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The BCCI will remain the hosts of the event, which will now be held in Dubai International Stadium, the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the Sharjah Stadium, and the Oman Cricket Academy Ground.

New Delhi: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has questioned the BCCI for allowing the likes of Shikhar Dhawan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni to skip domestic cricket ahead of a hectic six months culminating into the World Cup in England. Dhawan, who was dropped from the Test team, is spending time with family in Melbourne following […]

New Delhi: A three-man BCCI panel has recommended former India women’s team captain and current CoA member, Diana Edulji, for the prestigious CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award. Along with Edulji, former India openerl late Pankaj Roy will also be awarded posthumously. Edulji had played 20 Tests and 34 ODIs in a career spanning over 17 […]

New Delhi: Fast-medium bowlers Shivam Mavi and Avesh Khan, playing for Kolkata Kinght Riders and Delhi Daredevils respectively, were today reprimanded for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct. They were issued reprimands for two separate incidents during the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils at the Feroz Shah Kotla last night. “Both Mr. […]

Kolkata: The BCCI has recommended former India captain Rahul Dravid for the prestigious Dronacharya award and once again nominated Virat Kohli for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna honour. Legendary opener Sunil Gavaskar’s name has been recommended for Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award. CoA chief Vinod Rai confirmed Dravid’s nomination for the Dronacharya award. “Yes, we […]

Dubai: In phenomenal form across formats, Indian captain Virat Kohli was today named the world cricketer of the year, besides bagging the top honour for ODI players in the ICC annual awards, announced here. In the qualification period from September 21, 2016 to the end of 2017, Kohli scored 2,203 Test runs at an average […]

New Delhi: A whopping 1,122 players including the likes of Chris Gayle, Yuvraj Singh, Joe Root and Shane Watson have signed up on expected lines to be part of the upcoming IPL auction, the BCCI announced on Saturday. The auction, scheduled to take place in Bengaluru on January 27 and 28, will also see India’s […]

New Delhi: Indian all-rounder Yusuf Pathan was today handed a five-month retrospective suspension for failing a dope test, a sanction which will end on January 14 after the BCCI accepted his plea that the violation was inadvertent. “Mr Yusuf Pathan has been suspended for a doping violation. Mr Pathan had inadvertently ingested a prohibited substance, which […]

New Delhi: The ICC might incorporate air pollution in its ‘Playing Conditions’ clause, having taken a serious note of the plight of Sri Lankan cricketers during the recently-concluded Test match against India in the national capital. The Sri Lankan players were seen fielding while wearing anti-pollution masks during India’s batting with most of their players […]

Kochi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today approached the Kerala High Court against a single bench order lifting the life ban imposed on cricketer S Sreesanth in the wake of the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal. In its appeal, the BCCI said the decision to ban the cricketer was taken based on […]

Kochi: In a relief to cricketer S Sreesanth, the Kerala High Court today lifted the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI in the wake of the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal. In his order, Justice A Muhamed Mustaque also set aside all proceedings against Sreesanth initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in […]

Mumbai: Acceding to newly-appointed chief coach Ravi Shastri’s demand, the BCCI today appointed Bharat Arun as the Indian cricket team’s bowling coach, ending days of drama surrounding the position. Arun was India’s bowling coach during Shastri’s previous tenure as Team Director and the latter had insisted on his appointment in his soon-to-start second stint with […]

New Delhi: Ravi Shastri today returned at the helm of Indian cricket as the chief coach, exactly a year after an unceremonious exit, pipping strong contenders such as Virender Sehwag to the coveted post. Shastri replaced Anil Kumble, who exited after a much publicised difference of opinion with captain Virat Kohli. Making for a star-studded coaching […]

The Indian cricket board has decided to inform the International Cricket Council (ICC) that it won't be able to host the T20 World Cup, leaving the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which was kept as standby for the tournament, as the host.

BCCI president-in-exile N Srinivasan today tendered an "unconditional apology" in the Supreme Court for "breaching" its direction by chairing the Board's working committee meeting on February 8 and deciding to hold its AGM on March 2 to elect new office bearers