ANIL KUMBLE, has decided to step down as the Chief Mentor of Mumbai Indians with immediate effect. Kumble has been associated with Mumbai Indians since January 2013. He has decided to pursue other opportunities in sports and cricket.
INDIA'S OFF-SPINNER Ravichandran Ashwin jumped three places to his career-best second spot among the Test bowlers after he took 12 wickets in India's 124-run win over South Africa in Nagpur, while his teammates Amit Mishra and Ravindra Jadeja also gained places in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings released on Monday.
ADJUDGED MAN-OF-THE-MATCH for his swashbuckling 59 from 27 balls, India Under-19 batsman Sarfaraz Khan said it was an innings he played to get out of pressure.
A STUPENDOUS BOWLING effort coupled with a quickfire half-century by Sarfaraz Khan saw the India Under-19 team beat Bangladesh Under-19 by seven wickets in the tri-series final at the Jadavpur University ground in Kolkata on Sunday.
WEST INDIES off-spinner Sunil Narine was suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect after an independent assessment of his action was deemed illegal, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed on Sunday.
ONE OF INDIA'S better batsmen in the shortest format of the game, Suresh Raina welcomed his 29th birthday on November 27, alongside his wife Priyanka and other family members.
AS MANY AS 10 companies have paid an amount of Rs. 2 lakh each to pick up the invitation to tender (ITT) and documents for the bidding of two new teams that will participate in the 2016 and 2017 seasons of the Indian Premier League (IPL), top officials at the BCCI said.
IRFAN PATHAN was once labelled as one of the most talented all-rounders India has produced, but poor form and frequent injuries has kept him away from international cricket for the past three years.
YEARS AGO, an official of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) had a wager that a Test match cannot be moved out of Ferozeshah Kotla despite how badly the association is run!
N. Srinivasan has lost his chair twice over -- as BCCI president and ICC supremo -- he has lost his team CSK for two years in the IPL. He cannot escape the dragnet after the latest shenanigan on using a London-based private spy agency to keep an eye on fellow BCCI members was revealed.