The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday rejected alleged bookie Sanjeev Chawla's application for an interim measure on human rights grounds to block his extradition from the UK to face match-fixing charges in India. The legal paperwork process for his extradition will now go ahead through the UK Central Authority, for Scotland Yard officers to hand Chawla over to their counterparts from Delhi Police to be flown back to Indian within days.
India's wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha has suffered a thumb injury and faces a race against time to be fit for the one-off Test against Afghanistan next month.
IPL 2021 got off to a perfect start as A B de Villiers' stunning late assault helped Royal Challengers Bangalore upset champions Mumbai Indians by two wickets in a last-ball finish in the opening game in Chennai on Friday.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India may be adamant in its opposition to the Decision Review System, but ICC CEO Dave Richardson says the world body is hopeful of changing India's stance by first convincing ICC Cricket Committee chief Anil Kumble about the controversial innovation.
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Ajay Shirke could find himself in trouble over reports that he tried to sabotage the forthcoming limited overs series between England India, starting in Pune on Sunday.
IPL 2022 has passed the halfway mark after a month of high action and drama. So how will the second half play out for the teams still in contention for the playoffs?
Rajasthan Royals players Ajit Chandila and Siddharth Trivedi, accused in the IPL 6 spot-fixing and betting scandal, appeared before the Justice Mudgal Probe Committee on Thursday.
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) is planning to hold a cricket lecture in memory of late ICC and BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya during the upcoming Indian home season. Dalmiya passed away last September as sitting BCCI president after a brief illness.
The three non-compliant units will not have any voting rights in case there is an election during the BCCI AGM.
Had Andre Russell's dismissal not been overturned, the outcome could have been different for Kings XI.
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar joined a host of former greats in congratulating India's cricket team on the historic series triumph over Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
Vice-captain Rohit Sharma will lead the side in his absence.
Kolkata Knight Riders player Sunil Narina was reported for bowling with a Suspected 'Illegal Bowling Action' during his side's Indian Premier League match against Kings XI Punjab.
Sri Lanka wicketkeeper Kusal Perera has had all anti-doping charges brought against him dropped by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after the Qatar-based laboratory that conducted the test withdrew its initial finding.
The transcript of the Milkha Singh Rediff Chat.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India congratulated its president-in-exile N Srinivasan for being elected as the first chairman of the ICC, saying there could not have been a better person for the position.
'BCCI offered to pay WI players whatever we were losing'
Considering Hardika Pandya's heavy recent workload, the decision was made to negate any possibility of a major injury concern, the BCCI said on Friday.
Former India wicketkeeper Saba Karim was on Saturday appointed as General Manager (Cricket Operations) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
The BCCI will reschedule Wednesday's IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals as CSK players have been forced into hard quarantine after Bowling Coach Lakshmipathy Balaji tested positive for COVID-19.
Indian cricketers Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh took some time off from their busy schedule to catch the action at the 2016 Australian Open tennis tournament, in Melbourne, on Thursday.
Former India batsman Vinod Kambli presented his childhood friend Sachin Tendulkar with a special gift on his 25th wedding anniversary. Kambli sang a mash up of some top romantic songs from Hindi movies and dedicated them to Tendulkar and his wife Anjali, who celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on Monday.
Sunil Joshi is backing Bangladesh's spin bowlers, led by the in-form Shakib Al Hasan, to hold their own against India when their World Cup campaign continues next week.
BCCI cleared India speedster Mohammed Shami's central contract after its Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) exonerated him of corruption charges levelled by his wife Hasin Jahan.
'Let us take the example that BCCI were being paid Rs 500 and others are being paid Rs 100. Now these member nations have been promised Rs 175 Or let's say Rs 200. What Mr Manohar is trying do is to reduce BCCI's share to Rs 300 in order to increase their share'
A committee of cricketers set up ten years ago by the then Mumbai Cricket Association president Sharad Pawar to improve the game could be discontinued or converted into a technical committee.
Six state associations wrote to the BCCI's acting president CK Khanna, saying that protocol had not been followed while convening the Special General Meeting in New Delhi.
On the directive of the Hyderabad High Court, the BCCI, on Tuesday, appointed Ratnakar Shetty as observer for the one-off Test match between India and Bangladesh, scheduled to be held in Hyderabad from Thursday.
Karan Gilhotra, against whom the ICC has issued an advisory to the BCCI Secretary asking him to stay away from suspected bookies, today accused the global cricket body of trying to "malign" Anurag Thakur's image by using him.
Debutants Gujarat Titans capped a fairytale season by beating inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets to win the IPL title in their first season in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Manzoor Dar bagged his maiden Indian Premier League deal of Rs 20 lakh from Kings XI Punjab.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) ended the confusion over the status of West Indies' tour of India by categorically stating that the series has been called off, despite the WICB claiming that it has not yet done so.
The Delhi high court asked the chief of Maxx Mobile to inform it about the steps taken on the order refraining them from selling any product having the endorsement of India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
'My bench mate at school was Shashi Kapoor and we were together from KG right up to the 10th standard.'
Former Delhi Police commissioner Neeraj Kumar was on Monday appointed as chief advisor of the Board of Control for Cricket in India's Anti Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) for a term of one year.
V Jayadevan, who devised the VJD System for calculating target scores in interrupted limited-overs matches, requested the ICC cricket committee's chairman Anil Kumble to include his appeal in its agenda at its meeting later this year.
A day after he was denied an Indian visa, Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja was issued one to compete in the Champions League Twenty20 next month with the Indian Consulate in Melbourne insisting that the initial rejection had nothing to do with him being born in Pakistan.
Former India captain Kapil Dev and the Indian Cricket Board buried the hatchet following their differences over cricketer joining rebel ICL and welcomed him back with immediate effect disbursing his one-time benefit payment of Rs 1.5 crore.
Laxmi Negi picks her All Stars XI after the IPL 2020 league games.
Former Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria's application to appeal against a life ban for corruption in English county cricket has been refused, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Tuesday.
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