Anushka describes Engineer's 'cups of tea' charge as 'ill intended lies'

Mumbai / New Delhi (IANS) Bollywood actress and Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli's wife, Anushka Sharma, posted a long tweet on Thursday, reacting to claims by India cricket legend Farokh Engineer that all that the BCCI Selectors did during…

'Dew won't be an issue in India-Bangladesh Day-Night Test'

Kolkata (IANS) India's first-ever Day-Night Test, slated to be played against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens, is likely to have an early start which will eliminate the dew factor to a considerable degree, said local curator Sujan Mukherjee.

Conversations that took place between Shakib & alleged bookie

Dubai (IANS) Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib-al-Hasan has been handed a two-year ban by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for failing to report corrupt approaches made to him on multiple occasions since late 2017.

Shakib, who has been found…

Army blade runner eyes Tokyo 2020 after golden run

New Delhi (IANS) An Army soldier, who lost his left leg in a mine blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir in 2008, has made India proud by bagging three gold medals at the recently concluded Military World Games in China.

The…

Heat on Karim as BCCI may turn to Kookaburra or Dukes for pink ball

New Delhi (IANS) As chief of the technical committee, Sourav Ganguly had time and again proposed the idea of playing with the pink ball in domestic cricket so that players are prepared when the time comes to play Day-Night Tests. And life has indeed…

Verstappen takes pole position at Mexican GP

Mexico City (IANS) Max Verstappen (Red Bull) triumphed here in qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix (GP), posting a tremendous final lap to take pole position.

The Dutchman, who has won the event at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez here in…

BCCI wants to hold first day-night Test at Eden Gardens: BCB

New Delhi (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) would like the second Test of the upcoming series between India and Bangladesh to be a day-night Test, according to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

In that case, the iconic…

Go, grab your moment: Gambhir tells Samson

New Delhi (IANS) Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir is elated with the selection of Sanju Samson for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Bangladesh and has asked the wicketkeeper-batsman to grab the "long overdue" opportunity with both…

We are moving on, we are very clear: MSK Prasad on Dhoni

New Delhi (IANS) BCCI President Sourav Ganguly might have said that he will speak to the selectors as well as M.S. Dhoni before a call is taken on his future, but chief selector M.S.K. Prasad seems to be very clear with his priorities as he said on…

Champions don't finish quickly, proud to have Dhoni: Ganguly

Mumbai (IANS) Questions around former India skipper M.S. Dhoni refuses to die down and while nobody is sure if he will don the gloves again for the national team, newly elected BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has made it clear that Dhoni will be respected…