Afghanistan to play their first ever Test in India
New Delhi, Dec 11 :India will host Afghanistan for their first ever Test in 2019-2020, the BCCI announced here today. Afghanistan earned their Test status alongside Ireland this June. “Afghans were scheduled to play their first Test in 2019 versus Australia but considering the historic relationship between India and Afghanistan, we decided to host their […]
5 institutions who may not remain with their teams in IPL 2018
The much awaited player retention policy for the eleventh edition of the Indian Premier League was recently released. An incredible 10 years of IPL have just whizzed by, much like Brett Lee’s deliveries. Under-19 world cup winning captain Virat Kohli is now team India’s record breaking skipper, well on his way towards being an all-time […]
Pakistan’s female powerlifters bag gold in international competition
SINGAPORE: Pakistani female powerlifters Saniha Ghafoor and Twinkle Sohail cleaned sweeped their respective categories during the Oceania Pacific Powerlifting Championship Saturday morning. Saniha won four medals in the 57kg category for squat, bench press, deadlift, and total weight. The powerlifter lifted an aggregate weight of 280kg; 115kg during squat, 55kg during bench press, 110kg during […]
Kohli inches closer to Ponting’s record in ICC rankings
Dec 7 : India skipper Virat Kohli’s prolific run with the willow has helped him jump three spots to the second position in the latest ICC Test Rankings released on Thursday and inch closer to match Australian legend Ricky Ponting’s record of holding the top spot across all the three formats at the same time. […]
Kotla Test: Sri Lanka reach 356/9, trail by 180 runs on Day 3
New Delhi, Dec 4 : Indian bowlers struck late to reduce Sri Lanka to 356/9 in their first innings on the third day of the third and final Test here on Monday. Overnight batsmen Dinesh Chandimal (147 not out) and Angelo Mathews (111) dominated India for most of the first two sessions. After Ravichandran Ashwin […]
Kohli 1st captain to score hat-trick of tons in 3-match series
New Delhi, Dec 2:Indian cricket’s current ‘Milestone Man’ Virat Kohli today became the first international captain to hit three successive hundreds in a three-Test series. Kohli also completed his individual 5000 runs in the longest version of the game. While many captains have had three or four Test tons in a five-match series, it is […]
PCB sends legal notice to ICC over Pak-India cricket series
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday sent a legal notice to the International Cricket Council (ICC) to set up a Dispute Resolution Committee for adjudicating the matter of Indian cricket board not honouring its promise of playing bilateral series with Pakistan. Following the notice to the ICC, a three-member dispute panel is likely […]
India’s Mirabai wins two golds in women’s weightlifting worlds
November 30, 2017 California, Nov 30 : Indian athlete Chanu Saikhom Mirabai showed grit in winning the women’s 48kg total and clean and jerk titles at the 2017 world weightlifting championships on Wednesday. Mirabai, the 2017 Commonwealth Games champion, lifted her personal best in career totaling 194kg to beat Sukcharoen Thunya of Thailand to the […]
FIFA will not tolerate racism at 2018 World Cup
Wednesday Nov 29 2017 FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said racism will not be tolerated at next year’s World Cup in Russia, adding that referees will have the power to stop or even abandon matches if discriminatory incidents take place. Several players, including Brazil and former Zenit St Petersburg forward Hulk, have voiced concerns […]
BCCI’s SGM follows ICC workshop on FTP
28 November 2017 New Delhi, Nov 28: The BCCI on Tuesday announced that it will hold its emergent Special General Meeting (SGM) here on December 11 at which it is expected to discuss the Future Tours Programme (FTP) for 2019-2023. The BCCI has specially planned the SGM after the International Cricket Council (ICC) workshop on […]
