;It's a given that Dhoni won't be around when the next ICC World T20 happens in Australia in 2020.' 'So, there wasn't any point continuing with him if he will not play World T20.'
Pandurang Salgaoncar's fall from grace has suddenly shifted focus on pitch curators - a section in cricketing community who have a major role to play but are grossly underpaid.
India U-19 coach Rahul Dravid strongly believes that the recent decision by the BCCI working committee to put a cap on players getting only one shot at Colts World Cup will prevent age fudging by players. Ravindra Jadeja ('06 & '08), Vijay Zol ('12 and '14), Sandeep Sharma ('10 and '12), Sarfaraz Khan ('14 and '16), Ricky Bhui ('14 and '16) and Avesh Khan ('14 and '16) are some players in recent times who have played in two U-19 global meets. "Being allowed to play only one U-19 World Cup will mean people are less motivated to alter the age. Honestly, U-19 cricket should be more about exposure and less about results.
It is learnt that Test team vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane has been kept on standby for the limited overs series against England in case Rohit Sharma fails to clear the 16.1 qualifying mark.
Congratulatory messages poured in for Anurag Thakur after he took over as the BCCI President in Mumbai on Sunday with senior players and his board colleagues expressing confidence that Indian cricket would continue to flourish in his tenure.
In a startling revelation, a former Cricket Australia employee, on Monday, alleged she was sacked because she campaigned for improved abortion rights and criticised the state government on social media.
Gavaskar said Pant will give India more flexibility in the first Test, the only day-night game, to be played in Adelaide.
The Hussain family from Sopore and Iqbal household in Kashmir's Anantnag are eagerly waiting for their cell phones to buzz. It's been 11 days since 20-year-old Amir Hussain Rather and 25-year-old Wasim Iqbal last spoke with their folks back home.
Former BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla has said the decision to slap ex IPL chairman Lalit Modi with a life ban was a "unanimous" decision and there was no ambiguity in the verdict by the cricket board.
Former IPL chairperson Lalit Modi was his usual outspoken self when he said it will be 'doomsday' for the Indian cricket if N Srinivasan gets re-elected as BCCI president at the Board's AGM on September 29.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting on Monday backed Rahul Dravid as one of the best candidates to coach the Indian cricket team.
Apparently angry over captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's decision to field first in the fourth One-dayer against Australia in Ranchi, an unidentified person pelted a stone at Dhoni's house in the Harmu Housing Colony on Wednesday night. As a result, a window pane was broken.
Under-pressure to quit his post as Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar on Wednesday met ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed in Dubai.
Snubbed by the Delhi high court, the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association on Friday officially intimated the Board of Control for Cricket in India that it will not be able to host the second India-Sri Lanka Twenty20 International on February 12. The BCCI named Ranchi as the new venue for the match.
An update on anti-corruption measures and the progress report of Bangladesh's preparedness for next year's World Twenty20 will be top of the agenda when the International Cricket Council's Board gathers in London for a two-day meet starting Saturday.
Using a sledgehammer to fix some ills can cut down a game at its peak, warns Shekhar Gupta.
'I feel former Olympians should be a part of the NADA panels rather than cricketers.'
Dhoni, on his part, has not uttered a word on his future course of action.
Former India captain and CAB president, Sourav Ganguly, is working overtime to get everything in order at Eden Gardens, which is set to host the country's first pink-ball multi-day cricket match under lights. With drone flying over him under the dazzling Eden floodlights, the iconic lefthander was seen shooting promotional with the pink Kookaburra. "Eden Gardens will hold the first day-night (four-day) match in India. It has given us many moments to celebrate, now it's getting ready to host yet another moment to remember," Ganguly said in the promotional. Later talking to media, Ganguly, who is also the BCCI technical committee chairman, said, "Pink ball is the future... This will be the ultimate form of Test cricket. What will be the use of doing something which will have little interest left."
A key member of India's historic win in the 2018-19 Test series Down Under, Shami further said he's looking forward to the upcoming four-match Test series against Australia later this year.
Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin on Tuesday filed his nomination papers for Hyderabad Cricket Association president's post after incumbent Arshad Ayub quit office following the Supreme Court verdict on Lodha committee reforms.
The growing rift among the Board members of National Cricket Academy (NCA) came out in the open on Monday with a key functionary questioning the "restructuring policy" as well as the working procedure at the academy.
'When I was playing, the BCCI used to appoint the coach.' 'That was not the captain's prerogative, but now things have changed.'
Former captain Rahul Dravid believes a settled middle order can ensure Indian Test team's success abroad.
Sarfraz can't continue to captain in all three formats: Zaheer Abbas
Citing Kohli's record in the Indian Premier League, Gambhir said a skipper's effectiveness is tested when you don't have the services of several talented players.
Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly revealed on Friday that India skipper Virat Kohli is open to the idea of playing day-night Tests. His comments come following a meeting with Kohli, in Mumbai on Thursday, during which the idea was floated.
'They (India) have no excuse for not playing in UAE. The MOU is between PCB and BCCI and it states clearly that the series will be held in the UAE or any other mutually accepted venue'
Rahul Dravid said he was looking forward to coaching the India 'A' team.
The BCCI will put in place a fresh set of players' contracts by November
Another important thing that has come out in the open was that the Chief Advisory Committee, comprising Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, also didn't straightaway give the green light to Kumble's extension.
Former Indian batsman VVS Laxman says Rishabh Pant is fast running out of time to justify the time invested in him by the team management and might lose his place to Sanju Samson if he doesn't regain his form soon.
Srikkanth seemed pretty happy with the composition of the 15-member squad for the World cup, which he believes has all the ingredients to emerge victors.
Dravid recently coached the Indian team at the Under-19 World Cup. He was mentor of Rajasthan Royals in the last two seasons of the IPL before the franchise was suspended from the T20 tournament for two years by the Justice Lodha Committee in the aftermath of the spot-fixing scandal that rocked the sixth edition of the T20 tournament in 2013.
A disappointed former team director Ravi Shastri on Tuesday hit out at Sourav Ganguly saying he was 'disrespectful' of the candidate he was interviewing and the job of selecting the coach he was entrusted with.
Former Team Director Ravi Shastri will be the front-runner for the Head Coach's job of the Indian men's cricket team when the three-member Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) meets in Mumbai on Monday to scrutinize candidates for the high-profile vacancy.
Gavaskar has held a position in the ICC as well, and the batting great said positions have never affected his service to the game as he speaks to serve the sport.
As Team India begins its campaign in the Champions Trophy, many await the outcome of the Virat Kohli-Anil Kumble tangle.
AIFF plans to go ahead with the 2020-21 I-League season even if the clubs' star foreign recruits are unable to make it due to the coronavirus-forced travel restrictions.
