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New Delhi: Fantasy gaming platform Mobile Premier League (MPL) has been picked as the apparel sponsor of the Indian cricket team for a period of three years. A member of the Apex Council confirmed the development on Monday that BCCI has inked the apparel and merchandise deal with MPL, replacing Nike. “Yes, Apex Council has […]

New Delhi: India captain Virat Kohli was on Monday granted paternity leave by the BCCI after the first Test against Australia next month, while his limited-overs’ deputy Rohit Sharma was added to the red-ball squad after being initially left out due to a hamstring injury. Kohli will miss three Test matches in Australia to be […]

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced that MPL Sports will now be the new kit sponsor and official merchandise partner for the Indian Cricket Team. MPL Sports is the athleisure wear and sports merchandise brand from e-sports platform Mobile Premier League MPL Sports has entered into a […]

New Delhi: The BCCI’s all-powerful general body will give approval to a 10-team Indian Premier League during its Annual General Body Meeting on Thursday but it will only materialise in 2022 instead of the current year. One of the major points in the agenda of BCCI’s AGM to be held in Ahmedabad is the inclusion […]

New Delhi: India skipper Virat Kohli has moved up by a spot to number seven while KL Rahul has maintained his third position in the latest ICC rankings for batsmen in T20 Internationals. Kohli scored 134 runs in the three T20I matches India last played against Australia. Rahul, on the other hand, scored 81 runs […]

Ahmedabad: The BCCI’s governing body on Thursday ratified the entry of two new franchises in the IPL to make it a 10-team affair from 2022 and also decided to back the ICC’s push for cricket’s inclusion in the 2028 Olympics, during its Annual General Meeting (AGM) here. “Two new teams will be introduced in the […]

Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday has appointed former India pacers Debashis Mohanty, Chetan Sharma and Abey Kuruvilla as national selectors. Legendary cricketer from Odisha, Debashish Mohanty, who also headed the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) Selection Committee will now serve as a member of All-India Senior Selection Committee Panel. […]

Bhubaneswar: Despite only a handful of names from Odisha making their way into the Indian cricket team till date and probably the most successful of them, Debasish Mohanty, who was recently appointed as the selector to the national cricket team, on Friday stated that there is no dearth of talent in the State. Only few […]

New Delhi: ICC’s interim CEO Geoff Allardice on Wednesday said the body has backup plans in place for the T20 World Cup in India later this year but is currently…

Melbourne: The BCCI on Saturday rubbished reports that it was investigating a violation of COVID-19 protocols by some Indian cricketers who ate out at a restaurant here, terming them “a malicious spin by a section of Australian media”. A senior Indian cricket board official told PTI that the visiting contingent is “well aware” of the […]

Sydney: Right-handed batsman KL Rahul has been ruled out of the remaining two Tests of the ongoing four-match series against Australia  after sustaining a wrist injury during training in Melbourne, the BCCI said. Rahul had not played any match of the ongoing series in which the third Test starts on Thursday here. “KL Rahul sprained […]

Sydney: India left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja has suffered a nasty blow to his left thumb and taken for scans to ascertain the damage to his bowling hand. He is unlikely to bowl in the Australian second innings of the ongoing third Test. “Ravindra Jadeja suffered a blow to his left thumb while batting. He has […]

Sydney: The BCCI on Saturday lodged a formal complaint with ICC match referee David Boon after Indian team players, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj, were allegedly racially abused by a drunk spectator here during the third day of third Test against Australia. According to BCCI sources, Siraj was allegedly referred to as a “monkey” by […]

Sydney/New Delhi: Indian cricketers, especially pacer Mohammed Siraj, endured racist slurs for a second successive day in the third Test against Australia here, causing a brief halt in fourth day’s play, expulsion of some spectators from the ground and an all-round condemnation of the incidents. Siraj, still grieving the death of his father a little […]

New Delhi: The Indian cricket team, which landed in Brisbane for the fourth and final Test against Australia, was in for a shock on Tuesday as it was lodged at a hotel which “lacked basic facilities”, prompting an intervention from the BCCI top brass. It is learnt that BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, secretary Jay Shah […]