AB de Villiers blessed with a baby boy: Twitter reactions
AB de Villiers and his wife Danielle de Villiers bore their first child on Wednesday. De Villiers had pulled off from South Africa’s One-Day International (ODI) and Test tours of Bangladesh, after...
View ArticleSandeep Patil does not agree with MS Dhoni as far as Indian pace attack is...
Sandeep Patil was polite yet diplomatic when asked if he was hurt about Dhoni’s view on too much emphasis on pace © Getty Images New Delhi: The chairman of senior selection committee Sandeep Patil in a...
View ArticleSouth Africa trail Bangladesh by 17 runs at stumps on Day 3 of 1st Test at...
Dean Elgar was unbeaten on 28 © AFP Stiaan van Zyl and Dean Elgar helped South Africa reduce their first-innings deficit against Bangladesh to just 17 as rain and bad light once again marred the first...
View ArticleBCCI cite fitness as integral requirement for Indian selection
Mohammed Shami has not been fit enough since ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 © Getty Images New Delhi: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Anurag Thakur and selectors committee chairman...
View ArticleSri Lanka name 5 uncapped cricketers for Pakistan T20I series
Lasith Malinga (centre) will lead the T20I squad in the two-match series against Pakistan © AFP As many as five uncapped players have been named by Sri Lanka in their upcoming Twenty20 International...
View ArticlePHOTO: MS Dhoni working out in gym
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has quite a lot of time before he comes back on field. Retirement from Test cricket, rested from the ongoing tour of Zimbabwe by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)...
View ArticleSunil Gavaskar says Akshar Patel is ‘not next big thing of Indian cricket’
Akshar Patel does not turn the ball unless the pitch is favourable, Sunil Gavaskar said © Getty Images In a stinging criticism, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar today said that young left-arm...
View ArticleIndia vs Sri Lanka 2015 will be close, anticipates Virender Sehwag
Virat Kohli-led Indian team will be playing three Tests in Sri Lanka © Getty Images Lucknow: Out-of-favour India opener Virender Sehwag on Thursday said India‘s upcoming tour to Sri Lanka will be a...
View ArticleIndia A vs Australia A 2015: Pragyan Ojha shines with remodelled action on...
Pragyan Ojha © PTI (File photo) Chennai: Back in the mix after one and half years, left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha justified the selector’s faith by rocking Australia A top-order with three quick wickets...
View ArticleAmit Mishra backs himself to come good on India’s tour of Sri Lanka 2015
Chennai: He is expectedly happy to have made a comeback into the Test squad but Amit Mishra said that “he does not need” to look at Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah‘s recenet exploits to get a morale...
View ArticleChris Gayle to be out of action for ’2-3 months’ following back surgery
Chris Gayle is one of the most reputed T20 cricketers © IANS West Indian batsman Chris Gayle will be out of action for a few months in order to recover from his impending back surgery. Gayle’s team,...
View ArticleCPL announce Bat Bouncy Ball Challenge for fans
Chris Gayle © Getty Images Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has announced Bat Bouncy Ball Challenge, in association with Loop, which is Caribbean’s No.1 news app and online partners of CPL. The challenge...
View ArticleIndian cricket team to have 3 new support staff members
The 3 new members of the support staff have been handed a three-year contract © PTI Indian cricket team’s support staff is set to be revamped before the beginning of India’s tour of Sri Lanka next...
View ArticleShah Rukh Khan to dance in CPL 2015 final?
Seems like the Bravo brothers r going to make sure I come to Fnals. Way to go Trinidad & Tobago….so proud & can’t wait to dance with u all! — Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) July 24, 2015 Bollywood...
View ArticleIn photos: Cricketers with similar names, but different games
◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 11 Chris Gayle vs Chris Rogers © Getty Images With so many teams around the globe playing the game of cricket, it is only logical that many of them share the same name. The...
View ArticleBCCI wants members to sign agreement ensuring no conflicts of interest
Few state associations have already received a letter instructing all office bearers to declare their business interests and sign the undertaking © PTI New Delhi: In its bid to clean the image of the...
View ArticleIndia A vs Australia A, 3rd Day: Pragyan Ojha takes 5 wickets to help India A...
Pragyan Ojha took five for 85 in 31 overs © AFP (File Photo) Chennai: Pragyan Ojha picked up an impressive five-wicket haul as India A bowled out Australia A for 268 before extending their lead to 154...
View ArticleGary Ballance will make England comeback soon: Mark Ramprakash
Gary Ballance has managed just one 50 in his last 10 innings in Test cricket © Getty Images English batsman Gary Ballance, who was the only player to face penalty by losing place from the Test side...
View ArticleCricket betting needs government measures to be controlled, says SIT
Betting in sports creates a wide scope for black money generation, the SIT said. Photo Courtesy Creative Commons New Delhi: Flagging involvement of unaccounted money in cricket betting, especially IPL,...
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