A rather comical news which came to the fore after the conclusion of the India-South Africa test series was that Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan was reported for a suspect bowling action. Dhawan was reported by the on-field umpires, who thought that the off-spinner bowled with a suspect action and bent his arm more than the […]
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Thankful to PCB for giving me asecond chance: Salman Butt
After serving a 5-year ban for spot-fixing scandal in England, Salman Butt gets a green light to resume playing domestic cricket from his country’s governing body, Pakistan Cricket Board. Salman Butt is thankful to the PCB for granting him permission to continue working towards his passion – cricket. In September this year, international Cricket Council […]
Nigel Llong removed from third umpiring duties for New Zealand vs Sri Lanka series
Controversial English cricketing umpire Nigel Llong has been removed off ICC’ third umpire’s post for the two-Test series betrween New Zealand and Sri Lanka, after his wrong decision in the first Day-Night Test between Australia and New Zealand at Adelaide Oval, had changed the course of the match last month. Llong was initially assigned by […]
Australia and New Zealand players criticize the pink ball
Pink ball is not a great option for Day-Night Test. Australian and New Zealand players are not satisfied as the they pointed out that the visibility of the new pink ball is poor in the dusk and recommended improvement before the next day-night Test. Australia’s David Warner in Radio interview said, “We’ve got to tinker […]
ICC announces OPPO as global partner
Dubai, Dec 10 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced a global partnership with OPPO, one of the world’s leading electronic and technology service providers, in a four-year deal running from 2016 until 2020. ICC CEO David Richardson said: “The ICC is delighted to welcome OPPO on board as a global partner and […]
Win against South Africa means the world to me – Virat Kohli
Under the astute leadership of Virat Kohli, team India decimated the world’s number one test side, South Africa. Kohli as a leader simply stood out in the series and led with great enthusiasm. In a recent interview with bcci.tv, Kohli opened up in detail about the series. Below, is his interview with bcci.tv. Your first […]
Hurts when former players make adverse comments: Virat Kohli
India’s test captain Virat Kohli is unhappy that some of former international cricketers have run down the team despite their 3-0 win against South Africa in the recently concluded test series. “It obviously hurts when people who have played the game themselves make such comments. I am not saying all of them do it. Some of […]
Shikar Dhawan reported for a suspected bowling action
Bowling for the 1st time in the series has turned for the worse for Dhawan and team India as the explosive batsman has been reported on account of bowling with a suspected action. In the last test match of the Gandhi- Mandela series which took place at Kotla and the crowd saw India recording a […]
Jason Holder not too worried about underdog tag
Going into the test series against Australia Down Under, it is absolutely safe to assert that the West Indians begin as the underdogs for the series. The men from the Caribbean were thrashed by an inexperienced Cricket Australia XI side in the warm up clash. Skipper Jason Holder though, is least worried about the underdog […]
It will be a festival in Rajkot – Cheteshwar Pujara
IPL fans were recently greeted with some great news, as two new franchises were named for the league. The two new teams will be the cities of Rajkot and Pune. Rajkot’s entry into the IPL means that it becomes the first city from the state of Gujarat to feature in the IPL. Indian batsman Cheteshwar […]