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ICC announced the Test and ODI team of the year. None of the Indian players have made the playing XI in the former category. Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin features in the Test squad as the 12th man, while Indian pace bowler Mohammad Shami features in the ODI XI. The lists are announced in Dubai, at ICC […]

Pakistan cricket team coach Waqar Younis described the series loss against England in T-20 international series by 3-0 as a “big eye opener” and calls for a serious analysis. Pakistan lost their recent ODI and T-20 series against England at UAE by 3-1 and 3-0 respectively. The T-20 World Cup is coming close, that’s why […]

Here is the full text of Rahul Dravid at MAK Pataudi lecture: Good evening… Thank you to the BCCI for asking me to deliver the Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial Lecture this year, instituted in memory of one of the great leaders of Indian cricket.   It means I follow in the footsteps of some […]

The success of a cricket team depends on the state of the dressing room and the relation between players and coaching staff. After winning 2011 World Cup, India coach Garry Kirsten proudly said if he goes to war he would like Indian limited over captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni by his side. Former Protea Kirsten’s statement […]

Mumbai, Dec 1 (IANS) Former Australia batsman Matthew Hayden on Tuesday hit back at India team director Ravi Shastri’s swipe at Australian critics of the spin-friendly pitch prepared for the recent Nagpur Test, saying that having played 103 Tests for his country, he has the right to speak for the game’s betterment. Visitors South Africa […]

Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) Twenty six new stadiums are coming up in various parts of West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here on Monday. Addressing the annual prize giving function of the state government, Banerjee announced that plots will be given to the Cricket Association of Bengal for building a cricket stadium, and to […]

Mumbai, Nov 30 (IANS) Cricket legend Anil Kumble on Monday decided to step down as chief mentor of Mumbai Indians with immediate effect. The former leg-spinner has been associated with the Indian Premier League (IPL) outfit since January 2013 and now has decided to pursue other opportunities in sports and cricket. In his first year […]

Mumbai, Nov 29 (IANS) Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly defended the nature of the pitch for the third cricket Test between India and South Africa at Nagpur, terming it a “one-off” and saying that batsman should have applied themselves more on the demanding wicket. South Africa were bundled out for a paltry 79 runs in […]

Ravichandran Ashwin is currently a big headache to the world batsmen. This year, Ashwin is in such a terrific form that batsmen are hardly finding any clue to play his deliveries. Once a struggler in the national team and now he is the premier bowler for his team. India’s spin history is so long. It can […]

The proposed India-Pakistan bilateral series in this December is under a cloud of suspicion at present.  According to a report on livemint.com, BCCI (Board for Control of Cricket in India) may not get necessary clearance from Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for the bilateral cricket series against Pakistan. The report mentions that a news has […]