Rajasthan Royals captain and coach Shane Warne has strongly defended DLF IPL Twenty in the backdrop of accusations that many cricketers are shunning their country commitments to exploit the lucrative IPL. Shane Warne said in his weekly column in a newspaper that the IPL, on the contrary, gives the game a big boost. Shane Warne [...]
Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar may have to quit as the ICC’s cricket committee chairperson due to perceived conflict of interests with his role as a columnist, media reports said. A report said the ICC has decided on this after its executive board meeting in Dubai. Sunil Gavaskar had described cricket playing nations Australia and [...]
Former BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmia is in deep trouble after the Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai Police reportedly found documents that could implicate him for allegedly misappropriating Rs 2.90 crore from a BCCI account opened in connection with the Cricket World Cup in 1996. Jagmohan Dalmia has denied any involvement in the scam. The account [...]
The ICC plans to sign a contract with BCCI to ensure that international cricket schedules are not jeopardized by IPL. According to the contract, IPL must respect international schedules and not take on players that do not have board clearance to take part in IPL. This would include players who have been retired for up [...]
The 2011 Cricket World Cup would have two teams less than the previous one, reports said. The last Cricket World Cup in West Indies had 16 nations, inviting criticism that it prolonged the tournament and that including more teams would affect the standards of the game. The ICC has not drawn up the schedule of [...]
The IPL will not be factored in the ICC Futures Tour programme, a decision that would mean that IPL editions would clash with various international cricket tours. Many players have been demanding ICC to include IPL in its tours programme so that players’ national commitments do not clash with IPL editions. More than 90 international [...]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided to continue with Robin Singh as fielding coach and Venkatesh Prasad as bowling coach for the South Africa Test series. After Gary Kirsten took over as coach of Indian team, speculation mounted that both will be axed. The series starts on March 26. Assistant coach [...]
The BCCI has conducted a seminar for the curators of the IPL tournament. Curators are the ones who prepare the pitches and make them ready for the matches. BCCI wanted to make those pitches where the IPL would be held consistent across the country. According to news reports, BCCI even had Les Burdett, Australian curator [...]
IPL Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar has said he spotted strains in the Australian cricket team during India’s tour Down Under, saying the Aussies were getting defensive, which was uncharacteristic of them. Though Australia won a controversy-marred Test series 2-1, India defeated Aussies 2-0 in tri-series Commonwealth Bank trophy. Sachin Tendulkar said the Aussies never [...]
The Indian Premier League may see the extension of hostilities generated during India’s recent tour of Australia, media reports said. A Kolkata-based newspaper quoted an unnamed senior Indian player to this effect, hinting at a strong possibility that the Australian players would get a hostile reception. The unnamed senior player, commenting on the availability of [...]