THE BOARD OF CONTROL FOR CRICKET IN INDIA (BCCI) on Sunday announced that Karnataka all-rounder Stuart Binny will join the Test team before the second match of the three-Test away series against Sri Lanka.
INDIA'S IN-FORM opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan has been ruled out of the rest of the Test series against Sri Lanka, the BCCI said in a statement.
INDIAN OFF-SPINNER Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday climbed three places to the ninth spot in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test bowlers rankings after claiming match figures of 10 for 160 against Sri Lanka in the first Test at Galle.
INDIA'S AJINKYA RAHANE today became the first fielder in Test history to take eight catches, achieving the feat in the ongoing first cricket match against Sri Lanka at Galle.
THERE ARE FANS and then there are fanatics. The Chennai Super Kings fans seem to belong to the second category. Noted fan H Saravanan and other fans of the suspended IPL franchise assembled outside the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on August 01 after the Supreme Court’s verdict.
IN AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE their team from being eliminated from the IPL, CSK fans successfully organized a huge signature campaign in Chennai. Ten of the most dedicated and passionate Super Kings fans from and around Chennai travelled all the way to Mumbai to hand over their petition to the BCCI committee.
FEW SPIN BOWLERS have showed the kind of authority and control on the opening day of a Test match that Ravichandran Ashwin displayed at Galle.
FORMER INDIAN SKIPPER Sourav Ganguly is bowled over by Virat Kohli's exuberance and passion to cricket and compared the Test captain to legendary footballer Diego Maradona.