THE MUMBAI CRICKET ASSOCIATION (MCA) managing committee on Friday appointed vice president Dilip Vengsarkar to look into the controversy concerning Indian cricket team director Ravi Shastri and Wankhede Stadium curator Sudhir Naik and submit a report on it before it's next meeting scheduled on November 5.
FORMER AS WELL AS current players have plenty to talk about India's chances in the four-Test series against South Africa, beginning Thursday at Mohali. While the former players point out the deficiencies in the bowling attack and the unsettling batting order, some current players, returning from injury lay-offs, are desperate to dispel doubts over their fitness and their preferred batting slots or preferred nature of pitches to bowl on.
Co-owner of Indian Aces, Siddesh Sharma, on Friday invited Sachin Tendulkar to watch the battle of tennis greats, Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer in the second edition of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), Indian leg in New Delhi.
FOLLOWING HIS 52-run knock against the South Africans in the two-day practice match in Mumbai, wicketkeeper-batsman Naman Ojha on Friday said he has learnt from his past mistakes and would aim at carrying on the momentum in the upcoming matches to cement his place in the India Test cricket side.
AFTER A SLOPPY START, Board President XI batsmen made a strong comeback to post a commendable 296 in their first innings against the South Africans on the opening day of their two-day practice match at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Friday.
WANKHEDE STADIUM curator Sudhir Naik has written to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), calling for action againt Indian team director Ravi Shastri and coaching staff member Bharat Arun for abusive behaviour after the fifth one-dayer against South Africa.
THE 2015 INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE (IPL) contributed Rs.11.5 billion ($182 million) to India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Friday.
FORMER PAKISTAN CAPTAIN Javed Miandad has lashed out at the BCCI over the undecided bilateral series scheduled for December, and has asked the Pakistan Cricket Board to boycott the 2016 World T20 in India.
THE RAVI SHASTRI-Sudhir Naik Wankhede pitch controversy has taken a turn for the worse, after reports emerged that the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) curator was indeed asked to make 'slow turners' to assist the Indian spinners.
WITH NOT MANY runs under his belt lately, India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara on Thursday made it clear that he is open to bat at any position in the four-match Test cricket series against South Africa starting in Mohali on November 5.
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