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South Africa to bank on fresh pace duo to overcome India

SOUTH AFRICAN CAPTAIN AB de Villiers on Saturday said that they have been bolstered by the arrival of experienced pace duo of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel, who will bring "good energy" to the side that plays India in the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series starting in Kanpur on Sunday.

October 10, 2015

CSK & RR fate, Srinivasan, PepsiCo, Cuttack issues confront BCCI in Oct 18 meeting

THE PREVIOUSLY ADJOURNED meeting of the BCCI's all-powerful working committee has been reconvened on 18 October in Mumbai and is set to be a crucial one with many issues confronting the board.

October 10, 2015

BCCI says it will address concerns raised by Pepsi on IPL

THE BCCI SAID ON FRIDAY it will address the concerns raised by Pepsi, the title sponsor of its flagship tournament, the Indian Premier League (IPL).

October 09, 2015

The fizz is Out! Pepsi says it does not want to be IPL title sponsor any more

IN WHAT COULD BE a difficult situation for the BCCI, the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League (IPL), soft drinks major PepsiCo has reportedly indicated that they would not like to be associated with the tournament any more.

October 09, 2015

That is the way it is: Pakistani daily rues troubled cricketing ties with India

IT APPEARS that Pakistan and India are using cricket as "a metaphor to convey just how determined they are to stay at a distance from and hostile to one another", said the leading Pakistani daily, Dawn, in an editorial titles "Indo-Pak sporting ties: It’s just not cricket".

October 07, 2015

Dalmiya's portraits to be placed in front of Eden gates

A LARGE POTRAIT of the late Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Jagmohan Dalmiya will be placed in front of the Eden Gardens' entrances when India take on South Africa here in the final Twenty20 international on Thursday.

October 06, 2015

India must not get complacent but strive to improve: Gavaskar

FOLLOWING INDIA'S SIX WICKET LOSS to South Africa in the second Twenty20 International, legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar advised the men in blue not to get complacent and instead strive to get better in the upcoming matches.

October 06, 2015

SC refuses to clarify, asks BCCI to take own view

THE SUPREME COURT on Monday said that the BCCI was free to decide whether its former president N. Srinivasan was still in a conflict of interest situation and thus be barred from attending its working committee meetings as it refused to issue any clarification on developments that took place post its January 22 judgment.

October 05, 2015

Manohar elected new BCCI president for full 2-year term; plans clean-up

SHASHANK MANOHAR TOOK OVER as the new president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India as at a Special General Meeting (SGM) of the board in Mumbai on Sunday, and immediately spoke of clean-up, transparency, and restoring the board's lost reputation.

October 04, 2015

RETROFIT by Sandeep Bamzai: Secret Society's Frenemies

NATURE ABHORS a vacuum. We all know that the BCCI is a cosy private club for out of work politicians right now. In the past too, it has been a microcosm of the nation's body politic with netas of all hues represented on the board by virtue of controlling state associations which have the votes which bring you any level of authority within the body that refuses to listen to anyone in the land. 

October 01, 2015

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