level and it remains in the state association. By the time, his time comes for being elevated to the BCCI; he has to go for a mandatory three-year cooling-off period. One cannot become a member of the BCCI if he is not an active member of the state association".
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has scrapped its contract with broadcast rights holder Nimbus for defaulting on payments, and forfeited the bank guarantee amount of Rs 2,000 crore.
N Srinivasan moved the Supreme Court seeking his reinstatement as BCCI President contending that there was "absolutely nothing" in the Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee report "incriminating" him in the IPL6 scam.
After the accident and the kind of rehabilitation that he had to go through, this knock will be right up there, says Rishabh Pant's coach Devender Sharma.
BCCI has refunded 30 percent of franchise fees paid for IPL 2016 by suspended franchises, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals.
Lalit Modi's alleged financial irregularities dominated the discussion in the Board of Control for Cricket in India's Working Committee meeting on Sunday, during which the members "agreed" with the charges levelled against the suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday called an Emergent Working Committee meeting on Saturday in Chennai to discuss the possible implications of banned former Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi's re-entry into Rajasthan Cricket Association.
Around 160 domestic and international cricketers who have retired before 2003-04 will be awarded cash bonanza as part of the BCCI's one-time benefit scheme from the IPL surplus money, a gesture which would cost the Board Rs 70 crores.
The Cricket Board posted net income of Rs 350 crore, while its gross revenue stood at Rs 950 crore during the fiscal 2012-13.
'I have always taken pride while donning the Indian jersey during my playing days and it is going to be no different when I take up this new role.'
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's statement that coach Duncan Fletcher continues to be the 'boss' of the team and will stay till the 2015 World Cup has prompted the Board of Control for Cricket in India to take up the matter at its next Working Committee meeting.
Rajasthan Royals will file a criminal complaint against its three cricketers arrested for spot-fixing even as a rattled BCCI said it would follow the rulebook before handing down punishment to the tainted trio, while unveiling measures to check corruption in the IPL.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India's four-member working group, formed to study the Justice Lodha panel's verdict relating to the spot-fixing scandal in the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League in 2013, on Monday met for the first time to discuss the way forward for the cash-rich league's next edition and said the sponsors are fully behind the Board.
With the BCCI-Deccan Chargers stand-off now becoming a legal battle, the Board Of Control For Cricket In India on Saturday decided to add a new team for the coming IPL season while leaving it to the court to rule on the beleaguered franchise's participation.
Senior BCCI members feel that the "decision to buckle under government pressure" may lead to the Board losing its autonomy despite being financially independent.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India is likely to plead before the Supreme Court for more time to file a comprehensive investigative report on irregularities during the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India is all set to retain the support staff members comprising of Sanjay Bangar, R Sridhar and Bharat Arun, who came in as temporary replacements for Trevor Penny and Joe Dawes.
The high-profile cricket advisory committee will submit its final report on the appointment of the new coach at the Board of Control for Cricket in India's working committee meeting in Dharamsala on Friday.
Amid speculation that Indian cricketers are unhappy with the prize money announced for their World Cup triumph, the BCCI increased it from Rs one crore to Rs two crore each.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India's all-powerful Working Committee is to meet in Mumbai on Sunday afternoon at its headquarters to find a pathway to satisfy the latest directive of the Supreme Court in the case related to corruption in last year's Indian Premier League.
The latest Supreme Court directive is a shot in the arm for Tamil Nadu as Narayanswami Srinivasan, despite being disqualified as per Lodha norms, will remain relevant in the BCCI power game.
Reacting to the BCCI's claim, Jagmohan Dalmiya said that he still continues to be Cricket Association of Bengal president.
The under-fire Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday adjourned its crucial Special General Meeting, called to consider the sweeping reforms suggested by the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee, on technical grounds.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed modification of BCCI's constitution and paved the way for its president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah to continue in office without having to serve the mandatory cooling-off period.
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Shashank Manohar was "disillusioned" with the proceedings of the Board's Emergent Working Committee meeting, which he had attended as a representative of the Vidarbha Cricket Association.
Anurag Thakur is set to be unanimously elected as the BCCI's youngest President in the Board's Special General Meeting (SGM) in Mumbai on Sunday, replacing Shashank Manohar who quit the position to take up the ICC chief's job.
Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Sanjay Patel has clarified that "a slight mistake" in the circular issued to summon Friday's Working Committee meeting in Delhi forced it to be called off.
The BCCI challenged the Rajasthan Sports Act 2005 allowing the former Indian Premier League commissioner to contest the RCA presidential elections on December 19 despite being banned for life by the Board.
Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi has termed the BCCI Emergent Working Committee meeting in Chennai the "biggest cover-up in cricket" and said having Jagmohan Dalmiya as head of an interim set-up was not the solution.
The passing of the annual report and accounts for the 2009-10 fiscal are set to dominate the agenda when the Board of Control for Cricket in India's all-powerful Working Committee (WC) meets in Mumbai on Saturday.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday named former captain Sourav Ganguly in the four-member panel to study the Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha committee verdict on the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal of 2013.
The BCCI will not be terminating Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals but will only be suspending the two franchises for a period of two years from the Indian Premier League (IPL) as per recommendations of the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee.
The all-powerful working committee meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will take place in Chennai on Friday to discuss about deferring the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and a longer tenure for team director Ravi Shastri, who in all likelihood would be requested to guide India till next year's World Cup.
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