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Chennai was named the venue of this year’s IPL final on May 26 and was also awarded hosting rights of the second qualifier on May 24 as the BCCI unveiled the tournament’s complete schedule, factoring in the polling dates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Chennai has been awarded the final as the Chennai Super…
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The logo of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). File | Photo Credit: Reuters The BCCI is set to bar State Associations from directly engaging with foreign boards for organising training camps and competitions, making it mandatory for them to route all such proposals through the parent body. The decision will be…
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The BCCI has declared Rishabh Pant is fit to play the Indian Premier League 2024 brightening his prospects of a national comeback in the T20 World Cup. | Photo Credit: PTI The BCCI on March 12 declared Rishabh Pant fit to play as a wicketkeeper-batter in the upcoming IPL, brightening his prospects of a national…
BCCI secretary Jay Shah. File | Photo Credit: PTI Living up to its promise of giving highest priority to Test cricket, the BCCI has decided to give an incentive of ₹45 lakh per game to all those who would play 75% or more of the scheduled red-ball games in a particular season, Board secretary Jay…
The Senior Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy will begin in Pune on March 28, days after the ongoing Women’s Premier League ends on March 17. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI Women’s red-ball cricket will return to India’s domestic calendar after four years when the BCCI conducts a Senior Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy in Pune from…
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Jasprit Bumrah returns to the Indian squad for the fifth Test against England in Dharamsala. | Photo Credit: Gareth Copley Senior India batter KL Rahul will not feature in the fifth and final Test against England in Dharamsala owing to an injury while pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will return to the team, the BCCI said…
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India’s Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer take a run during the second one-day international cricket match between India and South Africa, in Ranchi. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan, who were members of India’s ODI World Cup squad, have been stripped off the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI’s)…
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India’s cricket in the World Cup so far has been excellent. Things are falling into place with a rapidity that must worry the other teams, although one hopes that New Zealand get a fair tilt. They were denied in 2019 when they lost the final to England through a combination of bad luck, bad rules…
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Indian cricket fans watch the match between India and Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad on October 14, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI India’s cricket in the World Cup so far has been excellent. Things are falling into place with a rapidity that must worry the other…
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For the average cricket fan, the news that the sport will be featured at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 is welcome, even inspiring. Modern players from Steve Smith and Trent Boult to Ravichandran Ashwin and Shubhman Gill have said they are all for it. An Olympic gold is the most coveted honour in international…
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