A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
The IPL franchises are now expanding their bouquet of teams across leagues in the West Indies, UAE, South Africa and now the US is another untapped market that wasn't explored despite the Asian diaspora craving for some cricket.
India head coach Rahul Dravid said that wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik was picked for a very 'specific skill'
Clint Eastwood's directorial venture Invictus has a lot of powerful images and may resonate with audiences across the world.
India is to tour England, from late June, for a full tour comprising T20s, ODIs and then Tests.
PCB Chief Executive Officer Wasim Khan said that the Board was keen to have the second match as Day/Night Test and it was awaiting a response from Bangladesh.
The Eastern Province Cricket Board has honoured South Africa's Cricketer of the Century, Graeme Pollock, by naming a pavilion at the St George's Park stadium in Port Elizabeth after him.
India captain Rohit Sharma including mainstays Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have placed in the highest category of BCCI central contracts.
A calf injury to explosive batsman Lynn opened an unlikely door for 34-year-old White, who played the last of his 88 ODIs in 2015 and has since been critical of a pro-youth policy he felt did not reward the performance of senior players.
Former India captain and chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar feels Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly was wrong in airing his views on behalf of the national selectors over Virat Kohli's captaincy saga.
India is awaiting a written confirmation from China on President Xi's participation in the G20 Leaders Summit, Muktesh Pardeshi, Special Secretary for G20, said on Friday.
Slowly but surely, the game of cricket is changing character. Just that we are unwilling to see the writing on the wall, observes Indrajit GuptaWhy does Indian cricket find itself on a slippery slope?, Indrajit Gupta asks.
'I was offered the role to begin with...what is important is that I have the opportunity to work with some of the best cricketers in the world and that excites me.'
The T20 Challenge, to be played during the IPL play-offs, will begin with last year's finalist Supernovas taking on Velocity in the opening game.
Australia's six-wicket victory over South Africa in the second Twenty20 international has been marred by allegations of a laser light been flashed at fielders of the visiting team forcing Cricket Australia (CA) to tender an apology. Television replays picked up a green streak of light flash across the face of South Africa pacer Wayne Parnell as he dropped a difficult catch offered by Mike Hussey.
South Africa fast bowler Charl Langeveldt withdrew on Tuesday from next month's tour to India after his selection had caused controversy.
Washington Sundar's return to international cricket will be further delayed as a left shoulder injury sustained during a 50-over game for his county side Lancashire has now ruled him out of the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, starting on August 18.
Australian spinner Ashton Agar said he holds no "ill feelings" after being sent back from the India tour without a game.
While BCCI, as of now, will not give up its hosting rights and wait how the COVID-19 situation in India pans out, there is very little chance that countries will want to travel to India which is facing its worst health emergency since independence.
The chief executive of South Africa's players' association on Thursday urged axed fast bowler Andre Nel not to make a decision regarding his future in the heat of the moment.
With key players -- KL Rahul (thigh) and Shreyas Iyer (lower back) yet to prove their fitness, the BCCI top brass and selectors could opt for safer options that gives them an opportunity to check all available players in the five (six if they reach final) Asia Cup games in Sri Lanka.
Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly is well aware of the weight of expectations on the Men in Blue for the ODI World Cup at home.
We note the criticism aimed at Lungi for expressing his views -- and we hope that CSA, together with fellow cricketers both present and past will come out strongly in support of #BLM.
Amid the ever-rising danger of the coronavirus outbreak, with more than 40 positive cases in the country, Bhuvneshwar Kumar said India's players are taking every possible precaution in these difficult times.
The former South African batsman thinks the selectors need to get the right blend of youth and experience.
The series will be held between November 18 to 30 and New Zealand will return to India for a white-ball series
Zak Crawley said England's upcoming tour to India in January-March 2024 presents them with an 'amazing opportunity' to showcase 'Bazball'.
A sixth bowler, preferably seam or pace option, has been India's major headache for past two and half years due to Pandya's injury and now the team management is "excited" looking at what Venkatesh brings to the table with his multiple skill-sets.
His childhood coach, Dinesh Lad, says he never really had to do anything special to mould the driven all-rounder except for "working on his mental strength".
Team India will usher in a new era, which will begin with the ODI series against the West Indies, beginning, in Ahmedabad, on Sunday.
'Now, we have very different setting including changes in rules with two new balls and the fielding restrictions are very different. But ODI fever started in the 1990s. On-field noticeable changes, early to mid 90s was okay, but from 1996 things changed at rapid pace.'
His two-year contract will expire at the end of ODI World Cup but head coach Rahul Dravid's future will be followed keenly in case the Indian team lifts the coveted trophy.
The following are five bowlers to watch at the Twenty20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
All-rounder James Faulkner has been named captain of Australia's 'A' team for the four-day series against India 'A' and South Africa 'A' in July and August, Cricket Australia said on Friday.
"All lives don't matter until black lives matter," former South Africa captain and star batsman Faf du Plessis said on Friday, lending support to the fight against racism that has gripped the world with renewed vigour after African-American George Floyd's death. Offering his views on the 'Black Lives Matter' movement, which found support in the ongoing England-West Indies Test series where players from both sides took a knee in the opening match, du Plessis said time has come to fight racism head on.
Rahul Dravid refused to divulge details of any internal conversation
Ravi Shastri has supported the splitting of captaincy
Rohit Sharma knows he must score away from home to erase any lingering doubts about his Test credentials.
South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is set to be released from prison on parole in August after serving 10 months for culpable homicide in the killing of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a family member said.
Kohli said that he was never asked to stay on as T20 skipper when relinquishing the post.
