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BCCI Secretary Devajit Saika and President Mithun Manhas. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia on Monday (September 14, 2026) said the women’s cricket team’s refusal to accept the Asia Cup trophy from Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC) Pakistani chief Mohsin Naqvi was a “conscious, institutional” call taken by the Board keeping circumstances and…
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Devajit Saikia at a press conference during a guided tour of the BCCI Centre of Excellence. File | Photo Credit: PTI BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia on Monday (September 7, 2026) said the historic one-off T20 International between India and Japan this month will be a significant…
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BCCI secretary Saikia and president Mithun Manhas arrive for the meeting. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Ajit Agarkar’s absence from the BCCI performance review meeting on Thursday has intensified speculation over his future as chief selector beyond this month. Agarkar, who has chaired the National selection committee since July 2023, was the only key stakeholder…
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Saikia at a media interaction. | Photo Credit: Sudhakara Jain This time last year, when the 2025-26 Duleep Trophy was held at the BCCI’s sprawling Centre of Excellence (CoE) in the city outskirts, supporters were a disappointed lot. The first-round matches of the domestic cricket season-opener were not broadcast on television and the whole tournament…
Laxman, centre, interacts with Saikia, right, during the latter’s visit to the CoE. | Photo Credit: Sudhakara Jain With Indian cricket in the throes of an injury crisis, the latest being Jasprit Bumrah and B. Sai Sudharsan’s absence from the upcoming tour to Sri Lanka, V.V.S. Laxman, head of BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE), defended…
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Former Indian cricketer V.V.S. Laxman. | Photo Credit: Jothi Ramalingam B Concerned with the spate of injuries that has rocked Indian team of late, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia will be meeting Head Of Cricket VVS Laxman on Sunday to take a stock of the rehabilitation management programme at the Centre of Excellence (COE). India will…
K.L. Rahul has been re-appointed vice-captain of India’s men’s Test squad, while the spin duo of Manav Suthar and Harsh Dubey along with lanky pacer Gurnoor Brar have earned their maiden Test call-ups for the one-off Test against Afghanistan to be played in New Chandigarh from June 6 to 10. Prince Yadav, one of the…
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BCCI newly elected secretary Devajit Saikia arrives to attend a special annual general meeting at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai on January 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Devajit Saikia’s and Prabhtej Singh Bhatia’s uncontested election as the secretary and treasurer, respectively, of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was formalised during…
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