The Madras High Court on Monday stayed an order of a single judge who had held that termination of tender proceedings was 'improper'.
New BCCI president Ranbir Singh Mahendra is busy with electioneering in Haryana.
Gearing up to host Sachin Tendulkar's penultimate Test at Eden Gardens, the Cricket Association of Bengal has said it would organise the best possible farewell for the batting maestro.
'We have no idea of saying goodbye to anybody at the moment. Wright has done a good job,' said BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan claimed that he will be going to India later this week to convince the Indian government to allow restoration of bilateral cricket between the two countries.
Rattled by betting charges against Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra, the Board of Control for Cricket in India convened an Emergent Working Committee meeting in New Delhi on Monday to discuss the issue and 'take action if required'.
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 popular but troubled Indian Premier League (IPL) will take place next year notwithstanding the suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals but the Champions League was scrapped for lack of fan interest.
The BCCI wants feedback on the tournament's new format.
Factionalism is nothing new to Bihar cricket and the ugly infighting that has been running well over two decades has robbed the state of some notable talents, besides attracting the ire of the BCCI.
Kolkata will host the charity match on February 13.
Eden Gardens is the likely venue for next month's return game between a World team and an Asia XI to raise funds for victims of the south Asian tsunami disaster.
After a closed door meeting at Indian cricket board president Jagmohan Dalmiya's residence in Kolkata on Monday, Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Anurag Thakur said that national team's support staff, including the Team Director, will be announced by June 6, a day before the team leaves for tour of Bangladesh.
The drama surrounding the preparations of the Eden pitch for the third Test between India and England ended on Saturday after CAB President Jagmohan Dalmiya persuaded Prabir Mukherjee to return to work, hours after the peeved curator had threatened to proceed on medical leave.
The former India captain, coach and fast bowler will not accompany the team to Pakistan.
'The detailed itinerary is still in the drawing board. We are talking to Pakistan board officials on this,' Dalmiya said.\n\n\n\n
If a favourite must be picked, at this stage it would be the ruling group of Jagmohan Dalmiya, because the president has retained his casting vote in case of a tie.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in its working committee meeting held in New Delhi on Monday decided to suspend Rajasthan Royals' co-owner Raj Kundra, who has been accused of betting during the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches.
If reports are to be believed the BCCI president has agreed to stepped aside till the investigation in the spot-fixing case, involving his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, is over.
The soft drinks giant bagged the sponsorship rights along with TVS Motor company and Videocon for matches in India in 2003-04.
The first Test between India and New Zealand, which was to be held at Kanpur, will be at Ahmedabad.
Jagmohan Dalmiya said the Board respects the decision of the South African trainer and will look for a suitable replacement.
The matter of strained Indo-Pak cricketing ties will top the agenda.
Indian cricket coach, John Wright, has lost his father and would not be accompanying the Indian team to Dhaka.team to the tri-series in Dhaka from April 11 following the demise of his father.
As the Indian captain has appealed against the ban it is automatically suspended till the ICC gives its verdict.
The left-hander may join the team for the last three ODI matches.
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Biswanath Dutt, best known in Indian cricket fraternity as Jagmohan Dalmiya's mentor, passed away on Monday after suffering from acute lung infection.
If former India captain and local hero Sourav Ganguly is to be believed, Prabir Mukherjee's negative response to M S Dhoni's demand for a turning track wasn't exactly unexpected.
India's first Test tour of Pakistan in 14 years will be delayed due to logistical problems, including security, said BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya.
But the fee payable to non-playing members of a senior team has been reduced to 50 per cent.
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief Sharad Pawar took over as the International Cricket Council president on Thursday, July 1, becoming the second Indian, after Jagmohan Dalmiya, to occupy the top post.
BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya said legal opinion will be obtained on the legal validity of the lifting of the cricketer's ban.
India's first World Cup winning skipper Kapil Dev, on Tuesday, compared current captain Virat Kohli with the late Jagmohan Dalmiya, terming them heroes on and off the field.
With ICC president Sharad Pawar reportedly setting February 7 as the deadline to prepare Eden Gardens for the India-England World Cup match, the West Bengal PWD on Sunday stepped in to help the Cricket Association of Bengal complete the work within the deadline.
Bengal all-rounder Avik Chowdhury was seriously injured when his car rammed into a divider on the Eastern Metropolitan bypass. Paralysed from waist down after the terrible accident on Sunday, the 24-year-old Chowdhury is being treated by neurologists specially flown in from New Delhi and Chennai.
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