Not long ago, Abhinav Mukund walked up to a national selector to exchange pleasantries. All he got in response to his greeting though was an obligatory “Hello” and an empty stare. It was clear to Abhinav that the selector, who’s no longer part of the panel now, had absolutely no clue who he was. So,

Pakistan’s top performer Sarfraz Ahmed has hinted that he didn’t speak about his problems during Waqar Younis’s tenure as coach because he was insecure about being dropped from the team. When asked about an incident where he had gone to the chief selector and requested him not to rest him for a tour

THE LAST time Suresh Raina played in a T20 fixture at Kanpur’s Green Park Stadium, he was adjudged Man-of-the-Match. Leading his IPL franchise, the Gujarat Lions against the Mumbai Indians, Raina scored a brisk half-century to help his side pull off a stunning chase. Raina loves T20 cricket, more sp

Ahead of India’s T20 series against visiting England, Team India skipper, Virat Kohli has praised Jammu and Kashmir all-rounder Parvez Rasool who has been selected for the side. India begins its three match T20 series against England on Thursday at Kanpur and ahead of the match, Kohli interacted

Not even AB de Villiers’ brilliance on his return to international cricket could save South Africa from gifting Sri Lanka a T20 series victory in a thrilling finale at Newlands on Wednesday night. The visitors benefited from a litany of dropped catches by the hosts to steal home off the second-la

Angelo Mathews, the veteran all-rounder, on Tuesday (January 24), reiterated his commitment to lead Sri Lanka through a transitional phase. After Sri Lanka slipped to an embarrassing 3-0 loss in the just-concluded Test series against South Africa, there were calls for Mathews to relinquish his role

Having been backed by the team management, Hardik Pandya, is fast rising amongst the ranks. Trusted by Virat Kohli to be India's solution to their perennial all-rounder woes, Pandya enjoyed a fine run in the recently concluded three-match One-Day International series against England, taking crucial

After three closely-fought battles in the recently-concluded One-Day International (ODI) series against England, Virat Kohli-led India won the the series 2-1. Out of the series came many a positives, but MSK Prasad, the chairman of selectors, believed that apart from a few newcomers, it was the seni

New Delhi: S Sreesanth’s plans to come back to competitive cricket was dashed today as the BCCI denied the India fast bowler NOC (No Objection Certificate) to play league cricket in Scotland. Sreesanth had been trying to play league cricket in Scotland this year but the BCCI, which had imposed a

New Delhi: Ace India spinner Ravichandran Aswin has likened former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to Argentine superstar Lionel Messi, while he thinks that captain Virat Kohli is in the same mould of the reigning Ballon D'or winner Cristiano Ronaldo. The premier spinner took BCCI's rapid-fire quiz

Australia captain Steve Smith led by example, as he smashed an unbeaten 108 to help hosts take 2-1 lead in the five match ODI series. Australia captain Steve Smith led by example, smashing an unbeaten 108 against a sloppy Pakistan to secure his team’s seven-wicket victory with five overs to spare i

After nearabout nine decades, the Board of Control for India (BCCI) is all set to be run, for an unspecified period of time, by a Committee of Administrators (COA) with the Supreme Court expected to pass an order on Friday. The Court will nominate the persons to the COA as per the recommendations of

Cuttack: India claimed an unassailable lead in the three match Paytm Ind vs Eng series by winning the 2nd ODI by 15 runs and will go into the final ODI with nothing to loose. Earlier after winning the toss, India had posted an mammoth total of 381-6, thanks to the brilliant centuries by Ms Dhoni

Sridharan Sriram brings to the table loads of commitment and valuable knowledge of the sub-continental conditions. Given the rapport he shares with Australia coach Darren Lehmann and the respect he has of the cricketers from Down Under, it is not really surprising that the 40-year-old former Indi

Australia’s tour to India next month can’t be worse than the side’s 2013 campaign when he and four other players were suspended for a Test, former all-rounder Shane Watson said on Tuesday. India dealt a 4-0 whitewash to the Aussies in 2013, a tour remembered for Watson, James Pattinson, Mitchell

South African batting star A.B. de Villiers said on Tuesday he had decided not to make himself available for a Test series in New Zealand in March but stressed that he had not retired from Test cricket. de Villiers, who turns 33 next month, said his main goal for the rest of his career was to lea

A flamboyant Indian team that has converted chasing down incredible targets into an art form are once again ready to show their ruthless streak as they aim for a series clinching victory against England in the second One Day International match, in Cuttack on Thursday. With ‘Chase Master’ Virat K

Kane Williamson scored his 15th century as New Zealand staged a remarkable fightback to win the first Test against Bangladesh by seven wickets in the final session in Wellington on Monday. He described it has “a second-innings match” where Bangladesh's first innings 595 and New Zealand's 539 in r