Sachin Tendulkar may have hung up his bat about 17 months back, but the cheers that he received from a sea of fans at the Wankhede stadium here on Sunday showed the aura around the little master has not faded a bit. While cheers for those in the playing eleven is a normal scene, Mumbai […]
Middle-order batsman Deepak Hooda, who starred for Rajasthan Royals in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Delhi Daredevils on Sunday, credited the team management and mentor Rahul Dravid for his match-winning knock. In reply to Daredevils’ 184/3, Royals were struggling at 78/4 in the 11th over when Hooda joined opener Ajinkya Rahane in the […]
Jagmohan Dalmiya has seen it all. Pushing 75, the comeback man of the Indian cricket board now has little aspiration or drive to grapple with issues confronting the game. Circumstances conspired to put him in the saddle a decade after he was unceremoniously booted out by his detractors. It is a different matter that the […]
A Rajasthan Royals cricketer was approached a month ago for fixing 2015 Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, the team said on Friday. The Royals reaction comes in after the Indian Express reported on Friday that the Mumbai-based Royals player was approached by his Ranji Trophy teammate “with an offer of money if he followed a […]
Is it an emotion, wrath or anger? Yograj Singh, father of ace cricketer Yuvraj Singh, in a remark that could trigger a major controversy and war of words, has blasted India’s ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his son’s exclusion from the ICC World Cup 2015 squad. An emotional Yograj also cursed the Indian captain […]
Since it began in 2008, the Indian Premier League cricket season has seen lines increasingly blurred between the sport and Bollywood, both of which are among the biggest cultural passions in the massive country. Six weeks long, and with a brand value of some $3.2B, the IPL has similarities to both the U.S.Super Bowl and […]
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed that Mr Mustafa Kamal has tendered his resignation as the ICC President with immediate effect. In his resignation letter to the ICC Chief Executive David Richardson, Mr Kamal said he was stepping down on personal grounds and offered his apologies to all associated with the ICC, while […]
From Tuesday, IANS is beginning a series of profiles on the eight teams that will feature in the eighth edition of the Indian Premier League that will be played from April 8 to May 24) Bengaluru, March 31 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore, for all their flash and dash, glitz and glamour, choreographed one of the […]
Mr Srinivasan says 50-over tournament can attract and inspire a new generation of followers to the game The Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Mr Narayanaswami Srinivasan, has hailed the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 as “the most popular in history” and he believes that the 50-over game is in good health following […]
The local organisers of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 have thanked players and fans for making the tournament the most popular in its history. 1,016,421 people attended the 49 matches over 44 days across Australia and New Zealand. Today’s crowd of 93,013 at the Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground has set a new […]