Praveen Amre has thrown his hat in the ring for the position of India's batting coach.
The BCCI on Friday announced the fixtures of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League
Both the Indian and Australian players are scheduled to leave for Sydney on Monday.
Ravichandran Ashwin was back in his elements with yet another five-wicket haul, setting up a perfect launch pad for skipper Virat Kohli to extend India's lead to 298 runs against England on the third day of the second cricket Test in Visakhapatnam.
'It upsets me to see blind cricket going unnoticed by the government while it rewards even the smallest achievement in normal cricket,' the Sachin Tendulkar of blind cricket tells Geetanjali Krishna.
Tendulkar's sterling performances, his fascinating duels for supremacy with contemporaries -- Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting, Inzamam-ul Haq, Jacques Kallis among batsmen; Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan, Wasim Akram among bowlers -- embellished modern cricket and globalised the game, asserts Ayaz Memon who has observed the cricketing colossus from the day he made his Test debut in November 1989.
BCCI said the Sports Broadcasting Bill passed by the Lok Sabha would affect the game in the country in the long run.
Earlier this month, the BCCI had decided to postpone the IPL to April 15, 2020, as a precautionary measure. But on Monday the Board said that no final decision has been taken on the fate of this year's IPL yet even as the country is under a 21-day COVID-19 lockdown.
The opening Test will be held at Rajkot from October 4 to 8, followed by the second Test from October 12 to 16 at Hyderabad.
Stokes, 27, was accused of knocking unconscious two men, Ryan Ali and Ryan Hale, in a brawl in Bristol, southwest England, last September just hours after he had played in a one-day international against the West Indies.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India will hold it's Annual General Meeting on September 21 as per its existing constitution and is expected to wait for the Review petition verdict before getting into the implementation phase of the Lodha Committee Reforms.
'However, to be fair, the history books will record that it was the BCCI that got the job done and, in 2008, created the tournament that transformed the game'
BCCI has said that government body has no jurisdiction to conduct dopes tests on Indian cricketers.
The BCCI boss also said that a separate IPL for women in two years' time is on the cards.
Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya landed up at a 'charity dinner' organised by Virat Kohli's foundation in London on Monday but the national cricket team including the skipper maintained a safe distance from him.
'Virat suffered a neck sprain during an IPL match in Jaipur.'
The last three T20 Internationals between India and England scheduled to be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on March 16, 18 and 20, will be played without spectators in the stands due to surge in COVID-19 cases, the Gujarat Cricket Association said on Monday.
Ajinkya Rahane never gives up. After surprising the cricketing world with the fastest fifty of IPL 2023 at the Wankhede stadium on Saturday, the out of favour India batter yearns to play a Test match at his home ground.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) chairman Chris Nenzani said CEO Haroon Lorgat has not been suspended and his removal relates only to the allegations contained in the David Becker article and he remains responsible for all other areas of the board's operations.
Former India captain Kapil Dev termed the unsavoury incident involving India and Bangladesh players after the ICC Under-19 World Cup final in Potchefstroom on Sunday as "horrible", saying cricket is no more a "gentleman's game". The 1983 World Cup-winning India captain urged the Board of Control for Cricket in India to take strong action against the erring cricketers to set an example.
Pathan has been asked to play in the remaining two rounds of Ranji Trophy domestic cricket tournament.
Given the prevailing circumstances between the two nations, the Indian cricket board will wait for a government's directive as they have already informed the matter much in advance.
India's captain, who was playing in the ongoing four-day warm-up game against Leicestershire, has gone into quarantine.
BCCI ethics and ombudsman, served a notice to Ambani after receiving a complaint from former MPCA member Sanjeev Gupta.
Sourav Ganguly is set to be replaced as BCCI president by 1983 World Cup winning-team member Roger Binny.
The decision to this effect was taken at the two-day working committee meeting of the BCCI.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has promised safe return passage for every foreigner involved in the lucrative eight-team league.
Terming the Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting scandal as "unfortunate", former India batsman V V S Laxman on Wednesday said the Board of Control for Cricket in India is capable of restoring the credibility of Indian cricket.
South Africa are optimistic about hosting India for three lucrative Twenty20 Internationals in late August, but are trying to find new dates for their proposed tour to the West Indies. Cricket South Africa (CSA) has already had to postpone a limited overs series in Sri Lanka, but has earmarked the visit by India to raise much-needed revenue.
A look at the 10 cricketers who were punished for drug related offences.
BCCI senior vice president Gokaraju Gangaraju made it clear that his association Andhra Cricket Association will implement the Lodha reforms with immediate effect.
'If the BCCI's coffers are inundated with funds today, much of the credit must go to Jagmohan Dalmiya.'
'Australia vice-captain Travis Head on Thursday backed the idea of playing the entire Test series behind closed doors at Adelaide Oval, where an on-site hotel is under construction, to ensure it goes ahead amid restrictions forced by the COVID-19 pandemic.'
In the absence of bilateral series, both teams have only met in ICC and Asian Cricket Council multilateral events, most recently in the Asia Cup held in the UAE last September.
Against the backdrop of the West Indies team's withdrawal from its tour of India, Rediff.com takes a look at instances when cricket tours have been called off midway through a series.
As more and more players join Subhash Chandra's Indian Cricket League, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has threatened the players.
The bench was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Bombay HC lawyer
Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources.
According to reports, Bumrah has been released due to personal reasons.
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