The former Team India spearhead will be in charge of Sri Lanka's two-Test and five-ODI series in New Zealand.
The former India fast bowler will make his debut as the latest member of the Emirates Elite Panel of match referees when he takes charge of the Test series later this month.
The former India fast bowler said the ace leg spinner still has a lot to contribute in the shorter version of game.
Besides coaching, the Indian pace ace will also play club cricket in the country.
We need to bring cricket and glory back to Chinnaswamy Stadium: Venkatesh Prasad
Former India captain Anil Kumble and speedster Javagal Srinath on Sunday staged a walk-out from the Annual General Body meeting of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) alleging misuse of funds by the current set-up.
Former India captain Anil Kumble and his ex-teammate Javagal Srinath will not seek re-election in next month's Karnataka State Cricket Association elections. 'I am not seeking re-election. It is not due to criticism from some quarters or from KSCA members. I think a new committee with fresh ideas is necessary for good of cricket. I think it is necessary,' Kumble told reporters in Bangalore on Friday.
The BCCI isn't involved in this Test match. It was the Afghanistan Cricket Board's choice and the Greater Noida Authority was supposed to provide them with international standard facilities.
Tucker, Illingworth to officiate in India-NZ semifinal; Menon on-field umpire for second semifinal
Women cricketers Sara McGlashan and Sarah Taylor were also handed the honour.
'How can an Indian match referee allow this Indian replacement? Match officials should be independent to prevent bias.'
While Kapil scripted the best bowling figures of 5/43 against Australia at Trent Bridge in in 1983, Shami's fifer in Mohali on Friday, was the third-best bowling effort against the Aussies.
Sri Lanka have been fined 10 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against South Africa in their ICC World Cup opener in New Delhi.
Rahul Dravid on Monday welcomed Anil Kumble faction's landslide victory in the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) elections but said the real work for the group begins now.
It was a reunion of IPL players during game one of the India-Australia ODI series.
Statistical highlights of the third One-Day International between India and England at the Green Park, Kanpur, on Thursday.
It was imperative for the Indian bowlers to perform well if India has to retain the cricket World Cup title, feels former paceman Javagal Srinath.
The pitch at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad which hosted the ODI World Cup final between India and Australia on November 19 has been rated "average" by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The series already in their pocket, India will look to address their batting woes against an England team gunning for revenge after feeling hard-done by a debatable concussion substitute when the two teams clash in the fifth and final T20 International in Mumbai on Sunday.
India's Nitin Menon and Sri Lanka's Kumar Dharmasena will officiate the World Cup opener between England and New Zealand on October 5.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named the captain of the all-time India Test XI chosen by cricket magazine Wisden. The celebrated team has been picked ahead of India's 500th Test which will be played against New Zealand in Kanpur from Thursday. The openers in the side are Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag, followed by Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, all-rounder Kapil Dev and Dhoni the wicket-keeper batsman.
This was only the eighth time in Test cricket history that a match was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
India have been fined 60 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against New Zealand in the first ODI in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
The day-night pink ball Test finished inside three days as India beat Sri Lanka by 238 runs to win the two-Test series 2-0.
Rajneesh Gupta checks out the ODI careers of the 14 Indians with 200 ODI appearances.
Former India pace spearhead Javagal Srinath has raised doubts about the team's bowling attack ahead of the upcoming ODI cricket World Cup though he has rated the defending champions' batting line-up as the strongest going into the showpiece event.
Promising to make a difference, former India captain Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath on Wednesday jumped into fray in the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) elections to contest for the president and secretary's post respectively.
Former India pacer Javagal Srinath on Monday hailed Sachin Tendulkar for completing two decades in international cricket and said the champion batsman is the greatest sportsperson of Asia.
India claimed the top spot in the World Test Championship standings
Match referee Javagal Srinath defended the umpires and cleared England of time-wasting after the second one-dayer with New Zealand at Edgbaston ended in a farcical no result on Wednesday. New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori indicated his team were denied a victory because the umpires failed to put an end to England's "gamesmanship".
Off-colour Ishant Sharma needs to balance his workload and the ongoing India-Sri Lanka Test series is a golden opportunity for the beanpole pacer to regain his form, said former pace spearhead Javagal Srinath.
Virender Sehwag will play for Leicestershire while off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and Javagal Srinath will represent Lancashire and Durham respectively.
Six Indians, including match referee Javagal Srinath, on Thursday found a place in the ICC's 31-strong Playing Control Team for next month's World Twenty20, which will also feature women match officials for the first time. "The strong Playing Control Team includes all the seven and 12 members of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees and Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, respectively, as well as 10 members of the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires and two members of the ICC Associate and Affiliate Panel of International Umpires," the ICC said in a statement. Srinath will be the referee in the March 8 tournament- opener between Zimbabwe and Hong Kong in Nagpur. He will lead the Playing Control Team, which also includes Aleem Dar and Ian Gould as on-field umpires, Marais Erasmus as TV umpire and Richard Illingworth as fourth umpire. The umpires' panel for the March 8 to April 3 tournament includes two female umpires -- New Zealand's Kathleen Cross and Claire Polosak of Australia. The two were also involved in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier in Thailand.
Javagal Srinath of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction
The BCCI on Sunday distributed the remaining installment of its one-time benefit payments to the country's 20 former international and domestic players ahead of the IPL final between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
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