BCCI has refunded 30 percent of franchise fees paid for IPL 2016 by suspended franchises, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals.
A Delhi court has granted bail to one of the accused, arrested for allegedly projecting some of the 'dummy players' as real cricketers of IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad in the spot-fixing scandal case.
After threatening to file a contempt petition in the Supreme Court, unrecognised Bihar Cricket Association secretary Aditya Verma wrote to ICC President Alan Isaac, pleading with him to stop sidelined BCCI chief N Srinivasan from attending the governing body's Executive Board meeting in Dubai.
Pietersen said in his stirring address, which focussed on highlighting the relevance of Test cricket.
'The India-Pakistan relationship is in a deep freeze, though it could be a lot worse had there not been a new LoC ceasefire a year ago.' 'The India-Pakistan relationship will only start to thaw if the Pakistani military decides it's prepared to push for detente.'
The man with the golden arm could surpass some, if not all, top cricketers -- the demigods who stand well above athletes from other disciplines in India
The Supreme Court on Thursday finally set the ball rolling for one of the biggest shake-ups in Indian cricket by barring president-in-exile Narayanswami Srinivasan from contesting the next elections of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, citing his conflict of interest.
A senior Chennai Super Kings official, reacting to the franchise's suspension from the Indian Premier League, conceded that it never expected to go "scot-free" in the spot-fixing scandal that rocked cricket in 2013.
The decision to ban Rauf was taken at the BCCI's Disciplinary Committee's meeting in Mumbai on Friday.
Bashar is yet to get over the shock of Shakib not repprting the corrupt approaches to the ICC's anti-corruption unit.
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be answerable if an enquiry is ordered into cover up of the Indian Premier League betting and spot-fixing scandal since he lied to the probe panel that Gurunath Meiyappan was not associated with CSK in any official capacity, says senior counsel Harish Salve.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday insisted that suspended president Narayanswami Srinivasan should stay out of the Board of Control for Cricket in India's affairs and action must be taken against his son-in-law, Gurunath Meiyappan, who was indicted in the IPL spot-fixing case.
At least four suspected bookmakers have been thrown out of cricket stadiums during the ongoing scandal-tainted Bangladesh Premier League, in efforts to ensure the tournament is graft free, an official said on Thursday. BPL secretary Ismail Haider Mallick said anti-corruption officials had spotted the four whom they suspected of placing bets on behalf of clients during Twenty20 league matches, which is illegal in Bangladesh.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has moved the Supreme Court seeking certain transcripts of audio tapes recorded by the Justice Mudgal Committee, which probed allegations of spot-fixing and betting in the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League last year, it was reported on Wednesday.
Australia skipper Ricky Ponting on Wednesday said his team was doing whatever it could to cooperate with the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit in it's investigation into the alleged reports of illegal bookmakers approaching one of the team members during the on-going Ashes series.
Australia Test and One-day captain Michael Clarke has defended his players against match-fixing allegations after a sports agent said the country's top cricketers were "the biggest" culprits.
The Justice Mudgal Committee, appointed to probe the spot-fixing and betting scandal in the sixth edition of Indian Premier League, has cleared Board of Control for Cricket in India president-in-exile Narayanaswami Srinivasan of match-fixing charges and scuttling the investigations that followed the episode. However, it could be temporary relief for him, as he could still find himself in the dock for not taking action against a particular individual, referred to as Individual 3 in the report.
Faced with a credibility crisis arising out of the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal, the BCCI has suggested to the Supreme Court a three-member committee made up of eminent persons to probe the corruption case on the directives of the apex court.
A marathon session of over a dozen hearings on implementation of Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha panel recommendations on structural reforms in the Board of Control for Cricket in India came to an end on Wednesday in the Supreme Court, which took the Indian cricket board to task over issues like fund utilisation and avoiding of performance audits.
The ban on liquor advertising is an example of policy hypocrisy at play.
With the Supreme Court-instituted Justice Mudgal committee indicting Gurunath Meiyappan in the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal, the event's sacked commissioner Lalit Modi has demanded a life ban on his father-in-law and BCCI President N Srinivasan.
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea seeking stay on the Board of Control for Cricket in India elections scheduled to take place on May 22.
The seventh edition of the IPL, which was plunged into uncertainty following the betting and spot-fixing scandal that hit the previous edition of the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament, is set to be back with a bang. Apart from the cricket the IPL became popular for many other reasons. Take a look.
Unlike earlier editions, the opening ceremony of this year's Indian Premier League could be a less vibrant affair, with the Board of Control for Cricket in India planning to keep the event low-key amid allegations of spot-fixing and betting in last year's tournament.
Despite BCCI opposing the court's directive to make Gavaskar the head of IPL 7, he has always toed the board's line. So much so that last year, he was accused of remaining silent during the spot-fixing and betting controversies. While former cricketers bayed for N Srinivasan's head, Gavaskar was never part of that group. In fact, the batting legend went ahead and defended the former BCCI boss.
The BCCI submitted a 60-page affidavit to the Supreme Court in which it stated it's opposition to certain points in the Lodha Committee report including one association and one vote for each state and also the inclusion of a representative of the Comptroller and auditor general (CAG) in the Board.
Cricket Association of Bihar secretary Aditya Verma discusses with Harish Kotian the Supreme Court's suggestion that N Srinivasan step down as BCCI chief to facilitate a fair probe into the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal.
The Supreme Court has asked Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N Srinivasan to step down from his post to ensure a fair probe in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013 spot-fixing and betting scandal.
Narayanswami Srinivasan told the Supreme Court on Monday that he is not at fault in the conflict of interest issue, as he had consulted former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sharad Pawar before buying the Chennai Super Kings franchise in 2008.
He said the Board will have to strengthen its Anti-Corruption Unit to deal with these kind of issues.
It's a fair bet Michael Clarke won't be booed at the Sydney Cricket Ground this week when he sets out to become just the third Australia captain to achieve a 5-0 sweep over England in an Ashes series.
International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat favours legalisation of sports gambling in India while retaining his optimism for a corruption-free World Cup in the subcontinent.
The Committee of Administrators (CoA) has suggested the Supreme Court to take stern action against those named in the Justice Mudgal panel dossier, currently in a sealed envelope with the apex court.
Narayanswami Srinivasan suffered a major setback on Thursday as the Supreme Court barred him from contesting any election of the Board of Control for Cricket in India on grounds of conflict of interest.
Shubman Gill's stellar show for India A in the recently-concluded two-match unofficial Test series against New Zealand is an indicator that he is ready for Test debut, believes senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. Shubman had scores of 83 and 204 not out batting in middle-order in the first unofficial Test for India A and then scored a hundred while opening the batting in the second game, showing his versatility at different slots. Prithvi Shaw, back in the Test squad after 16 months, is also a contender in the playing XI with his equally dazzling repertoire of strokes.
BCCI sources said that a similar decision in the case of another IPL team Kochi Tuskers Kerala a few years ago, at the insistence of former president Shashank Manohar, had backfired with an arbitration award favouring a payout of Rs 550 crore for the disbanded Kerala franchise on grounds of wrongful termination.
All that's transpired on and off the cricket pitch on Monday.
Shaken by Justice RM Lodha committee's recommended reforms of its governance structure, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided to call a Special General Meeting (SGM) within the next two weeks to discuss the implications of the report.
In case of Umesh, he bowls a fuller length, gets that lethal outswing going his way at 140 clicks but the question is, if India can afford to play a bowler, who has a propensity to bowl too many boundary balls.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Board of Control for Cricket in India, N Srinivasan, his company India Cements which owns IPL team Chennai Super Kings, and Rajasthan Royals on a plea challenging Bombay high court order refusing to appoint a fresh committee to probe the spot-fixing scam in the sixth edition of the IPL.
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