While Sachin Tendulkar's 2013 farewell became a national pilgrimage, a vibrant celebration befitting a cricketing deity, the exits of many other Indian icons this century have been quieter journeys into the twilight.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season has been officially suspended due to escalating military tensions between India and Pakistan.
England's county cricketers will forgo 1 million pounds ($1.24 million) in prize money and take pay cuts in April and May to help protect the domestic game during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA) has said. England's centrally contracted men's players have already donated an initial 500,000 pounds to the ECB and selected good causes,
BCCI Apex Council to discuss norms for IPL victory celebrations after Bengaluru stampede
The agreement will see women's players at both international and domestic level receive the same match fees as men
New Zealand Cricket has backed the proposed changes in the ICC's administrative structure, which would leave major decision-making in the hands of India, Australia and England, despite facing severe criticism from the country's players' association.
On Sunday, New Zealand lifted most of the restrictions imposed due to the pandemic after no active cases were reported.
Wriddhiman Saha will retire from cricket at the end of this year's Ranji Trophy.
'The IPL provides a different ladder in terms of recognition.' 'If you do well, you will obviously get noticed and it enhances your selection into white-ball formats.'
New Zealand Cricket will send a security delegation to Pakistan ahead of their five-match T20I series in April this year.
Beginning of Gambhir era: Coach becomes most powerful figure in Indian dressing room
Images from Day 2 of the 3rd Test played between India and New Zealand, in Mumbai, on Saturday.
a former Kenya pacer tried to contact a Ugandan team member multiple times from different numbers during the T20 World Cup.
The Indian cricket team's assistant coach Abhishek Nayar has been sacked just eight months
In the first Chennai Test against Bangladesh, Pant scored a magnificent century and returned to Test side with a bang.
In the Africa Qualifiers, Uganda finished second in the Regional Final, behind Namibia, to seal their berth.
The sturdiness of the headgear saved Nizar's life after Gujarat's Arzan Nagwaswalla's full-blooded shot hit flush on the state emblem on his helmet in the Ranji Trophy semi-final in Ahmedabad on Friday.
Harvinder Singh was one of India's most promising pacers in the 1990s having played three Tests and 16 ODIs.
'I felt like I was part of a gang. It almost made me feel better, because I am thinking: 'I am part of a match-fixing gang, I am with a group that's going to have my back and nobody knows our little secret'.'
As many as 30 percent of the players picked T20 as the most important format.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings, two sides chasing their first IPL title, will square off in a tantalising Qualifier 1 encounter on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
Domestic cricket will only happen when travelling is safe: Ganguly
New Zealand batsman Tom Latham admitted that his team missed out on a "historic moment" by cancelling the Pakistan tour, but asserted that the decision was based on players' safety.
Shaping strategies to suit different oppositions and venues will be key for every team during the World Cup and New Zealand have an Indian, who is familiar with conditions and owns the data to assist them -- Saurabh Walkar, their performance analyst.
T20 WC will spread awareness on cricket, LA Olympics more likely to attract local Americans
England players could boycott Hundred against ECB's stance on NOC policy
The most interesting aspect of the contest is the form of batters from both sides which has been the reason of their success so far.
'Cummins is not surprised at how fast the landscape is changing and told Fox Sports: " ... there's going to be other opportunities that are going to be really hard for players to say no to, different franchises around the world. I think realistically we've got to manage players a bit differently to what we have in the past.'
'They're under their own resources and they'll be using those resources to, I'm sure, see them return to Australia.'
Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik will play in Thursday's International Masters Game, the curtain-raiser to the Twenty20 International between India and New Zealand at Westpac Stadium in Wellington. The duo, who are not in India's Twenty20 squad, were drafted into the New Zealand and Australian Masters' teams respectively after discussions with the New Zealand Cricket Players Association (NZCPA).
The ICC has rated Chennai's M A Chidambaram Stadium pitch, used for India's Test match against Bangladesh in September, as 'very good'
The ticket prices will remain same as the previous rates for the upcoming third Test of the India versus New Zealand series to be played here from November 1-5, the Mumbai Cricket Association has said.
'What is the use of talent if that player plays so many Tests and averages below 35 after a few years of being in the Indian team?'
Earlier this month, ECB managing director Ashley Giles had said that cricketers will be provided "mental health screening" before they commit to any further tours.
This was only the eighth time in Test cricket history that a match was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
New Zealand Cricket Players' Association boss Heath Mills has advised Daniel Vettori and Scott Styris not to sign the Indian Premier League contracts offered to them.
Former cricketer Anil Kumble reacted to India's disappointing defeat to New Zealand in the second Test of the series in Pune, stating that India's batting has let the hosts down.
Images from Day 3 of the second Test between India and New Zealand at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Saturday.
Rauf's central contract may be 'restored'
Australian Cricketers Association chief Todd Greenberg has assured the country's cricketers that he will travel to Pakistan
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