At a press conference in New Delhi, Subhash Chandra announced that the league will be floated with a corpus of Rs 100 crore, and will offer top prize money of $ 1 million
The WPL action is slated to be held on February 13 in Mumbai, a day after India's T20 World Cup opener against Pakistan.
'We were prepared, we knew that dew was going to play a huge role.'
Yashasvi Jaiswal is a quick learner and has the ability to excel not just for his IPL franchise but also India, feels Rajasthan Royals head coach Kumar Sangakkara.
Head coach Rahul Dravid has called for patience as the Indian team goes through a rebuilding phase for the next cycle of the T20 World Cup.
Shashank Manohar was elected by the Board unanimously and unopposed as the Chairman of the International Cricket Council.
Accept ICC's World Cup decisions.
The team leaves for Australia on Wednesday to play three ODIs, a day-night Test and three T20Is.
'There's a lot of experience in the group. I'm not concerned about carrying baggage into a different game against a totally different opposition.'
Australia signal Warner ban to be revoked after integrity code review
No major cricketing nation has toured Pakistan since the terrorist attack on Sri Lanka team back in 2009.
Smriti Mandhana isn't actually known to be the most prolific T20 player -- her career T20 International average of 27.32 is middling at best. There have been failures too, but her ability to analyse and assess them honestly is a rarity in modern sport.
Left impressed by the facilities at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium, the only ICC certified ODI standard stadium in Florida, USA, India coach Anil Kumble says the two T20 Internationals against West Indies is the start of a "new beginning" for cricket in the US.
Among the political parties, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) emerged as the largest party, winning 227 seats, followed by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) with 160 seats.
'I am still very passionate to go out there, be there in the middle and win games for India. I know there is still room for improvements in terms of my batting and that is something I am working on... There are certain dimensions I would like to add to my batting...'
Bangladesh vice-captain Najmul Hossain Shanto says the team is hoping to benefit from the inputs it is receiving from technical consultant Sridharan Sriram in the World Cup matches, including Friday's game against New Zealand.
Kohli jokingly told journalists to come to the change room and say 'hello' to the former skipper.
Misbah ul Haq responded to reporter with a witty reply and his response had the room of journalists erupt in laughter.
India captain Virat Kohli said his side's impeccable tournament record against Pakistan will count for nothing when they face each other on Sunday and they will need to be at their very best to overcome Babar Azam's side in the Twenty20 World Cup.
Ponting received his commemorative cap from compatriot ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Glenn McGrath during the tea break
The 29-year-old, who got married this week, received a warm welcome from an unusually large crowd at the Glenn McGrath Oval and looked his usual twitchy self at the crease as he rattled off a half century in 62 balls.
A world XI will play two Twenty20 cricket matches in Pakistan this week in a development organisers hope will help to convince foreign teams to tour the country.
India breezed into the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) following their 3-1 series victory against England on Sunday but head coach Ravi Shastri is still bitter how the qualifying rules were changed last year.
'I feel the boys are young, but they played maturely'
Pakistan's bowling coach Morne Morkel hoped that spinners would lift their game against Sri Lanka, a virtual semi-final, on Thursday.
Arshdeep Singh brushed aside concerns around India's long tail after their shock loss in the first T20I against the West Indies.
Former England captain Michael Atherton gives some credence, if reluctantly, to the view that England and Australia feel they have no choice but to grant India power in a way that will encourage them to run the world game responsibly - and even suggests India has now been affected with the arrogance of old colonialism.
'There will be an extended period of time out and we're just going to weigh whether that time falls potentially with an option to carry him through the front half of the World Cup.'
South Africa look to balance last of their World Cup preparations
The International Cricket Council is considering a proposal which could limit Zimbabwe and Bangladesh to home matches because of their problems competing at the top level.
The International Cricket Council's rule-making committee recommended unanimously on Wednesday the adoption of the Decision Review System (DRS) in all international matches.
In Dubai, A Ganesh Nadar encountered high speeds on smooth-as-silk-roads, no bureaucracy, gold, Mr Toad's. And snow!
'There's no way in the world he was trying to change Rishabh Pant's guard.'
Under-fire BCCI president N Srinivasan put an end to all speculations by making his presence felt at the International Cricket Council annual conference in London by attending one of the sub-committee meetings via video-link.
The Jamaican, who made 72 off 41 balls, was applauded by the Indian players as he walked off after being dismissed in the 12th over of West Indies innings. He raised his bat, helmet perched on top of it, and the crowd continued to cheer, wondering if it was the last time they would see him bat.
"Indian politics needs more like her," Ramesh said.
Indeed, if you look at this hypothesis with sufficiently jaundiced eyes, you will find plenty in common in the way 'Team India' conducts its affairs and the way 'Team Modi' does, argues Krishna Prasad.
England and Wales will host the inaugural World Test Championship in 2017, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Saturday.
Captain Dean Elgar said he always believed his young South African side could become a formidable team after they beat England by an innings and 12 runs within three days in the first Test at Lord's on Friday.
ICC says it will meet representatives of the channel that claims to have unearthed 'spot-fixing' and 'pitch-fixing' in Test matches t
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