Star South Africa batsman AB de Villiers has announced his decision to retire from international cricket with immediate effect, stating, via a video message, that he had "run out of gas." The 34-year-old batsman said 'the time is right' for him to hang up his boots, bringing a close to a sterling 14

New Delhi: Despondent after the loss to Delhi Daredevils in their Indian Premier League (IPL) clash here on Friday, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni asserted that his team need to pick up their socks in the knockout stages. Needing 163 runs for a win, the CSK chase never rea

Weakened by the departure of Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes, Rajasthan Royals will have their task cut out when they lock horns with a resurgent Royal Challengers Bangalore, in the Indian Premier League in Jaipur on Saturday. The game at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium is crucial for both RR and RCB, plac

MS Dhoni is always cool as a cucumber. His expressions betray nothing. In the heat of battle, whether it was in his time as India captain or as skipper of the Chennai Super Kings, you could never tell what was going on in his mind. There have been the occasional one-liners, directed at ce

Andrew Tye pegged the Mumbai Indians back with his exceptional bowling variations. K.L. Rahul played yet another gem at the top. Aaron Finch finally made a contribution of note with the willow. Still, it was not enough to either help Kings XI Punjab end Mumbai Indians’ campaign or improve its chance

Ajinkya Rahane will lead the Indian team for the one-off Test against Afghanistan in June. On Tuesday, the BCCI's selection committee announced four sets of senior squads, for the Afghanistan Test and the limited-overs series in Ireland and England later in the summer. In addition, the 'A' squads

The ball-tampering saga involving three Australian cricketers shook the cricket world, especially the Australian cricket. Head coach Darren Lehmann following the incident which was a bolt on the Australian cricket resigned from his position of head coach. The Australian captain Steve Smith and vice-

JOHANNESBURG - SA batsman Hashim Amla was on Saturday honoured with the Order of Ikhamanga for his contribution in the field of sports. The Order of Ikhamanga is one of the national honours issued by the President of South Africa, given in recognition of services and achievements in arts, culture

India will take on Pakistan in the ICC World Cup 2019 on June 16 at Old Trafford, a BCCI official said on Tuesday. Cut to 10 teams from 14, the World Cup this year will be in round-robin format where every team which play each other. At the International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executives Me

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson on Sunday said he idolised batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar as a youngster. "Some of my favourite cricketers have been Indians. Indian player Sachin Tendulkar, I met him during my debut for New Zealand. We were playing against each other, and I was looking at w

In fresh trouble for Amrapali Group, former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, through his agency Rhiti Sports, has sued the real estate firm over dues amounting to Rs 150 crore. According to a report in The Economic Times, Rhiti Sports has filed a recovery suit in the Delhi High Court in this reg

The Decision Review System, already used in the Twenty Internationals, will be introduced at the upcoming edition of the cash-rich Indian Premier League. Yes, this idea has been going around for many years, said IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla at a media conference here today, confirming that the TV r

After all the negativity that surrounds the life of India pacer Mohammed Shami in few recent days, he can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The reason being the possibility for the pacer to be inducted back into the central contract list in Indian cricket under BCCI. Earlier his contract was withhel

Mohammed Shami's wife Hasin Jahan lost her cool and allegedly attacked journalists in Kolkata on Tuesday. Hasin was seen outside the St. Sebastian's School in Kolkata where she shouted at journalists and even broke a video camera in the scuffle. She then hurriedly left the spot in a red SUV. H

Chennai: Former BCCI president N Srinivasan on Friday rejected Dilip Vengsarkar's claims that he was responsible for the ex-India captain's removal as chairman of selectors, calling the charge "completely false, motivated and without any basis". Vengsarkar had claimed that he lost his job as chai

Barely a month after the India Under-19 side emerged as the world champion, chief junior national selector Venkatesh Prasad has resigned from his post. The former India medium-pacer emailed his resignation to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials and executives on Friday. “Ye

Kolkata: Former great Gundappa Viswanath on Sunday said run-machine Virat Kohli has “every chance” to break Sachin Tendulkar’s staggering record of notching 100 international centuries. Kohli continued his sublime form in the ongoing tour of South Africa and created yet another world record two d

Islamabad: Pakistan Cricketer Shahid Afridi had said that politics should not come in between the sporting ties of India and Pakistan. He opined that, instead Cricket should be used as a tool to improve and strengthen the bilateral relations between the countries. According to the news reporte