The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi has been appointed to the ICC Board as the organization’s first independent female director. Mrs. Nooyi will join the Board in June 2018 to align with the term of the ICC Independent Chairman, following the unanimous confirmation of her appointment at […]
Australia captain Jason Sangha: “We are a side that can beat any team if we play well. We’ve grown by leaps and bounds since our first match” · India captain Prithvi Shaw: “I have confidence that even if we get one partnership, we can take charge of the match and take the score to 250-300” […]
Bollywood and Cricket are two closely knit glamorous industries. How cricketers have been bowled over by the Indian bollywood beauties is no new news. Some 50 years ago Indian cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi married Sharmila Tagore, since then the two absolutely opposite fields share a close affability. Here’s a quick look at some Indian […]
Virat Kohli named captain of both sides; Warner, de Kock and Stokes other players to feature in the two sides India’s Virat Kohli has been named as captain of the ICC Men’s Test and ODI Teams of the Year 2017, which were announced today by the International Cricket Council. Apart from his own […]
McSweeney hits 156 and Ralston takes 7-15 in Australia’s 311 runs victory over PNG; Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe join PNG in Plate Championship · Photos from Australia v Papua New Guinea, India v Zimbabwe and Pakistan v Sri Lanka matches available on the Online Media Zone for free download and editorial use. Please credit ICC/Getty Images […]
India captain Virat Kohli has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee and received one demerit point for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third day’s play in the second Test against South Africa at Centurion on Monday. Kohli was found to have breached Article 2.1.1 of the […]
Austria’s Dominic Thiem edged Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 here for his first victory of this year’s ATP Finals. Thiem can now book a spot in the semi-finals of this elite year-end event with a victory Friday over Belgium’s David Goffin, while Carreno Busta, who replaced injured world number 1 and countryman Rafael […]
The first Test between India and Sri Lanka was delayed due to rain here at the Eden Gardens on Thursday. Staying true to the weather forecast, the skies remained overcast since morning with light drizzle starting little over an hour before the scheduled start of the game and half an hour ahead of toss. Both […]
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel won his fifth race of the Formula One season at the Brazilian Grand Prix to all but secure second place in the driver’s championship. Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas took second place while Kimi Raikkonen claimed third in his Ferrari at the Interlagos circuit on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported. Lewis Hamilton, who […]
The second One-Day International (ODI) between India and New Zealand here became embroiled in controversy hours before its start with allegations of corruption against curator Pandurang Salgaonkar, who was subsequently sacked by the BCCI. A television channel claims to have conducted a sting operation in which reporters posing as bookies approached the curator asking for […]