Month: February 2021

The controversy-ridden Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) has again found itself in muddy waters after organising an auction for an “unsanctioned” Bihar Cricket League (T20) before getting green light from the BCCI. The Anti Corruption Unit of the BCCI has already recommended that there should be strict guidelines before BCCI green-lights any franchise based state T20

Andhra outplayed Jharkhand by seven wickets to emerge on top of Group B in the Vijay Hazare Trophy cricket tournament on Sunday, pipping Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand. Madhya Pradesh opener Venkatesh Iyer missed out on a well-deserved double ton as he was run out two runs shy of the mark in his team’s big 105-run

Young Karnataka sensation Devdutt Padikkal continued his terrific form ahead of the IPL with a third successive century as the defending champions reached the Vijay Hazare Trophy quarterfinals with a lopsided 10-wicket win over Railways in a group C in Bengaluru on Sunday. The Royal Challengers Bangalore opener, who scored a career-best 152 against Odisha

IND vs ENG: Virat Kohli trains for India ahead of the fourth Test match.© Instagram Ahead of the upcoming fourth Test against England, Virat Kohli-led India on Sunday had a grind in the nets and everyone was seen having a hit in the middle. Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) official handle tweeted

IND vs ENG: Rohit Sharma had a cheeky comment regarding the pitch for the 4th Test.© Instagram The pitch in the third Test match between India and England has left fans wondering about what the track will be like in the upcoming fourth Test, and opener Rohit Sharma has also joined the bandwagon. India won

Amid the debate over the nature of the pitch that was prepared for the pink-ball Test between India and England in Ahmedabad, England wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Foakes on Sunday said that his side knows that the pitch is going to turn from ball one as the hosts are pushing their conditions to the extremities. India had managed

Tom Moody had previously worked as Sri Lanka’s coach for a period of two years.© Twitter Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Sunday confirmed the appointment of former Australia all-rounder Tom Moody as the new director of cricket. Moody’s appointment came after recommendations made by the technical advisory committee of the SLC to revamp Sri Lanka’s cricket

Western Australia managed a narrow escape against South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match.© Cricket.com.au/Twitter Western Australia (WA) survived by the skin of their teeth in a Sheffield Shield match against South Australia (SA) at the WACA ground on Sunday as WA’s No. 11 Liam O’Connor kept off the last delivery of the match and

WI vs SL: Sunil Narine is still fine-tuning his game and getting himself ready for international cricket.© Twitter West Indies chief selector Roger Harper has said that spinner Sunil Narine has indicated that he is still not ready to return to international cricket. Narine has not been included in West Indies’ squad for three-match T20I

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani on Sunday confirmed that the Asia Cup slated to be held in June this year is likely to be postponed if India reach the World Test Championship final. “Asia Cup was set to go last year but it got postponed to this year. Right now, it looks like

Former England spinner Monty Panesar on Sunday said that the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad did not deserve the Test match as it ended inside two days and added that the International Cricket Council should dock India’s points if the pitch is similar in the fourth Test. India had managed to defeat England by ten

Amy Satterthwaite’s stunning century and Amelia Kerr’s brilliant fifty powered New Zealand Women to a seven-wicket win over England in the third ODI in Dunedin on Sunday. However, England Women had already won the three-match ODI series as they won the previous two ODIs. Satterthwaite played an unbeaten knock of 119 runs while Kerr scored

Ravichandran Ashwin broke into the top three in ICC Test rankings for bowlers.© BCCI Ravichandran Ashwin, who became the fastest Indian bowler to 400 Test wickets in the third Test against England, climbed four spots to break into the top three of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings for bowlers on Sunday. Ashwin picked

Former Australia skipper Ian Chappell feels that India correctly calculated England batsmen’s ineptitude against spin and used it to their advantage. Riding on brilliant spells of spin bowling from Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin, India registered a comprehensive 10-wicket win over England in the pink-ball Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Thursday to go

Cricket South Africa have named a 17-strong women’s squad for limited-overs games against India.© Twitter Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Sunday named a 17-member squad for their upcoming series against India, an away tour that will see the Proteas Women play five ODIs and three T20Is. Head coach Hilton Moreeng and his squad landed in

Angelo Mathews will lead the Sri Lanka side in the T20I series in the West Indies.© Twitter Sri Lanka Cricket on Saturday appointed Angelo Mathews as the stand-in captain for the T20I series against the West Indies. Mathews was named the stand-in captain as Dasun Shanaka, who was appointed as the T20I captain for the

Nathan Lyon opined that the pitch used for the 3rd Test between India and England was brilliant.© Twitter Nathan Lyon hit out at the critics of the pitch that was used in the third Test between India and England in Ahmedabad. The match ended inside two days with spinners picking up 28 out of the