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Who will be Pakistan's new captain?

Who will be Pakistan's new captain?

Rediff.com2 Oct 2024

Babar Azam announced that he will be stepping down as the white-ball captain of the Pakistan cricket team, wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan is likely to take his place

The two contenders to replace Jay Shah as BCCI secretary

The two contenders to replace Jay Shah as BCCI secretary

Rediff.com28 Sep 2024

Anil Patel, the secretary of Gujarat Cricket Association and Rohan Jaitley, son of late Arun Jaitley and the president of the Delhi and District Cricket Association are the two names in running to take over as BCCI secretary.

India Gears Up For Lanka ODI Series

India Gears Up For Lanka ODI Series

Rediff.com1 Aug 2024

The Indian cricket team has commenced their training regimen in Sri Lanka, marking the beginning of their preparations for the ODI series against the hosts.

'Rohit 59%, Kohli 61%, Bumrah 34%'

'Rohit 59%, Kohli 61%, Bumrah 34%'

Rediff.com28 Aug 2024

'I see them as well rested India players. Could have been selected for the Duleep Trophy.'

Rohit, Dravid win top honours at Ceat Cricket Awards

Rohit, Dravid win top honours at Ceat Cricket Awards

Rediff.com21 Aug 2024

India captain Rohit Sharma was named the 'Men's International Cricketer of the Year', while former head coach Rahul Dravid was conferred with the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' at the Ceat Cricket Rating Awards 2023-24 here on Wednesday.

Focus on Kohli as India aim to avoid series loss in Sri Lanka

Focus on Kohli as India aim to avoid series loss in Sri Lanka

Rediff.com6 Aug 2024

India's previous bilateral ODI series defeat against Sri Lanka came way back in 1997.

No proposal for India-Pakistan bilaterial series: PCB

No proposal for India-Pakistan bilaterial series: PCB

Rediff.com22 Jul 2024

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday made it clear that it has made no proposal to play an offshore T20I series against India.

87 bomb detonators found at bus station in Colombo

87 bomb detonators found at bus station in Colombo

Rediff.com22 Apr 2019

The blasts -- one of the deadliest attacks in the country's history -- targeted St Anthony's Church in Colombo, St Sebastian's Church in the western coastal town of Negombo and Zion Church in the eastern town of Batticaloa around 8.45 am (local time) as the Easter Sunday mass were in progress.

'Cancelling Adani Project Not Good Sign'

'Cancelling Adani Project Not Good Sign'

Rediff.com30 Sep 2024

'If there is a push towards a Marxist oriented government it will be dangerous.' 'We have seen this in Nepal and Myanmar and it will be a concern for India if it is surrounded by countries with such political dispensations.'

Wellalage achieves elusive record vs India in ODIs

Wellalage achieves elusive record vs India in ODIs

Rediff.com7 Aug 2024

Wellalage was the star of the show with a five-wicket haul inflicting a dent that the Indian team could never recover from.

Hasaranga steps down as Sri Lanka T20 captain

Hasaranga steps down as Sri Lanka T20 captain

Rediff.com11 Jul 2024

'Hasaranga said it is in the best interest of Sri Lanka Cricket'

PIX: Spinners help Sri Lanka tie first India ODI

PIX: Spinners help Sri Lanka tie first India ODI

Rediff.com2 Aug 2024

Images from the 1st ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo on Friday.

How Sri Lanka shattered 27-year hoodoo against India

How Sri Lanka shattered 27-year hoodoo against India

Rediff.com8 Aug 2024

Avishka Fernando scored a superb 96 and Dunith Wellalage took five wickets as Sri Lanka thumped India by 110 runs in Colombo.

27 Wickets to spin: India's nightmare series

27 Wickets to spin: India's nightmare series

Rediff.com7 Aug 2024

Spinners became India's worst nightmare in their first bilateral series defeat against Sri Lanka since 1997.

India eager to settle Rahul vs Pant debate in ODIs

India eager to settle Rahul vs Pant debate in ODIs

Rediff.com1 Aug 2024

The Gautam Gambhir-led Indian team management has an opportunity to decide who among KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant will be India's long-term first-choice wicketkeeper-batter in ODIs

Captain Rohit's remedy for India's spin woes

Captain Rohit's remedy for India's spin woes

Rediff.com8 Aug 2024

India may adopt a 'horses-for-courses' policy after failing to counter the spin-friendly conditions in Colombo.

Champions Trophy to be held entirely in Pakistan: PCB

Champions Trophy to be held entirely in Pakistan: PCB

Rediff.com7 Jul 2024

PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi said the Champions Trophy would be held entirely in Pakistan.

Fire on cargo ship off Karwar under control, 1 crew member missing

Fire on cargo ship off Karwar under control, 1 crew member missing

Rediff.com20 Jul 2024

The fire on a merchant vessel off the Karwar coast has been brought under control after more than 24 hours but one of the ship's 21 crew members was missing, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said on Saturday.

Nayar, Doeschate set to join Gambhir for Lanka Tour

Nayar, Doeschate set to join Gambhir for Lanka Tour

Rediff.com20 Jul 2024

Nayar comes with a high reputation as a sharp cricket mind and a lifestyle/motivational coach who have worked with the likes of Dinesh Karthik and Rinku Singh.

How India Won Back Maldives's Trust

How India Won Back Maldives's Trust

Rediff.com12 Sep 2024

The avoidable stresses and strains in ties helped in one way. It showed for the entire region how a matured India handled diplomatic relations, especially with a smaller and suspicious neighbour, with practised dignity and patience, unruffled by provocations in word, deed and action, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.

PIX: India humiliated as Sri Lanka clinch series

PIX: India humiliated as Sri Lanka clinch series

Rediff.com7 Aug 2024

IMAGES from the 3rd ODI played between Sri Lanka and India, in Colombo, on Wednesday.

Chameera ruled out of series against India

Chameera ruled out of series against India

Rediff.com24 Jul 2024

Pacer Asitha Fernando has been named as Chameera's replacement.

Spin woes continue for India as batters falter again!

Spin woes continue for India as batters falter again!

Rediff.com5 Aug 2024

Sri Lanka leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay wreaked havoc with a six-wicket haul to hand India a 32-run defeat in the second ODI match.

Will BCCI's Jay Shah take over the reins at ICC?

Will BCCI's Jay Shah take over the reins at ICC?

Rediff.com17 Jul 2024

All eyes will be on BCCI secretary Jay Shah during the four-day ICC Annual Conference in Colombo, starting on Friday, where there might be serious discussions about when he will take over from New Zealander Greg Barclay as the chairman of the global body.

Give proof of govt's denial of permission: PCB tells BCCI

Give proof of govt's denial of permission: PCB tells BCCI

Rediff.com15 Jul 2024

The Pakistan Cricket Board wants the BCCI to provide written proof of the Indian government's denial of permission in case the team refuses to come here for next year's ICC Champions Trophy.

ITC's luxury project in Colombo hit as Sri Lanka economy sinks

ITC's luxury project in Colombo hit as Sri Lanka economy sinks

Rediff.com30 Jun 2022

ITC's first foreign venture in the hotel space - a premium and luxury mixed-use development - has been "adversely impacted" by Sri Lanka's economic crisis, the firm said. The $300-million project under WelcomHotels Lanka (Private) Limited (WLPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITC, comprises a luxury hotel and a super-premium residential apartment complex on 5.86 acres of prime sea-facing land in Colombo. In its latest annual report for financial year 2021-22 (FY22), ITC mentioned that the project's construction was running on schedule till the third quarter (Q3) of FY19, but was adversely impacted due to disruptions in the aftermath of the terror incidents in 2019 and thereafter by recurrent waves of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Gambhir era begins with 'Surya Uday' in T20s

Gambhir era begins with 'Surya Uday' in T20s

Rediff.com18 Jul 2024

The firebrand Gautam Gambhir announced his arrival as India's head coach by successfully ensuring the ascension of Suryakumar Yadav as the new T20 captain in place of Hardik Pandya

Gujarat ATS nabs 4 IS operatives from Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad airport

Gujarat ATS nabs 4 IS operatives from Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad airport

Rediff.com20 May 2024

The ATS, in a brief note, said the four accused, who were arrested from the airport, were Sri Lankan citizens and terrorists of the Islamic State.

10 Indian fishermen to be charged with Lankan sailor's death

10 Indian fishermen to be charged with Lankan sailor's death

Rediff.com27 Jun 2024

Ten Indian fishermen, arrested for allegedly engaged in illegal fishing in the Sri Lankan waters on Monday, will be charged with the death of a Navy sailor, who was killed in an operation to seize their trawler, authorities in Colombo said.

Can ICC convince BCCI to travel to Pakistan for Champions Trophy?

Can ICC convince BCCI to travel to Pakistan for Champions Trophy?

Rediff.com23 Jul 2024

The PCB has now left it up to the ICC to finalise and announce the tournament schedule and also get confirmation from the BCCI whether the Indian team will travel to Pakistan.

Seven-star Hasaranga helps SL down Zim

Seven-star Hasaranga helps SL down Zim

Rediff.com12 Jan 2024

Hasaranga's bowling figures are the second-best by a Sri Lanka bowler with Chaminda Vaas's 8/19, against the same opposition 23 years ago, the best in men's ODI history.

India unlikely to travel to Pakistan for Champions Trophy: BCCI sources

India unlikely to travel to Pakistan for Champions Trophy: BCCI sources

Rediff.com11 Jul 2024

The Indian cricket team is unlikely to travel to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy next year, BCCI sources told ANI.

'Hardik Pandya to captain India in Sri Lanka T20I series'

'Hardik Pandya to captain India in Sri Lanka T20I series'

Rediff.com16 Jul 2024

Hardik Pandya is all set to lead India in the three-match T20 International series against Sri Lanka, starting on July 27.

India record highest-ever Test total in women's cricket

India record highest-ever Test total in women's cricket

Rediff.com29 Jun 2024

India surpassed that mark when Richa Ghosh hammered a four in the first ball of the 109th over bowled by Annerie Dercksen.

At least 6 JD-S workers killed in Colombo blasts

At least 6 JD-S workers killed in Colombo blasts

Rediff.com22 Apr 2019

A leisure trip to Sri Lanka proved fatal for JD-S workers when the blast took place very close to the dining table as they sat for breakfast at Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, one of the major targets of the deadliest terror strikes in the island nation's history, family members said.

Pant vs Rahul: Here's what captain Rohit said...

Pant vs Rahul: Here's what captain Rohit said...

Rediff.com1 Aug 2024

Skipper Rohit Sharma said it is a tough decision to pick India's wicketkeeper batter in ODIs between K L Rahul and Rishabh Pant.

Big B's message for Colombo

Big B's message for Colombo

Rediff.com20 Apr 2010

Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to.

Can India conquer Lankan spin puzzle in 2nd ODI?

Can India conquer Lankan spin puzzle in 2nd ODI?

Rediff.com3 Aug 2024

SL executed their plans well against the Indian batters, who are not the cleverest performers on rank turners, while not many are though.

'It's going to be an all-rounder's game in coming days'

'It's going to be an all-rounder's game in coming days'

Rediff.com3 Aug 2024

'So, if one or two (batsmen) from the top-order can bowl it will definitely help the team, of course, depending on pitch conditions and situations. Also, it will be a surprise element to the opposition, if a batter can bowl.'

Drug addicts, not religious extremists: Lanka on 4 IS suspects

Drug addicts, not religious extremists: Lanka on 4 IS suspects

Rediff.com30 May 2024

He said that the Sri Lankan authorities have arrested more of their associates but it won't be right to reveal any more details on them as the investigation is going on.